Vignette A Week 06 - There Will Be Blood...and Venison!

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Vignette A Week 06 - There Will Be Blood...and Venison!

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Hello, fellow C-Cers!

Wow, six vignettes already. I am surprised I have gotten this far without giving up. It gives me hope for continued growth.

The idea for this vignette came from Robin Hood of Classic-Castle in chat one night. Thanks again, mate!

This is the first MOC of mine to feature a tree with non-parallel foliage and the first MOC to feature a brick-built animal. The deer (hopefully you recognized it as such) I am not wholly satisfied with, but I did the best I could, I think.

This vignette is dedicated to Maedhros of Classic-Castle. I told you I wouldn't stay away for long. ;)

Comments and criticism are welcome.

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The foliage is great! The deer may not be perfect, but it's still a good brick-built beast.
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Nice work! Lots of detail. The positioning of the figure is nice.
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Voran_the_Scholar wrote:This vignette is dedicated to Maedhros of Classic-Castle. I told you I wouldn't stay away for long. ;)
Oh yes, dedicate the hunting vig to the resident vegetarian, way to go, man ;)

Anyway, I like the tree, it has an interesting and somewhat different design; the curved trunk looks quite good. I'm not a big fan of the legs of the deer but the rest of its body looks neat, especially the head. Fig positioning is good too but I dare say the deer seems to be a bit oblivious in the extreme ;) (Joe Deer?)
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Maedhros wrote: Oh yes, dedicate the hunting vig to the resident vegetarian, way to go, man ;)
:oops: ... :roflol: Unintentional, that, I assure you. I'll remember that next time. :)

EDIT: And besides, it's LEGO, man! Even if the fig released the bow, the arrow wouldn't go anywhere. :tasty:

And the hunter has likely been sitting in the tree by the watering hole for an extended period of time, waiting for an animal to show up. I don't know much about hunting, but I do know that patience often brings rewards.

Thanks for the comments, guys!

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The tree is very well done, great work!
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Voran_the_Scholar wrote:And besides, it's LEGO, man! Even if the fig released the bow, the arrow wouldn't go anywhere. :tasty:
Hehe, clever one. I'll rest assured no plastic animals came to harm ;)
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I love the tree! Nice work!
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Nice job! But you could make it a little bigger and that would make it more intresting.
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Soman wrote:Nice job! But you could make it a little bigger and that would make it more intresting.
Maybe, maybe not, in any case it would stop it being a vignette and as such kind of destroy the purpose I'd say ;)
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Nice work. I really love how it turned out.
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Maedhros wrote:
Soman wrote:Nice job! But you could make it a little bigger and that would make it more intresting.
Maybe, maybe not, in any case it would stop it being a vignette and as such kind of destroy the purpose I'd say ;)
But, I don't mean like adding on another baseplate, I mean like adding on a few bricks too add the smallest deatil which can help your vignette to improve.
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Soman wrote:
But, I don't mean like adding on another baseplate, I mean like adding on a few bricks too add the smallest deatil which can help your vignette to improve.
Hmm...if you have any suggestions, feel free to share them. To be honest, I think any further detail would detract from the focus of the vig: the relationship between the fig in the tree and the deer by the pool. With that in mind, I can only think of one improvement on what is actually there. The squareness of the baseplate seems inorganic compared to the rest of the MOC. A less-symmetrical baseplate might further convey the feeling of a wild forest to the critic. But you tell me: how can I improve? :)

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

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Awesome! The minifig posing is great, and I actually like the deer!
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