Rui Miguel

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    Celebrating 25 Years of Adventure Category C 5968 The Cursed Race (Product Concept) By Rui Miguel “Not again! Another mummy chasing us” – Johnny Thunder “Well at least this one isn’t making any jokes” – Gail Storm 5968 The Cursed Race is the second chapter in the new journey on the Classic LEGO Adventurers theme. Shortly after Baron acquired the map it lifted the curse of Pharaoh Yuy. Our heroes still managed to get the map from Baron and Sinister but must now race against Pharaoh Huy. The only way our Adventurers can break the curse is to find the missing Jem of Anut. Features: - 292 pcs/pzs - Playfull Vehicles - 4x Minifigures (Johnny Thunder, Gail Storm, Dr. Charles Lighting and Pharaoh Yuy) Behind the Adventure Chapter II What kind of an Adventure would it be without cool vehicles and a mystical mummy? In this concept I wanted to bring vehicles that haven’t been made into a set previously. For example, a car capable of sitting all three main characters and an Egyptian chariot. The car is heavily inspired by the classic Excalibur cars. It was around two years ago, in a summer classics expo, when I saw an Excalibour car and when I saw it in real life I told myself if one day I was ever to do an Adventurers project this would be the heroes car. No more, no less. The model, the colors and the design just felt visually right and of course I added some small variations to fit the LEGO System. In the process I left my favourite part for last… The Mummy! Since I was a kid I always had a soft spot for villains, I don’t know why but they have always looked cooler than the heroes, always had the best musical scores and the best quotes, it’s just my opinion. In my draft story I wrote a new character, Pharaoh Yuy, a distant relative to Pharaoh Imoteh. He would be this cursed spooky ghost and for that I would use the Yellowish Green and Transparent Bright Green color pallet to that effect. The music themes of Ra from Stargate and The Mummy from composers David Arnold and Jerry Goldsmith inspired the design. I also found pressure in making this concept because it featured the minifigures of the heroes. Each to their own with their unique look and dressing. I maintained the color scheme and focused on refreshing with little drawing notes from my visual memory and movie culture inspirations and on top of that I adopted nowadays guidelines for minifigure design. Here is a detailed look at the graphic design of the characters and as well a closer look at the printed/stickers elements. And that concludes, for now, my take on Adventurers :D I hope you enjoyed my work, thank you for viewing it. Feel free to comment or add any ideas of what you would like to see in another chapter of Adventurers. Until the next project 😉
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    25 Years of Adventure In Review

    Rui Miguel replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

    Thank you again @Peppermint_M for this amazing opportunity. I agree with your review and this was an awesome contest. I will pick as a tag Johnny Thunder's hat, it can't get more iconic than that Thank you
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    25 Years of Adventure Contest Winners

    Rui Miguel replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

    That's a good idea I didn't think of. It's not "Pyramid" but the word starts with a P When the time arrives you will see the concept. Cheers
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    25 Years of Adventure Contest Winners

    Rui Miguel replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

    Thank you again @CDKiii @Classic_Spaceman Wow thank you so much for your constructive critique I appreciate it a lot. I wish I could show what I have already built/drafted but the decision to have them separate besides the story has also to do with the hypothetical price range of each set and how they fit with the rest of the collection as a whole. The next chapters will be bigger, more architectural, definitely more interactive and with new vehicles. Without spoiling it goes something like this: - Desert Secrets | 8+ | ~14.99€ - The Cursed Race | 8+ | ~24.99€ - Baron ?-?-? | 8+ | ~24.99€ - ?-?-? Tomb | 10+ | ~84.99€ - Voyage of ?-?-?-? | 12+ | ~120.99€ - ?-?-?-?-?-?-? of Anut | 16+ | ~224.99€ Ps: Harry Cane is on this list I didn't forget him.
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    Thank you @Captain Braunsfeld More Adventurers concepts are coming in the future for sure! I will see if some of them can be moved into an unique LEGO Ideas proposal. Because I use unreleased colors the only way to get this real is by the LEGO Ideas platform. The future will tell. @Bricknave I hope that hint was for me
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    25 Years of Adventure Contest Winners

    Rui Miguel replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

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    25 Years of Adventure Contest Winners

    Rui Miguel replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

    Wow! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for my project and those whom my project also reached and showed their support. A big warm thank you. This project means more than what meets the eye; seeing everyone rejoice with The Adventurers theme again it's inspiring. Congrats to the fellow winners @BardDandelion and @Zapalski of categories A and B with their amazing builds. A big thank you to @Peppermint_M for creating this amazing contest. To everyone who participated in each category, who the Adventurers theme is very alive after 25 years and continues to spark imagination and storytelling with Johnny Thunder and his friends. After this I'm definitely going to continue the adventure I started here and make brand new chapters, and who knows maybe someone at LEGO Group will catch up and have a homage set release someday. ;) Cheers everyone
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    Thank you for the support @Bricknave I wish as well. Adventurers theme has so much potential.
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    [ENTRY] 6269 Islander Palace

    Rui Miguel replied to BrynnOfCastlegate's topic in Pirate MOCs

    Love your project @BrynnOfCastlegate The way you build it by restricting yourself to only using LEGO parts from that time period is . The building process you did must have been super nostalgic and I bet a fun challenge; almost like going/traveling back in time. I like the play features and I can see how cool it would fit right next to set 6292 Enchanted Island increasing the play area. Your presentation encaptured fantastically the classic aesthetic of the LEGO System: lighting and composition. The model is simple and it's also what makes it so nostalgic and perfect, "less is more".
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    [ENTRY] 6273 Rock Island Refuge Remake

    Rui Miguel replied to CollinsAnimationStudio's topic in Pirate MOCs

    I followed your link, and after I saw the thumbnail I had to see your project! This is fantastic and captures the fun of the original release. You and your brother captured the feel with the colors and maintain the iconic aspects of the original and at the same time added more play features. The set looks really fun to play with and I think that is also the result of your collaborative process with your brother. I think that also the best value of this project is the collaborative play.
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    Thank you so much for commenting Yes having them all together fit in a vehicle and getting some space for their gadgets and accessories was a must. The combo of dark turquoise, yellowish green, pearl gold and transparent bright green were definitely MVPs
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    25 Years of Adventure! Cat. A Voting

    Rui Miguel replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

    1 = 1 point 3 = 1 point 4 = 1 point
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    25 Years of Adventure! Cat. B Voting

    Rui Miguel replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

    12 = 1 point 13 = 2 points
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    Awesome scene, composition and parts usage
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    Awesome Thank you again for commenting on both projects.
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    Thank you @mrcp6d I'm glad you like them
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    Celebrating 25 Years of Adventure Category C 5926 Desert Secrets (Product Concept) By Rui Miguel “At last Sinister! The lost treasures of Princess Anut are in our grasp!” – Baron Von Barron 5926 Desert Secrets is the first chapter of a new journey on the Classic LEGO Adventurers theme. Our favorite villain duo: Baron Von Barron and Sam Sinister have located the mystic shrine statue which is believed to unveil a secret map with the locations of Princess Anut's treasures. These artifacts can bring fantastic power to those who acquire, but be careful with what you discover, Adventurer… Some artifacts come with a terrible curse. Features: - 172 pcs/pzs - Interactive Puzzle Model Build - 2x Minifigures (Baron Von Barron and Sam Sinister) - Playable Ural Motorcycle Behind the Adventure Chapter I I surely can’t be the only one who misses the Adventurers theme. I can’t tell you the number of times I played with my Johnny Thunder sets back in the day and still do sometimes. When I was a kid I always played with Johnny as mix between Indiana Jones meets Rick O'Connell meets "Crocodile" Dundee. When I saw the contest with the guidelines and the design process I do with my MOCs, I felt this could be a great opportunity to explore the simple, yet complex idea of: What if the Adventurers theme came back, what could that look like? It's not only celebrating 25 years of Adventure, but also 25 years of MOCs in the making by so many fellow AFOLs and TFOLs so for me to make this concept right I also needed to have in mind that I would not only be designing my vision of Johnny Thunder, but also make sure to get, as much as possible, everyone’s vision in that process too. I wrote down a small crazy draft of a story, in which later served as my blueprint for this set and my other entry. I was very careful reinventing the characters' design; I wanted them feel new and yet respecting and preserving what made their look iconic. Below I show in more detail the physical prototype I built before doing the digital color test. View here 5926 Prototype action in hand Here is a detailed look at the graphic design on the characters Baron Von Barron and Sam Sinister as well a closer look at the printed/stickers elements. And that’s all for this chapter! :D I put a lot of heart into this project, hope you enjoyed my work, thank you for viewing it. Feel free to comment or add any ideas of what you would like to see in a new chapter of Adventurers. If you haven't already, go visit my other Adventurers concept: The Cursed Race which is a follow-up to this story.
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    Thank you for commenting and supporting @Powder Monkey Yes, I'm 100% with you. The most important selling point is always the product: the LEGO model comes in first. But the first contact you, me, or anyone has is with the packaging. Each LEGO package always tells a story/scene to motivate exactly what you describe "Cool box -> imagination kicks in -> decision already been made" as a starting point, this enables the imagination and after that, the imaginative world is ours :) Sometimes I go with the flow, like an idea sparks another idea, but in this specific project, since the initial phase when I was building the models I had a very clear idea of the visuals I wanted to use, but I was also careful enough to balance that line between what came before and the nowadays modern LEGO.
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    That's awesome I still remember when I first got my Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins, 5988 Thank you for your enthusiasm @Mister Phes Today I got an update and I'm sure now that I most definitely won't make the contest deadline of submitting. The good news is if everything goes well by the middle or end of September I will post it all. Although they are mini-builds it takes some time to get that extra mile and with this pirates project I want to give something fun to every pirate fan to build at home
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    @Mister Phes Thank you so much for reaching out and for your recognition I had a blast making this project and I will definitely continue in the future what I started here! I'm making something cool for the mini Pirate sets contest as well. It's going to be a small treat, but I'm hoping Pirate fans will love it. Working with a 50-piece limit is a fun building challenge and envisioning those releases from the 80s and 90s to what could look like today is one of the things I love about LEGO design.
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    I wish but no I have other projects that you can build them entirely, play and display. Follow this link it will show you https://linktr.ee/ruimiguel8722 I'm planning to open a Rebrickable page in the future since it's more accessible to fans.
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    Hahaha , Thank you! I wish could say it in your nearest LEGO shop, but unfortunately, this is the curse of some of my projects have
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    Thanks
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    Yes absolutely. This project is getting a very warm reception amongst fans and I have more chapters to tell in this new Adventurers journey, (the map print teases a little). I feel responsible now to continue the adventure. Let's see where it goes
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    Thank you again for posting a comment @Kai NRG Well the good part is that both are in the same set, if this got a release you would get them both. The car shape was challenging it took me 1-2 days to get it right. Initially, I had planned to have soft goods for the convertible/drop top part but then I thought hypothetically that would increase the price of the set since two minifigures would have printed legs. It's a crazy thought process, but fun.