custom minifig instruments...

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custom minifig instruments...

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here are the first of my minifig scale instruments...

here you can see some folks playing Lutes...

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here is the link to the construction..only four pieces required!!!

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/boses ... /lute1.jpg

here is a portable harp, like the Twin Harps in Final Fantsay II

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here is a profile of two different color schemes for this harp...

http://brickshelf.com/gallery/boses/cas ... /harp4.jpg

And here is the Full-scale minifg harp that got me started in this venture...

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Even Goblins know how to play...

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and here is a picture of the banjo by itself...

http://brickshelf.com/gallery/boses/cas ... banjo1.jpg

Please tell me what you think...
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Post by venvorskar »

Impressive! I've never seen any minifig instrunents, but I have seen working life-sized instruments made of Lego. The banjos are my favorite.
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I love the little harp! (and the big harp is still cool :) )
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You are really creative with the brick only stuff. I really like the first picture. Not only did you give the creatures instruments, they got new hats too? Well anyways, its always good to dress nice for your concert, right?

Keep up the good work.
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I like that harp made with the rail piece. I wish I'd seen it before I made Jack and the Beanstalk... I wanted to include a harp in it.

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Nicely clever thinking. I think I like the harps the most. Ever think of doing horns?
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Post by ottoatm »

All of these are cool - the instruments are good - I have to confess, the larger harp is still my favorite, and I like the white frame that you used for it - nice ivory-looking harp.

On a side note, those two brick-built figs playing a mandolin are really really cool.
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here you can see a lute, ready for travel...

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or play...

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please tell me what you think...
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Post by Formendacil »

Your lute looks great, as do all your instruments.

I'm thinking, though, that for future presentation of your instruments- or other brickbuilt creations handheld by a minifig- that it might be better if you didn't use your brickbuilt heads on the presenting figs.

Amazingly ingenuitive though those heads (and legs) are, they make it a good deal more difficult to look at the instrument objectively. In the case of your lute, especially, the bright colours of the head obscured the lute itself, forcing one to sort through the brighter colours and many bricks to isolate the lute on its own.

In addition, separate creations (like heads and instruments) that are quite obviously separate in real life easily become blurred when they appear in more or less the same space in a photograph.

Just a suggestion, use it if you will.
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