With interesting and innovative use of pieces, Michael Jasper is one of my favorite minifig builders. A recent update to his Characters gallery includes Queen Elizabeth I and a footman:
What I like especially is the use of the minifig helmet visor as a collar. (Credit goes to Classic-Castler smcginnis for figuring out what Her Majesty is wearing around her royal neck.)
Following up on my Pacific Northwest poet minifigs, today I present several of my favorite women writers and poets — Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton.
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946):
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941):
Anne Sexton (1928-1974):
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963):
Although marakoeschtra announced in this thread on Classic-Castle.com that he wouldn’t be updating his castle characters gallery quite so often, here are two new additions — a troubadour and a sculptor:
I’ve been enjoying the minifigs featured in Brickshelf user cbolego’s creations for some time now (especially “Land of the Dead” and “Metal Slug 5“). Here are some fig-only pictures of these great characters:
“Land of the Dead” zombies:
(Click to see the full “Land of the Dead” gallery.)
Barbel-wielding giants controlled by an evil scientist:
And some angry villagers who might take issue with the scientist’s “experiments”:
Maistre Chaucer asketh of us a boone upon hys blogge this daye ye firste of Aprille: “Declaymen my tales. To yowrselves, to yowr frendes, or simplye in the marketplace or churchyarde.” Thou shalt han thy boone, myne gud mann. Beholde ye sundrie personnes both noble and feendysh, ye speakres of The Canterbury Tales:
If yt pleseth thee, thou maye vew othere ymages of al Canterbury Tales plastick figgurres upon Flickerre.
Following up on my Pacific Northwest poet minifigs, here are a couple of my favorite 20th-century authors:
George Orwell (1903-1950):
John Steinbeck (1902-1968):
Ich culd hardlie beleve the gud fortun of myne internette serching whan varilee ich hapt upon ye blogge of the most estemed gentilman and scholare Geofrie Chaucer. Nay, the Lord hath not taken hym to bee His owne, nor hath he cesed his laboures in wordes nor in woolle. Verilie the flayme werre between the goode sirre and his erstwile frende and wanker of historick renowne Johannes Gowere (Chaucer doth pwn Gowere) inspireth me to facion smal plastick figgurs in honore of wun personne and jest at the othere.
Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400?):
John Gower (ca. 1330-1408?):
Beholde ye readers the noble countenanse and liverie of Chaucer, the vapidde gaise and poncey attyre of Gowere. O snappe! Yea, myne mann Chaucer hath a posse, and ich am onesuch personne.
There’s something about the Pacific Northwest that I find poetic. The glacier-encased mountains in Montana, the wheat fields and orchards of Central Washington, the mist-covered bays and inlets of the Pacific Coast — I connect with the landscape in a way I’ve never connected with any other place.
And I’m not alone. Three of my favorite poets are so-called “Pacific Northwest poets.” I only say “so-called” because their poetic range and influence extend far beyond this little corner of America. These poets inspire me to write my own poetry (appearing soon in a literary journal near you!), but their inspiration can’t help but spill over into my other passions and interests. Thus, Pacific Northwest poets as LEGO minifigs!
Theodore Roethke (1908-1963):
William Stafford (1914-1993):
Richard Hugo (1923-1982):
Poets on Flickr (including a bonus T.S. Eliot and some other poetic minifigs coming up here on DB.)
I’m not sure whether this is weird, cool, or just plain adorable, but I was perusing some older bookmarks the other day and ran across these crocheted articles of minifig clothing by Brickshelf user silversmurfer’s wife:
Richard McCarthy presents a bunch of “random” minifigs, including a magician and a rock star named “Maxx Paulsa”:
