Tomcat RIO Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 Hi all, here with my new minifig custom. I have also posted this over at classic Pirates forum, since this creation fits both subforums and I want to get differing opinions and constructive critiscm to help me improve. This is a Scottish Highlander Bagpipe man. Customised from the CMF Royal Guard with the help of some colour pencil kilts and scarf. Bagpipe is MOC, using a 3 stalk flower as main basis and clips to hold the rest. Also, I'd like to credit EB members - Spark and Alexandertam and Michael jasper for their Scottish kilt and bagpipe moc techniques, I refered to them and made a spinoff of my own. here's a version with white legs A breakdown of the bagpipes.. pipes are brown telescopes, tied together with a small black rubber band. some tassels are attached, one may change colours or omit them as needed. round green brick forms the bag. with a c clip to attach to the mouthpiece The mouthpiece is a tap, and the clipholder acts as the flute portion where the fingers play. Thanks for looking! Comments and improvements always welcome! Quote
JopieK Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 It looks very nice indeed! Very creative too! Maybe using a brown plant instead of green?! Quote
LuxorV Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 Very clever use of parts in this bagpipe On a side note, for a moment I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, then I checked the legs' colour actually changes between the first to the last pics Quote
Praiter Yed Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 I've been considering making a kilt for a possible future project and have to say I'm really pleasantly surprised at how effective your use of coloured pencil is - it has added a very cloth like texture. Maybe using a brown plant instead of green?! I agree, but the brown ones are rare and pretty expensive for one small part. Quote
legobodgers Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 I agree with other comments that it might look better with a brown stem, still, great figure and brilliant bagpipes. Quote
Tomcat RIO Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) hehe thanks guys! Yup i will try and find a brown stem if it ever, on Bricklink. Or paint over the part, if I had no resort. Lol, would I have posted this a day later, it would have made it for MCW'11 contest Category 1, 'globe trotters' category, since bagpipers represent Scotland pretty well! Well hope this might inspire others to build a better version! Edited October 12, 2011 by Tomcat RIO Quote
GingerWookiee Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 This is great but you can make it even better when seires 7 arive. Quote
Tomcat RIO Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 This is great but you can make it even better when seires 7 arive. lol yup. juz saw the picture of the series7 this evening.. I am retiring this minifig and using it for other customizations. And getting a whole band of CMF bagpipers! lol. Quote
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