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Norse Gods and Goddesses - Updated 1/14

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Just in time for the Winter Solstice, I bring you gods and goddesses of Norse mythology (thumbnails are deeplinks):

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Top row, L-to-R: Odin, Thor, Freya, and Freyr.

Bottom row, L-to-R: Tyr, Loki, Skadi, and Heimdall.

And the whole divine gallery (to borrow a turn of phrase from Athos):

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And the whole devine gallery (to borrow a turn of phrase from Athos):
Hey I've got a catch-phrase :D

Except I usually spell mine correctly ;)

Anyhow, those are pretty good. I'm going to do a Loki vignette soon...

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Athos wrote:Except I usually spell mine correctly ;)
Dude, you've got me all freaked out! I'm just not seeing what I misspelled... :oops:

Can't wait to see your Loki vignette! I really liked your Odin and Thor vignettes you posted a while ago. :D
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Dude, you've got me all freaked out! I'm just not seeing what I misspelled... :oops:
Don't freak out... its divine (not devine). :D
Can't wait to see your Loki vignette! I really liked your Odin and Thor vignettes you posted a while ago. :D
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I very much like the look of that Heimdall character; he could be used in other settings as well. They all look very nice and the use of official elements is very good too.
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What about Baldr, and Njord, Bragi, Forseti, and Hel?
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Athos wrote:Don't freak out... its divine (not devine). :D
Oh geez, I can't believe I missed that... :shock: Edited.

TheBohrok, I certainly like to see a good customization (like TTK's stuff), but it's not something I do personally. :)

JPinoy, stay tuned. 8) My Greek pantheon started out with just a few divine characters, but ended up with about 25.
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Very, very cool. Your choice of heads is excellent, especially Odin and Loki. You captured their character very well. Can't wait to see more!

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Very nicely done. Cool Thor's hammer. Big and powerful looking, just right.
Funny thing happen when the images were loading I was checking out Thor, the second fig. But instead Freya loaded before him and I thought Thor is wearing a bikini. :lol:

Yes your Loki looks right for the part.
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I think I should mention some mistakes:

Odin: Should have a dark hat when not in battle, and a sword which I just now cant fetch the name of out of memory. Another thing is that his cloak should be dark green, but those does not exist.

Thor: The error here is obvious, Thor was red haired. Ive actually written comics were Thor is out hunting stupid blondes imitating him (Marvel's Thor found himself a tragic end, mwhaha) rather than slaying giants... The hammer is cool, though I use the old megablocks smithy hammer, but thats heresy.

Freya: Nothing here, her hair color changes from blonde to red to even black. She does however, not fight if it isnt really really bad.

Frey: Frey is a peaceful individual, and does not carry arms or armor. Frey is often described to be a nudist.

Tyr: Tyr is described often to be blonde, but its no biggy.

Loki: Thats a very good representation of him, perfect face. His weapon changes often (he cut of the head of Mimer with a sword, stabbed giants with a dagger, etc) but its no biggy, he cant carry too many arms at once after all.

Skadi & Heimdall: Im not an expert of neither of them, but of what I know of Skadi its a good representation(but I think the axe torso would be better).

Great work. Thor's hair & beard offends me though. Please do not get inspiration from Nazi paintings!
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I'm liking that hammer. I guess you purists do okay without the whole knife/glue+LEGO thing, But I think you're on top of that pile fig-wise.

Oh, and a question: How many non-frayed capes do you have?
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JW & SG: Thanks for the compliments! I think that Loki face actually comes in one of the Vikings sets (isn't it a KK2 knight as well?). I basically reused the hammer I made for my Diablo II Druid.

Hordesman: Excellent feedback! :D That's exactly the sort of information I was looking for, and I really appreciate it. I used this site to get general descriptions, and then I did Google image searches to find versions that looked better than the stained-glass windows on that site. Unfortunately, I couldn't find nearly as many reliable reference pics as I did when I was researching the Greek Pantheon. (Lots of clutter from American comic books especially.) I really hate to take inspiration from Nazi imagery, as you say, so Thor is an easy fix. Can you point me to a better site with more accurate reference pics?

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Very nice, Dunechaser! I love seeing these Norse gods and goddesses in LEGO form.

Thor's hammer, Mjollnir, is awesome! I dig the design! I think I would go further and build it with a red lightsaber blade for the handle, as it is sometimes described as "red-hot" in which he needed to wear "iron gauntlets" (made by a frost giantess named Grid) in order to wield it.

I would also love to see your take on his chariot that was pulled by his two goats - their names escape me.

Hel would be another LEGO minifig I'd like to see. She had the upper body of a woman, and the lower body of a corpse or skeleton. *Yech!*

I wish I had some more LEGO to work with, to try my hand at this. You guys impress me all of the time, and Dunechaser, these are so cool!
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Well if Thor is supposed to be a redhead, maybe you could slap one of these faces on him:

http://www.peeron.com/pics/inv/custpics/3626apx5.jpg

And maybe one of the prequel Obi-wan hair would match... Or if not, then just give him a helmet.

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You might want to check out these Norse pages from Age of Mythology. Its a game made by the same company that created the Age of Empires series.

http://aom.heavengames.com/gameinfo/cultures/norse

Just click on the 3 main Norse gods to get the other gods.

Anyway, I think they're drawings on the pantheons of different cultures looks interesting. In addition to the Norse, there's Greek, Egyptian, as well as the Atlantean gods/titans.

Im wondering if there's any LEGO minifig head that has the half normal woman and half corpse look that the goddess Hel has....
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