The Real Indiana Jones Posted December 24, 2011 (edited) Hey, I am not sure if there will be a vignette contest for the Series 6 Collectible Minifigs, but whatever happens, I am sure a lot of builders will want to make a nice pedestal for their "Lady Liberty" fig. This is my first draft, and it has a 9x9 base as you can see. And obviously, I do not have my Statue of Liberty minifig in hand yet, so The Joker just makes a nice temporary stand-in for right now! This is based very loosely on the real pedestal, which is OK, since even we Americans do not have a perfect mental image of what the real pedestal looks like. It is also based a bit on reconstruction drawings of the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, and just whatever extra bricks I had on hand from my various Egyptian temples... Has anyone else tried this yet? Are there better ways to do this architecture at this scale? I am sure we would all love to see some alternate designs! [uPDATE: scroll down a few posts to see the finished design] Edited April 27, 2012 by Rufus Indexed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skipper Posted December 24, 2011 Cool idea, a rather original way to display the minifigure. But I think the execution could be a bit better. The first thing I notice is that the base is maybe three times taller than the Lady herself, which should not be the case. Take a look at this (by 2MuchCaffeine), it also uses a minifigure so it should show you what kind of scale you should be working at. A good start though, I'm excited to see where you take this. I might have a crack at it later too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Indiana Jones Posted December 24, 2011 (edited) Yes, at first I matched the dimensions against real photos, but I found that if I limited it to just 3 or 4 studs wide and just 4 or 5 bricks high, I was not able to create anything I really liked, so I beefed up the scale of it. Plus, this will eventually become a nice set piece for Metropolis or Gotham City, and something for the Joker or Luthor to threaten to destroy with his krypto-mech, so it's OK if the dimensions differ from the real world a bit. And again, love to see even more alternate design ideas! Edited December 24, 2011 by The Real Indiana Jones Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Indiana Jones Posted March 27, 2012 And as my 76th post, here she is complete! Feedback is welcome... Indy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ecclesiastes Posted March 27, 2012 Nice design! Although id doesn't look like de real pedestal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
