Posted September 12, 2024Sep 12 Dark Elf Ceremonial Guard Ceremonial in name, but not very ceremonial in combat, these Dark Elves have sworn to protect the Emperor with their swords. Dark Elf Ceremonial Guard by MWardancer, auf Flickr Customization Notes: - weapon: Aliexpress - helmet: Aliexpress, painted, added plume, painted - shield: two shields glued together with a new handle - cape: Cape Madness I have been wanting to make a fighter with the slope legpiece for a long time and when finally the Jazz Singer became available for a good price I bought three of them. I am very angry that the expensive and rare goblin shield is printed off-center most times. The one shown here is the best one I have. I quite enjoy the variety of weapons on Aliexpress. Finding an armor that sits well with the cape was easy.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 Another great minifig! Never thought the jazz singer's dress would fit a warrior, but here we go And the dress matches the shields perfectly. Great job all around!
September 12, 2024Sep 12 Yeah, this looks great. The Gondor helmet really looks good in black. I'll have to get some of those dresses although I'll have to remove the neck and hips print. Edited September 12, 2024Sep 12 by MAB
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Author Thank you everyone. I could not get rid of the ribbon on the waist, which looks a bit feminine. One idea was also to paint the gray area, which tries to give the impression of female hips, black to cover it up. But when you cover up the neck with an armor I figured it is not very feminine any more.
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Excellent Dark Elf! I only have not figured out where the minifig head is from...?
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Author On 9/13/2024 at 7:03 PM, Captain Braunsfeld said: Excellent Dark Elf! I only have not figured out where the minifig head is from...? I don’t know where it is from, but this Information might help: It is not a white head, it is glow in the dark. So check all glow in the dark heads on Bricklink, there are not many. It has the typical Elven cheeklines. On the other side there is an angry face with red lines. Edited September 13, 2024Sep 13 by Wardancer
September 14, 2024Sep 14 On 9/12/2024 at 1:17 PM, Wardancer said: Aliexpress Aliexpress painted painted glued Cape Madness Eurobricks is still a Lego forum, right ?
September 14, 2024Sep 14 Author Yes, that is why I mentioned that LEGO puts extremely badly printed Goblin shields on the market, which makes it very frustrating and expensive to find any good LEGO Goblin shields. Even the ones in the picture are slightly off-center and there are the best among the 10 LEGO Goblin shields I own. Ok, let me go buy official LEGO Elven helmets. Oh wait, there are none even after a decade of owning the LOTR licence… Edited September 14, 2024Sep 14 by Wardancer
September 15, 2024Sep 15 Customizing is an open game. Anything is possible, which actually puts Lego in a bad light because there are some REALLY fantastic things that can be done and are not.
September 16, 2024Sep 16 Love it. And 100 percent agree, Wardancer, and would add that if anything lego should be embarrassed by how many more options we have outside of their brand for quality LOTR bits and bobs. Always appreciate your creativity in this forum!
September 16, 2024Sep 16 On 9/14/2024 at 10:54 AM, Anio said: Eurobricks is still a Lego forum, right ? This is in the special interests > customisation section. Perfectly allowed.
September 16, 2024Sep 16 Author On 9/16/2024 at 3:41 AM, josebricks said: Love it. And 100 percent agree, Wardancer, and would add that if anything lego should be embarrassed by how many more options we have outside of their brand for quality LOTR bits and bobs. Always appreciate your creativity in this forum! Actually the only reason I became a customizer is that I wanted an Elven army and there was no chance to simply buy one. LOTR came and went and Elven army builders had very few options. Edited September 16, 2024Sep 16 by Wardancer
September 17, 2024Sep 17 On 9/16/2024 at 7:12 AM, MAB said: This is in the special interests > customisation section. Perfectly allowed. I guess you are right. I was just surprised to see that on the frontpage. No big deal anyway. The minifig looks nice. :)
September 19, 2024Sep 19 Author Thank you. No harm done. There is not much customization going on on Eurobricks any more. Once every few years one of my figs gets frontpaged. I was actually very surprised that this dark elf was frontpaged, because it is not a very complex fig, a small project only. Maybe it serves as a reminder that customization does exist. Once there was even a customzation competition here on Eurobricks. There is still a lot going on in customization, but on Instagram. Many customizers with crazy skills and 3d printed parts, quite exclusive Little Shops and more.
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