jtooker Posted October 11, 2021 Hired Hands of Historica Queens rule and warriors battle, but workers propel Historica forward. These are the hired hands of Historica. I created these minifigures for the Guilds of Historica 2nd count down challenge. There are members from all five guilds as well as Cedrica. Kaliphlin Jaffar the Monkey Trainer The aristocracy of Kaliphlin likes their monkeys trained, might as well collect extra profit while I’m at it Pouri the Attendant Fanning the king is exhausting Sesur-hat the Scribe Drawing one map is fun, a dozen copies is not Varlyrio Drad the Deck Hand After two months at sea, I long for the harsh Wastelands Sofia the Back Stabber If the poisoned apple doesn’t work, the direct approach will Elias the Net Maker Mending nets is better on my back than reeling them in full of fish Mitgardia Thodil the Ice Cutter I don’t know why humans don’t get their own ice, mining it is much easier than mining rock Aðalgeir the Furrier Harsh winters create the best business Gjertrud the Snow Shoveler I’d give half my wage for a sunny day Avalonia Ailmer the Lumberjack 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok… Fanes the Farrier My work is all the separates you from the ground Neddi the Gardener If you step on my flowers once, you won’t do it again Nocturnus Mudgul the Miner At least there is no ghastly sunlight down here Ruak the Bone Craftsman I’m the best in the over and underworld Koglodzar the Slave Driver I can’t believe I get paid to do this! Cedrica Esther the Chambermaid You wouldn’t believe what the Queen did last night! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
socalbricks Posted October 11, 2021 Great work on these! The first thing I noticed in the "group photo" were those multi-colored baseplates - a novel concept, and they look great! I love some of the character concepts as well. A centaur farrier makes a lot of sense - centaurs probably would need horseshoes (centaurshoes?) as much as horses would. I also like the gossipy chambermaid! I also love Ruak's "bone throne" - it looks amazing! I especially like how you used the old version of "skeleton arm" (the loose ones that flail around) for the armrests. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kai NRG Posted October 12, 2021 The multi-colored baseplates are a great touch to set your series apart! The ice miner and monkey trainer are both great ideas, really neat bone throne, and is that an iron made out of a flipper? Ingenious! And the lumberjack... boy I wish official CMFs would come with trees! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyrezer Posted October 12, 2021 What they said! Spotted the clever bases first as indicator of guild. The ice cutter is great as the pincers work perfectly on the ice block. I also like the centaur farrier - I’ve recently got sucked down the rabbit hole of YouTube horse shoeing videos so this is timely 😂 Great by-line too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W Navarre Posted October 13, 2021 Add to the comments about the neat bases, and of course creative figs too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grover Posted October 17, 2021 NIce work! I like the guild colored stands, and particularly the scribe! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordDan Posted October 19, 2021 Very cool series! I like that you based all the figs around a central theme and the guild colored baseplates are really cool. My favorites are the centuar farrier and the bone craftsman! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aurore Posted October 19, 2021 Oh my, those custom baseplates are genius! The figs themselves look great too - the choice of accessories for the ice cutter is spot-on, but my absolute favourite is the gardener! Her expression and the matching quote are priceless! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gideon Posted October 19, 2021 Great collection of figures and overall great theme! Nice to see the other 99,6 % of Historica than the lords and heroes get their own CMF series Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrcp6d Posted October 26, 2021 Strong series jtooker. Nice to see the more mundane inhabitants of Historica, "civilians" are often some of the harder minifigs for me to put together! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Stad Posted October 26, 2021 You’ve got a solid group of figs here, and I think you’ve really enhanced the series by customizing the stands and leaning into the mini builds. I’m a big fan of Thodil - I can’t think of a better use for that weapon piece! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtooker Posted November 8, 2021 Thank you everyone for your supportive comments and feedback! On 10/11/2021 at 4:43 PM, socalbricks said: Great work on these! The first thing I noticed in the "group photo" were those multi-colored baseplates - a novel concept, and they look great! I love some of the character concepts as well. A centaur farrier makes a lot of sense - centaurs probably would need horseshoes (centaurshoes?) as much as horses would. I also like the gossipy chambermaid! I also love Ruak's "bone throne" - it looks amazing! I especially like how you used the old version of "skeleton arm" (the loose ones that flail around) for the armrests. I'm glad you enjoyed the baseplates - once I had that idea, I knew I had to submit an entry! I enjoy the old skeleton arms too - this was a good excuse to use one On 10/11/2021 at 7:41 PM, Kai NRG said: The multi-colored baseplates are a great touch to set your series apart! The ice miner and monkey trainer are both great ideas, really neat bone throne, and is that an iron made out of a flipper? Ingenious! And the lumberjack... boy I wish official CMFs would come with trees! It is an iron made out of a flipper. I thought the tree was a bit on the large side for an accessory, but enjoyed it too much to leave it off. On 10/11/2021 at 10:14 PM, Eyrezer said: What they said! Spotted the clever bases first as indicator of guild. The ice cutter is great as the pincers work perfectly on the ice block. I also like the centaur farrier - I’ve recently got sucked down the rabbit hole of YouTube horse shoeing videos so this is timely 😂 Great by-line too. I searched a while for a piece to hold the ice, I'm glad I found the one I did, everything else I tried did not work as well. On 10/13/2021 at 2:25 PM, W Navarre said: Add to the comments about the neat bases, and of course creative figs too! Thank you! On 10/17/2021 at 4:13 PM, Grover said: NIce work! I like the guild colored stands, and particularly the scribe! I'm glad you enjoyed the guild stands. On 10/18/2021 at 7:11 PM, LordDan said: Very cool series! I like that you based all the figs around a central theme and the guild colored baseplates are really cool. My favorites are the centuar farrier and the bone craftsman! Awesome, I enjoyed those two as well On 10/19/2021 at 10:13 AM, Aurore said: Oh my, those custom baseplates are genius! The figs themselves look great too - the choice of accessories for the ice cutter is spot-on, but my absolute favourite is the gardener! Her expression and the matching quote are priceless! The gardener was a last minute addition, but I'm very happy with how she turned out (so much so, I put her as the thumbnail for it on my blog post). On 10/19/2021 at 2:50 PM, Gideon said: Great collection of figures and overall great theme! Nice to see the other 99,6 % of Historica than the lords and heroes get their own CMF series There should be a Bernie Sanders response... something, something ninety nine per-CENT of Historica... On 10/25/2021 at 11:49 PM, mrcp6d said: Strong series jtooker. Nice to see the more mundane inhabitants of Historica, "civilians" are often some of the harder minifigs for me to put together! I'm glad you enjoyed them! I always wish they were better represented in official Medieval LEGO sets too. On 10/26/2021 at 12:01 AM, The Stad said: You’ve got a solid group of figs here, and I think you’ve really enhanced the series by customizing the stands and leaning into the mini builds. I’m a big fan of Thodil - I can’t think of a better use for that weapon piece! Thank you! It was hard not to put in a neon-orange chainsaw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umbra-Manis Posted November 10, 2021 Love the guild color baseplates! The theme is great, with the scribe probably being my favorite Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
