Large Headless horseman

[Fuppylodders]

I'm ashamed to say, it's not a new creation... Its been on my Flickr for about 5 years, displayed at a show once, but I'm not really into sharing things far and wide and my friends list is small. I also then went through some life stuff and it got tucked away pretty much since it got built. 

I should have posted this up in October, but oh well... 

First off, the basic figure structure design isn't mine (I wish I could remember his name so anyone feel free to jump in if you know, but genius either way for doing it) it's part of a lug group I'm in, and it's not mine to share, so I won't be posting any LDD file for the figure. But as other design variations have been displayed at exhibitions and of course pics put on Internet etc, I see no harm posting this. But I can take credit for making the sword, chest plate, making the head out of almost purely 1x2 plates, and the horse design was entirely mine. The fig is designed as 6x the size of a normal minifig, and I really wish I could link pics of all the others I've seen as they are amazing... Roman soldiers (yep, helmet and shield which look impeccable), luke skywalker, rebel pilot, and many others. 

So I designed the horse to follow suit, and while not perfect, is as close as I could get. The head was thinner initially but then I realised it looked too small compared to the rest so I enlarged it a bit. The legs could probably do with being 1 brick taller, and I have modified the LDD file as such, but never got round to modifying the actual physical horse. So the earlier pics show a smaller head. 

The horses head can tilt down at the base of the neck, and I *think* the head itself can tilt up and down too. But that's it. It's based on a mix of the old and new horse animal mould. 

The 'flame sword' is too heavy to hold upright, but being held down low doesn't look too out of place. The head from the fig is supported in the hand by a couple trans clear round bricks resting against the saddle as the arm pivots too easily to be able to support the weight (head is quite heavy). 

A pic next to the minifig version I made which inspired the larger build

Head also fits on the body and rotates, looks pretty neat I think :) 

 

And a pic of just the horse (smaller head) with minifig horse to show scale

I think the saddle used one particular part in reddish brown which was extremely rare (only a handful available on bricklink) and wasn't available in any set so no idea where it came from but bricklink had it luckily. Other than that, all easy to obtain parts. And I do believe the horse can be made in white too with available parts. 

Edited November 3, 2020 by Fuppylodders

[JintaiZ]

This is great, regardless of when it was completed!

Edited April 13, 2021 by JintaiZ

[Actionfigure]

Especially the horse is remarkably well captured! Congratulations!

[deraven]

Fantastic!  The horse in particular is SO well done!  

[Vindicare]

This is great, old or not! You captured & realized the horse remarkably well. The not-so-minifig is excellent as well. I like the added trans bits on the horses feet & the sword is cool. Well done. 

[Robert8]

Pretty creepy!

That is a great garden ornament for Halloween

 

As others said, you nailed the horse

Thanks for sharing!