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Good Light & May the Mystery be with you!
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Nikon D40 + Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G II
© Diletta Galassi, MIXTURE of LIGHT
100% custom painted used electrical tape for the coat used cotton balls for the outside fluff on the coat
Also did a review of him on my Channel.
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Features: Hood, Quiver, and Minifigure Bow
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I tried it! It took a lot of trial and error, and the results are mostly a bit sketchy.
Attempting this gave me new respect for our very talented pad print artists out there. (CB, I'm looking at you)!
I used the butterfly on one brick because it is the plate with the finest detail. The striped plate was used to demonstrate a pattern, but doing it with the black paint (which is too thin) meant lots of brick showing through (it still looks pretty neat IRL, but far from perfect. And of course, I had to demo on a Brickarm too.
But back to the method itself, some of the challenges I had to overcome:
Getting the right paint is critical - I thought I could use supplies on hand, but I ended up ordering special paint in white. You can tell that it prints much better than the black. But here's the thing - the paint can't be too thick or too thin or the image will either blur or transfer incompletely. Then it has to dry in the right amount of time. If it dries too fast, you'll get no print at all. And since it's a single, very thin layer, it has to be very pigmented, so you can't just water down paint that's not the right consistency.
The first kit I bought had a silicone pad that was way too slick and firm. You can't get around any curves at all if the pad won't bend enough and it didn't want to leave the imprint on plastic at all. Even with a softer pad on a Brickarm, it wasn't flexible enough to get into the recesses. I only had success on smooth areas.
On a good, clean transfer, the result is an even, thin coat of paint that is slightly raised to the touch. For durability, it is about the same as paint - useful for display or light play only.
Real pad printers, I think, use special inks that set under heat or light to make them vastly more durable.
Plate (design) selection is very limited too - there just aren't that many designs
or patterns small enough to use on Lego and the vast majority of them are not things most builders and customizers would find useful.
So what is this good for? The only good use I can imagine is factions. If you found a symbol you liked, you could transfer it consistently onto figures, bricks and accessories.
And here's the doozie...where did I get little plates and silicone pads?
Well...there are kits for "stamping" fingernail designs that are really just an at-home version of pad printing by hand. You get steel plates with 6 or 7 designs engraved on each, a silicone pad and special paint to work with the kit (regular fingernail polish doesn't work well at all). It's
not very expensive, but then again, the results aren't exactly stellar!
-Bebs
A close up of Ryan who received his face 2 days before showtime. Still in need of his pinstripes, but what fun to build in purple!
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Hondo is a keen tactician and dependable leader. He has known each member of Whiskey Squad since their earliest days as Gears and uses these bonds to keep the squad on track and intact. He is quick and decisive in the field, effectively directing the squad into the appropriate formations in a conflict. He seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to things like detecting an ambush or anticipating enemy movements on the battlefield.
New warehouse at the docks - interior view. A REALLY last minute build, but I'm quite happy with the overall look.
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Features: Star Shield
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Onell Hozkin is one of the greatest minds of our time. Born on december 25 2115, onell was (and still is) a true kid genius. The Onell Wingsuit was his first ever big invention which he created sometime during his 8th grade (13 years of age at the time). like the majority of his other wearable tech, the wingsuit uses advanced motion senser tech commonly found in VR equipment (ofcourse tweaked to fit a non-VR use).
incase you couldnt tell, this build is HEAVILY (and i do mean heavily) inspired by the 2017 Beware the Vulture set #76083.
This build is 99% buildable in real life (some pieces not available in trans purple. some re-spraying reqired)
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Galactic Extremist Custom Printed Minifigures (using 100% Lego Parts)
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Wayne Manor and Batcave
After seeing the treatment of both Wayne Manor and the Batcave in the second Lego Batman video game, I was inspired to build it in brick. The idea of it being shaped like the bat symbol really impressed me, especially with the challenge it presented with building it in brick; especially as the game version is simply polygons.
My scale was set by the windows, and I built out from there. After building the frame, the trick to stabilise the shape was very difficult, especially with so many hinges, but I managed to find the balance. The landscaping was kept to a minimum both for time reasons and also to not take any focus away from the manor itself.
The Batcave was a lot of fun to build and features a huge collection of LEDs to light it, including one that cycles through in the console. The suits wall was fun to build too.
I will admit, it is a little short, but perhaps one day I'll give it a little more height.
This was first displayed at Brickvention 2015 on a super heroes corner of my club's train layout and has been displayed about 15 times since both with the train layout and as it is displayed here.
One day, I'll get around to the interior of the manor...
The secondary shed from last year, along with the jet engine in storage. Was rapt when this hidden piece was spotted by a young fan!
Wayne Manor and Batcave
After seeing the treatment of both Wayne Manor and the Batcave in the second Lego Batman video game, I was inspired to build it in brick. The idea of it being shaped like the bat symbol really impressed me, especially with the challenge it presented with building it in brick; especially as the game version is simply polygons.
My scale was set by the windows, and I built out from there. After building the frame, the trick to stabilise the shape was very difficult, especially with so many hinges, but I managed to find the balance. The landscaping was kept to a minimum both for time reasons and also to not take any focus away from the manor itself.
The Batcave was a lot of fun to build and features a huge collection of LEDs to light it, including one that cycles through in the console. The suits wall was fun to build too.
I will admit, it is a little short, but perhaps one day I'll give it a little more height.
This was first displayed at Brickvention 2015 on a super heroes corner of my club's train layout and has been displayed about 15 times since both with the train layout and as it is displayed here.
One day, I'll get around to the interior of the manor...