Yooha Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) Hi to all, In the previous years I always made a custom advent calendar out of LEGO. In order that my fantasy is not limited - and not to cost it a penny - I made these in LDD. The theme I chose this year is LOTR and The hobbit. I post a new miniset every day. They are compatible with lego advent calendars, so they fit in a regular window, and sometimes it is a minifigure, sometimes something else. LDD has a limited variation for minifig torso and head printing, so for these days use your imagination Day 1 - Palantir Edited December 2, 2012 by Yooha Quote
-GZ- Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Great idea! Can't wait for new sets and pics, this one looks pretty recognisable. Аs for minifigs, because of limit of decals in LDD you maybe will make them with MS Paint, Photoshop or any other similar program? I've seen some collections of figs that were made in LDD but with decals added in MS paint, these were different soldiers, and the details of their uniform were amazing. Quote
HawkLord Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Not bad, but Faramir never wore scale armor. He was either in ranger attire with leather armor or plate armor in ROTK. I'd go with the ranger look with a cape and maybe a hood. Though I understand the LDD has limited pieces. Quote
Metallic11 Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 It's a nice idea actually, can't wait for the next few ones coming up! Quote
Yooha Posted December 3, 2012 Author Posted December 3, 2012 Day 3 - Elf weaponry (didn't find elven shaft/spear) Quote
LegoLotRGuy Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Awesome idea you need to make sure to have a santa figure at the end (pick a good one) Quote
Cutcobra Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Awesome idea you need to make sure to have a santa figure at the end (pick a good one) Gandalf Santa would be nice . Or maybe even a custom Saruman Santa . Quote
Yooha Posted December 4, 2012 Author Posted December 4, 2012 Day 4 - Cliff in Mount Doom and the One Ring Quote
-GZ- Posted December 5, 2012 Posted December 5, 2012 The 4th one was really nice idea for possible real LOTR advent calendar)) The 5th one is interesting, though it's very small for minifigures, but way too big for one-day advent set... Quote
Yooha Posted December 5, 2012 Author Posted December 5, 2012 The 5th one is interesting, though it's very small for minifigures, but way too big for one-day advent set... That's supposed to be microscale (so not minifig scale), and I just couldn't do it smaller. Bending the rules I made an other microscale model, which is much bigger than this one, so I decided not use it for the calendar. It will be an extra for Chrismas. Quote
Blakstone Posted December 5, 2012 Posted December 5, 2012 Yooha, I really enjoy this advent calendar. I check it daily. Keep up the great work. Quote
Yooha Posted December 6, 2012 Author Posted December 6, 2012 Day 6 - Santa Saruman Why today? Santa comes on the 6th December in Hungary. And a Santa minifig is expected on the last day, so that wouldn't have been a surprise then. Quote
NiceMarmot Posted December 6, 2012 Posted December 6, 2012 Day 6 - Santa Saruman Why today? Santa comes on the 6th December in Hungary. And a Santa minifig is expected on the last day, so that wouldn't have been a surprise then. That's a nice St Nicholas' Day surprise! Although, if you were a naughty kid this year, Santa Saruman might banish you to the top of his stone tower, which is a bit worse than just not getting a present. Quote
GandalfofHoth Posted December 9, 2012 Posted December 9, 2012 I would love to have a LotR advent. Great job so far. Quote
Yooha Posted December 10, 2012 Author Posted December 10, 2012 Day 10 - Elven woods with quiver Quote
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