custom Knights

swordfish · Post by **swordfish** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:24 pm

Hi
These are some custom Knights. I made the shiny armour from really thick aluminium foil. I know they aren't that exact, but it's hard to work with so small pieces.
some deeplinks: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/myfol ... night2.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/myfol ... night3.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/myfol ... ights6.jpg
Brickshelf folder when public: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=114127

jwcbigdog · Post by **jwcbigdog** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:50 pm

The designs of the falcons are really great. I like what you have done with the knights and the helmets, but I think the best part is the horses. I like the custom bardings, and the helmets are just great. The way you layered the foil down the backs of their necks is a great touch.

Nice work!!

castlebrickman · Post by **castlebrickman** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:00 pm

great pics nice horse stuff and every thing

TheOrk · Post by **TheOrk** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:24 pm

Great stuff swordfish! I like the cool colour scheme.

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:35 pm

now thats an interesting concept. I wonder what it'd be like to cut up some aluminum cans, file down the edges (no owies please) and build up some armor that way...

I think you did a pretty good job, though some of the edges could be more even (like you said.. hard to work with small pieces like that). I like the barding the best.
all in all great work dude.

lil Jon · Post by **lil Jon** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:32 pm

That looks pretty cool. I like the way you made the helmet. Is it very durible since its just foil?

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:39 pm

LEGOFREAK wrote:now thats an interesting concept. I wonder what it'd be like to cut up some aluminum cans, file down the edges (no owies please) and build up some armor that way...

So why am I looking for copper when I can cut up aluminum for nothing? Thanks for the suggestion!

Akuma · Post by **Akuma** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:16 am

Great work, specially on the horses! I think you got a good final result. I hope you don't mind, but I'll prolly use your idea on some of my knights too

Rubberchickenknight · Post by **Rubberchickenknight** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:17 am

i like the horses the most especially the horse helmets.
i know what you mean about small things. i made a spear using foil and it doesn't look that nice
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=112532
i got some other customs there that are painted but they aren't that good because its hard to paint small

porschecm2 · Post by **porschecm2** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:57 am

Freak: I've actually got an aluminum minifig armor piece sitting in front of me right now. I would scan it in and post it, but I already tried that; the scanner doesn't like aluminum, it just comes out as a glare. I'll post it soon when I get a camera that can take nice close-ups.

*edit* here's a few really bad scans of a bad version of aluminum armor:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/porsc ... rmor01.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/porsc ... rmor02.jpg

*tries not to hijack thread too much*

Cm2

bannear · Post by **bannear** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:06 pm

Nice customs. I really like the horse neck barding. I also like the way you have done your Tunics and horse blanket with the white and black. I might try that using some left over canvas I have. Time to look for the heavy tin foil too. I have a Dragon Rider that could use some Dragon Barding.
Nice work.
Cheers,
SirBert

swordfish · Post by **swordfish** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:27 pm

Thanks for all the feedback. You're all welcome to use any of my ideas. It would be cool to see some customs made of aluminium foil by some of you.

lil john wrote

Is it very durible since its just foil?

I guess you wouldn't want to play around with it too much, as the foil bends pretty easily. Also the paper doesn't like too much handling.

porschecm2 · Post by **porschecm2** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:49 pm

Nice black sword.

It looks almost mint-y. I love the way you did the metal parts of the bardings. Good work.

Cm2