Dark Elf Ceremonial Guard

[Wardancer]

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.

[Yperio_Bricks]

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!

[MAB]

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, 2024 by MAB

[KotZ]

Nice work! Like Yperio said, the Jazz singer's dress is a great choice.

[Wardancer]

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.

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Excellent Dark Elf!

I only have not figured out where the minifig head is from...?

[Wardancer]

3 hours ago, 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, 2024 by Wardancer

[Anio]

On 9/12/2024 at 3:17 PM, Wardancer said:

Aliexpress

Aliexpress

painted

painted

glued

Cape Madness

Eurobricks is still a Lego forum, right ?

[Wardancer]

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, 2024 by Wardancer

[Nevermorethan12]

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.

[josebricks]

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!

[MAB]

On 9/14/2024 at 11:54 AM, Anio said:

Eurobricks is still a Lego forum, right ?

This is in the special interests > customisation section. Perfectly allowed.

[Wardancer]

14 hours ago, 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, 2024 by Wardancer

[Anio]

On 9/16/2024 at 9:12 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. :)

[Wardancer]

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. 

[Angeli]

looks great :)
I am hoping we are going to see Drow in the next D&D CMF