Tanotrooper

Outstanding work. The sunken ship's sails are very neatly done, and the seaweed really seems to be living. All of the seacreatures are great aswell, very good combos of parts on those. The Powerminers monsters' heads as rocks is a brilliant idea! You really captured the "typical" life on the bottom on the sea! TT

Great review I think I'll buy it just for the figures, that long cape is very interesting... TT

This looks interesting, I'll certainly check the developments of this project Having started with a huge project myself, I know the time and costs it consumes On a side note about Operation Bricklord, I find it curious that there was a thread posted on how the US figures should look, while I saw a Soviet T-76 on the pictures of the layout Gaetano TT

They look great TT

Yay, I won something Looking forward to Christmas TT

I choose #1 Caveman. Like his beard/hear and it's something LEGO hasn't tried before. I also like the dummy, cowboy and... well, I'm gonna have to collect them all Hoping to see some Romans/Greeks in the next wave With these coming in more than two times a year, it's gonna get pretty expensive TT

Those are some great decals woody64, the slung over coats look great I'm looking forward to seeing those on minifigs with your custom accesoires. The site is very useful indeed and also has a few uniforms of troops outside of the Hundred Days campaign. Frankly, I didn't really know what to expect when ordering the parts. I calculated the size of it all, but only when they were being assembled did I really get the impression of the size. Thanks for the reply Tanotrooper

Hello again (sorry for the late reply), Thank you, one of my targets of these figures was to have an amount of detail somewhat comparable to miniature figures. Indeed, it did cost quite a lot (I still have the order amounts on my Bricklink, but don't want to add them up in fear of seeing the total amount ) , but thanks to a summer job I was able to do it though. I found some better pictures from users on Brickshelf, credits go to Brickshelf users Aliencat, Gien7 and Patje. At the last moment, I changed the flag design. It used to have a yellow square lining inside the tricolour and a yellow eagle on top. Later on, I decided to add gold tiles to the border, leaving the tricolour clean. (This made the flag more stable aswell.) Then of course I wanted the eagle to be gold too, so I played around with the gold parts I had and made this design. Not perfect, but acceptable. The picture is sideways, but does give a feeling about the length of it all. (about 2.2 meters) Reparing some of the casualties from transport and placing the last figures. I finished these just in time for the event (transport went quite well as I used these archiving boxes, in which I could put two baseplates secured with bricks on each side.) The musket are a bit of trouble to be aligned after transport, but nothing to serious. These are picture heavy posts, and I apologize I'll update the thread with pictures as the rest of the troops are coming along, hoping it won't sink to the dark deeps of the Classic-Pirates forums Comments, thoughts, criticism are VERY appreciated Thanks for looking and/or reading Gaetano Tanotrooper

Hello, I'd like to join in aswell. I have some sets waiting to be reviewed, and with winter holidays coming up, I'll have some time on my hands Gaetano Tanotrooper

Great representation of the Gmod vehicle! (love the fence between wheels technique) thanks for the movie aswell! TT

Very nice work, love the roof and the windows. Great positioning of the figures aswell, like the monk using the spoon as a last resort TT

Indeed, some very nice techniques in there. I like the use of the flag into the design and the miniature snowman TT

Thanks for commenting I tried to have as many different head as possible, but it's inevitable to have a lot of the same heads with so many soldiers. Still, no two figures are exact. I put on different legs (breeches or not, different colour, different coloured trousers), put on a greatcoat or put on a shako cover. In total, it took me several days spread over a large period to assemble these, and the variations added some hours to it. forgot to add the link to the uniforms of the 45ème: uniforms click through to "1er bataillon" to see the uniforms of this battalion. Gaetano TT

Hello everyone, over the past months I've been designing and gathering the parts for the first part of my project. Eventually, it'll be the depiction of certain parts from the battle of Waterloo (18th of June 1815). The first step in this project over many years is creating the first battalion of the "45ème régiment d'infanterie de ligne". This regiment was one of the two regiments who lost its precious eagle at the battle of Waterloo. (a scene which I'm planning to recreate.) Some of my WIP pictures have been posted on Brickshelf (which is sadly down at the moment), but the first two complete companies were presented this weekend at the Belug Brickmania weekend at Wilrijk, Belgium. Eventually the battlion will be three times the size of these troops. The companies depicted are the grenadiers and the 4th company of fusiliers. Grenadiers were the strongest, tallest and bravest men of the battalion, and wore distinctive red epaulettes and plumes. The 4th company of fusliliers (=standard Napoleonic French infantryman) was the company that held the port-aigle. (carrier of the banner with eagle on top) PICTURES: a number of people have taken pictures during the weekend, so feel free to post them here as my photographing skills or equipment aren't the best quality flickr gallery main view Napol

I did something similar a while ago with a custom of Patrick from Spongebob, but went a little mad and sculpted over everything With brickshelf down at the moment, I can't seem to find the picture... I used FIMO, clay that needs to be baked. Some attempts to boil it ended up being too brittle, and the danger with the oven is that you have to keep an eye on it. (It tends to deform if the sculpt is light such as details, ...) Good luck with it TT

Hi, yes I know this one isn't very good, but it's a raffle anyway and don't quite have the time now. My picture: It's supposed to be me with a christmas tree This year would be the first time I'll wear a suit on Christmas Greetings Gaetano

as you can see on the back picture, a minifig hand is inserted into the frame of the torso. This hand holds the T-bar. Gallery with pictures of it: TTfigs TT

Thanks for the comments I'll get a more detailed shot for you hopefully tomorrow. It uses a 1*1 brick modified with 4 studs (studs on all sides), with pink 1*1 round plates on the brick and the turntables on top of them. It is possible to add the 6th turntable on the bottom, although this requires a technic half pin to be inserted in the bottom of the brick, but which doesn't hold it that well. (as in, you pick up the cube and the turntable "hangs" on the technic pin.) Of course, I didn't use one on the bottom so the cube could be mounted on a stud and doesn't slide away Gaetano

The unvealing of the giant laser and the title made me laugh Nice work, the train looks very sleek, and the colour scheme works well. TT

Hi everyone, Portal is a great game, and I enjoyed everything about it. It uses portals with which you have to solve problems or puzzles. (and also has a dark storyline) I've been planning to make a Chell TTfig for a while, but couldn't quite find the right design. Luckily I did, and also a bit of a special design of the companion cube (although some others have found this way too, except for the pink "heart" ) This is just a general vignette, later versions will have some more action to them: brickshelf gallery vignette Flickr Chell herself: back: Note the springs in her legs, which make support her rather than her feet. (Only tips touch the floor) Also note her hand fits IN the gun, like the real thing. Chell Brickshelf gallery reference picture: Companion cube: I recommend playing the game, it's part of the Orange Box aswell. Comments and critism are welcome! Tanotrooper

I shall take that challenge! In a few weeks I'll post it. Outstanding work on these minifigs! The cords must take a lot of work. One question, have you painted the canon? (I suppose you did, but the colour resembles pearl gold perfectly) Gaetano TT

Signed It has provided me with some essential parts for my figures, and I hope LEGO will continue to do so thourgh the Pirate theme TT

The military helmet fits a bit too snugly, usually pulling the head of the torso if you want to remove the helmet. But hold on to the face and the helmet can be removed. Overall I'm happy with the quality. TT

Congrats to the winners! TT

I was just thinking about a lego alternative for the M1 helmet and just saw the frontpage news. Looking forward to the green armymen! The rest is... meh. They could have used normal printed heads. They made the clone wars figures that way, I see no reason the change it... Prince of Persia looks good. I don't like any of the animals. (all sculpted, almost no simplicity) TT