Queen's Guard

[Morgan19]

Here's a little something for my UK brethren across the pond... :) The Queen's Guard figure was created using a customized headpiece, decals, and head (fleshie SW head Sharpied yellow). The gun is by BrickArms.

^ Regular version

^ Graphical version

(Photos link to Flickr pages.)

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[XimenaPaulina]

Wow, that's a great-looking Queen's Guard. Gotta love the torso print, arm insignia and the leg pinstripes - just amazing small details. The recoloring of the SW Rebel head is also very cleanly done. Impressive work Sir Morgan19!

[LuxorV]

Very nice figure, Morgan19. Very accurate and greatly iconic.

Maybe you could send one to the Queen

[Decale]

Daaamn!

And I was with my fleshie heads like a hen who found a knife!

Now I just have to find one of those pencils and voila!

Your decal and helmet are just like official parts, your minifig could totally be from a collectible serie

P.S.: Did you paint yellow all over his face including the black parts or did you have to do it with more precision(what I mean is : is it some sort of transparent yellow?)? I don't really know about sharpies and don't even know if I can found them in France...

[Zorro]

Your British Royal/Queen's Guard looks very attractive and realistic, the red lines over the pants add some strong points to the whole as well.

I'm sure a larger unit made out of this custom minifig would look good into any army!

Thank you for sharing!

[Tanotrooper]

Amazing figure, looks very clean. What did you use for the bearskin? (helmets?)

Gaetano

[OneSnowTrooper]

Great work there, really authentic. Maybe make the chinstrap gold, I think they are gold.

[Morgan19]

(This multiquote function is wonderful! )

P.S.: Did you paint yellow all over his face including the black parts or did you have to do it with more precision(what I mean is : is it some sort of transparent yellow?)? I don't really know about sharpies and don't even know if I can found them in France...

I Sharpied around all the non-yellow parts to be on the safe side; if you're decent with fine motor skills it's pretty easy to do. You could just Sharpie over the black details, but it'd probably turn them a yellow tint that wouldn't look quite right.

And I imagine any office supplies store would carry Sharpie or its equivalent. If you wanted to try, just look for any fine-tipped permanent yellow marker. The Sharpie I bought was around $1.50, so it should't break the bank.

What did you use for the bearskin? (helmets?)

I forget the brand (Cobi, I think?) but it's a medieval helmet turned around backwards and painted black.

Maybe make the chinstrap gold, I think they are gold.

Yeah, that's an "oops" on my part– I was so intent on torso details and how great the head worked that I overlooked the gold color. D'oh!

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Edited August 20, 2010 by Morgan19

[Joey Lock]

Huzzah! For Queen and Country!

You just knew it'd be me posting didn't you?

[prateek]

Great figure! The decals are perfect, and I love the helmet. How did you make it?

BTW, I agree with LuxorV that you should send one to the Queen

[Morgan19]

The helmet is from Cobi's medieval sets, turned around backwards and painted black. :)

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[kvasir]

A little scene I instagrammed last year: Insecption of the Scots Guard. I'll let you guys guess about the Queen's hair.