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Re: Posable Horse Minifig Scale (or close enough)
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.build
Date: 
Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:10:11 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson wrote:
> 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.

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 much out of proportion. The other worry is colour selection --
are hinge plates available in all appropriate colours? I don't know. So for now
I'm just following the old fashioned route.

> 
> 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!

Now there's an idea!

Alan



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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)

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