Doctor Sinister

I might do follow ups, or make a whole story one day. So many ideas...so little time. Sigh. Dr. S.

Thanks! Dr. S.

Couldn't really find an application or a way to do it, given the build. I also wanted to prove to myself that I wasn't a one-trick pony and that I could actually build something and not rely on special effects! :-D Dr. S.

My Vig' is ready! Here it is! OK, as a reminder, this is the scene from Chapter 7 of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe where Marvin encounters a Frogstar Scout Robot Class D which has been sent to capture Zaphod Beeblebrox. They meet on a skybridge between two buildings suspended 15 stories above ground and Marvin tricks and annoys the robot into taking out the walls, ceiling and eventually the floor of the bridge, causing it to plummet to the ground to its destruction. It's by far my favourite scene from any of the books. The Vignette shows the moment the machine takes out the floor on which it is sat. Here's an uncluttered view: And another: Here's the Robot. The Robot is described in the book as a towering black tank - but on the basis that it's from the Frogstar, I tried to make it look a little froglike as well as menacing - and stupid (even though Frogstar is just a stupid name and has nothing to do with frogs at all). I've given it a mouth and eyes as it engages Marvin in conversation. Here's a side view of the Tank. I decided to give it some chrome exhausts as it's a very vain Tank, proud of its weapons and capabilities and I figured it would want a bit of "bling". Here's Marvin. In the first book Marvin has very little description and in the scene in question is merely stated as being "silver". I had a really hard time putting together all my chrome pieces in anything resembling a robot and I wanted to stay away from the film and TV depictions and go for my own - so my Marvin is made of a bunch of Technic pieces and a chrome "head" on top. I think it works quite well. Here's the scenery - just an 8x8 square essentially cracked in half. It's supported on transparent bricks and a trans plate as I wanted to convey the sense that this platform is suspended in mid air. The trans plate is NOT a part of the Vig' - the Vig' itself is still 8x8 studs. The windows and ceiling have of course long been disintegrated at this stage. The falling half is attached with a hinge piece. The trans studs you see on top are the support for the Tank to click onto, thus making the entire creation one whole piece when fully assembled. Dr. S.

Vig Master! :-$ Gosh. Thanks. It has a certain ring to it... :-D :-D I deny everything though - it's just the pills I'm on, they must have activated an unused part of my brain. Dr. S.

Sir Nadroj's is brilliant, Captain Greenhair's is superb but Fat Tony's is simply gorgeous so he gets my vote. Dr. S.

Absolutely amazing! It's so BIG! It has so much DETAIL! I'm in awe. Dr. S.

Oh no! More money to spend! Erm, I mean, GREAT! More Clones! Hurrah! (Still need that Turbo Tank though...I promised the Commander...) Dr. S.

Yeah, he's kind of bleeding to death so I thought it was fitting. Dr. S.

Yes - Heinz of course! :-D Dr. S.

This is true. And thanks! Dr. S.

He's quite quite real - he's me! You can visit his (my) website here: http://www.sinisterincorporated.co.uk (NB, Doctor Sinister is a parody of a real Supervillain and a xenophobe and holds views that I don't necessarily endorse...the site is satirical, as indicated in the disclaimer - just in case anyone takes some of the pages seriously) Dr. S.

OK chaps, two more here: http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...topic=11433&hl= http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...topic=11432&hl= One is just for fun really...the other one is an extension of my experimentation with this Vig'. Back to work on Monday alas... :-( Dr. S.

Doctor Sinister, evil genius, supervillain, Mayor of Tabletown and future Emperor of the entire universe sits inside his high-tech lair, cat on lap, pondering whether or not to press the Mauve Button and obliterate everything...just because he can. Dr. S.

This is great! Love the use of the bush, and the way the ghosts rise into the air is sweet. I reckon with a bit of backlighting to illuminate those spirits, it would be even better! Dr. S.

Reservoir Dogs is one of my favourite films, and in my feverish state I decided to update a picture I originally made on the 26th of May - 1999! It's basically the final standoff scene at the end, built to Vig' 8x8 standards. If anyone hasn't seen the film, they can see a snapshot of the scene I'm working to here BUT WARNING, it's quite gory - so if you are a youngster or of a faint heart, don't click on it! I won't give away what's actually happening in the scene in case anyone hasn't seen it as it might spoil it for them. The original picture I made back in 1999 is here: Dr. S.

Well...I do have another one now. But I don't want to keep spamming the forums with them... Although it does involve my usual sig-fig... Dr. S.

Thank you Lord Vader. Erm, I'm wondering that myself! Dr. S.

I prefer not to use it where I can - more of a challenge that way, although I'm not ruling it out for future ones, just that I think that would make it less "pure". Dr. S.

Do we have a date for this yet? I have a few ideas...but a date would help me focus. :-D I'm thinking of doing this scene - "What a depressingly stupid machine" - but it might be too ambitious. It's a scene I remember fondly as I was on the bus at the time and I laughed out loud - and everyone stared at me. :-D Dr. S.

First off - great custom, really good, it must take a lot of skill and patience to create something like that. *y* But...I just read the history on that link you provided and it saddens me to see that SW writers have no imagination these days...they just keep going back to the same themes. Shame. This is why I stopped reading SW books. :-( Dr. S.

I could be wrong but I think he wants to know what does the number actually mean? As in...does the number itself signify anything? It doesn't mean anything in itself though - does it? It's just like a quick reference for identifying/selling/producing the set. Each theme tends to have its own number sequence, other than that there's no signifiance I don't think. Dr. S.

Yeah, he's doomed...unless... And thanks. Although I think I am hallucinating on these pills - I keep seeing Muppets everywhere on the forum. :-D Dr. S.

Uh-oh, now the pressure's on! :-D Dr. S.

Thank you, I'm glad you like it. I used one of those transparent plate thingies from a mosaic set as I was lacking anything blue, but the vig' itself is still 8x8, it's just sat on the corner. To get the blue colour of the magical water in the cave the model is sitting on top of an 8x8x3 blue "box" with a small hatch at the back through which a torch is shining - the blue light is just reflected light from the inside of the box. I had two more torches on a sort of diffused setting to highlight other areas, one in front of the Knight, one behind the dragon - quite a complicated setup but it seems to have worked. Dr. S.