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Re: Centaurs, Satires, Minotaur and the like...
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:13:42 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jason Catena writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anyone ever try to make one of these - Centaur, Stire, Minotaur, Sphinx, or
> > other half-man, half-creature type of thing?
> >
> > Other than Tim Coats, I haven't seen any of these mythical creatures.
> >
> > My first thought, after "Hmm, Centaur..." was, 'Oh, no problem! Just stick a
> > torso in the horse's saddle place!'
> > Only when I tried, did I realize that centaurs don't have a horse's head as
> > well ;-)
> > Now, I might be jump-starting my customization career, but cutting a horse up
> > is a bit too much for me...
> >
> > Any suggestions?
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> Off the top of my head (for a centaur), a Yellow-Castle-era horse with a
> minifig head and chest. He should probably also have a bow and quiver. Maybe
> put the quiver on his back so you can put Qui-Gon Jinn's hair on his head for
> a
> mane.
Great idea! I was thinking brick-built horses too, so I can copy the YC
horse...
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> For a minotaur, you'd probably want to put a bovine head on a minifig body.
> Horns are a must! You might have to use a 1x2 brick or some such instead of a
> normal torso if the neck is too long... which makes the arms tricky.
No, it doesn't! Recall Alan's idea about the digger-bricks with holes of arms!
(or read it here:
http://www.lugnet.com/build/minifigs/?n=5 )
You can use that brick and then attach hands and a head to it...
Too bad I don't have any of those anymore.
-Shiri
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| (...) Off the top of my head (for a centaur), a Yellow-Castle-era horse with a minifig head and chest. He should probably also have a bow and quiver. Maybe put the quiver on his back so you can put Qui-Gon Jinn's hair on his head for a mane. For a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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