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So, this photo is a bit late due to the fact that I didn't get my Cape Madness order and soon as I had hoped.

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So, after seeing the movie, I thought it was necessary to make a figure. So, I did. I repainted the mouth on a Bilbo Baggins figgie and painted on cheekbones to make it look more like Eddy Redmane. I used a basic lego hair, or WIG BOY, and a base for sculpting the hair. I fully painted the torso, and painted some brown shoes on. I have a black jacket on him under the blue trench coat. What I did for the wand was I used an exacto knife to cut down a lego rod, then sanded it and painted it khaki, and weathered it in brown to give it a wooden texture.

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So yeah, this figure is pretty late. But I'm happy I'm posting something.

Note: I was done this before I had even seen Jared's figures.

Raising The Flag by Andrew Cookston

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As a photographer, I feel like there's this unspoken list of famous photographs that everybody wants to re-create in some way :P

Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima is one of those photos :)

The original, which I'm sure we're all familiar with, media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/05/03/ap_16123758999616_cus... was taken by Joe Rosenthal in 1945, at the top of Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, in World War II.

I'm not going to go all super-history-buff on you, but essentially Rosenthal was a member of the Associated Press via US Army and Marine Corps and was tasked with documenting life aboard ships across the British Isles and North Africa.

The Photo itself was taken in February to be published in US Newspapers the following Sunday. The wiki article has a great story of him and his fellow Photographers reaching the top of the Mount to capture the image! I recommend it if you find the time! Also, Fun Fact: This wasn't the first flag to be raised on Mount Suribachi, but the second :P

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima

Anyway, the original photograph became a Pulitzer Prize winner in the years to follow and was a symbol to the American people as a sign of hope (or victory, depending on who you talk to).

After the battle for Iwo Jima was over and was won to the US, the photo was used for posters in war bond drives through over 30 cities from May through July (1945) which raised 26.3 billion dollars! :O

There was even a Memorial built by these two lads in 1954 (Felix de Weldon (sculptor) & Horace W. Pealee (architect))

Mind you, this isn't the first time the JSA has raised the flag, but if I had to say, I'm inspired a little by George Zapata's piece depicting the scene static0.cbrimages.com/wp-content/uploads/goodcomics/2011/...

So with all that in mind, I managed to pick up FunnyBrick's Starman, and really wanted to do something different with my JSA this time around! I mentioned this on Patreon with my “Semi-Review” of the fig; FunnyBrick is quickly becoming one of my favorite Custom Printers out there! I have many more projects with their figs on the way.... Kid Flash and Ares to name a few ;)

But yeah... I don't know. I wanted to do something a little out of the norm for me and it culminated in the form of a re-creation (like my work always tends to do).

Also, something kind of interesting that occurred to me over on Patreon; we've got FunnyBrick and UG from Taiwan, Christo from South Africa, and GL from ParisCustomBricks, all to recreate an iconic American piece of art photographed in Japan via a Danish Toy Brand! :P

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There's a little bit of BTS work that went into this photograph over on my Patreon account if you'd like to see it! There's also a ton of great posts from past uploads too! I'm posting over there constantly and would love to get your support! :)

P.S. Starman's original custom head was swapped with Newt Scamander's from the FBaWTFT Dimensions Fig!

P.P.S. The original custom Gravity Rod was swapped with a BrickForge Laser Sword Handle!

Okay that's it! Tell me you thoughts! I'd love to hear what you guys think this of this one! :)

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