[Mod] Collectible Minifigures Series 25 - fantasy mods

[AmperZand]

My mods of the Series 25 Collectible Minifigures as well as minifigures that have benefited from some of the series' new parts. 

Note:

• Three parts - one of the mushroom-man's rhizome stalks, the ipotane's shield and the harpy's wing-clips - are non-purist. Also, I removed the print from the mushroom-man's torso and arms. All other parts are purist.
• The goatherd, mushroom sprite and barbarian (Red Sonja) are as sold - no mods (unless you count the additional goat for the goatherd).
• Count Batlord is basically as sold. I just swapped the haft pieces around, putting the pointy one at the top and removing one of the axe heads.
• LEGO's choice of colours for the harpy was too busy in my view, so I muted them. I also changed the hair to one I like more.
• Sorry about Spider-man Noir in the shot. I didn't place the minifigure there. He must have snuck in while I was busy setting up the other minifigures.

I would have included related minifigures from my display collection including a shepherd, the original Count Batlord and a couple of fright knights, three other barbarians, the forest elf (acorn boy), and a t-rex dino-man, but that would have been too many. You wouldn't have been able to see them all. I hope to be able to picture them as separate groups in due course.

Comments? Questions? Myconic mysteries?        

 

Edited January 17 by AmperZand

[Yperio_Bricks]

The mushroom-man looks fantastic! He looks like a super villain who can grow his rhizome stalks over large areas and catches super heros with it.

[AmperZand]

@Yperio_Bricks, Thanks for your kind words.

I imagine the mushroom-men  and mushroom sprites as related races. Unlike sprites though, mushroom-men are subterranean. They are generally not aggressive but can defend themselves when threatened. They have prehensile rhizome tendrils with which to grasp and restrain attackers, and mushrooms that emit spores that have various effects: sleep, hallucinations or poison, as well as antidotes to all three. 

[Corvus Caurinus]

That's a fun use of that head for the ipotane - I've been wanting to use the ones I grabbed for something, and this is great idea.

You mentioned that the harpy's wing-clips are non-purist, what did you do for that? The official solution has been annoying me...

[Autumn]

What head did you use for the triceratops' mouth?

[AmperZand]

On 1/20/2024 at 5:37 AM, Corvus Caurinus said:

That's a fun use of that head for the ipotane - I've been wanting to use the ones I grabbed for something, and this is great idea.

You mentioned that the harpy's wing-clips are non-purist, what did you do for that? The official solution has been annoying me...

For the ipotane, I was hesitating between the faun and centaur legs. I settled on the former because they look a little better, but the latter don’t look bad especially in dark brown.

LEGO’s way of attaching wings to minifigures is incredibly clunky. The official assembly is how I imagine a copycat brand that was skimping on moulding costs would do it. It’s cheap and nasty. For the harpy - and for many winged minifigures - I use SI-DAN’s backpack frame N2C. LEGO really ought to do a similar part.

8 minutes ago, Autumn said:

What head did you use for the triceratops' mouth?

It’s this piece from the Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament set. 

[Autumn]

3 hours ago, AmperZand said:

It’s this piece from the Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament set. 

That's cool. I was thinking of doing something like that with all the dinosaur and dragon costume minifigs, but just using a blank black head. Didn't realise there was something like this.

[Corvus Caurinus]

6 hours ago, AmperZand said:

LEGO’s way of attaching wings to minifigures is incredibly clunky. The official assembly is how I imagine a copycat brand that was skimping on moulding costs would do it. It’s cheap and nasty. For the harpy - and for many winged minifigures - I use SI-DAN’s backpack frame N2C. LEGO really ought to do a similar part.

Exactly - clunky and cheap. Thanks very much!

[AmperZand]

4 hours ago, Autumn said:

That's cool. I was thinking of doing something like that with all the dinosaur and dragon costume minifigs, but just using a blank black head. Didn't realise there was something like this.

If you're looking for heads to fill mouths, you have a few options.

Plain black is certainly one of them. Another possibility is to use a matching plain colour or a darker shade of the main colour. Here are a couple of examples from my display collection (picture left). They have the advantage over black that they don't stand out around the neck. 

There are also a couple of heads with purpose designed or very suitable prints. One is this head from the orca minifigure:

Another is the head with tiny eyes and a huge mouth full of teeth. It's especially well suited to the dragon costume headpieces as the teeth line up perfectly (top of this picture from my collection - sorry about the poor picture quality):

I also used that head for this carnivorous plant:

 

Edited January 21 by AmperZand

[Autumn]

11 hours ago, AmperZand said:

If you're looking for heads to fill mouths, you have a few options.

Plain black is certainly one of them. Another possibility is to use a matching plain colour or a darker shade of the main colour. Here are a couple of examples from my display collection (picture left). They have the advantage over black that they don't stand out around the neck. 

 

There are also a couple of heads with purpose designed or very suitable prints. One is this head from the orca minifigure:

 

Another is the head with tiny eyes and a huge mouth full of teeth. It's especially well suited to the dragon costume headpieces as the teeth line up perfectly (top of this picture from my collection - sorry about the poor picture quality):

 

I also used that head for this carnivorous plant:

 

 

Those look great! Thanks for sharing!