To welcome the figure-skating fans referred here to see my Michelle Kwan vignette, here’s Johnny Weir:
Johnny is wearing his unique swan outfit, and he apparently named the red glove on his right hand “Camille” (presumably after Camille Saint-Saens, who composed “The Swan”).
Too bad Johnny didn’t even medal…
MisterZumbi brings us a couple more interesting characters.
The Predator:
And the invisible man (visible on the left, invisible on the right):
A good friend asked me to make a minifigure of Michelle Kwan, who recently withdrew from the 2006 Olympics. Unsatisfied with the minifig on its own, I hauled out my white bricks and whipped together this vignette — my first non-minifig creation in several months:
Those are supposed to be my friend and her husband in the background. For a better representation of skates, check out Uda-san’s Mao Asada (and for good measure, the obligatory PPB cross-link).
I’ve been waiting for Moko to post this on Brickshelf, but it’s too cool to wait any more:
Nice use of the new Viking horns, helmet, and axe heads, as well as the Harry Potter Deatheater face and black wings.
Names: Charles and Judy Chen
Occupation: Artists.
Notes: An eccentric son of a New York real estate developer, Charles met and married Judy while attending Burning Man. At the age of forty, Charles grew a Fu Manchu mustache and began wearing traditional Chinese clothing to “get in touch with my roots.” Of course, Charles doesn’t speak either Mandarin or Cantonese, and the furthest east he’s been is Taos, New Mexico.
The photography is bad and the picture is way too big (sorry Tupperfan). And what sets this minifig apart isn’t even a LEGO piece, but this is just too good to pass up:
If I’m not mistaken, that’s an earbud cover. Nice.
EDIT (3/8/06): Tupperfan has taken updated pictures. Thanks dude!
Name: Guildford Postlethwait
Occupation: Ethnographer, best-selling author, popular lecturer. Charlatan.
Published works: Reflections on Fieldwork Among the Tuba. The Purple Snows of Kashmir. Life with the Yak-Herders of Samoa. Tanganyikan Tiger-Hunting Rituals. In Marco Polo’s Footsteps: Retracing a Spaniard’s Discovery of the West Indies.
Check it out, a LEGO Kurt Russell:
Name: Hatena-gumi
Occupation: Charitable organization.
Interests: Security, international trade, banking, real estate, shipping, pharmaceuticals, construction, heavy industry, government, agriculture.
Name: Giancarlo Verrecchia
Occupation: Taxi driver in Rome.
Interests: Freestyle skiing. Winning a gold medal in the Torino 2006 Olympics. Viva Italia!
Name: Melinda Tottinghouse
Occupation: Debutante.
Interests: Ponies. Show-jumping. Sparkly things. Unicorns. Rainbows. And uh, debuting? (Sheesh, I have no idea what a debutante’s interests are!)
Name: Brett Carmichael
Occupation: Daredevil.
Interests: Strapping himself to rockets! Crawling on the outside of an F-18 fighter jet! Jumping between helicopters! Outrunning a freight train in a tunnel! Leaping tall buildings in a hot rod! Riding to the grocery store on a motorcycle!
