My latest LEGO project

**nicholighkun** · August 2, 2010, 02:10pm

That is absolutely beautiful. You are really good at making interesting, and pleasing to look at, architectural designs. The face above the throne is my favorite, but all of it is incredible. Thank you for sharing!

**Marwarscreator** · August 3, 2010, 03:25am

Originally Posted by nicholighkun

That is absolutely beautiful. You are really good at making interesting, and pleasing to look at, architectural designs. The face above the throne is my favorite, but all of it is incredible. Thank you for sharing!

'Thanks' is almost too humble a word

But, when one have such genious and rich source of inspiration, it makes the job a lot easier

More pictures:

**Marwarscreator** · August 4, 2010, 04:54am

And as promised.... WIP-pictures:

With no more than an idea, some reference-pictures and a handfull of bricks
I began to crate my own hybrid version of the iconic castle...

I started with 'the face of Grayskull', to figure out how large the bricks would allow me to build.
And then I decided to have rounded towers rather than using the vintage castle-corner elements...

The 'face' was adjusted through out the building process...

And I had to reinforce the base with the double amount of pillars on the final version:

**Angry-Calligar** · August 4, 2010, 02:55pm

you need to get your hands on a BK battlecat and get a little Lego He-Man going.

**Kaziam** · August 4, 2010, 08:27pm

THAT is awsome I love LEGO. Do you have any pics of some He Man Mini FIGS???
COOL

**AnnnaMot** · August 4, 2010, 08:56pm

What was the cost ?

**Marwarscreator** · August 5, 2010, 03:50am

Originally Posted by Angry-Calligar

you need to get your hands on a BK battlecat and get a little Lego He-Man going.

Originally Posted by Kaziam

THAT is awsome I love LEGO. Do you have any pics of some He Man Mini FIGS???
COOL

MOTU mini-figs are in the works, but it's timeconsuming and not really that cheap
(some sellers have a minimum-order limit on parts and then there are the shippingcosts...)

Originally Posted by AnnnaMot

What was the cost ?

There was a lot of trial and error through out the project and I did order some bricks I didn't use + the shippingcosts and occasionally paypal/handeling fee...
But if one would try to build a Castle Grayskull the way I did it (without the errors) one would have to spend approx $1.000 (stretched over 4 months)

Only a dedicated nerd or a mad-man would throw himself in a project like this, and from where I'm sitting, there is a fine line between those two

**toyboys inc** · August 6, 2010, 10:27am

This have got to be one of the most IMPRESSIVE projects I have seen!
I dont even want to think all the invested time and patience involved in this (which of course paid off!!)

LOVE IT!
Congratulations, you should feel very proud of this

**He-Ryno** · August 6, 2010, 11:04am

HO HO HO HO HOLY ****!!!

That is AMAZING! If I could....I would build one to MOTUC scale. IF.....

**Marwarscreator** · August 8, 2010, 06:31am

Originally Posted by toyboys inc

This have got to be one of the most IMPRESSIVE projects I have seen!
I dont even want to think all the invested time and patience involved in this (which of course paid off!!)

LOVE IT!
Congratulations, you should feel very proud of this

Well, I'm only a padawan compared to other builders I know, but I am proud of my work and the challenges did evolve my LEGO-skills

Originally Posted by He-Ryno

HO HO HO HO HOLY ****!!!

That is AMAZING! If I could....I would build one to MOTUC scale. IF.....

That would have been an epic challenge - and very expensive

But forum-member FIRENICE, did have that kind of ambition in 200x-scale:

http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...highlight=lego

http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...highlight=lego

I wonder how the progress is going...
Knowing the compromise translating something to LEGO, I'm excited to know the end result.

**Marwarscreator** · August 26, 2010, 07:40am

As stated earlier it's not cheap to create minifigs for this project, and it does take a lot of waiting time for the parts to arrive,
but slowly the tetris-like puzzle gets together and I can now present the first minifigs:

Eldor & He-Ro

(and I know one of the crystals seems to be blue, but it is purple

)

**sdilks** · August 26, 2010, 09:06am

This thing is AMAZING! I LOVE IT!

Very impressed with your Lego skills! How far do you plan to take it? You've expanded quite a bit. Awesome, simply awesome!

Great work, please keep it coming!

Also, I'm sure there are plenty of Org members that would help you out if there are certain Lego parts you need. Just ask!

**Omnis-Ra** · August 26, 2010, 10:16am

Who is are you making? I see Trapjaw, He-Ro, and Eldor. They look pretty sweet. You said you ordered parts for them or did you order them? Were was they ordered from?

**Marwarscreator** · August 26, 2010, 12:17pm

Originally Posted by sdilks

This thing is AMAZING! I LOVE IT!

Glad you like it

Originally Posted by sdilks

How far do you plan to take it?

As far the bricks and my wallet lets me

Originally Posted by sdilks

Great work, please keep it coming!

It will, it will, but the planning, shippingtime and the economic priorities slows down the process alot...

Originally Posted by Omnis-Ra

Who is are you making? I see Trapjaw, He-Ro, and Eldor. They look pretty sweet. You said you ordered parts for them or did you order them? Were was they ordered from?

I won't reveal which characters I'm making, but I do have approx 30 figures in the "WIP-room" right now

LEGO-minifigs are the ultimate build-a-figures, so I order the parts I need, put them together and add a bit of customizing if needed (but the less I have to customize the better)

And I have to point out that I'll never come close to the talent and sculping skills of this guy:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/83896

So I'll do it my way

**Marwarscreator** · September 5, 2010, 10:56am

Ninjor

The one major rule I have, is to make it as easy as possible. So if I can do it...

And though I have the next minifig ready, I have to spread out the figures,
giving myself a chance to make them without rushing the process (and receiving the parts),
but I do have a small hint for the next minifig: a member of the Horde...

**Marwarscreator** · September 12, 2010, 03:01pm

Shadow Weaver

It's simple, but it works

**Papa** · September 12, 2010, 06:06pm

This is VERY IMPRESSIVE!! I LOVE the face, the draw-bridge, the magic window, those support pillars (WOW), the back!! All very detailed and authentic to the original!! I've seen a lot of Lego paint ups that look like MOTU (are they yours?) on eBay!! I've done a LOT of stop-motion with Legos (My wife got me the Spielberg Lego Movie makers set with Camera, although I use a different camera now!) and have come up with my own stuff, too (not MOTU, though), but nothing anywhere near that BIG!!

AWESOME!

**Cringalicious** · September 12, 2010, 07:12pm

Amazing!!! Blew me away!

**Impulse** · September 15, 2010, 02:52am

A friend and I were just saying the other day how cool one of these would be.

Great minds think alike haha.

Fantastic. I think if anything can be thought of it can be made into a Lego set. haha.

**Kaziam** · September 15, 2010, 08:35pm

Shadow Weaver and Ninjor look graet!!!

**Marwarscreator** · September 19, 2010, 02:29pm

Originally Posted by Papa

This is VERY IMPRESSIVE!! I LOVE the face, the draw-bridge, the magic window, those support pillars (WOW), the back!! All very detailed and authentic to the original!! I've seen a lot of Lego paint ups that look like MOTU (are they yours?) on eBay!! I've done a LOT of stop-motion with Legos (My wife got me the Spielberg Lego Movie makers set with Camera, although I use a different camera now!) and have come up with my own stuff, too (not MOTU, though), but nothing anywhere near that BIG!!

AWESOME!

Thanks Papa

The ebay-stuff isn't mine, but I do draw some inspiration from it (and various other sources)
As for my 'obsession' to do ~minifig-scale projects, my view on it is: why not?

Originally Posted by Cringalicious

Amazing!!! Blew me away!

Thanks Cringalicious.
I hope your'e still in one piece.

Originally Posted by Impulse

A friend and I were just saying the other day how cool one of these would be.

Great minds think alike haha.

Fantastic. I think if anything can be thought of it can be made into a Lego set. haha.

James May did build a LEGO-house of LEGO-bricks (with a little help), so it's possible to think it, and the build it

Originally Posted by Kaziam

Shadow Weaver and Ninjor look graet!!!

No love for Eldor or He-Ro?!

Just kidding

- I try to "Keep It Simple (stupid)" and often the simple appoach has the biggest effect.

Well, the past week has gone by really fast and I had to do some adjustment to my LEGO-budget,
but that doesn't mean I dont' have a backup-figure...

So, I give you:
Nor-ris

**kjl2381** · September 23, 2010, 04:55am

Bravo, excellent stuff.

**Marwarscreator** · September 27, 2010, 08:46am

hmm... I guess the odd-factor of Nor-ris wasn't as potent as i thought...

Well, I have to take a break, but I'll try to do a figure every 2. week

So for now I present to you: Stratos

**flitzi** · September 27, 2010, 11:19am

Those glasses are upside down...

What did you use for the wings? Is that an actual part or did you glue some feather pieces to some clips?

**Marwarscreator** · September 27, 2010, 11:59am

Originally Posted by flitzi

Those glasses are upside down...

What did you use for the wings? Is that an actual part or did you glue some feather pieces to some clips?

I know - some time it's fun to see if people pay any attention

But if you compare it with the MOTU/MOTUC Stratos, the glasses are 'pointy' and this is as close I can come.

The wings are called "Plume Feathers with Clip" - I just modified them a bit

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