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Subject:	Re: Posable Horse Minifig Scale (or close enough)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.castle, lugnet.build
Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:47:16 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Alan Findlay wrote: > I've built a posable horse. It's slightly larger than the standard Lego horse, > but it is still appropriate for minifigs. > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=56666 Very interesting. Tough problem! Did you consider a lot of possibilities for joints? It might be useful to have a collection of ugly ideas, who knows, they might turn up in more beautiful places? I like the 1x2 plate with bar for muounting legs, that seems really useful. I experimented with battle droid parts. The legs didn't go much anywhere, but the body made an interesting head. Another idea: cover the horse in barding or whatnot, like the old brick warhorses. Maybe use tiles or plates hanging off. Then you can hide messy details underneath!

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		Re: Posable Horse Minifig Scale (or close enough)
(...) My current problem for joints is parts selection. I don't have the 2 & 3 fingered hinge plates that would be needed for the other approach I'd envisioned. I think they would work well, but I'm not sure if the length of the legs would be too (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)

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		Posable Horse Minifig Scale (or close enough)
Well, it isn't pretty..... Okay, it's down-right ugly.... But I hope you'll agree that has more to do with the riot of colours rather than the actual design. I've built a posable horse. It's slightly larger than the standard Lego horse, but it is (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)

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