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Re: Skeletal Balrog
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Date: 
Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:54:12 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
  
Collecting all of my little white bits together I decided to have a go at the concept in LEGO. The result:


It’s quite articulated, very posable, and relatively sturdy. I’ve dropped it a number of times and repairs are usually minor. Balance is occasionally as issue due to the small size of the feet, but the minifig-hand-toe-talons actually work wonders in providing support.

Also depicted is a large three-headed flail it can tote around. Now I just need to get my hands on a flaming Bionicale sword ...

Please LMKWYT!

Thanks,


I really enjoyed this MOC, the piece usage was very creative (minifig arms as ribs, joints made of steer horns, I could go on), and you were very true to the miniature, as well. The pose sequence of going from a huddled-up state to ready-for-action was impressive, and the flail was cool, too! Reminds me a little bit of Brayton Orchard’s stuff, and he’s one of my favorites at this scale.



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  Skeletal Balrog
 
Before there was Brikwars, there were ... lead miniatures and a Frankenstein-esque ruleset cobbled-together from Dungeons and Dragons source material. At that time most of my spending money was being sunk into this pleasantly soft yet toxic metal, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !! 

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