I'm French! Why do you think I have this outrageous accent?

Dunechaser · Post by **Dunechaser** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:11 am

First post in the Castle MOCs section.

From "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," the scene in which the French knight taunts King Arther and his entourage:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=137974

There's more, but it's not castle-related.

Will post in the General LEGO section.

Let me know what you think!

Jacob C. · Post by **Jacob C.** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:26 am

I love it but your mini-figs could use some stickers for their torsos

Dunechaser · Post by **Dunechaser** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:38 am

Thanks, and fair enough.

I don't use decals, stickers, or paint, so when there's a particularly recognizable aspect of a character (like the sun on Arthur's and Patsy's chests), I have to do without.

Someone suggested using a torso with a Shell symbol a while back, but I don't have one at the moment.

plums_deify · Post by **plums_deify** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:02 am

My only suggestion?

Use brown 1x1 round plates instead of the dark grey ones...Brown screams "coconut!" whereas the grey doesn't.

It's fantastic! That minifig captures John Cleese perfectly...The Frenchmen is one of the funnier characters in that movie.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:17 am

Hey Duney,

Great vig. Your father was a hamster, and your mother smelt of elderberries! Pbbbbbbbbbbt!

Bruce

Sir Kohran · Post by **Sir Kohran** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:00 am

Bruce N H wrote:Your father was a hamster, and your mother smelt of elderberries!

And, if you think you got a nasty taunting this time, you ain't heard nothing yet!

Great vig, by the way. I'm sure the Python group would be proud.

Post by **JoshWedin** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:14 pm

Great vig! Now off to build a giant wooden rabbit (or should we skip that and go right to the badger?).

Josh

Draygen · Post by **Draygen** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:16 pm

Someone needs to do a Black Knight one hehe. Preferably when he's just on one leg hehe.

Dunechaser · Post by **Dunechaser** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:16 pm

Thanks!

Everybody (especially over on FBTB) seems to agree that the coconuts should be brown. Unfortunately, brown 1x1 round plates are fairly rare. I'll be keeping an eye out for those pieces on BrickLink, so look for an improved version in the next, oh, six months or so.

Draygen, I'm off to build the Black Knight scene now. (I'd already created the basic figures, but I haven't created a scene or vignette yet.)

Back in a bit...

Post by **Bruce N H** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:12 am

Hey Dunechaser,

The Black Knight looks good, but definitely needs to lose a limb or two.

Bruce

Dragonlord Esq. · Post by **Dragonlord Esq.** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:15 am

Bruce N H wrote:The Black Knight looks good, but definitely needs to lose a limb or two.

Or four.

Dunechaser · Post by **Dunechaser** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:03 pm

Heh heh, true. That's just the baseline version.