Bacon and Eggs

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Bacon and Eggs

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Hi! :D

I wanted to share these with you all to see what you think of them:

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(I was aware ahead of time that other people have done chicken MOCs. So, I purposely avoided doing any searches because I didn't want to accidentally be influenced by and thus copy anyone's else's design. If I have, it's by coincidence, only.)

I know that they're probably too big to be used effectively at minifig scale (the chicken especially, which is probably closer to Miniland scale), but I was shooting more for detail than scale, while attempting to keep them as small as could while getting in all the major features that I wanted to include.

Basically, I'm working on a farm / zoo display for an event at the end of September, so I'm starting to build a bunch of new animals. The weird thing is that it's supposed to be a moonbase display. I'm not much of a spacehip builder, so I'm sorta cheating -- but, the way I figure, there's no reason why there can't be a farm or a zoo on the moon, right? I mean, as long as it's enclosed, that is.

Anyhow, I just thought I'd share these, since nothin' says medieval times like loud, smelly livestock! :D
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Great animals! Looks like real!!
Nice! :wink:
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Both are excellent. The pig is the most "piggish" I've seen MOC'ed. Can you post pictures with minifigs, so we can put them in context?

Well done.

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Wow! Those do look really great. I'm sure they will add a great flavour to whatever MOC they are put in.
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it looks great!and animals on the moon,nice idea :wink:
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Awesome chicken. Made me think of Foghorn Leghorn.

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Excellent job.The pig is amazing!
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Thanks, everybody!

Also, here's a variation on the chicken -- a rooster:

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which is really just the same thing, but with a second tooth plate beneath each wing and on the tail to add some feather colour variation and body mass, and a 1x1 plate at the top of the legs to add some height.

Here's a photo with a minifig, to show size comparison / scale:

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Clearly they're quite large, but I think the exaggerated, almost cartoonish, size of them actually works pretty well.
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Post by Pluto »

Excellent animals! I have been looking for something like these.
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Count Blockula wrote:Here's a photo with a minifig, to show size comparison / scale:

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Clearly they're quite large, but I think the exaggerated, almost cartoonish, size of them actually works pretty well.
I think the scale works perfectly. Thanks for the pics.

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Great work Mike! I've been keeping tabs via Flickr, and I gotta say, these are some of the very best brick-built animals I've seen. We should update our techniques area to include them.
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Count Blockula wrote:Image

Clearly they're quite large, but I think the exaggerated, almost cartoonish, size of them actually works pretty well.
Possibly they're prehistoric farmyard megafauna, since the farmer is clearly some sort of caveman. :wink: Seriously, though, they're pretty nice.
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They are great! I love the Rooster! I might have to borrow them!

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I love the pig! Now we can start seeing actual farm scapes.


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I love these better than the 'pre-moulded' ones.
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