Norrington's torsos

[Norrington]

Here are some of my custom torsos, which I shall update regularly. As you can see, my earlier ones had all most no strait lines and didn't stay inside the template, but I've gotten better. They are nothing on Mosana's, but I can take requests.

My Early Torsos (Some are left out):

Jack Sparrow V.2:

Will Turner V.1:

Pooped Pirate V.2:

The Auctioneer V.1:

Some of my newer torsos (all made about 10 minutes before this post):

1748 Royal Navy Captain:

East India Co. Admiral (Norrington):

East India Co. Leutenient:

East India Co. Chairman (Beckett):

They are better than before, but they all require more "tinkering".

Once moderated, the whole decal-tastic gallery:

Gallery

As allways, comments and constructive critiscisom are welcome.

Edited June 2, 2007 by Norrington

[Norrington]

Double post! This probably should have been edited, but what the heck. Soon after this posting, I realized I had not done the good Commodore himself. Here he is, unfinished. Still need to figure out how to do the braids on his lapels without them being uneven.

I suppose this warrants a re-do of his Admiral's uniform 8-|

Here it is, unfinshed:

Which warrants a re-do of the EITC officers to match:

Which warrants new: A new Beckett, and a new (my own) EITC marine...

Done.

Man, I'm on a roll...

Edited June 2, 2007 by Norrington

[Bonaparte]

Nice job Mr. Norrington!

It's good to see you started your own customs thread!

Just for making my life easy, could you add some indications (especially in the 2nd post) of the categories these should be in. Also which name they should get.

You know that I never watched PoTC, so that's why it is not always clear for me.

[Norrington]

They could go in Britain, PotC, or both. The top is the Good Commodore himself (unfinished), so he could be "Commodore" under British or Commodore Norrrington under PotC. The second could be East Inda Co. Admiral under British or Admiral Norrington under PotC, the third could be under British as East India Co. Officer, the 4th could go under PotC as "Lord Cutler Beckett, and the third under British as "East India Co. officer."

Edit:

The East India Company Admiral (Norrington) is done:

Sad... I've made all my decals in the first post obsolete... They all need re-dos! MWAH HA HA HA!

Edited June 2, 2007 by Norrington

[Bonaparte]

You're skills are improving Mr. Norrington.

Can you have a look in the library to see that everything is in the correct place?

Edited June 2, 2007 by bonaparte

[Norrington]

You're skills are improving Mr. Norrington.

Can you have a look in the library to see that everything is in the correct place?

I would put the finished verison of the Admiral Norrington first, then the unfinished second, and in the East India Company, put the better looking officer (with orange trim) first, the same with the Beckett, also, I am allmost finished with Commodore Norrington so you should put the finished version first also...

And that's it at current.

Edit: I finished the good Commodore and redid my original torsos. Though Jack and The auctioneer could use some work.

Edited June 2, 2007 by Norrington

[snefroe]

just wondering how they look minifig sized, though...

[Norrington]

just wondering how they look minifig sized, though...

I have allready resiszed them for Minifigs, and they look pretty good.

EDIT: Just made this about 5 minutes ago:

Edited June 2, 2007 by Norrington

[Asuka]

Very nice, especially that new Beckett, it

[El Bucanero]

You indeed have been getting better!

I love the Commodore torso, really! I'll have to try him out sometime...

A vast improvement.

Mr Tiber

Edited June 2, 2007 by Mr Tiber

[Norrington]

Here is the latest addition:

A captain unifom based on the one Norrington was wearing (on the Dauntless when they rescue Elizabeth)

And Gov. Weatherby Swann, or in other words, a rich guy:

I'e allmost run out of inspiration for torsos, so, requests anyone?

Edited June 2, 2007 by Norrington

[El Bucanero]

I'e allmost run out of inspiration for torsos, so, requests anyone?

Could you manage to make a Barbossa torso? *sweet*

Mr Tiber

[Norrington]

Could you manage to make a Barbossa torso? *sweet*

Mr Tiber

I'll give it a shot, and a couple of stab wounds... 8-|

I'lk try and get it done soon. First I want to post and finsh my 1795 Royal Marine.

Edit: Done.

Edited June 2, 2007 by Norrington

[Fordo]

Great design would you mind making a Captain Tague (Jack's Dad) decal? Not sure If I can find a good reference pic.

[Norrington]

Great design would you mind making a Captain Tague (Jack's Dad) decal? Not sure If I can find a good reference pic.

I'll try.

Tiber- Barbossa is done:

Without belts (allows you to see actual torso:

With Belts:

[Mister Phes]

You've been quite busy lately Norrington.

Will you ever print these toros out and apply them to mini-figures, or do you just enjoy designing them?

[Norrington]

You've been quite busy lately Norrington.

Will you ever print these toros out and apply them to mini-figures, or do you just enjoy designing them?

A little of both.

I've allready used my:

Commodore Norrington

Admiral Norrington

Napoleon Bonaparte

Lord Cutler Beckett

4 Est. In. Co. Marines

Fordo- I'll level with you. I can't remember how Tauge's clothing looks. I all I can remember was that it was red and black, and google was no help. So I'll base the decal on Muppet Treasure Island's Long John Silver, which is a red coat, black lapels with gold trim. I'll try and get it done soon.

Edit: I finished it, and as pedicted it's just a MTI Jong-John (at least I'll have a use for it.)

Edited June 3, 2007 by Norrington

[Fordo]

Thanks, looks great to me.

[Norrington]

All right, so far I've done Admiral/Commodore, and Captain, so to complete the uniforms for the Royal Navy, here is a lieutenant and a midshipman.

Any more requests?

Edited June 6, 2007 by phred

[Norrington]

Hate to double post, but...

I made this torso for Horatio Nelson:

Requests? Anyone?

[Mister Phes]

A little of both.

You got any examples of torso you've applie to mini-figures that you can show us?

[Lamanda2]

Very nice work on all of these decals, Norrington. I really enjoy that last one you posted, Horatio Nelson. Each decal seems to be even better than the last!

I take it you have been using Microsoft Paint to design all these? A pretty tricky program to get used to, I had been using it to make my decals up until about two weeks ago, and then I found the Free program, Paint.Net. It controls much like MS Paint, but works very smoothly with layers and such. (And it's non-pixel-y)

(Example of one of my newer decals using Paint.Net)

You should check it out, It's really fun and easy to use, and I know you could produce some real masterpieces, you are quite good at decal-making.. :-)

~Amanda

Edited June 6, 2007 by phred

[Norrington]

You got any examples of torso you've applie to mini-figures that you can show us?

Yes I do have pictures of them with my army, but my pesky older sister took my USB cord and hasn't returned it yet.

And Amanda, thanks for that link! I'll give the program a spin and tell what I think.

Edited June 5, 2007 by Norrington

[SirScottLego]

Norrington,

Every design you create gets better and better. My only suggestion would be to "stroke" your medals with a black line. Basically, making them stand out and not letting them get lost in the jacket.

Fantastic work. Keep up the great efforts, and be nice to your sister... They have a way of growing up!

[Norrington]

and be nice to your sister... They have a way of growing up!

Thanks for the comments! And those sisters do grow up... considering that my sister is in college visiting home for the summer.

Edited June 6, 2007 by phred