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G’day,
I’d like you to meet a friend of mine. This is Jasper, the troll.
Jasper is my first castle MOC, based loosely upon the trolls from Terry
Pratchett’s Discworld novels. (The Discworld trolls were what I originally had
in mind, but Jasper sort of evolved into his present form.)
I had a number of requirements in my mind when I first went to build Jasper.
Firstly, he had to be able to strike as many poses as possible.
Jasper is able to swivel around a pin in his waist. Also, his jaw is hinged, and
he can nod, shake, and cock his head, due to the following joint:
I also built a club for Jasper to hold.
Unfortunately, both Jasper and his club are too top heavy to pose in a battle
scene with Vladek, as was my intention. I may go back and redesign Jasper’s
legs, but I decided I’d procrastinated enough with taking these pictures.
Click on Jasper to go to his very own Brickshelf folder (when moderated). Jasper
will also have a MOCPage very soon.
-Matthew Wightwick
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| Sorry about replying to my own post, but I thought people might like to know that Jasper's (URL) MOCPage> is up. Also, thanks to the very nice people who spotlighted Jasper! -Matt W. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Dude, this is great work! It looks a little clunkier than i'd really like to see it, but I'm no mech or jumbo-fig modeling expert myself, so I offer that as truly constructive criticism (pun not necessarily intended, but certainly amusing as I (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Hello there, Firstly I must say that although this is not one of the most hi-tech looking creations out there (which I love), it is certainly one of the most characterful that I've ever seen! I simply love the head/face on this guy, truly Troll like (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Nice job, Matthew. I certainly appreciate the scale you're working with. There aren't too many precedence to follow, so you have to make up the rules as you go. The pose-ability does well for him-- especially the pose where he's laying back. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| In lugnet.castle, Matthew Wightwick wrote: A whole bunch of stuff that people have long since forgotten Well, I finally got around to building Jasper some new, slightly stronger, legs and have taken some new pictures of Jasper in a number of (...) (20 years ago, 28-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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