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Post by ludzik on Jan 10, 2017 10:18:06 GMT -8
Have some ideas about builds but decided to start with characters first and then build around them. Since sir Kejtar is dabbling in some magic introducing another wizard seems like a good idea. Every good story seems to always have a thief and a merchant/trader of information is pretty much a must. Gr'Dek the Grey is a Goblin wizard. He broke ranks with the Goblin and Orc horde after he witnessed the leadership break with tradition in exchange for personal gain. He now wanders the realm in search of the RagnaTok which belonged to the ancient Goblin King Kr'Tek. Kr'Tek was a great leader who followed his heart and the ancient teachings and made sure that the Goblin horde was obeying it's code of honor. He hopes that returning to the horde with the artifact will make the leadership see the "light" and return to the old ways. The main problem that he is facing during his search is that no one remembers what the actual artifact is.
  Rotek is a thief. He hides in the shadows and likes all things shiny  He does not hold allegiance to anyone but he does sell his services to the highest bidder and for the duration of the contract he does stick by his employer. The second his contract is fulfilled though all bets are off. He has been known to steal back from his previous employer just after fulfilling his obligation to them.  Slarczyk is an Eastern gentleman who dabbles in commerce and most importantly in information. He does not walk away from a fight but if an opportunity presents itself he tries to avoid it. His main fear is that his face might get injured and he will be left with a mark that will make it hard to pickup the honeys    |
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AK_Brickster
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Post by AK_Brickster on Jan 10, 2017 12:53:27 GMT -8
The concept behind the first guy is pretty neat. I'm not sure about the maroon hair with gray beard though, and maybe consider painting the ears red to match the rest of his skin?
The second guy is cool. No complaints there!
Third guy probably needs the toes buffed off of the legs. You can do that with a standard pencil eraser. I chocked mine into a cordless drill to speed up the process. Works awesome! I suggest attaching the legs to a larger plate so you don't have to worry about getting your fingers with a high-speed eraser.
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ludzik
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Post by ludzik on Jan 10, 2017 14:07:43 GMT -8
I hear you on the ears I'm hoping to come up with a great way to work it into the story  The hair though I think makes the figure whole. Second guy was almost pure luck - the torso, legs and head happened to be handy and once I put them together it just fit Last guy - yeah - I actually have been good enough with just a regular pencil - a bit of elbow grease .... and time Maybe I'll get to it tonight |
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Post by AK_Brickster on Jan 10, 2017 14:41:39 GMT -8
I almost forgot to mention that I find the combination of flesh and yellow figs to be abhorrent. I hope you aren't planning on using figs 2 and 3 in the same MOC?!  |
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ludzik
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Post by ludzik on Jan 10, 2017 15:00:49 GMT -8
Actually why not? Different races I could never bring myself to mix them up indiscriminately but I see opportunity to mix them up as different races 《Edit》 I think now I see the need to have figs 1, 2 and 3 plus whatever other skin colors all in the same MOC |
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Post by ludzik on Jan 10, 2017 19:15:44 GMT -8
Gr'Dek who can trace his lineage all the way back to Kr'Tek has a secret. Someplace along his lineage he's pure Goblin bloodline has been polluted. There are stories amongst Goblins of a female Goblin warrior - named Ur'Dak, that has been captured by the Orcs and not retured for years. When she came back she was found to be pregnant. Unfortunately there seems to be a problem there because Goblins and Orcs are not compatible. A clue as to what happened comes from the fact that from that point on all males in that bloodline had ability to cast spells. One theory is that there was an evil wizard that impregnated Ur'Dak while she was held by the Orcs and then dissapeared. Orcs released Ur'Dak as part of a peace treaty between Goblins and Orcs.
Something unique Ur'Dak's progeny is dark tan ears.
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Post by AK_Brickster on Jan 11, 2017 8:31:01 GMT -8
Actually why not? Different races I could never bring myself to mix them up indiscriminately but I see opportunity to mix them up as different races 《Edit》 I think now I see the need to have figs 1, 2 and 3 plus whatever other skin colors all in the same MOC  ![]() BLASPHEMY!! I also use different races, but for whatever reason, I can't bring myself to use flesh as one of them. To me, there has to be a "normal" skintone, and that means choosing between yellow and flesh. Once you introduce flesh, the yellow becomes too weird-looking, and vice-versa. For some non-human races, it is much easier for me to accept that they are red/green/brown/whatever, because they are "abnormal" (trolls/orcs/werewolves/undead/etc). For humanoid races (elves/fauns/dwarves/etc), they should be the same color as "normal" humans, so it wouldn't make sense to use flesh for elves but yellow for humans, in my mind. In order to distinguish elves from humans (in addition to the ears), I'm giving the exo-force heads a try. I hope to unveil a good-sized group of them pretty soon (which for me, probably actually means, "sometime before the year 2025"). |
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Post by ludzik on Jan 11, 2017 9:05:49 GMT -8
Lol I look at yellow vs flesh like I would look at asian, white and black I see fleshie as the primary minifig and the yellow could be the people from distant lands You could also have a difference between lowland and highland races or maybe the land dwellers and cave dwellers. |
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Post by AK_Brickster on Jan 11, 2017 10:24:23 GMT -8
Yeah I just don't view lowland/highland to be different enough to justify such a drastic change in skintone. Oddly enough, I do use the black figs in some of my middle-eastern figs, mainly because the torsos are just too good to not be utilized! In general though, I kind of like the idea that my figs are "raceless" with regard to "red and yellow, black and white", which I think is the way Lego intended it, before they go into licensed themes. However, I do want to do some dark elves, and I'll probably end up assigning those existing dark-skinned figs to the dark elf race once I get some ears painted for them. To each their own, I guess is the bottom line! It comes down to preference |
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ludzik
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Post by ludzik on Jan 11, 2017 10:40:24 GMT -8
Lowland and Highland might be close or far depending on how you build out your world. If they are far enough geographically and you split their lines couple thousand years past you could make a case for change in skin tone Anyways to a degree we might agree on one thing. There is a primary type of a fig and everything else is secondary for me it's fleshie and everything else is secondary. |
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Post by SEdmison on Jan 23, 2017 16:52:37 GMT -8
So enjoying seeing AK's head explode about minifig skin tones. 
Who knew that this would be the thing that finally did it? |
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He does not hold allegiance to anyone but he does sell his services to the highest bidder and for the duration of the contract he does stick by his employer. The second his contract is fulfilled though all bets are off. He has been known to steal back from his previous employer just after fulfilling his obligation to them.
The hair though I think makes the figure whole.
