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[Quichybo]

Greetings!
Inspired by some screenshots of LEGO-Universe, my own fantasy, this thread and finally encouraged by I Scream Clone I would like to start this index of brick-built animals and monsters that a minifig could encounter, tame or fight on his adventures.

This may serve as inspiration for builders, especially for the Historica Guilds as well as a way to conserve some of the more interesting ideas of LEGO-Universe (that you will find in the next post). Maybe this thread would be better in the General Discussion Forum as I want to collect building techniques and many cases of "Nice Parts Usage".

Every entry shall be built with more than one LEGO-piece, which means that I won't post a picture of a simple official cat or rat from TLG.
Every entry shall be approximately minifig-scale. That means that I don't want a life-sized parrot in this thread (or you need a very good reason).
But if you insist there may be an own section.
Creatures on the other hand may reach unnatural scales like a giant spider or a dragonbaby. So just give me a reason why I should add it. There are many reasons why I should add an entry to this index.
In the most cases you can click on the name of an entry for further informations. I like hyperlinks in an index.

There is an own section with Creatures from official sets, as there are some nice ideas. Some are even better when modified, so Mods will be there as well.

There is also a section for non-purists, which will include entries with elements from Brickforge, Brickwarriors etc.

Now it is your turn! If you post an entry, please add where you got the idea (for example “LEGO-Universe” or “my own”) and, if it is purist or not. The focus is of course a detailed picture of your idea. A short description of the entry is optional.

Generally know that the maximum size for pictures is 800 x 600 in this forum. Proper spelling and punctuation would be lovely.

This post will be updated frequently.



Custom Creations


Abomination
By MicahBerger




Antman
By MicahBerger




Bat, giant
By Angeli




Bear
By MicahBerger



... even with the instructions!


Bear, Teddy
By Toshiya




Beholder
By Angeli




Birdman
By MicahBerger




Bisons
This one is just an example, there are more in the thread linked above.




Boar
By shinji-o




Bull
By Toshiya




Camel
By Toshiya




Centaur
By MicahBerger




Centaur
By shinji-o



So awesome if you don't know what to do with all those wooden legs from your pirate captains. I was just about to ask.


Chicken
By Toshiya




Chimp
By MicahBerger




Chupacabra
By Siercon and Coral




Condor
By Toshiya




Cow
By MicahBerger




Cow
By shinji-o




Cow
By Toshiya




Crab, giant
By shinji-o




Crocodileman
By MicahBerger




Cyclops
By MicahBerger




Dog
By Toshiya




Donkey
By MicahBerger




Donkey
By -GZ-



An alternative can be found here.


Dracolion
By MicahBerger




Dracotaur
By MicahBerger




Dragon, green
By shinji-o




Dragon (Baby)
By MicahBerger




Dragon (lesser)
By MicahBerger




Elephant
By MicahBerger




Fairies
By MicahBerger



I wasn't able to identify the ring to which the wings are attached. Is it a purist part?


Fiddler Crab
By MicahBerger




Forest Demon
By MicahBerger




Fox
By Dwellington




Gargoyle
By MicahBerger



... even with the instructions!


Gnomes
By MicahBerger




Goats
By MicahBerger




Goatman
By MicahBerger




Gorilla
By Toshiya




Gryphon
By MicahBerger




Gryphon
By shinji-o




Hornbill
By Toshiya




Horse
By MicahBerger




Koala
By Toshiya




Lion



(Picture by TheKingOfBuilding)


Lion
By MicahBerger




Lion
By Nagashima, picture by Toshiya




Lion, pouncing
By Lego_Hero




Macaque, Japanese
By Toshiya




Marshwiggle
By MicahBerger




Minotaur
By MicahBerger
A really great one, even better than the collectable minifigure (number eight). Can anyone identify how the head is created?




Minotaur / Yakman
By MicahBerger




Another Minotaur by Fantu




Monopi
By MicahBerger




Mouse, giant
By Toshiya




Myconid (Mushroom-Man)
By MicahBerger




Owl
By Toshiya




Owlfox
By MicahBerger




Pangolin
By Dwellington




Parrot
By Toshiya




Peacock
By Toshiya




Pelican
By Toshiya




Penguin
By Toshiya




Pig
By MicahBerger




Pig
By Toshiya




Rabbits
By MicahBerger




Ratman
By MicahBerger




Rhinoceros
By Toshiya




Satyr
By MicahBerger




Scorpion, giant
By shinji-o



Nice if you have too many Star Wars Droids. But try to add another pair of legs for realism.


Scorpionman
By MicahBerger




Scorpionman, Version 2
By MicahBerger




Sheep
Posted in a MOC few days ago.



(Picture by Dan Church)


Sheep
By shinji-o




Skeleton
By MicahBerger




Snake
By Toshiya




Snakeman
By MicahBerger




Sphinx
By MicahBerger




Spider, giant
By shinji-o




Spikes
By MicahBerger




Squidman
By MicahBerger




Stag
A quite nice one, indeed.



(Picture by MikeyB)


Treant / Ent
By shinji-o




Turtleman
By MicahBerger




Thumper
By MicahBerger




Unicorn (Amethyst)

Dedicated to eilonwy77.
This is a true beauty, even a puristic one.



(Picture by Siercon and Coral)


Vulture
by me, inspired by the Spaghetti-Western-Competition...




War Lion
A mighty Mount



(Picture by Fantu)


Wolf
By MicahBerger




Wolf
By Dwellington




Wolf
By Toshiya




Wolf, posable
By Toshiya




Wrath
By Angeli






Flickr Entries

As I am too lazy to ask for permission to post the pictures, this is a section with links to photostreams of awesome creations on Flickr that have not been posted on Eurobricks.

Dinosaurs by aurore&aube
In this photostream you can find a Carnotaurus, a Tyrannosaurus, a Triceratops, a Tetorititan, a Styracosaurus, an Elasmosaurus, a Kronosaurus and a Basilosaurus (last three are no "real dinosaurs"). I Strongly recommend these to people who want to build a big beast. Just click through the photostream. There are even more and I don't think that it is necessary to list them all...

Griffin by .Jake

Redfoot Dragon by retinence

Warg by Blake's Baericks
... the best one I've seen so far.

Edited by Quichybo, 03 June 2012 - 02:34 PM.

[Quichybo]

Animals and Monsters from LEGO-Universe


These have to be conserved. Does anyone know if they delete this wiki after the game is abandoned? In that case we would have to save these pictures as they are only links to the wiki for now.

This is the "backbone" of a genereric animal from LEGO-Universe. On the bottom of the first image you see examples of parts that could optionally be used as limbs, heads or tails. Click on the images to get a larger version. Decide on your own if you want to make torso that is 1 stud or 2 studs long. Most (or all?) of the entries are 1-stud versions.




Tentacle Monster / Alien
LEGO-Universe




Buffalo
LEGO-Universe




Bunny
LEGO-Universe




Cat
LEGO-Universe




Crab
LEGO-Universe




Crocodile
LEGO-Universe




Doberman
LEGO-Universe




Dragon (earth)
LEGO-Universe




Dragon (green)
LEGO-Universe




Dragon (red)
LEGO-Universe




Dragon (undead)
LEGO-Universe




Elephant
LEGO-Universe




Goat
LEGO-Universe




Gryphon
LEGO-Universe




Lion
LEGO-Universe




Mechanical Dog
LEGO-Universe




Panda
LEGO-Universe




Praying Mantis
LEGO-Universe




Reindeer
LEGO-Universe




Stegosaurus
LEGO-Universe




Skunk
LEGO-Universe




Smilodon
LEGO-Universe




Terrier
LEGO-Universe




Toad
LEGO-Universe

The left one, obviously.




Tortoise
LEGO-Universe




Triceratops
LEGO-Universe




Warthog
LEGO-Universe

Edited by Quichybo, 25 March 2012 - 02:28 PM.

[Quichybo]

Animals and Monsters from official Sets and Modifications

You may place the word “giant” before every entry. But actually doing so would cause unnecessary traffic   .

If you want to know how these models are created look for the instructions on LEGO Customer Service or Peeron.


some Birds

Tiny giant birds actually.

Three from the 10193 Medieval Market Place



(Picture by me)


And one seagull from the 5770 Creator Lighthouse



(Picture by TheBrickster)


Crab
Atlantis 8056

Monsters also like holidays on the beach.



(Picture by The Cobra)


Crystal King
Power Miners 8962

I use this one as a rock elemental.



(Picture by mania3)


Dragon, armored
Vikings 7021

Though the original design is quite ugly in my opinion it has great potential. And after all this is the greatest dragon TLG has ever sent into battle against minifigures.



A Mod with longer forelegs, better wings and better feet. I think the original ones are ridiculously small. Click on the images to get larger pictures.





Dragon, green
Creator 4894: Mythical Creatures

There is also a three-headed dragon.



(Picture by dunamis)


Dragon, red
Creator 6751: Fiery Legend




Prehistoric Hunters
Creator 6914

Prehistoric creatures for the win!

A T-Rex:


An Apatosaurus (titled "Brachiosaurus", but that one would look different):


A Rhamphorhynchus(titled "Pterodactyl", but that would mean an animal like the Pterodactylus and that one would have a shorter tail):



Safari Building Set
Bricks and more 4637

Great little set that is still available.



Featuring a giraffe, an elephant and a crocodile.
One of the alternates is a nice water buffalo.




Scarab
Pharaoh's Quest 7305

Rather a rhino beetle, but would serve as a carrion beetle as well.



(Picture by Mariko)


Scorpion
Atlantis 8076

I see this one (or maybe a mod) striding over the plains of Nocturnus or Kaliphlin.



(Picture by Plissken)

Some Mods (click on the images to get larger pictures), note that i added one pair of legs:




(Sea-) Serpent
Vikings 7018

Detach the fins and you get a way better basilisk than the officially released one (which is ridiculous imho).



(Picture by Sir Dillon)


Shadow Snapper
Atlantis 9079

A mod of this with longer "hind legs" (if that is the correct expression) is a great monster to threaten an entire village.



(Picture by lisqr)

A Mod of mine (click on the images to get larger pictures):




Shark
Atlantis 8058

A nice sea monster.



(Picture by Mariann Asanuma and resized by me)


Spider
Creator 4994: Fierce Creatures

Best giant spider TLG has ever released. Would serve as both Shelob and Aragog.



(Picture by KimT)

Some Mods (click on the images to get larger pictures):




Spider
Lord of the Rings 9470: Shelob Attacks

The official Shelob is another very nice spider.



(Picture by Lego Otaku)


Spider from Halloween Set
Lego 40021: Halloween Spiders

As the original build was quite poor in my oppinion, i combined two of them to create a nice looking spider. Click on the images to get larger pictures.




Wolf
Vikings 7015

I'm still looking for something that could be used as a warg. This is not the one I was looking for.



(picture by The Cobra)

And a Mod by Fantu:



(Click picture for photostream)


Wyvern
Vikings 7016



(picture by fenrir)


For any of the Ninjago Dragons please visit this Thread. Dunno if this is really necessary. There are lots of dragons.  
If you still want me to add them, post it. I could make an own section for dragons, I suppose...

Edited by Quichybo, 29 May 2012 - 01:35 PM.

[Quichybo]

Non-purist Section

Here you will find entries which require custom parts that have not been released by the LEGO-Group.


The Beholder (Flickr-Entry)

The non purist item is the yellow ball that V&A Steamworks used as the eye.


Tree Demon



(Picture by Wardancer)

Wardancer, on 01 January 2012 - 08:05 PM, said:

Customized parts: Atlantis crab warrior head and claws painted. 1x1 plates with clip painted because for some reason they do not come in reddish brown. Big spikes painted dark green. Torso leaves cut to fit.

Edited by Quichybo, 25 January 2012 - 12:01 AM.

[Stormbringer]

Those brick-built animals from Lego Universe are really good! I might actually look into them, for future builds.

[TheKingOfBuilding]

I made a purist lion a while back (see this topic) and would like to enter it. It was my own idea and uses all official Lego pieces  

[Quichybo]

Thanks for this (first) entry!
Now we will have to get some christians to feed them to your lion... any volunteers?
I've made some pictures of my own creations, mainly modifications (click to get larger pictures):



There are more images of these in the posts above. If you want me to post an instruction of those Mods you can post it in the thread.

Also I found some nice flickr-pictures, which will also be added above.

Edited by Quichybo, 01 January 2012 - 11:27 PM.

[PirateMatt]

Is LDD allowed?

[Quichybo]

Sure, why not?
I think, this is not about beautiful photographies of a unicorn in the moonlight.

As long as it helps someone to identify something and say "Ah, that's how I could do it!", optional along with interesting usage of parts and if it meets the rules mentioned above, you can post whatever you want. I may still decide afterwards if I add it to the index (the first few posts).

Edit: As promised, this is the "backbone" of a genereric animal from LEGO-Universe. On the bottom of the first image you see parts that could optionally be used as limbs, heads or tails. Click on the images to get a larger version.

Edited by Quichybo, 02 January 2012 - 12:40 AM.

[Wardancer]

I guess my tree demon would fit into the Non-Purist Section:


Edit: Took out links and pic, because they are listed in the second post of this thread now.

Edited by Wardancer, 01 February 2012 - 11:06 PM.

[Fantu]

Quichybo, on 19 December 2011 - 06:43 PM, said:

Animals and Monsters from official Sets and Modifications

Wolf - Vikings 7015

I'm still looking for something that could be used as a warg. This is not the one I was looking for.
http://img508.images...2/701508sw3.jpg

I made one some time ago...

My Flickr -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantux/

[Huntleyfx]

For some reason, that Warg reminds me of a SW Speeder Bike. Cool saddle though.

[Quichybo]

A major update:

Quichybo, on 01 January 2012 - 11:24 PM, said:

I think, this is not about beautiful photographies of a unicorn in the moonlight.

But if there are some I will not deny them. I found this wonderful unicorn with some customised parts (I think so) and had to add it.
Also there were some birds added to the posts above.

Besides those smaller additions this could also be called the "MicahBerger Update". At this moment the first and the last entry of the Custom Creations Section are his creations. This is representative as he seems to be the Alpha and the Omega of brick-built creatures in minifig-scale. Praise him, he deserves it!

I guess with his creations included this can finally be called an index!

Edited by Quichybo, 23 January 2012 - 07:39 PM.

[Siercon and Coral]

Quichybo, on 19 December 2011 - 07:15 PM, said:

Non-purist Section

Here you will find entries which require custom parts that have not been released by the LEGO-Group.


Amythist Unicorn

Dedicated to eilonwy77.
This is a true beauty. I think the customised part is the white head of the unicorn.



(Picture by Siercon and Coral)

Thanks for the post! :D Just wanted to let people know that she's purist, the piece comes in the harry potter set #4752
Again thanks! :) The creatures list looks very helpful. And Micah has been very influential, and I wouldnt mind considering the Unicorn a Micah offshoot :D considering I used his horse as a base.

Edited by Siercon and Coral, 24 January 2012 - 11:58 PM.

[Quichybo]

And I thank you for the info!
I edited it and called the entry "Unicorn (Amethyst)" (was with typo before), so people who look for a unicorn would find it more easily, like the dragons.
I was aware of that minotaur of MicahBerger, but I was to stupid to click the "up-button" in his folder at Brickshelf. Thanks to your thread I found out that he (if that person is not a "she") has built so many more creatures.
I hope I can keep this thread alive...

Edit: Added links to LEGO Customer Service and Peeron to the official sets section.

Edited by Quichybo, 25 January 2012 - 02:09 AM.

[Lego_Hero]

How about a lion? I built this at least a year ago, but it showed up in the Batman/Gotham City contest a few months ago as part of a building.







I've always wanted to do a vignette, but I've been spending most of my Lego time sorting lately.

Edited by Lego_Hero, 25 January 2012 - 05:26 AM.

[Dwellington]

I was just messing around in LDD, and I've got a fox, a wolf, and a pangolin, all based on that Lego Universe body.

Edited by Dwellington, 01 February 2012 - 09:02 PM.

[Quichybo]

I finally did an update of the MOC-Index and the Set- / Mod-Index.

The changes are mainly by Toshiya:




and shinji-o:

[Combee]

Feel free to add my Rhinoceros   original post

[NiceMarmot]

Not sure if this is what you had in mind, but here's a sand-golem I did for the GoH challenge 3.  These things used to run amuck all over the southern deserts, but are rarely seen these days. Good thing too, as they're huge and incredibly strong.



Thanks for the compendium of beasts, btw!

[Quichybo]

Thank you for the new entries.
They are excellent, I will add them with the next update which will hopefully not take as long as the last one.
I always wait some time between them. There will surely be great creatures in Guilds of Historica challenge 3 among the guardians as well as the Lord of the Rings MOCs. I've already spotted some interesting wargs.
An update to a post that long is quite boring with all that copy & paste work, spell checking and creating a standardised format. And I HATE those brackets... yesterday I forgot to close two of them and, don't ask me why and how, I created a three or four-level recursion of the first post from "scorpion" down to the flickr-entries. THAT was nasty (and interesting to see that this is possible). It even took quite some time for the forum to calculate the post after having sent it because of its length. And just because of two missing squared brackets.
I hope this won't happen again.

[redcodekevin]

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, althought I did see several mounted creatures:

Winged mount

[-GZ-]

I've just found the topic and I can say that the donkey fig was invented by me:
http://www.eurobrick...ndpost&p=737672

The first post says that it was made by unknown "someone".)

Also, I've built the much better version of a donkey, but haven't posted it here on EB, only on Russian site:



http://www.doublebri...an/sancho-pansa

[Quichybo]

Thank you very much, I just had the picture to that russian image-upload in my bookmarks. I edited it. I like to have the real creator if someone wants to contact him to ask for further details. And of course it is just fair so he can earn the glory.
And maybe I can even find something on that russian site.

[forkliftaccess001]

Great stuff. Thanks.