 | | A primer on making custom elements —Norbert Black
| | | | A primer on making custom elements for use with Lego(tm) pieces. N.H. Black, February 2005 1. Introduction What follows is a discussion of some techniques I've developed over the past 10 years for modifying and customizing pieces for use with Lego (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !!
| | | | | | | | | | Re: A primer on making custom elements —John Barnes
| | | | | | (...) Brilliant! What a fantastic write up and what a nice glimpse of your true skill. Originating entirely new sculpted parts and then working them to a "Lego like" finish is great. And important as far as I'm concerned. If people really need to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A primer on making custom elements —Norbert Black
| | | | | | | Hi John Thanks for your kind words. (...) Thanks. :) What you read is iteration 8 (or something of that order) of the document - I hoped people would find it clear, and encouraging. (...) Yeah, me too. I always want to keep things in the range of (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A primer on making custom elements —James Wilson
| | | | | | Great post. I'm going to need to read through it several times. Any way you can post bigger pics, or post links to where they can be found? Thanks, James Wilson, Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A primer on making custom elements —Norbert Black
| | | | | | | Dear James Please forgive me for not replying to your posting before this. Somehow, I missed seeing it when you made it (some months ago... :( ). (...) Thank you. I hope, after digesting things, you've found the information useful. (...) Yes, (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A primer on making custom elements —Bianca Nebab
| | | | | Hey, thanks for posting this, Norbert! It's very informative and well-written. I'm going to try the epoxy. I've tried a couple of hair pieces using a cut down motorcycle helmet as a base, but because I get a one-track mind about my hobby techniques (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A primer on making custom elements —Norbert Black
| | | | | Hi Bianca (...) Ah, then the work has been worthwhile. :) (...) Granted. I've also had an offer from Redbean (Isaac Yue) to host an HTML version on his minifig customizing network website. I've given him permission to go ahead as his time permits. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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