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Re: Customs (was Re: Finally, I have a page!)
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:02:40 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Richard Marchetti writes:
> I'd like to congratulate you on your great designs, Shiri. I had just been
> itching to get a 2000 black castle maiden hat for one of my witch's. And I
> did exactly what you did with it -- I put it on a witch's torso and skirt,
> although I guess you might have turned the torso printing towards the back
> whereas I did not. And where you used a modified Jet head, I have used a
> Paradisa open-mouth head (Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge -- Know what I mean?).
Actually, I used a totally black shirt. Why work hard on taking out arms if I
can use a pre-designed shirt? ;-) BTW, my minifig isn't a witch like yours -
though I like yours a lot too!
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> Great figure though...
Thanks!
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> And as far as your storyline goes, I'm all into it. I am very keen to see you
> further develop your apparent matriarchy, but I have to admit that I am not
> sure why I was supposed to know that the Queen was the dominant ruling
> figure. Tell us more, tell us more...
Well, it just seemed that the picture portrayed who the dominant figure was -
guess I was wrong :-)
I will add more. Meanwhile I'm itching to publish my pics, but once they're on
I'll add more to the story, plus I will start constructing a castle for these
minifigs to live in.
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> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Craig told me how he changed his and I couldn't resist the temptation...
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> Craigo, brilliant as he is, got this particular idea concerning Jet's head
> from me. And I think I have enough interest in lego customs to assert my
> place in it (although I think children the world over have their own methods
> of modifying lego and have already beat us all to it). See my "Sexy Witches"
> and "Just the Heads" at:
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> http://members.aol.com/blueofnoon/lego/lego.htm
I'm sorry I did you such injustice! I saw your witches long ago and didn't
remember that it had Jet's face. I like your customizations a lot, too!
My point was, I hadn't dared to try customizing up till now. But Craig told me
*how* he did this, and it seemed so easy, that I couldn't help trying.
> For more than a year now I have been doing minor modifying with a fine tipped
> x-acto and even some minor drawing in with black and red Sharpies (the ultra
> fine points). The first head in the "Just the Heads" pic on my site was drawn
> with a sharpie with an obvious nod to the design of the dark forest boy head
> (this head appears again in the pic "Scarecrow and Colonist"), and the last
> head is a heavily modified Willa head. If you take a close look at Jet's
> modified head, I did more than merely remove the mike -- I drew in the rest of
> the lips at the corner. This is a necessary detail in my view, and I highly
> recommend this addition to your own custom Jet head.
Yeah, I was thinking that she looks sort of imperfect. I will consider adding
the missing lip part, but I don't have Sharpies right just now.
> I was also carving bricks from the first (see my wings attachment at the page
> noted above). And while initially shocked and repelled at the idea of carving
> an element, Craigo has taken it to a new level with his skull cap and
> hunchback figures. As a professional artist, He has also refined other aspects
> of the craft by introducing the right tools to the subject: Marvy Uchida paint
> pens, and Design Master spray paints. I might personally add that the tool kit
> is incomplete without a Dremel power tool -- but this might be a matter of
> opinion.
>
> Giving credit where credit is due, and if memory serves: I guess its time to
> clear up who created the lego pumpkin head! If you look at Craig's site:
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> http://community-1.webtv.net/anonymouseye/craigolego/
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> You will note that there is an award for the Willa the Witch pic. This emblem
> contains a CAD lego pumpkin head that Craigo and I were both keen to make a
> part of our lego worlds. My assumption is that it was designed by Matthew
> Verdier, but I am not positive. So Craigo and I were talking about how to make
> this pumpkin head and I think my came first as an inked and modified skull,
> while Craigo did a better job with acrylics (I think?). Craigo used this very
> pumpkin head in the picture with which he won the award mentioned above.
> Anyway, whoever did the CAD pumpkin deserves the credit for designing the
> pumkin head -- its simple and therefore brilliant! Without this crucial piece
> I wouldn't have either my Mr. Pumpkin or my Headless Horseman minis...both all
> too easy once you have the pumpkin element!
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> I think customizers generally agree that the best modifications are those
> where the least modifying has occurred -- that is those that rely more on the
> right combination of interchangeable elements than on reaching for blades or
> paints to achieve the desired effect.
I agree. It's best to make things look natural, not over-do it. (Sort of like
what some people say about make-up :-)
> That said, there is nothing at all
> wrong in altering an element you can't stand or that just desperately needs
> it.
Agreed :-)
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> Lastly, customizers unite! We have to get Todd to give us a subcategory.
Good luck!
-Shiri
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