Just when you think LEGO builders have exhausted new minifig-building techniques, Uda-san gives us Cinderella with a glass slipper on her right foot and a bare left foot:
Tag Archives: Castle
New Minifigs from Michael Jasper
I seem to have missed the last couple updates Michael Jasper has made to his wonderful Characters gallery, so let’s get caught up. First off, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in honor of his 250th birthday today):
Next, St. Francis of Assisi (with some birds) and Oskar Matzerath (from Günther Grass’ novel The Tin Drum):
Norse Gods and Goddesses (Updated!)
I’ve updated my Norse gods and goddesses, based largely on feedback I received from Classic-Castler The Hordesman and many others. Thanks guys!
Specifically, Odin is now darker (black hat instead of blue and dark blue legs instead of regular blue), Thor is now a red-head, and Freyr the Peaceful (or something like that) no longer has a sword.
And the whole set on Flickr.
Dark Knights by forrestman
Brickshelf user forrestman has just posted some interesting dark or undead knight minifigs:
Hmmm… Are those horns modded parts (they’re not the new Viking horns)? I guess we’ll let these slide…
Highland Berserker by Anthony Sava (with Moko’s Legs)
Moko recently posted pictures of a new idea for articulated legs on a minifig:
Classic-Castler Anthony Sava has combined this building technique with a Viking head and torso, Ron Weasley’s hair, and grill pieces in just the right colors to create a highly amusing Highland Berserker:
Well, he’s pretty small, so it would probably be fairly easy to take his life (just pull his head off with your fingers), but I imagine taking his freedom would be a bit more challenging…
Space Vikings
And for my last post of the night, I give you Space Vikings:
I was inspired to try putting various things into their helmet holes by Classic-Castle forum user TwoTonic Knight’s Wild and Crazy Viking. I’m quite proud of the results. Heh heh…
Norse and Napoleonic Minifigs
My 7018 Viking Ship vs. the Midgard Serpent arrived from Amazon.com a couple weeks ago, and I also won an eBay lot of fourteen Imperial Guards and Imperial Soldiers minifigs. Last weekend, I set about making several new historical and literary characters. First up, George Washington:
And from left to right, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington:
I also made Erik the Red (not “historically accurate” with the horns, I know) and Beowulf:
Vikings are Useful
Japanese Brickshelf user MOKO is famous for using parts in unusual ways (among other things). MOKO’s latest creations use parts from the new Vikings line:
Can’t wait to pick up my Vikings…
The Stone Table
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve taken pictures of the things I’ve built. Let’s just say events in the real world have proved somewhat more compelling than little plastic bricks. I’ve created a couple political cartoons inspired by recent events, but I’m debating whether or not to post them.
In the meantime, here’s something I put together over the weekend — a crucial scene from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe:
More importantly, though, I’ve added links to Bruce’s blog posts about what adult fans of LEGO can do to help with Katrina relief efforts. Specifically, the LEGO Company will match contributions. My employer won’t even do that for my coworkers, much less for our customers.
Canada and Narnia
Hurray! My BrickLink order just arrived, so now my collection of Studios Monsters is complete! Pics to follow this weekend.
In the meantime, I took pictures of all the Narnian minifigures I’ve created so far. Here’s the link:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=141949
(Oh, “Canada and Narnia” in the title because my BrickLink order was from Quebec. Great prices and cheap shipping. I’ll post a link to the store later.)
The Treasure House
My favorite book in The Chronicles of Narnia has always been Prince Caspian. Since I couldn’t update my “Giant Steps” vignette this weekend, I built a vignette based on one of my favorite scenes from my favorite book. In this scene, the four Pevensey children discover the treasure house beneath the ruined castle Cair Paravel:
And a link to the whole gallery, once it’s been moderated.
No BrickLink order...
For those of you just tuning in, BrickLink is a site where you can buy LEGO from thousands of people worldwide. What’s cool is that you can buy individual pieces as well as sets. For me, it’s a great way to get minifigs from sets I’ve missed or don’t plan on buying. I’ve recently ordered 1381 Vampire’s Crypt, Professor Mcgonagall from a fairly expensive Harry Potter set, and a couple other random minifigures.
Last weekend I ordered the Mad Scientist and Frankenstein’s Monster from 1382 Scary Laboratory, along with the Mummy minifig from 1383 Curse of the Pharoah. Ordering these three minifigs for around $7.00 saved me over $40.00 (assuming I could even find these discontinued sets for less than MSRP).
Well, I was really looking forward to getting this latest order this weekend (since they shipped airmail from eastern Canada on Monday), but there was no little package in the mailbox today. I’ll survive, I’m sure, but this means I won’t be updating my Puddleglum figure to use the head and hands from Frankenstein’s Monster. We watched two consecutive baseball games today (Red Sox vs. Angels and Mariners vs. Twins), so I was able to finish a really nice vignette of the Cair Paravel treasure house from Prince Caspian. Look for a post with a link tomorrow. In the meantime, I uploaded pictures of all the Narnian minifigures I’ve created so far:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=141949