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| Norbert Black wrote in message ... (...) Lots of really cool information! Something to add: when I've made fabric pieces, instead of acrylic medium I used diluted PVA adhesive (white glue) and wetted the fabric completely in it. After it was dry, I (...) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| Creating custom fabric elements for Lego minifigures ===...=== Norbert Black, February 2005 For my various custom minifigures, I've needed to make a variety of fabric elements. Lego produces capes in several colours, but what if you want a shade not (...) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Silkscreening parts
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| (...) Incidentally, if anybody is interested in trying this out on the cheap, there is a slightly used Gocco printer up for sale on eBay right now: (URL). The only other source I've found for this item is dickblick.com, where (new) it costs about (...) (19 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Re: Silkscreening parts
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| (...) So, how did it go? Did you find a way to make this gadget work on LEGO parts? If so, what about odd-shaped parts like minifig torsos or heads? I'm pretty interested in this approach too, as it sounds like it should produce a much (...) (19 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Re: Some fun for Buffy and Angel fans (sorta long)
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| (...) Cool! Someone else who knows McCloud (and Aragones!). D'you know, I've owned that book for years, and never made the connection to it being useful in thinking about Lego? Silly me... Anyway, well done, Erik. This is a usefully (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | What are these headphones?
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| Anybody got an idea of how the headphones were made at the (URL) podbrix> website? I was thinking of trying to make my own 1x2 tile iPod for my minifigs to use. Thanks, James Wilson Dallas, TX (19 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Modding the new LEGO lightup minifig
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| (...) Ooh good thought. What might be even neater is if the blade itself is removable, so that when you put the blade in, it lights up. That would be even more movie-realistic. ~Kevoh (19 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Re: Modding the new LEGO lightup minifig
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| (...) Rob, my favourite line on your page: "Modding LEGO's rendition of my LifeLites minifigs" LMAO!! Stick it to 'em :] That "trash-can-lid" minifig head on the TLC version is bizarre. I can't believe they didn't make the batteries replaceable. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Modding the new LEGO lightup minifig
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| Finally! I got my hands on one of the new LEGO produced lightup figs. You know what comes next - MUTILATION!!! First, some observations of the LEGO version: The packaging states the batteries are not replaceable. With a little work, you can pry off (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Some fun for Buffy and Angel fans (sorta long)
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| Hi there, I've been pondering the aesthetic issue. Last night I made a pyramid of Lego heads, illustrating the schema in Scott McCloud's book, Understanding Comics. (See below) McCloud's schema for comic characters identifies three artistic poles (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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