Wardancer

"My first question is to the ones who do not put custom molds on minifigures, just print on original parts: which is the difference in your opinion within printing 2d parts or 3d parts? Why, is it considered "more purist" to print whatsoever detail instead of making 3d parts for your minifigures?" This might be because 3d printing parts is much more likely to violate the lego aesthetics and therefore look unlegoish than 2d printing Making a 3d part which fits a minfig in size is easy. However, making a 3d part which looks like an original lego part is not easy. The best example is the company brickwarriors (of which I enjoy buying things very much and do not want to bash here). Take the Sarissa Spear as an example: https://www.brickwarriors.com/sarissa-spear/ 1) It is much longer than any spear or lance LEGO has ever made. 2) It has these woven bands around it (many BW products have) which no LEGO product has ever had. The level of detail is too high. 3) It might be pointier than LEGO safety regulations allow. 4) It has no connection potential due to the ornament at the bottom. LEGO has a set of rules it is designed by. Certain angles, level of detail, size ratios, simplifying real shapes etc. Making a 3d part needs to stick to these rules or else it looks unlegoish. Many BW parts do, most shields for example. Othe companies have the same issues. Printing something on a 2d element does not need to apply these rules. Lego 2d prints have less rules I believe. They are usually 2d and simplified cartoonish, but that it it. So just printing something is less likely to result in "failure", i.e. deviation from the original. Ironically, Brickwarriors is an example for overdoing printing as well. Many of their figs look weird (sorry, but you know it is true), especially the eyes. I think they do it on purpose to create their own style. So you can make unlegoish printing, too, but in general 2d printing is less likely to result in deviating from lego aestetic rules.

Gargoyle Cathedras and the Granite Growlers Gargoyle Cathedras and the Granite Growlers by MWardancer, auf Flickr Gargoyle Cathedras enjoys new company, his trusted Granite Growlers Fetch and Fletch. These stone hounds have a distinct playfulness as well as a weight of 800 kilograms each.

I wonder what it would take to modify that T-Rex to make the ultimate dragon. A longer neck, wings, some more horns...

Since you are looking for metallic parts „chromebricks“ might be able to help you. He... chromes bricks. There are actually more than one company which chromes, but I dont remember their names. edit https://store.bricklink.com/Aurimax#/

Great, the body and legs Look a Bit wooden. I can Imagine making dryads from that.

Hmm the new Horntail is meh. The head does not look like a dragon. It is a birdlike shape, no printing can change that. Maybe the head can finally make a giant Giant eagle or Griffin. The wings seem to be the medium size. A welcome addition, brown is a useful color, especially since the old horntail wings are very expensive. also I cannot believe they still have Harry sit on Buckbeak oldschool style even though he has a gap, which is very positive and an improvement over the old Buckbeak.

There seem to be two different Buckbeak leak pictures. One with a white breast and one without?

I have seen a video once on dyeing bricks. But that is making white bricks colored, not the other way around. I do not think this works. 3d printing oder painting probably is your only option.

1. CMF Elf Stag 2.CMF Forest Maiden golden Tree 3. Friends Goblin King golden eye

The Gondorian soldiers‘ legs were printed off center. Do these new fountain guards have the same issue? The helmet is spectacular!

Dark Elf Sorceress Lady Licanne Dark Elf Sorceress Lady Licanne by MWardancer Customization Notes:- Ice Ice Baby: Weapons are Brickforge laserbeams on a painted spear elaborate and a painted Brickwarriors' sword- Frozen: Hairpiece is painted.- Take My Coat: cape by Cape Madness

Avengers of Oak Regiment Avengers of Oak Regiment by MWardancer, auf Flickr

A new one... Light Aqua Citadel Dry Paint Skink Blue mixed with Citadel Skull White (or any other Citadel white) I would say 98% similarity. The Skink Blue is the "dry" kind of paint, which is itself not good for direct painting. However, as you mix in quite a lot of white, it becomes more liquid. You might consider adding some thinner, I did not do that though.

Another idea for the armor with the stud on the back is making a hole in the cape and use the stud to hod something, e.g. a quiver. So you can have archers with quivers and capes. Like this: Archer by MWardancer, auf Flickr You need an extra tool for this though. I am going to paint all my stuff, because 99% of original Lego armors and weapons are NOT shiny metallic.

The molds are ok. Some minor quality issues, but fine. As I paint over the helmet anyway, much is evened out. I think there is no way to remove the tree without making the armor useless. You would have to sand the tree off extremely carefully and polish it extremely well to remove any marks left. I don't think this makes sense. What I did was cut off this extra shoulder/upper arm protection under the normal shoulder armor. This can be done with a single cut quite cleanly. It makes the think look a little - just a little - more legoish. The leg protection my armor does not have, but I guess it can be cut off easily as well.

Dryad (adult male) Dryad (adult male) by MWardancer Dryad (adult male) front by MWardancer Customization notes: - lots of cutting and glueing - legs cannot move anymore This was supposed to be easy to make, because I want a regiment of these. See my Flickr for the young female dryad and the dryad deity.

Here one can see how it looks when you paint the Koruit helmet: Silver Guard (revisited 2019) side by MWardancer, auf Flickr

Silver Guard (revisited 2019) Silver Guard (revisited 2019) by MWardancer Silver Guard (revisited 2019) side by MWardancer Customization Notes: - Halberd: two spears cut and glued - Flag: cut and glued - Helmet: Koruit Rohan soldier, painted - cape by Cape Madness

Mine just arrived. 10 Archers. It took less than 2 weeks to Germany. For that prize they are fine. Print on one leg is visibly off center as seen in CMIs picture above. But I am mainly interested, helmets, quivers, bow and armor, so the printing is less important for me. Printed arms are nice as well. Torso print is ok, looks a bit used. The armor is overly detailled, so I am going to cut off some details.

Thank you for pointing that out. I am going to order a few. Since Lego has missed the chance to make these, I do not even feel bad about it. Especially the helmets are great.

Thank you! These are from Nicebricks: https://store.bricklink.com/Dan76#/shop?o={"showHomeItems":1} Thank you very much. Warhammer ist indeed a big influence. Maybe I am compensating that I could not really paint my Warhammer army when I was 15...

I have discussed different paints recently and found some helpful articles: On the difference between acrylic and enamel paints: https://www.model-space.com/blog/2015/05/scale-model-basics-acrylic-vs-enamel-paint/ Charts for conversion of color codes of brands: http://downloads.hobbico.com/misc/rmx/TES_Revell_Paint_Match_Guide.pdf http://www.models2u.co.uk/downloads/PaintChart-RtoH.PDF

Thank you. One aspect of the labor of love is revisiting and improving the figs, see here: Avenger of Oak (revisited 2018) After the cowardly attack on Oakenfold, an order of fighters was founded to keep nature’s righteous rage alive. These determined warriors are the backbone of the Golden Glade clan. Avenger of Oak (revisited 2018) by MWardancer, auf Flickr Customization techniques: Just simple painting of horns and leaves.

Beak-1b Falcon Bomber (revisited 2018) - full What is more frightening than a giant eagle? A giant eagle disguised as a dragon! Trained by the EADS group (Elven Air Dominance Systems), the giant falcon helps achieve much needed air superiority. The Beak-1b variant carries four heavy Hailstorm spears and drops them with hawkish precision on high value targets. Light armor elements and the trusty lance make sure the Beak-1b does not have to avoid air to air combat either. Beak-1b Falcon Bomber (revisited 2018) - full by MWardancer, auf Flickr Beak-1b Falcon Bomber (revisited 2018) - top by MWardancer, auf Flickr Beak-1b Falcon Bomber (revisited 2018) - detail by MWardancer, auf Flickr Customization Techniques: Jabba the Head: Dragon head from CMF dragon suit guy, cut, drilled, maimed, painted Fake'o'Lego: my non-patented fake leg technique for unmountable creatures: cut of legs at knees, glue them on creature, apply leg shaped painted paper Dotty Matrix: lots of dots painted on bird, this is very easy. Payload: spears are attached using cut off minfig hands Tail of Terror: the spike on the tail is a Brickwarriors vambrace Eagle Eye Cherry: I could not keep the original eyes, so the new ones are just black dots on yellow paper

Could someone test if a horse barding fits on the thestral?