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Best Minifigures of 2015
Well, as they say, better late than never, LOL.
Here’s my list of the best figures, in my own opinion, from the past year. I obviously didn’t include my own custom minifigure releases from this year, as that is just weird to do, but if interested you can see my releases this year in the previous pic.
I’ve included, just like last year, my favorites for both custom created figs AND official LEGO releases, as I’m really a fan of both. But, I should state that I mostly follow Star Wars, Superheroes, CMS, and Movie/TV sets – but I did browse through the selection of City, Ninjago, Chima, and Ideas sets, as well.
With that in mind, here are the ones I selected as the best 20 minifigures this year and why:
Custom (L to R, top to bottom – top two rows)
Maestro Hulk by Christo – this figure was of a character that I had no clue about from the comics, but the design instantly grabbed my attention. The design on the torso is clean and straight forward, but what makes this figure stand out are the attention to details with the custom beard piece and the great alignment of the wonderful head print with the beard. Together, they all work out fantastically. I also like that Christo has provided black boot prints to go with this as well. While the beard piece and arm bands are a bit loose, it still looks great overall and a definite “get” for collectors. What kept this from being the best of the year was the price, which - while it is understood to have 3 high quality custom pieces – is a bit too high for most collectors.
Ms. Marvel by Christo – while this figure had been released before by other vendors, this was clearly the best version of this character made yet! The custom wavy hair is a standout feature, but what I loved the best are both the face design and the way Christo printed the flesh tops of the arms (to make them look double molded) and the flesh upper legs. The continuation of the waist wrap to the legs was nice too. The only issue with this fig (other than not being able to turn its hair piece/head) is that the wrap around the waist was designed to look like it was floating over the waist, instead of hugging it – and it suffers from Christo’s misaligned hips issue. Still, a fantastic custom that I absolutely love.
Katniss Everdeen (Hunger Games – Mockingjay version) by Christo – a late release but an absolute MUST for custom collectors! This figure has so many features that make it one of the tops of the year, it’s hard to focus on any of them. From the wonderful custom hairpiece (which does allow the head to turn), to the unique eye printing (those are some bright blue eyes!) to the subtle shades of grays used to print the very intricate design on the torso. The custom bow and quiver we’ve seen before with last year’s Arrow fig from Christo, but this bow is in black (which is new). There is also some cool little prints on the arms and side legs too (not pictured) that make this figure even more spectacular. What I love best – the wonderful likeness to the character to the movie! Stunning figure – would have been best this year, if not for another release. So, a very close second…
Rorschach by Christo – this was one of two new Watchman-based figs from Christo (the other being an update to his Comedian fig, which I’d also recommend) and I really liked it. It’s not an amazing figure in terms of print or design, but he is exactly what he needs to be. For me, the custom hat is great (as that short brim is great) and the front torso/legs design and print are perfect. I love the detail to the belt and buckle, as well as how he adds subtle dark brown shaded creases to the jacket. A great figure overall – hopefully we get the rest of the Watchmen next year.
White Lantern Flash by Christo – yes, there are a lot of Christos in this review, but that’s because he had an amazingly standout year – which is saying a lot for Christo! This figure was originally my favorite of the year early on, as I loved how he used the silver accents throughout to complement the light gray color of the figure – it just made it POP. The face design and print was perfect, too, as I really loved the light blue eyes that come through the mask. The helmet was great too, similar to all his Flashes, but the silver bolts really looked great! But, again, this design was clean and just amazing to hold in hand! I wasn’t a huge fan of his earlier Flashes, but this one with the silver accents on light gray, I couldn’t resist (even though I’d never heard of him as a character before).
Best Custom Figure Blue Lantern Flash by Christo – while I wasn’t impressed with the original render of this fig, when I finally saw it in hand, I knew it was the best figure of this year – no doubt. Similar to the White Lantern Flash, he integrates the chrome blue color on the torso and the bolts so well into the design and the way the blue and black work together, it was just perfect. While I was disappointed the head from the render didn’t come (it ended up being the same as the White Lantern Flash), it still was a great head to have with this fig. To top it off, the blue boots are the perfect finishing touch. Overall, a fantastic figure – the best in my opinion of this year.
Mystique by Christo – while I released a similarly inspired fig earlier, I appreciated how this figure was unique on its own and one of the best of the year, as well. I really liked the simplicity of the figure overall, as it has all the required elements necessary for a Mystique fig (scaly skin, yellow eyes, dark blue on blue, etc.). While I don’t feel the dark blue legs were the best idea for this figure, it still works well the way he integrates the matching blue on the torso and arm prints. The standout for this figure is of course the custom hair piece, which matches the movie character so well. While I really don’t like how he made the figure happily smiling (not sure I’ve hardly ever see her smile like that – usually it’s a sinister smile) – it still is a great figure overall.
Grid Iron (blue version) by eclipseGrafx – while I’ve heard some people grumble about this figure (how some of the pad printing isn’t as clean as it could have been in places – which is pretty true to a certain extent), I actually loved this ambitious figure by Victor! This figure was our first to have many of the following details (the proper opening of the helmet for Iron Man, inner head display on face, glow in the dark pad printing ink). Along with the amount of pad printing (seriously, it has printing EVERYWHERE – not just on the custom armor, but UNDERNEATH on the torso too!), I really admire what Victor has done here. This is how Iron Man figs should look – thank goodness LEGO is following suit (see 2016 Iron Man figs – like the underwater Iron Man and Mark 33). Bravo Vic!
US Airborne (101st Airborne) by CitizenBrick – I usually don’t collect military figs (with the exception of Vic’s special ops and the different GI Brick and BrickArms figs that I designed the past couple years), this one was a must have the minute I saw it! The amount of detail to this figure – accurate as well – just jumps out. From the airborne patch on the arm, to the detail to the torso, to the printed helmet, and the great printed legs, it was an absolute steal for the price they had it at (man, it sure helps to have your own pad printer in house, LOL). As a designer, I also like the way they add shadows to their figs in places, makes it really unique that way. The best military fig of the year, IMO.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) by CitizenBrick – I’m a huge fan of this show and when I saw that CitizenBrick made a version of the host to give as a gift to the man himself, I was sold. First, I am a true believer that face design is crucial to a fig – as that is what gives it the likeness. And CitizenBrick have done an amazing job recreating Oliver’s face, and his unique smile (to the side like that and with the chipped kind of tooth). The look of the torso is just like John’s too, which just rounds out this character really well. When they showed they were gonna release some of these at BrickFair this year (at least that’s where I think it was released), I had to get one. Thanks to Shilo (ChocoBricks Customs) for helping me acquire it, I owe you, buddy!
Deadpool by onlinesailin (ebay) – while there were several good releases by onlinesailin, there were only two that really stood out to me as excellent – this being one of them. Right away, the head design was the first thing that grabbed my attention. A wonderful design that really captures the “Merc with a Mouth” expression – you can just see the smart ass thoughts floating around in his head. The design of the torso was excellent as well, really liked the two bullet holes. My only complaints were the amount of detail (which was too much in some areas) and the way the printing on the arms looks smeared on the edges (I know that is an after effect of digitally printing too far to the edge of the rounded top portion of the arm). Still, a great figure from onlinesailin.
Chrome Claw (Wolverine) by KO Customs – this minifigure surprised me. I wasn’t quite sure I liked it from the pics, but I really liked how it all worked together: the custom piece they created for the shoulders, the printed parts, the chromed claws. This is how our Wolverine figs should look – just like the comics! I think they did a wonderful job overall, especially in creating the custom shoulder part and chroming the claws. While there is some issue with the pad print ink in spots, like the paint around the bottom of the arms and on the shoulder piece, as it looks a bit brushed on, but it is really only visible if you look real close. I like the overall effect of the fig, and can see that this figure got a lot of love – to finally get a comic variant of Wolverine like we always wanted! Great effort here, as their figs are getting better and better.
LEGO Official:
Darth Vader (from Final Duel) – This is the definitive Darth Vader fig that I’ve been waiting for! The long overdue update to Vader’s helmet has come, and it does NOT disappoint! I love how it can come apart, just like both the last scene with Luke in the Death Star hangar and in TESB. I also like the updates to the torso and leg printing (though not sure if that is all new or just carry over from 2014, and the new head is much better and more accurate to the film! While some people have pointed out how the mask points up a bit too much, I don’t see that as a big problem at all…I absolutely love it!
Poe Dameron – This Force Awakens fig was such a great new addition to the Star Wars line. First, I absolutely love the new approach LEGO has taken with the SW helmets – adding the yellow visor portion as an overmolded section. This now frees us from having to use the “visor printed heads” with the helmets, which is great. Additionally, the helmet has tons of detailed printing, as does the torso and legs! I also love the new orange colored parts they are using for the body, looks so much better. Along with the accurate face for Poe, it’s a favorite for sure!
Best Official Minifigure – Captain Phasma (from FO Troop Transporter) – By far my favorite of the year! Lego has really stepped up with this one. Not only do I love the new Stormtrooper helmet mold they used, I love the subtle silver lines they printed throughout. Along with the silver “damaged” areas on the torso and the lovely shoulder cape and matching new colored blaster, this figure just rocks. While some people complained that it wasn’t truly chromed, I’m glad LEGO chose this color of part, as chrome just wouldn’t work (as it chips, etc.) Great design, great execution, awesome fig!
C-3PO (Force Awakens Toys R’Us Exclusive polybag) – while this was just a minimal update to the figure (adding printing on the arms and side legs) it just was such a great improvement to the overall accuracy of the fig, I was in love. I usually don’t like when there is too much printing, but in this form, it was perfect.
Ant Man & Yellowjacket – this whole set was spectacular (aside from the issue with the buildable ant’s legs)! Both figs really jumped out to me. What made Ant Man so spectacular for me was the absolutely brilliant torso and leg design and print – with the subtle mesh pattern onto the dark red sections and the tubes and belts accurately printed on. While I didn’t love the helmet piece with the open mouth, I still liked how they overmolded the eye pieces and it was close enough. For Yellowjacket, the figure itself (from the printing on the fig – with the honeycomb pattern underneath – to the printed yellow trans pieces molded into the helmet) was just majestic! It was absolutely perfect in those terms. What kept this from being my top fig was the fact that the attached “stingers” that attached to the back would often lead to the figure falling backwards. Along with that, they just reused an old head for the inside, as well (ditto for the Ant Man). Otherwise, two amazing figs in one set!
Cyborg – while the design of this figure is good, it wasn’t spectacular. What raises it up the charts for me is the custom headpiece, which I thought was fantastic. Along with the nice head piece and clean design, I thought it deserved to be mentioned here.
Carnage – if Captain Phasma wasn’t so wonderful, this for sure would have been my favorite of the year. Lego did with this design what we’ve always wanted to see with their figure designs. The torso design is complex, but not messy, there’s arm printing and leg printing (with foot printing to boot – no pun intended), and a comic accurate head print! Everything we’ve ever wanted from a Carnage fig. So, while we’ve had to wait a long time for one, this Carnage fig was well worth it! Bravo, Lego designers!
Honorable Mention: The Archer (Green Arrow) by SH Custom Minifigs (so close to making the list!!), She-Hulk & Arkham Knight Batman by onlinesailin, Cybercop Classic by Fig-Factory, Comedian by Christo, Spectre: Rio de Janiero by eclipseGrafx, TechnoGirl by agoodfella customs and bricks@raminator, Cosmic Spidey by SoCalMinfigures, Agent Coulson by Muddy River Minifigs, Bowling Buddies (The Dude) by CitizenBrick, (LEGO): Miles Morales (Spiderman),
Massive upgrade on this one! See the original version here
1, Color change from grey to tan
2. New head on Peter and Winston. New hair on Egon
3. New custom printed tile on the ghost trap
4. Addition of the BF ghost meter and slime spill splats
5. New pad printed legs and dyed boots
6. New digitally printed torso
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Torso artwork designed by Cygnet UD (Kyle) , with some modifications for printing. Used with permission.
Don't miss out on your chance to get these figures early and with special features.
Each figure from the presale comes with it's own collector card and each figure has something special about it.
The figures distributed after the presale will not have the special features.
Only available on the Cyclopsbricks store currently.
Happy Bricking!
Cyclopsbricks Team
Edition of 75 numbered and signed copies
40 photographs
44 pages 14,8 x 21 cm (soft cover, staple binding, digital printing)
Finally, one of our most popular figs is back in stock - The Pirate Assassin! Featuring 360 degree high quality digital printing, a custom BrickWarriors Rogue Hood in white, two BrickWarriors hidden blades in dark brown, along with a BrickArms flintlock and a silver/gold lego cutlass.
And for the first time all year, all the figs are back in stock and available!
Thanks to Ryan at BrickWarriors for helping get those resupplied, you guys rock!
Get them while you can - limited quantities!
(This is a digital image of mine processed in silver effex pro with Kodak Ektachrome 400 pro)
Century-old photography pioneer Eastman Kodak, which brought photography to the masses, filed for bankruptcy early Thursday, succumbing to a 15-year digital assault by rivals.
Kodak is best known for its wide range of photographic film products. During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976 had a 90% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. Indeed Kodak's ubiquity was such that the phrase "Kodak moment" entered common lexicon as a personal event that demanded to be recorded for posterity.
Since the late 1990s, Kodak has struggled financially as a result of the decline in sales of photographic film, and 2007 was the most recent year in which the company made a profit. As part of its turnaround strategy, Kodak has focused on digital photography and digital printing. In the late 2000s, Kodak also turned to aggressive patent litigation in order to generate revenue. On January 19, 2012, Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and obtained a $950 million, 18-month credit facility from Citigroup to enable it to continue trading. (wiki)
Edition of 75 numbered and signed copies
40 photographs
44 pages 14,8 x 21 cm (soft cover, staple binding, digital printing)
I love and hate this image.
I think the image itself is quite splendid. Those falls are just amazing. They have such a medieval or maybe it is primordial, quality to them. I have said before that if there are places of power, temples so to speak, to Nature, Falls Creek Falls in some forgotten day might very well have been such a place. And I can see that in this photo.
But the technical limitations of the camera I was shooting with really come back to haunt me. It was an old Nikon D1X, and it was not really meant for high quality landscape photography. Well it was not really meant for high quality anything. It's purpose in life was mostly a bang-around digital slr for photojournalists. An overpriced and underpowered camera that lost a lot of quality that the older professional film bodies achieved but at the same time facilitated the immediate response required by photojournalism. We can say all this in hindsight of course. When the D1 came out, it was top of the line, at least in terms of digital SLRs. And it did have its strengths, but especially compared to digital SLRs these days, it is a pretty worthless camera. What fascinates me though is remembering how fascinated people were by this generation of digital camera. Photographers jumped to buy these and other similar cameras when they hit the market, and this almost blind fervor did not end until the next generation of digital SLR hit and then it was completely replaced again by the third generation. Now digital cameras have gotten very very good indeed. The quality of today's digital cameras is not the issue I am driving at though, rather it was that these early cameras were honestly quite poor in terms of quality, yet they were such a must-have item. The consumer public really was so blind in its desire to jump on the digital photography bandwagon, that it overlooked the very obvious shortcomings of these cameras. I have to be very careful here, because I am not being a traditionalist, I am not bashing digital photography at all. What I am attempting to draw attention to rather is our sometimes raccoon-like trait of being mindlessly drawn to the shiny thing in the corner, seeing only that is shiny and not that it is actually on fire and covered in barbed wire. Not that I think digital photography is a physical hazard to one's health unless you walk over a cliff because you are staring at your LCD screen, but it does have some pitfalls and dangers which are a bit hidden, though they really ought not to be. Some of these shortcomings have been pretty well overcome, such as the quality issue. Gone are the days of the high-end 2 million pixel camera (remember those $400 gimmicks?) and the crummy digital printing. With cameras out now boasting up to 16 megapixels and beyond, it really is amazing the quality of images you can capture with some of these cameras. And while crummy digital printing still does exist, so does very nice, very beautiful digital printing.
But I carry on, and if I do not wrap this up shortly, by the time I am finished typing this is going to be overly long. I really posted this image because I just saw an insightful little article in The Oregonian I wanted to share. So I will commence with that. Again, please note, I am not trying to nay say digital photography, that is why I posted a digital image to go with it. I too shoot digitally on occasion. My point here rather is to try to educate, to possibly point out to some who may not realize it, on the dangers inherent in shooting digitally and to hopefully avoid some of the future problems those dangers can cause. I truly worry about the impermanence of the photographic work so many of us are doing. Where are these photos going to be in 20 years? 40? 60? 120? Will we be able to anything with that box of CDs in the attic in 30 years, or even 15 for that matter? Hard drives crash. Pictures just never get printed and eventually just deleted, lost forever. That mundane snapshot of your son when he is five, will he ever be able to appreciate it? There are some real concerns to address, and they do not necessarily lie with changing our technology, but rather in how we use our technology, and that begins with realizing what it can and does not do for us.
Studios try to avoid sad ending for stored digital films.
The Sunday Oregonian, December 23rd 2007
by Michael Cieply -- New York Times News Service
Time was, a movie studio could pack up a picture and all of its assorted bloopers, alternate takes and other odds and ends as soon as the production staff was done with them, and ship them off to the salt mine. Literally.
Having figured out that really big money comes from reselling old films - on broadcast television, then cable, videocassettes, DVDs, and so on _ companies like Warner Brothers and Paromount Pictures for decades have been tucking their 35mm film masters and associated source material into archives, some of which are housed in a Kansas salt mine, or in limestone mines in Kansas and Pennsylvania.
A picture could sit for many, many years, cool and comfortable, until some entierprising executive decided that the time was ripe for, say, a Wallace Beery special collection timed to a 25th anniversary 3-D rerelease of "Barton Fink," with a hitherto unseen, behind-the-scenes peek at the Coen brothers trying to explain a Hollywood in-joke to John Turturro.
It was a file-and-forget system that didn't cost much, and made up for the self-destructive sins of an industry that discarded its earliest works or allowed films on old flammable stock to degrade. (Only half of the feature films shot before 1950 survive.)
But then came digital. And suddenly the film industry is wrestling again with the possibility that its most precious assets, the pictures, aren't as durable as they used to be.
The problem became public, but just barely, last month, when the science and technology council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the results of a yearlong study of digital archiving in the movie business. Titled "The Digital Dilemma," the council's report surfaced just as Hollywood's writers began their walkout. Busy walking, or dodging, the picket lines, industry types largely missed teh report's startling bottom line: To store a digital master record of a movie costs about $12,514 a year, versus the $1,059 it costs to keep a convential film master.
Much worse, to keep the enormous swarm of data produced when a picture is "born digital" _ that is, produced using all-electronic processes, rather than relying wholly or partially on film - pushes the cost of preservation to $208,569 a year, vastly higher than the $86 it costs to toss the equivalent camera negatives, audio recordings, on-set photographs and annotated scripts of an all-film production into the cold-storage vault.
Back to the future.
All of this may seem counterintuitive. After all, digital magic is supposed to make information of all kinds more available. Ubiquity, it turns out, is not the same as permanence.
In a telephone interview earlier this month, Milton Shefter, a longtime film preservationist who helped prepare the academy's report, said the problems associated with digital movie storage, if not addressed, could point the industry "back to the early days, when they showed a picture for a week or two, and it was thrown away."
Shefter and his associates do not contend that films are actually on the verge of becoming quite that ephemeral. But they do see difficulties and trends that could point many movies or their source material toward "digital extinction" over a relatively short span of years, unless something changes.
At present, copies of virtually all studio movies - even those like "Click" or "Miami Vice" that are shot using digital processes - are being stored in film format, protecting the finished products for 100 years or more. For film aficionados, the current practice is already less than perfect. Regardless of how they are shot, most pictures are edited digitally, and then a digital master is transferred to film, which can result in an image of lower quality than a pure film process - and this is what becomes stored for the ages.
But over the next couple of decades, archivists reason, the conversion of theaters to digital projection will sharply reduce the overall demand for film, eventually making it a sunset market for the main manufacturers, Kodak, Fujifilm and Agfa. At that point, pure digital storage will become the norm, bringing with it a whole set of problems that never troubled film.
Less durable media.
To begin with, the hardware and storage media - magnetic tapes, discs, whatever - on which a film is encoded are much less enduring than good old film. If not operated occasionally, a hard drive will freeze up in as little as two years. Similarly, DVDs tend to degrade: according to the report, only half of a collection of discs can be expected to last for 15 years, not a reassuring prospect to those who think about centuries. Digital audiotape, it was discovered, tends to hit a "brick wall" when it degrades. While conventional tape becomes scratchy, the digital variety becomes unreadable.
Difficulties of that sort are compounded by constant change in technology. As one generation of digital magic replaces the next, archived materials must be repeatedly "migrated" to the new format, or risk becoming unreadable.
All of that makes digital archiving a dynamic rather than static process, and one that costs far more than studios have been accustomed to paying in the past - no small matter, given that movie companies rely on their libraries for about one-third of their $36 billion in annual revenue, according to a recent assessment by the research service Global Media Intelligence.
One of the most perplexing aspects of a digital production like "Superman Returns" is that it sometimes generates more storable material than convential film, creating new questions about what to save.
For no, studios are saving as much of this digital ephemera as possible, storing it on tapes or drives in vaults not unlike those that house traditional film. But how much of that material will be migrated when technology shifts in seven to 10 years is anyone's guess.
The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive...
John Sladek - American science fiction author
Barbara Kruger - Past / Present / Future, 2010
digital printing on vinyl
an installation especially designed for the largest gallery in the Stedelijk Museum, the Hall of Honor
Fishing cabins on the lake - This image has been edited using Watercolor style digital art editing techniques and processes to produce high quality prints for home and office décor.
Edition of 75 numbered and signed copies
40 photographs
44 pages 14,8 x 21 cm (soft cover, staple binding, digital printing)
'Olde Worlde Tulips woven in rose + copper by Su_G': on a textured purple ground. Technical test, (part) detail only for proofing. Keen to see just how much of the faded detail will print [Spoonflower's digital printing on basic cotton ultra process].
Metallic oil & chalk, basic repeat.
© Su Schaefer 2018
A recolored version of my simulated woven textile from the Ottoman court studios, a remnant of the original is in the Davidson Museum in Denmark.
See more versions of 'Tulips' by Su_G.
[Olde Worlde Tulips woven in rose gold + copper by Su_G_detail_TechnicalTest]
Work by the artist Matthew Darbyshire, part of his "An Exhibition for Modern Living"
The Artist used industrial prototyping and 3D digital printing to produce layers of hand-cut, multi-coloured polycarbonate that are then assembled layer upon layer to create monumental sculptural forms.
I've decided to process my photos in different way. First do optical non-digital printing, then scan obtained prints and edit them in Photoshop to get the best equality with prints.
thirty-eighth film from October-December 2012, Zenit ET, Revue color 100 redscaled.
These awesome figs are by another of the community members, Phoenix Custom Bricks.
PCB only started releasing figs in early 2014 but whilst he's only been at it for a short time, he's already made a big impact with his brilliant designs. He mostly produces pad printed figs (of which, the quality is amazing) but has also released one with digital printing too.
The figs above are all pad printed but with an almost digital level of detail. The designs are augmented by the really vibrant colours used and the wonderful shading that gives a sense that these characters have jumped straight from the pages of a comic book. His figures also come with great collectors cards that compliment them really well.
I've always felt that custom figs are one of the few forms of art that truly resonates with me and i feel that PCB's designs take that art form up a notch. This, for me, is what really makes PCB's figs stand out amongst the crowd and what separates him from other customisers, making him another invaluable asset to collectors like myself.
The collection is quite small right now but i hope we get many more releases from him and, to one day post a pic with as many of his figs in it as the other great customisers featured in my recent posts.
I'm waiting on a Lady Sif fig before i can post a pic of my NACM collection. Next up, i'll be posting pics of of 76040: Brainiac Attacks.
Get them here: www.fig-factory.com/
Each figure is printed with the highest quality digital printing, and comes with an exclusive collector card. The other two figs will be coming soon
McDonald's burger and chips special shape hot air balloon
PH-MCD built by Camerons balloons, Bristol England
The burger on this envelope is entirely digital printing
Taken with a Nikon D7000
Edition of 75 numbered and signed copies
40 photographs
44 pages 14,8 x 21 cm (soft cover, staple binding, digital printing)
Hey guys, special exclusive update for my Flickr followers from Onlinesailin of Regal Customs!
Today I present a Samurai-themed balaclava head done with a nice dark red half-mask. It's done with all the great detail we come to expect from John's high-quality digital printing, but it also comes with a question for the community!
What would be the interest in more stuff like this? Would people have interest in a line of Samurai-styled modern mercenary minifigures? The custom and MOC possibilities would be great, in my opinion. Additionally, they might make great assassins for some customs of The Hand or the League of Assassins!
Enjoy, guys!
*Note: The renders and minifigures shown are not my design nor are the products sold or distributed by me. The above images serve only to share Onlinesailin's products with the Flickr community and are not to be taken as a paid advertisement.*
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Wall and sidewalk of a building advertising “digital printing.”
Sometimes I wonder what people must think if they happen to notice me making street photographs. Take this image for example. I was walking with some sense of purpose back towards the 4th and Townsend Caltrain station, where I would pick up a train heading back down the peninsula following a morning of photography in San Francisco. In a location where most people are similarly focused on getting from point A to point B, usually with heads down, I suddenly stopped, stepped off the sidewalk... and photographed the wall of a nondescript building.
This photograph may be the urban equivalent of the "intimate landscape" image — I certainly think of photographs like this as being landscapes, and this one zeroes in on a very small area of a subject that folks overlook. Being a photographer who prints digitally, the "digital printing" sign had caught my eye when I passed by here a few hours earlier. Now I saw the soft light on the scene, the weathered quality of the wall, the geometry of the subject, and the relationship between the blue bar at the top and the blue quality of the light on the sidewalk.
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Just like other customizers, I'm first and foremost a fan of LEGO especially customized LEGOs. Recently, I purchased some great figs over the holidays. Here's my favorite of the bunch. Reviews will be put up shortly of all. Must say I was most impressed by Muddy River (iggs02) Clea minifigure as the results of pad printing and design were excellent. Was most surprised by Minifig4U's Spiderman, as it produced the best results from digital printing I've ever seen. While there is still that texture (which I usually don't like) the printing of that mesh pattern gives it the texture of mesh...very cool and very surprised how much I liked it. Good job to both Beau at Muddy River Figs and David at Minifigs4U on their custom figs!
Camera: Intrepid 8x10
Film: Adox CHS II ISO100 8x10 black and white negative sheet film
Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 300mm f=5.6.
Filmholder: Chamonix
Shutter: Prontor Professional 3
Exposure: ISO100 at f5,6 1/15s.
Light:
Natural light
Development: Rodinal in a Stearman Press developing tank at 8 minutes. No stopbath but water. Ilford fixer for 5 minutes. Increased agitation to make the scene more contrasty.
Scanner: Epson Perfection V700. Scanned at 900 dpi in two segments and stiched together digitally
Printing: Cyanotype kit from Franalog. About ten minutes in the sun and then dropped in a bath of hydrogen peroxide.
This is a DLP (Duo Le Pin) bootleg of LeYiLe Bricks' Flipside. LeYiLe makes most of their figures using digital printing (make sure to get their pad printed figures - very nice) and I only like this bootleg because its pad printed. I previously posted some of the other figures (Spider-Man UK and Armored Spider-Man) from this set by DLP, all of which are copied from LeYiLe Brick. Most all examples from the set are printed very well. The only adjustment I made to this one is to swap in the legs from Lego's recently released CMF 'Wildlife Photographer'. Really makes for a nicely rounded out figure. I'm always curious about potential other uses for new CMF parts that get introduced. I thought these dual molded legs might be a hint at a future Atom or Mon-El figures from Lego. While they work for this Flipside, I think the blue is too dark though and wouldn't be used for those.
This technique was developped by Emmanuel Gatti, an artist from Paris, France ( gatti.carbonmade.com/ ).
Transfer is a combination of digital printing and traditional engraving technique. At first, we print a digital inkjet file on a plastic film that is not suitable for printing. Also the ink remains fresh and on the surface of this film. In a second step we press this film on engraving paper with an engraving press. However it takes several inkjet prints on film and several prints of it on paper to have an interesting image. The process ultimately questions the nature of this new image. Photography, engraving, painting? This is an alternative and creative technique of photo printing.
It's a MOC MOC! (My own creation mint on card...nerd.) This is just a fun little art project for me, but if you're interested in making the figure, I'm happy to share the original artwork. I just ask that, if possible, you make me one. (Or a few, if you're capable of pad/digitally printing some.)
Edition of 75 numbered and signed copies
40 photographs
44 pages 14,8 x 21 cm (soft cover, staple binding, digital printing)
moo, a company that provides various digital printing services in UK, let people to know their products by providing 50 free business cards.
What you have to pay is the delivery fee.
The company watermark will appear on the cards if you don't like to pay the extra fee for removal.
I designed these cards by the photos about TRAVELER'S notebook, of course, all taken by myself!
Also made a wall decoration!