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[The Penguin]

Ladies and gentlemen! ) I'm proud to present you my new tread. ) Here I will post my historical minifigs from all countries and ages. )
You may remember my victorian ones, so, I'll repeat them here, and continue posting new ones. )    

Let's start then..... )  

Oscar Wilde. )    









Queen Victoria of the British Empire. )  









And the new one. )

Vladimir Lenin. Great russian philosopher, writer and economist..... )
(Let us refrain from political speculations, ladies and gentlemen. Let's concentrate on the fig itself.    )









Lenin with his favourite cap. )  





I hope you liked them! )    



Any comments, comrades? )  

Thank you for your attention. )  

Edited by The Penguin, 14 October 2009 - 06:28 PM.

[Dr Kilroy]

Very nice Lenin, if I could say that. :) I like head, torso could be better colored. ;)




Comrade Lenin cleanses the earth of the filth! :D

[CommanderFox]

Love the new figs Penguin
Lenin is very good!

CommanderFox

[saberwing]

Very nice customs penguin!
I really like Lenin too.

Dr Kilroy, on Oct 14 2009, 10:37 PM, said:

That is so strange! I had the same picture in the chapter of our history book that we discussed today!

[The Penguin]

Dr Kilroy, on Oct 15 2009, 12:37 AM, said:

Very nice Lenin, if I could say that. :) I like head, torso could be better colored. ;)

You could say so. )  
Better colored, pardon? )  

CommanderFox, on Oct 15 2009, 08:30 AM, said:

Love the new figs Penguin
Lenin is very good!

Thank you very much, CommanderFox! )  

saberwing, on Oct 15 2009, 11:25 PM, said:

Very nice customs penguin!
I really like Lenin too.
That is so strange! I had the same picture in the chapter of our history book that we discussed today!

Thank you very much! )    
Hm, I ythink I should have a look at some modern european history textbooks. )  

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )  

[Emperor Claudius Rome]

Out of all of the EB customizers, your my favorite. May I have that lovely   queen Victoria decal please?

[General Armendariz]

What did you use to customize the faces?

[strider406]

Emperor Claudius Rome, on Oct 19 2009, 08:47 PM, said:

Out of all of the EB customizers, your my favorite. May I have that lovely   queen Victoria decal please?

The Penguin paints all his figures.

[The Penguin]

Emperor Claudius Rome, on Oct 20 2009, 05:47 AM, said:

Out of all of the EB customizers, your my favorite. May I have that lovely   queen Victoria decal please?

Thank you very much. )   You're very kind. )  
As said above, I never use decals but rely on my painting skills. But I'm sure some talented decal-maker (and there are plenty here.) will be glad to help you. And may even make a better torso, since decal-making in that matter gives much better opportunities. )  

General Armendariz, on Oct 20 2009, 07:12 AM, said:

What did you use to customize the faces?

My hands, brush and a couple of different paints.    And inspiration from your kind comments, ladies and gentlemen! )  

strider406, on Oct 20 2009, 07:32 AM, said:

The Penguin paints all his figures.

Indeed so. Thank you.

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )  

[curtisrlee]

Can you provide a picture of Queen Victoria at an front angle?  

I need to make a decal of it for Sir Wellington otherwise I'm gonna have to kill myself  

[Nute Gunray]

Good job as always, Mr Cobblepot. Lenin is really nice. My country was under communist control, for the half of the 20th century, so I know much about them. I would be happy if you'd make Mátyás Rákosi, or János Kádár in lego (if you heard about them )

[The Penguin]

curtisrlee, on Jan 24 2010, 09:10 PM, said:

Can you provide a picture of Queen Victoria at an front angle?  

I need to make a decal of it for Sir Wellington otherwise I'm gonna have to kill myself  

Fear not! for I'm back from vacation and ready to continue my customising! )  
Ok, I'll provide a picture in a couple of days. )  

Nute Gunray, on Jan 24 2010, 11:03 PM, said:

Good job as always, Mr Cobblepot. Lenin is really nice. My country was under communist control, for the half of the 20th century, so I know much about them. I would be happy if you'd make Mátyás Rákosi, or János Kádár in lego (if you heard about them )

Thanks, Viceroy! )   And may I ask what country you are from, comrade? ) Hungary, if I recall those people names correctly? *after checking Wikipedia* Yep. )
Of course, I don't know much about them, but I'm not bad overall in history. Especially what concerns socialism.  

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )  

[The Penguin]

As promissed. )

Bow before Her Royal Majesty Queen Victoria of the British Empire! )  



Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )  

[prateek]

Wow. The Queen is so simple, yet so cool. The real star of this set of figs is Lenin. His face is so clean, and the Communist Flag is really nice too

[Blackheart Brit]

I like the Queen and Lenin but Oscar seems to be a MOC of LEGO pieces.  Is his face actually your decal?

[The Penguin]

prateek, on Feb 3 2010, 07:17 AM, said:

Wow. The Queen is so simple, yet so cool. The real star of this set of figs is Lenin. His face is so clean, and the Communist Flag is really nice too

Victoria: Thank you very much, young man! )
Lenin: Spasibo, comrade! )
The Penguin: Thanks a lot! )  

Blackheart Brit, on Feb 3 2010, 10:47 PM, said:

I like the Queen and Lenin but Oscar seems to be a MOC of LEGO pieces.  Is his face actually your decal?

Thank you. )  
No, it's not. ) It's that rare occasion when I went purist and left a minifig unaltered. )

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )  

[The Penguin]

Long time no posts here, ladies and gentlemen! )  

So today I present you a Russian noble couple: Boyar and Boyarina. )











The Boyar. )



"It's pretty hot in such a hat!"



Boyarina. )
(Note how close the Russian dress is toe Byzantine one.   )







I hope you liked that part! )  



Any comments, please? )  

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )  

Edited by The Penguin, 09 October 2010 - 07:22 PM.

[ADHO15]

More wonderful figs!
Such incredibly intricate details and lovely outfits!
Perfect!

[prateek]

Very nice! The headdresses are well made

[Barteck]

Lenin and O. Wilde are amazing. Very reality ;)

[Admiral Croissant]

Nice! I like these historical minifigs a lot, you should make more of them
Karl Marx would make a nice one too, or Louis XIV, Lord Nelson, (and many more actually...).
Anyway, these look great, good job

[The Penguin]

More figs are coming this way, ladies and gentlemen! )  
I had a lot of hesitations, if I may say so, about where exactly should I post the figs, here or in Castle ones, still I decided to post them here.

This time I'd like you to invite you to the Roman Empire!  

"Vale, civis! Mihi nomen est Julius."
(Good day, citizens! My name is Julius.)



"Dives sum Romanus. Vides quanto nee sum veste."
(I'm a rich Roman. You can see that by how well I'm dressed.)





"Hic est Filius meus."
(And this is my son.)





"Et hoc Pater noster. Est locuples mercator."
(And this is our father. He's a rich merchant.)



"Hey, filius! Pigra mancipia dicite toga mundare! Incrassatus est omnia!"
(Hey, son! Tell those lazy slaves to clean my toga! It is all greasy!)



"Who is there?"
(Who's there?)



"Imperium mihi centurio! Cedite!"
(I'm the imperial centurion! Make way for the Master!)







"Octavia domina."  
(Mistress Octavia.)







"Pingvinius dominus."  
(Master Pingvinius.)





"Ut barbaros tunicas fur optimus!"
(Those barbarians make excellent fur coats!)





Spero parte placebat!  



Opinionibus, amabo?  

P.S.
That was really hard to remember Latin after so many years, but with the help of the Internet, I hope I haven't made too many mistakes. )  

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )  

[ADHO15]

Wow! What brilliant figs, Penguin!
The details are fantastic! It must have been tricky to paint such intricate features.
Great job on the Sculpey too!
Wonderful. I look forward to seeing a MOC with them all.

[MrCustomizer]

Wow that Centurion is just breathtaking! So is Mistress Octavia and her scuply boobs!

But they all look like real figures! Well Done!

~MC

[Emperor Claudius Rome]

Your customs never cease to amaze me, Pingvinius
Keep it up