WIP: Engraved Glass Block MOC

[Dennimator]

Hi!

My mom runs a Looxis store called "3D Crystal Design" in Helsingborg (Sweden).

Looxis is a company which engraves faces or photos into a glass block in 3D.

She has asked me to build an "engraved glass block" in lego.

I have come pretty far, but since this is my first attempt to make a sculpture of a head in lego, I´m not really pleased with how the head turned out (it´s going to stand in the shopping window, so I want it to be pretty impressive).

So I was thinking that I could post the MOC here on EB, so that other builders who are more experienced with building sculptures could give me tips and suggestions.

As you can see, the head can´t be higher than 10 studs, and are supposed to be about as big as mine.

(The 1x2 trans pieces which I use as the top of it will be replaced with the big ones I use for the walls. Also, the 2 1x1 (or 1 2x1) trans-yellow piece(s) which are missing will soon come in a BL order.)

Overview:

Front:

Back:

2009 text:

HEAD

Front:

Side view:

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Back:

(Please note that the back is supposed to be hollow as the original engravings is, too.)

A pic of the hair:

Pics of a (real) engraved block:

(Sorry for the bad pic, it´s pretty hard to take pics of those.)

You can see more pictures of glass blocks in different angles on www.3dcrystaldesign.se

Please help me with the face design!

Edited December 19, 2008 by Dennimator

[mechamike]

Please help me with the face design!

The real engravings are monochrome, so I would try to do a face in one coulor or perhaps two, to antialias out some things. Iwould certainly skip the tounge , if its suppsed to stand in a shop window, I dont think giving potentional customers "the tounge" is really ok.

If the shop was a "fun" store like Buttericks it would be appropriate.

Must it be a human head? I would probably go for a big lego minifighead/face, brick built or just use one of those egg cups, salt pepper head

[Dennimator]

The real engravings are monochrome, so I would try to do a face in one coulor or perhaps two, to antialias out some things. Iwould certainly skip the tounge , if its suppsed to stand in a shop window, I dont think giving potentional customers "the tounge" is really ok.

If the shop was a "fun" store like Buttericks it would be appropriate.

Must it be a human head? I would probably go for a big lego minifighead/face, brick built or just use one of those egg cups, salt pepper head

Yeah, but which colour should I use? Black doesn´t look very good because then you aren´t able to tell apart the face and the hair, and grey just doesn´t look good. Ok, I´ll skip the tongue.

Yes, the face must be a humans, because I´m basing it on a real engraving.

As for the tongue, I based it on a real pic:

[mechamike]

I try white , perhaps with a touch of light blue or light grey.. I would "picture-Google" around and snoop around brickshelf to try to find someting i liked , then make in the right coulors and mod it tom my likings..

And now I understand that tounge part.. :-)

Ohh, and I would do the 2009 in the same coulor range as used to make the head, to make it more "stilrent"..

Edited December 19, 2008 by a53021

[Dennimator]

I try white , perhaps with a touch of light blue or light grey.. I would "picture-Google" around and snoop around brickshelf to try to find someting i liked , then make in the right coulors and mod it tom my likings..

And now I understand that tounge part.. :-)

Ohh, and I would do the 2009 in the same coulor range as used to make the head, to make it more "stilrent"..

Ok, thanks!

That´s why I call it a WIP, I don´t have that amount of 1x1 or 1x2 plates in any other colour than trans-yellow.