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Jasper the troll
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc
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lugnet.castle
Date: 
Sat, 5 Mar 2005 05:41:07 GMT
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G’day,

I’d like you to meet a friend of mine. This is Jasper, the troll.



Jasper is my first castle MOC, based loosely upon the trolls from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. (The Discworld trolls were what I originally had in mind, but Jasper sort of evolved into his present form.)

I had a number of requirements in my mind when I first went to build Jasper. Firstly, he had to be able to strike as many poses as possible.



Jasper is able to swivel around a pin in his waist. Also, his jaw is hinged, and he can nod, shake, and cock his head, due to the following joint:



I also built a club for Jasper to hold.



Unfortunately, both Jasper and his club are too top heavy to pose in a battle scene with Vladek, as was my intention. I may go back and redesign Jasper’s legs, but I decided I’d procrastinated enough with taking these pictures.



Click on Jasper to go to his very own Brickshelf folder (when moderated). Jasper will also have a MOCPage very soon.

-Matthew Wightwick



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  Re: Jasper the troll
 
Sorry about replying to my own post, but I thought people might like to know that Jasper's (URL) MOCPage> is up. Also, thanks to the very nice people who spotlighted Jasper! -Matt W. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
  Re: Jasper the troll
 
Dude, this is great work! It looks a little clunkier than i'd really like to see it, but I'm no mech or jumbo-fig modeling expert myself, so I offer that as truly constructive criticism (pun not necessarily intended, but certainly amusing as I (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
  Re: Jasper the troll
 
Hello there, Firstly I must say that although this is not one of the most hi-tech looking creations out there (which I love), it is certainly one of the most characterful that I've ever seen! I simply love the head/face on this guy, truly Troll like (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
  Re: Jasper the troll
 
(...) Nice job, Matthew. I certainly appreciate the scale you're working with. There aren't too many precedence to follow, so you have to make up the rules as you go. The pose-ability does well for him-- especially the pose where he's laying back. (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
  Re: Jasper the troll
 
In lugnet.castle, Matthew Wightwick wrote: A whole bunch of stuff that people have long since forgotten Well, I finally got around to building Jasper some new, slightly stronger, legs and have taken some new pictures of Jasper in a number of (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)

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