Sauron - non-purist MOC

[AmperZand]

I have wanted to create a Sauron minifigure for years but there was no suitable helmet until Reinhardt's from Overwatch.

Now that I have one, let me introduce you to Sauron, Lord of the Rings:

[SteampunkDoc]

I was thinking the very same thing when I saw that helmet.

Very nice minifigure! I like the 1x1 plates on his feet giving him the much needed height boost.

[AmperZand]

@SteampunkDoc Thank you for your kind words. Appreciated.

I try not to over use the 1x1-plate-under-each-foot technique to keep it special. I did it for Darth Vader and a few others, but not many.

[Kim-Kwang-Seok]

On 3/5/2019 at 7:33 PM, AmperZand said:

@SteampunkDoc Thank you for your kind words. Appreciated.

I try not to over use the 1x1-plate-under-each-foot technique to keep it special. I did it for Darth Vader and a few others, but not many.

I did it for Brienne of Tarth and Witchking. And of course for Vader.
For my Vader I used the old plastic-waste cape, a cut off scuba tank for neck (looks great with the new helmet, since it misses some kind of neck) and of course also the 1x1 studs.

Ideally it would be perfect to have slightly longer legs for certain figures like these. It just looks ridiculous, having a Vader as tall as any other figure with hair and 1 neck piece.
A shoulder piece for his upper armor and neck (similar to the Inquisitor armor's) would also be nice... But unfortunately I doubt Lego will go that far, since they never care much about height-issues.

I always wondered how Lego would have gotten around for a Sauron figure.

You probably did as good as one can without sculpting or painting. Gun-Metal grey would be much better colour of course.

[AmperZand]

@Kim-Kwang-Seok I totally agree that LEGO should do longer legs. In fairness to them, they have: Woody's legs from Toy Story (below) and the Minecraft skeleton legs (below that) are both tall. But they haven't done tall legs like Woody's in useful colours like black for Vader which is a shame. 

I doubt that LEGO will ever produce tall legs for Vader and the like. It would make those minifigures incompatible with vehicles, mounts etc that fit standard minifigures. Also, kids - LEGO's primary demographic - don't care much about scale.

Some bootleg brands have made long legs, e.g. for Mr Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, but I won't be posting pictures here.

It would be cool if a third party accessories maker such as BrickFortress made them. BrickFortress produced high quality articulated short legs years before LEGO did for the HP CMFs. So we can live in hope...

Thank you for saying you thought my Sauron was as good as it gets without sculpting/painting. I'm sure someone will do/has done better, but I am OK with how he looks and have added him to my LotR/Hobbit LEGO display collection.

  

 

[MAB]

They also do not seem to be using long legs for Woody in the new TS4 sets.