So I've been working on a new project: large Lego minifigures!
The idea has been rattling around in my head for years. One of my kids has a Lego Yoda alarm clock, and one day he got a cheap flashlight that glows green and it happened to fit perfectly in Yoda's hand. Eventually it died, but we always thought it would be cool if Yoda (and all the other Lego clocks) had accessories/weapons that could go with them, but Lego never made anything. I finally decided to make my own. So with calipers, CAD (and some design skill), and a 3D printer, I went to work.
It started with a lightsaber, but it was so fun I couldn't stop there. I had to make whole minifigures (or bigifigures), too! I wasn't going to waste time making characters that were already clocks, but I thought it would be cool to make some popular characters that don't exist as clocks. These models are scaled up to match the size of the clocks so that the accessories will fit with existing characters.
With larger parts, I had to redesign how the arms, legs, and hands snap together and function. I decided to do a thread and nut with spring washer for the legs and arms. And a big leaf spring for the hands. This means you can take apart the individual pieces, or tighten them to get a pose-able figure.
I currently have molds for all of the standard parts that make up a basic minifigure body (head, torso, hips, legs, arms, and hands). I'm in different stages of completion for several character-specific parts, but I've got finished molds for a couple so far (based on what my kids wanted, lol):
-Clone Phase 2 helmet
-Snow Trooper helmet/backpack (in picture below)
-Classic Space helmet and airtanks
-Lightsaber - yes, these light up either blue, red, or green. This could potentially be a double-bladed lightsaber (Darth Maul), too.
-Rifle (in picture below)
With these different characters, I've had to create the specific decals for the torso, legs, head, and helmets. I'll post pics of all the variations of decals as soon as I make more bigifigures to put them on, but so far, I've created decals for the following:
-501st Legion Clone Trooper
-212th Battalion Clone Trooper
-Shock Trooper
-Saleucami Trooper
-Captain Rex
-Snow Trooper (seen below)
-Classic Space (which is really just the chest logo)
I would love to hear your feedback on what characters/accessories you'd like to see. I never really stopped to take any pics, as I was rushing to get it all done in time for Christmas presents, but I'll work to get more pictures of my progress up for all to see.
The idea has been rattling around in my head for years. One of my kids has a Lego Yoda alarm clock, and one day he got a cheap flashlight that glows green and it happened to fit perfectly in Yoda's hand. Eventually it died, but we always thought it would be cool if Yoda (and all the other Lego clocks) had accessories/weapons that could go with them, but Lego never made anything. I finally decided to make my own. So with calipers, CAD (and some design skill), and a 3D printer, I went to work.
It started with a lightsaber, but it was so fun I couldn't stop there. I had to make whole minifigures (or bigifigures), too! I wasn't going to waste time making characters that were already clocks, but I thought it would be cool to make some popular characters that don't exist as clocks. These models are scaled up to match the size of the clocks so that the accessories will fit with existing characters.
With larger parts, I had to redesign how the arms, legs, and hands snap together and function. I decided to do a thread and nut with spring washer for the legs and arms. And a big leaf spring for the hands. This means you can take apart the individual pieces, or tighten them to get a pose-able figure.
I currently have molds for all of the standard parts that make up a basic minifigure body (head, torso, hips, legs, arms, and hands). I'm in different stages of completion for several character-specific parts, but I've got finished molds for a couple so far (based on what my kids wanted, lol):
-Clone Phase 2 helmet
-Snow Trooper helmet/backpack (in picture below)
-Classic Space helmet and airtanks
-Lightsaber - yes, these light up either blue, red, or green. This could potentially be a double-bladed lightsaber (Darth Maul), too.
-Rifle (in picture below)
With these different characters, I've had to create the specific decals for the torso, legs, head, and helmets. I'll post pics of all the variations of decals as soon as I make more bigifigures to put them on, but so far, I've created decals for the following:
-501st Legion Clone Trooper
-212th Battalion Clone Trooper
-Shock Trooper
-Saleucami Trooper
-Captain Rex
-Snow Trooper (seen below)
-Classic Space (which is really just the chest logo)
I would love to hear your feedback on what characters/accessories you'd like to see. I never really stopped to take any pics, as I was rushing to get it all done in time for Christmas presents, but I'll work to get more pictures of my progress up for all to see.
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