Decals of the side of a minifig's legs?

[Wardancer]

Hi Everyone,

a basic problem with making some animals mountable is that they do not have space for a minifig's legs. This for example is true for the bear, giant eagle and griffin. Just making a fig sit un the back of the creature takes away the dynamics of the scene and the diginity of the fig. Gandalf sitting on a giant eagle like in an armchair looks ridiculous. I have tried many ways of kneeling figs, but liked none. I thought about sawing an open space into the animal, but this would be very challenging.

In my recent attempt with the armored bear (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=103523), I have tried a customization technique that was suprisingly easy to do and yielded acceptable results. Cut off the lower area of the legs, glue them on the animal and pretend the legs reach down by adding fake sides. In this case, I used cape cloth to get the same color.

Since I am still dreaming of a regiment of eagle riders and griffins, I want to further pursue that technique with more accurate decals of a leg's side made from painted paper. It is not an easy shape, with a round area above and the foot below.

Therefore, my question is: Has anyone ever done decals of a minifig's leg's side? Does anynone have files with templates in the right scale?

This would save me a lot of time and be greatly appreciated.

[NiL_FisK_Urd]

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http://jpgerdeman.github.io/minifig-svg-decals/decals/resources/minifig_template.svg.png

Edited January 13, 2015 by NiL_FisK_Urd

[Wardancer]

Thank you!