Duke Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 This is my first real non purist custom so go easy on me. The knight centres around his heraldic crest, a snake. The snake around the lance is made of a product called FIMO, which requires a bake in the oven. Then painted green. Still a WIP really, so i'm very open to comments and suggestion on how to improve things. Going with the colour scheme of black and green to match the shield is slightly tricky. Too much black can make it hard to see details. (Hence the white horse) Backstory to come. Better view of the lance: Quote
Angeli Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 snake is great is ti playable? (will it brake easy?) Quote
Thrash Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 I love the custom serpent lance! I always thought the Lego lance was a bit thin, so the serpent swirled around it gives it just the right amount of extra bulk. My only suggestion for improving it would be to do some custom barding rather than just a saddle. That might help to give it more of a "tournament champion" look. Great work! Quote
Duke Posted October 8, 2011 Author Posted October 8, 2011 Hi, thank you both for you comments. snake is great is ti playable? (will it brake easy?) The snake seems quite sturdy since the FIMO has some flexibility, however I don't want to touch it too much incase it comes away from the lance. I love the custom serpent lance! I always thought the Lego lance was a bit thin, so the serpent swirled around it gives it just the right amount of extra bulk. My only suggestion for improving it would be to do some custom barding rather than just a saddle. That might help to give it more of a "tournament champion" look. Great work! Thanks for the suggestion, hopefully I can come up with some interesting barding. Quote
The Penguin Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 A great entry! I really love the serpent pike and the face choice. I wouldn't really want to encounter that one, unless i had like two dozen penguins to back me! Good day, ladies and gentlemen! ) Quote
Tomcat RIO Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 quite a decent entry, with mainly purist parts, and your first attempt at non-purist custom. Some suggestions if I may, I would paint the green on the snake again to get it more evenly coated colour, or if you could paint scales in different hues of green... Perhaps some bright red or gold to highlight the eyes on the shield, or edges of the shield? the helmet also lends itself well to add on parts - horns, samurai crests, pirate/musketeer feathers etc.. And as 'Thrash' mentioned, a barding will do nicely! Maybe you can get a Kingdoms dragon knight and paint over the barding with a 'snake' as your heraldry using black and green as on your fimo? Quote
Thrash Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 I came back to look at that awesome twisted snake lance again and I realized that in addition to some nice barding the horse would look much better with a helmet. That poor horse could get hit in the head and lose an eye from the opponents lance! Quote
LuxorV Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 Nice job on the lance, Duke. Please make sure to update your entry with all the required (front, side and back) shots of the minifigure to qualify. Quote
alanboar HK Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 It is the good entry with serpent lance and shield It make me imagine that he came from Slytherin !! Quote
LuxorV Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Rules check: Please remember that you need to post front, side and back shots of the minifigure to qualify. Good luck! Quote
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