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[Corvus]

I was browsing EB today and I came upon SirNadroj's miniland version of himself. That inspired me to make one of myself, doing what I love most; working with Raptors, or Birds of Prey. The birds I am with are 1) Hera , a Raven, sitting on my hand, 2) Slim Pickens, a Turkey Vulture, on a perch to the left, and Chance, a Harris Hawk, land on a perch.

Front:

side:

Me:

Slim. in the wild, he was feeding on roadkill, and a truck blew by him. He was caught up in the wake and his wings are broken. I know people think of vultures as ugly, but we (at the High Desert Museum) think he's cute. *wub*

Chance. I struggled with this. To me he doesn't look like a Harris Hawk, but otherwise I like it.

Hera. I love Hera. She was found in someone's backyard, and we later found out she was blind! X-O It just goes to show how intelligent ravens are, because no other bird would survive being blind.

Now, we don't have this bird at the museum, but I, caught up in a building frenzy, built it anyway. I present: the majestic Harpy Eagle!!

I think this MOC turned out *wub* I don't have as many picures as I want, because I was forced to use mocpages because BL is down. |-/

Now, a size comparison. In real life, a Harpy would pobably be a bit bigger in the comparison I have. They weigh twenty pounds (twice as big as a Bald or Golden Eagle!) and is equipped with five inch talons, which are the same size as a grizzly bear's claw. Anyway, to show how formidable they are:

HEEEEEEELP!!!!

So, what do you think? Comments are apreciated!

After doing this, I want to challenge you to build a miniland version of yourself, doing what you love (yes, you can build yourself building lego) and put it here! This isn't a contest, just having fun. Is anyone interested?

[Starwars4J]

Well I'm not sure about a ML version of myself but this is wonderful! The birds are so lively, great job (especially Chance *wub*)

[SirNadroj]

WOW! Those are excellent! I'm glad I've inspired someobdy, and I'm glad to see some more fellow bird enthusiasts! *y*

[Corvus]

Well I'm not sure about a ML version of myself but this is wonderful! The birds are so lively, great job (especially Chance *wub*)

You can always make one of you stepping on Hinckley's sigfig... ;-)

thank you! I'm glad you like Chance, I wasn't so sure about him for a little bit. Speaking of lively, chance is probably the livliest of the ones I've made, hence him landing on a perch. During flight shows, he likes to fly up to random trees rather than his perch. Also, whenever he flies over the audience, we always have to warn "Low flight!" so people don't have a heart attack when he brushes over their heads!

WOW! Those are excellent! I'm glad I've inspired someobdy, and I'm glad to see some more fellow bird enthusiasts!

Whoops, our posts crossed. *sing* Thanks for the comment. Is it all right if I post your ML moc in here, so we can start up a bigger group of ML figures?

Edited September 1, 2007 by Mr. Mandalorian

[Starwars4J]

You can always make one of you stepping on Hinckley's sigfig... ;-)

Hm...well in that case X-D

thank you! I'm glad you like Chance, I wasn't so sure about him for a little bit. Speaking of lively, chance is probably the livliest of the ones I've made, hence him landing on a perch. During flight shows, he likes to fly up to random trees rather than his perch. Also, whenever he flies over the audience, we always have to warn "Low flight!" so people don't have a heart attack when he brushes over their heads!

Sounds wonderful, I love animals so much. It must be a real nice way to relax

[SirNadroj]

Whoops, our posts crossed. *sing* Thanks for the comment. Is it all right if I post your ML moc in here, so we can start up a bigger group of ML figures?

Be my guest! :-)

[Corvus]

Hm...well in that case X-D

Sounds wonderful, I love animals so much. It must be a real nice way to relax

I think I might have just caused something bad to happen... 8-| :-D poor hinckley. :-P

By "nice way to relax" Do you mean working with birds, or the birds themselves? The birds do get to relax, and they sure are spoiled! Hera has two cages two herself (one indoor one too sleep in, one big outdoor on during the day). The other raven, Stark, gets frequent walks and plenty of toys. He used to be someone's pet, until one day, his owner left for the weekend, letting Stark free-roam. Stark, being spoiled (and evilly intelligent :-P ) went too the neighbor's house and started jumping on their heads, begging for food. The neighbors got annoyed and threatened to shoot him. So, we christened him Stark because he drove them "Stark raving mad"! :-D

Be my guest! :-)

All right:

Say hello to SirNadroj, everybody! ;-)

Edited September 1, 2007 by Mr. Mandalorian

[Asuka]

A wonderful work, Mr. Mandalorian! *wub*

[john cleese]

excellent birds mandalorian. But the vulture appears to be missing his head.

[Corvus]

A wonderful work, Mr. Mandalorian! *wub*

Thanks!

excellent birds mandalorian. But the vulture appears to be missing his head.

I meant it to be that way, the red is his head. I didn't want to put a beak in since a vulture doesn't have a big beak anyway, but I might change it.

[yellost]

boy, those birds are just *wub* . They're really well done. Especially the dynamism of Hera.

I like your ML fig too, but somehow it reminds me of that skeletton kid in Corpse Bride

I think it' the blue and the shape of the head