kurigan Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 I threw together this little vignette to showcase my latest custom mini-fig, The Horned King from The Chronicles of Prydain. I did the scene twice; once with Taran and again with Gwydion because the elements of Taran needed to go back to other figures yet I wanted to keep the scene on my shelf for a while at least. I like how much the scene changes with the expression on the foreground character's face. The images with Gwydion, in blue, were something of an after thought, so I apologize for the quality. About The Horned King: Spoiler The antlers (horns) are paper cut outs, painted in a water-based acrylic. The pattern is the same which I cut-and-pasted from the Forrest-men's emblem to make this custom shield graphic. The shield is actually not a Lego shield. I though I had one to spare but it went to another figure, so I made this one from recycled card-stock (beer box). I super glued some balsa wood scraps together to make the handle. His torso is a recolored chest from Indiana Jones. The cape he wears is a custom design, printed, cut out and painted with the same sort of paint. The swords were just in a bulk lot; I have no idea where they came from but they look cool. He's my own interpretation, governed in part by time and material allotment. While he has a cowl like the Disney version, I really meant him to resemble the character in the books more. I like doing these, what I call "Quick and Dirty' customs. Sure, I could order custom parts and have everything professionally pad printed, if i wanted to spend money and wait weeks. It's, IMHO, more fun sometimes to just sit down for a few hours, get creative, and have a cool new character at the end of the day. Well I hope my menacing dark lord brightened your day a bit. Thanks for checking him out. More Images Here Quote
TomSkippy Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 That shield is inspiring. I especially love the simplicity of the second picture. Looks like a creepy alt build from 90s lego boxes/instructions. Quote
kurigan Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 2 hours ago, TomSkippy said: That shield is inspiring. I especially love the simplicity of the second picture. Looks like a creepy alt build from 90s lego boxes/instructions. I like that! I see it too, couldn't put my finger on it, but you're right. It's like that '90's yellow background all the box art had. The bricks are actually tan, but I guess it's the exposure. Thanks! Shields are easy! There's a host of 'em on Classic Castle, including blank templates like the one I started with Quote
zoth33 Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 Really nice fig. I wonder if you drill holes in the hood and used the antlers from brick warriors how that would turn out. Quote
kurigan Posted July 16, 2019 Author Posted July 16, 2019 @zoth33 I looked at those, and I'm sure it would work out great, but, it would kind of defeat the purpose. I'd have to plan ahead and actually spend money . This guy is just quick and dirty for the fun of it. I'd like to do a better one in the future, more reverent to the books, and for that I might order some custom parts. I'm thinking of making a whole faction under this banner, for which this version would hang around, but wind up being a wizard or something. It's all just dreams though. Thanks though! Quote
zoth33 Posted July 16, 2019 Posted July 16, 2019 Just now, kurigan said: @zoth33 I looked at those, and I'm sure it would work out great, but, it would kind of defeat the purpose. I'd have to plan ahead and actually spend money . This guy is just quick and dirty for the fun of it. I'd like to do a better one in the future, more reverent to the books, and for that I might order some custom parts. I'm thinking of making a whole faction under this banner, for which this version would hang around, but wind up being a wizard or something. It's all just dreams though. Thanks though! Cool it was just a thought. Have fun building that faction, should be interesting. Quote
Grover Posted July 16, 2019 Posted July 16, 2019 If you don’t mind going third party there’s brick warriors. https://www.brickwarriors.com/deer-antlers-pair/ Quote
kurigan Posted July 22, 2019 Author Posted July 22, 2019 @Grover Yeah, we already covered that. Quote
Grover Posted July 25, 2019 Posted July 25, 2019 Man, I re-read this three times before I saw that. Oh well, sorry. Quote
GhostDog Posted August 16, 2019 Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) . Edited February 1, 2024 by GhostDog Quote
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