custom brick-only crossbow men with side quiver...

boses · Post by **boses** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:09 pm

here is my bowmen, equipped with a side quiver for rapid firing of crossbow bolts...

and here are a couple of links...

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/boses ... uiver2.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/boses ... uiver3.jpg

please tell me what you think...

The Hordesman · Post by **The Hordesman** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:19 pm

Your not the first, Im using it for my Mongol army.

Still good that someone "public-ified" it

boses · Post by **boses** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:37 pm

Hordesman-

I would like to see your mongol army...have you posted any links to it???

The Hordesman · Post by **The Hordesman** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:00 pm

boses wrote:I would like to see your mongol army...have you posted any links to it???

Sorry, not yet. Ive been having problems of finding them all (9) and their horses, and a good place for photography.

Heheh I got no proof.

Ayden · Post by **Ayden** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:10 pm

Ya ive done this too. Um about your title though, custom brick built? I dont see any bricks.

boses · Post by **boses** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:39 am

ayden-

by brick-built I mean no carving or bashing of parts to assemble the item...for easy reference I call all true LEGO pieces bricks or blocks...

And I mean custom because Lego has never posted a set with the parts in the way described...and I have never seen it posted anywhere else either...

glad to set things straight...

Rubberchickenknight · Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:59 am

I've done that too on my elves.
Copycat!!!

The Yeti · Post by **The Yeti** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:35 am

i did that many times in my battle contest entries, but still a good idea.

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:31 am

I actually never saw this idea before... it's a pretty good one - I like it. I wonder if there might be a better piece for the other side though... the cape is cool, but isn't it a bit cumbersome?

Still, very cool, and pretty unique.

boses · Post by **boses** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:51 am

I used the black cape because it easily shows the space needed to be filled

opposite the quiver...

there is an L-shaped bracket piece made to fit over the body of a minifig, that

could be used instead of the cape...or if you're not too picky you could just

leave the cape space open and use only the quiver, by itself...

Cyclonis · Post by **Cyclonis** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:18 am

This is an old idea that someone just posted for the heck of it. Also, this isn't brick-built at all.

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:35 am

Cyclonis wrote:This is an old idea that someone just posted for the heck of it. Also, this isn't brick-built at all.

Hmm... I don't think I agree with this... it might be an old idea, but not to me, and I don't think that boses knew it was old either, although I could be wrong.

Anyway, I don't see the point of such heavy criticism, even if it isn't brick-built - no need to attack someone about it, just suggest a name change in the thread at most.

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:42 pm

A nice, if not original idea. But heck, is any idea original?

I did the same thing, though it isn't quite as clear in this pic:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lordo ... bjarn1.jpg

Everyone else: there's nothing wrong with someone posting an idea that has been done before. It might be new to the person, and that's all that counts. Heck, I remember when I discovered I could stick a plain brick on a minifig torso way back when. I was so thrilled. Then I found the online LEGO community and realised a lot of other people had discovered it as well.

The Hordesman · Post by **The Hordesman** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:46 pm

Lord_Of_The_LEGO wrote:Everyone else: :

Im obviously not Mr Everyone Else.

boses · Post by **boses** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:06 pm

I don't understand the hostility over a simple Lego quiver...

I only posted the part because someone in another thread suggested the

need for a Lego crossbow quiver, and I wanted share my technique...

I had no idea the part had been published elsewhere, and though it now

seems as if it had, I was unaware of it.I was simply trying to help my

fellow builders out...I post for one reason: to share ideas and techniques in

order to promote and therefore expand the building and creativity of

myself and my fellow builders...

play well