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Title: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 February, 2014, 02:44:47 PM
Apologies if there's a thread for stuff like this already but I've had far too much fun with the boys (aged three and nearly five) and Lego lately.

With a limited amount of pieces of any one colour, and very little in the way of hinged or otherwise technical pieces, I'm pretty happy with how these have turned out.  Not sure what to make next, but we'll see...  Anyone else have anything similar to share?


Mek-Quake

(http://i.imgur.com/LCp9tnr.jpg)


Ro-Jaws

(http://i.imgur.com/shELVvX.jpg)


Mongrol (A work in progress.  I've since added some legs but competition for bricks in our house is fierce.)

(http://i.imgur.com/OPUjIXQ.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: judda fett on 10 February, 2014, 02:51:20 PM
Great Mek Quake there. Sterling efforts with minimal bricks.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 10 February, 2014, 02:53:23 PM
Brilliant stuff, Ro-Jaws is my fave :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 February, 2014, 02:55:50 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 10 February, 2014, 02:53:23 PM
Brilliant stuff, Ro-Jaws is my fave :lol:

Mine too.  I could only find three white pegs for teeth, but the explanation 'he's eating poo' seemed to go down well with the boys.

:lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 10 February, 2014, 03:00:07 PM
I honestly thought that that was supposed to be poo as well, worked on me too :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: judda fett on 10 February, 2014, 03:05:58 PM
S#!t a (Lego) brick!  :) I'll have a go at making something next time I'm on uncle duties.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Mabs on 10 February, 2014, 03:50:26 PM
Ming, you sir, are truly Merciless - and a genius to boot! Great stuff. Loving Ro-Jaws!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 10 February, 2014, 04:08:51 PM
Well I can only join the chorus of praise those are simply magnificent. Ro-Jaws is quite brilliant.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 10 February, 2014, 04:20:26 PM
Magnificent work.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Goaty on 10 February, 2014, 04:28:21 PM
Wow that is awesome!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 February, 2014, 04:31:09 PM
Thanks, folks!  These have been great fun and inspiring for the younglings (at the weekend Feliks drew a fantastic Ro-Jaws without reference to the comics, Lego or the 3A toy.)  Not sure what's next, but somewhere down the line I'll have a stab at Justice 1 or a Lawmaster or something.

Knickers!

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Albion on 10 February, 2014, 05:50:45 PM
Meknificent as well as magnificent. Nice work Ming.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: mimikeke on 10 February, 2014, 11:34:36 PM
AWESOMEMEMEMEMEME
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 11 February, 2014, 01:04:27 AM
Oh thanks! Now I want 2000AD Lego even more...

Well done, I hope you are proud!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 11 February, 2014, 09:41:15 AM
They are hilariously brilliant. Must get out the Lego this evening with my kids.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 11 February, 2014, 10:34:22 AM
Quote from: afjudge on 11 February, 2014, 09:41:15 AM
They are hilariously brilliant. Must get out the Lego this evening with my kids.

Please do - and take snaps of anything you come up with!

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Goaty on 11 February, 2014, 10:39:36 AM

Off the topic, but Total Film got new feature today; 50 cool LEGO movie sets, hope it give you some ideas?

http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-coolest-movie-lego-sets (http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-coolest-movie-lego-sets)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 February, 2014, 02:17:52 PM
Another enjoyable Saturday morning involving educational chatting about 2000AD and playing with Lego - we went for Shako today (the pink eyes were Feliks' idea).  Instead of a super-secret capsule, he's eating a camera, but at least we have body parts and people fleeing... :lol:

(http://i.imgur.com/bzQgySP.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Richmond Clements on 15 February, 2014, 02:23:25 PM
Quote from: ming on 15 February, 2014, 02:17:52 PM
Another enjoyable Saturday morning involving educational chatting about 2000AD and playing with Lego - we went for Shako today (the pink eyes were Feliks' idea).  Instead of a super-secret capsule, he's eating a camera, but at least we have body parts and people fleeing... :lol:

(http://i.imgur.com/bzQgySP.jpg)

Forum needs a damned LIKE button...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Spikes on 15 February, 2014, 03:27:24 PM
Quote from: ming on 10 February, 2014, 02:44:47 PM

Ro-Jaws

(http://i.imgur.com/shELVvX.jpg)


A great thread, and wonderful recreation's in Lego, all.

But special mention has just got to go to Ro-Jaws.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 February, 2014, 03:49:33 PM
You do realise that at is rate this thread is going to become the greatest place on the Internet EVER!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Mikey on 15 February, 2014, 04:45:43 PM
Almost too good! I want to see Mongrol despite his wee legs!

M.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 15 February, 2014, 06:25:15 PM
Outstanding, Ming. I particularly love the streaks of blood and guts, and the chap with his face ripped off.
Next up, I'd like to see the Iscariot from Killing Time...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 February, 2014, 08:25:58 AM
Glad that you're liking these, folks.  I know what we'll be making next, I think.  It's always great to play with Lego and recounting tales from 2000AD for the boys at this early age is good preparation for them.  Even with a (relatively) small amount of Lego there's an amazing amount you can do...  Having a few more technical pieces and just more bricks will definitely be great though, so this is definitely just the beginning!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 February, 2014, 02:48:13 PM
After a rather rainy Sunday afternoon...

FLESH is just perfect for kids; always has been, always will be.  Oskar (3) liked the sound of Claw Carver replacing his hand with a Deinonychus' claw but asked, quite sensibly "How would that work?".  Still, they love the idea of time-travelling cowboys harvesting dinosaurs for food, so it's all good.

Claw Carver

(http://i.imgur.com/vOE7kHA.jpg)


Old One-Eye in pursuit

(http://i.imgur.com/L8gvAHm.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 16 February, 2014, 03:09:08 PM
It's mid-term this week. My eldest is already engaged in a mammoth SW starport build, and while I have tentatively committed to contributing a version of the Twilight, I might see if I can divert into some 2000AD.  Assuming work delivers on the slight lull it has promised.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 February, 2014, 03:49:10 PM
Fingers crossed for you, Tordelback!

It's proving to be great fun seeing what we can and can't do with the bits we have although I would obviously do very bad things for an official set of 2000AD mini-figs...  Meanwhile, the fun continues!

(http://i.imgur.com/BD8Jtqi.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Greg M. on 16 February, 2014, 03:55:09 PM
Wonderful! I can almost hear Pat Mills narrating: "It was not a nice way to die!"

I know it's not 2000AD, but given that you've done Shako and Flesh, surely Hook Jaw is the obvious follow-up?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 19 February, 2014, 12:45:07 PM
Nice to see Pat himself sharing these on Facebook!   :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: allied72 on 19 February, 2014, 01:06:34 PM
Inspiring. Got to show the kids and get busy with the lego
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 19 February, 2014, 11:29:17 PM
I can not take this. To much brilliant.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 20 February, 2014, 07:16:01 AM
Yep, everything is awesome.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 20 February, 2014, 12:03:41 PM
Thanks, folks!

Quote from: Greg M. on 16 February, 2014, 03:55:09 PMI know it's not 2000AD, but given that you've done Shako and Flesh, surely Hook Jaw is the obvious follow-up?

I'll give it some thought...  A limited amount of bricks of any one colour might make it slightly tricky but I'll put it on the to-do list.


Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 19 February, 2014, 12:45:07 PM
Nice to see Pat himself sharing these on Facebook!   :D

Yes, that was nice - although I'm sure someone else has probably done this kind of thing before me (and done it better).


Specific 2000AD mini-figs would be AMAZING but it's fun just to see what you can throw together with a few bits and pieces.  I've got a couple more ideas for things that we can try out soon but things I'd really like to take on are probably beyond me until we start amassing dangerous quantities of Lego.  I'll definitely attempt to make a better Mongrol and Mek-Quake before the end of the year, though.

Other than that, I can just take a random Lego bloke, stick him in front of someone on a motorbike and start telling the boys just how fast he's really running.  Compu-puntcture Hyper-Power is less dated than Steve Austin, anyway.  I mean, what does Six Million buy you these days? :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Spikes on 20 February, 2014, 06:11:09 PM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 19 February, 2014, 12:45:07 PM
Nice to see Pat himself sharing these on Facebook!   :D

Has he? That's pretty brilliant.

And spooky at the same time - He's watching us!   ;)

But good stuff Ming. Just a thought; Have you no vintage Space Lego at your disposal?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 20 February, 2014, 06:23:16 PM
Quote from: Judge Jack on 20 February, 2014, 06:11:09 PMBut good stuff Ming. Just a thought; Have you no vintage Space Lego at your disposal?

Unfortunately, no.  (All my childhood Lego disappeared long ago.)  However, we've got craploads of pirate lego figures inbound for Feliks' birthday so maybe I can set up some Harryhausen-like Red Seas scenes later in the year...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 22 February, 2014, 07:38:41 PM
Following Greg's suggestion, we went through a couple of iterations of Hookjaw today...  The first was a bit of a quick an dirty test and then that got refined a bit; some elements I was happy with in both but they're a bit slapdash to be honest.  To be continued at some point, I suppose.  The boys loved the name Hookjaw, and the general concept, and I'm glad to say they're pretty clear who should win in battles of nature versus humans... Us puny mammals are naturally just food for the likes of Shako and Hookjaw.

The hook (well, a spear) is a bit hard to spot, but it's there...

(http://i.imgur.com/VSrG58h.jpg)


(http://i.imgur.com/y8CCgk8.jpg)


I've never actually read Hookjaw in it's entirety; I was too young for Action and never followed up of what I missed for some reason.  Shame on me.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 22 February, 2014, 09:36:34 PM
This keeps getting better and better!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Greg M. on 22 February, 2014, 10:10:29 PM
Quote from: ming on 22 February, 2014, 07:38:41 PM
The boys loved the name Hookjaw, and the general concept, and I'm glad to say they're pretty clear who should win in battles of nature versus humans... Us puny mammals are naturally just food for the likes of Shako and Hookjaw.

Hurrah - that's a proper Pat Mills philosophy right there! I'm very glad your lads got into Hook Jaw - seeing your rather scary Lego version makes me feel like I've just had an artistic commission done! Excellent work!

(For what it's worth, Action was before my time too – or to be more accurate, I was born on the very date of the famous withdrawn issue that someone else is looking for in another thread. But having read the whole thing since, I don't think there's ever been another comic strip like 'Hook Jaw' because it is episode after episode of unrelenting hysteria, with no break and no relief. Even the likes of 'Flesh' or 'Shako' have conventional stories to 'em, where the action rises and ebbs - 'Hook Jaw' is a case of 'And then it gets worse! And then more people die! And remember those folk that the hero went to all the bother of saving last week? They all die this week too!' Manic intensity - no wonder kids loved it!)

So... Big Hungry from Flesh Bk II next? ;)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 22 February, 2014, 10:25:13 PM
Ha! I love that. :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 March, 2014, 08:02:02 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/kVMoPRN.jpg)

Imagine if there had been a Lego Ro-Busters set when you were a kid... *sigh*
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 01 March, 2014, 10:20:51 PM
Ming these are so cool :D If only 3A were puttin' figures out this fast ;)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 March, 2014, 10:26:02 PM
Quote from: CrazyFoxMachine on 01 March, 2014, 10:20:51 PM
Ming these are so cool :D If only 3A were puttin' figures out this fast ;)

Hah - I'd be flat broke!  It's the lack of other decent 2000AD toys that partly led us to take this on; that and the fact it's huge fun.  At some point we'll escape the gravitational pull of Pat Mills characters, but probably not immediately...

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 02 March, 2014, 02:35:35 AM
Bloody hell Ming! Can you be Stevie's dad?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 02 March, 2014, 03:10:47 PM
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 02 March, 2014, 02:35:35 AM
Bloody hell Ming! Can you be Stevie's dad?

As long as it doesn't involve waking me up in the middle of the night and generally costing me a small fortune, yes.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 02 March, 2014, 05:50:25 PM
Quote from: ming on 01 March, 2014, 10:26:02 PM
At some point we'll escape the gravitational pull of Pat Mills characters, but probably not immediately...

Well you haven't done Dr Feeley Good yet, for one thing...  ;)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 02 March, 2014, 06:29:46 PM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 02 March, 2014, 05:50:25 PM
Quote from: ming on 01 March, 2014, 10:26:02 PM
At some point we'll escape the gravitational pull of Pat Mills characters, but probably not immediately...

Well you haven't done Dr Feeley Good yet, for one thing...  ;)

I've been pondering that very subject today... I'll have a think and see what I can come up with.  Hammerstein's another obvious gap in the roster but to do him justice would be tricky, given the fairly specific elements of his rather complex design.  In the coming years, with increasing amounts of Lego, we'll be able to tackle more characters and scenes, I hope.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 March, 2014, 01:39:40 PM
I got some caterpillar tracks in the post this week.  First up, some Killdozer action.  It's a bit ropey as I had to just use the few bits and pieces that weren't already occupied by the boys but I'll try and do a complete Landraider / Killdozer combo at some point.


(http://i.imgur.com/pPN1Dbb.jpg)


If I had a million grey blocks I'd love to do the Mutie Mountains as well...  :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 08 March, 2014, 03:32:00 PM
There's nowt ropey about that it's class!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 March, 2014, 03:55:01 PM
Thanks Colin - it was thrown together very quickly though!  Still, the boys have been told the tale of strict-but-fair Judge Dredd (serious faces) and Spikes Harvey Rotten (great name = hilarity!) taking medicine across a dangerous desert to help people.  The take home message was, however, that the 2 T (fru) T virus makes people run around shouting Tooty Fruity!  TOOTY FRUITY!!  They've been laughing their heads off at that ever since.

My work is done...  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 08 March, 2014, 03:59:20 PM
I'm currently reading the Cursed Earth to my 7 and 4 year old brothers. Everytime they hear 2T(fru)T they giggle uncontrollably. :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Nutmeg on 08 March, 2014, 10:18:18 PM
great work, more please  :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 March, 2014, 08:51:52 AM
The boys were playing as Mek-Quake and Ro-Jaws on their way up to bed last night so I made a Mek-Quake v2.0 for them while they were asleep...

Mek-Quake vs. BIG JOBS!

(http://i.imgur.com/IHx6lHw.jpg)


I'm pretty happy with this one; much closer to the original O'Neill Bulldozer version that I love, although it lacks the fins, unfortunately.  The claws are also a bit iffy but there'll probably another version at some point when we have more bits and pieces to work with.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: judda fett on 10 March, 2014, 09:20:43 AM
Cool Mek Quake! I quite like the claws me.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 March, 2014, 11:53:06 AM
Aw... Cheers, Green Bonce!  :D

(http://i.imgur.com/jYtXkAJ.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 15 March, 2014, 12:17:46 PM
Recognition! :D Marvellous!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 March, 2014, 03:46:46 PM
It all looked bloomin' marvelous too. Great stuff.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 March, 2014, 08:22:10 PM
Thanks, folks - we'll keep these coming...  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 March, 2014, 08:52:46 AM
Humm de humm!

(http://i.imgur.com/b0Z9WAD.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 23 March, 2014, 09:38:42 AM
Best one yet.  The cross-bar navel is the piece-de-resistance-is-futile.  Your are as a god to me, Sir.  (You could get a marker to a lime green 2x4 tile and add "Doctor knows best, Casey..." to the chest screen). 

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 March, 2014, 09:50:02 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 23 March, 2014, 09:38:42 AM
Best one yet.  The cross-bar navel is the piece-de-resistance-is-futile.  Your are as a god to me, Sir.  (You could get a marker to a lime green 2x4 tile and add "Doctor knows best, Casey..." to the chest screen).

The not-red cross was entirely down to the missus so I can take no credit for that particular detail!  I'd made a red cross using five 1x1 red tiles but it was too clunky so I dropped it, then I was informed by the good lady that "if you're going to do it, do it right and she told me to add that particular brick.  She's a stickler.

Number One Son immediately made some stinky medicine (a cup with flames coming out of it) reflecting the panel he remembered with the Doc pouring foul medicine onto a spoon...

The chest screen idea is a nice one, TB.  Unfortunately we're limited by the bricks in the house so that'll be something to revisit down the line when we accumulate stupid volumes of this stuff.  Anyway, onwards and upwards!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 25 March, 2014, 11:33:19 AM
This book, Beautiful Lego (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-LEGO-Mike-Doyle/dp/1593275080/ref=la_B001KCM4TC_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395746964&sr=1-1), has a home-made Mongrol on page 61.

You can't see it in the preview pages but it's still worth browsing.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 March, 2014, 11:39:55 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 25 March, 2014, 11:33:19 AM
This book, Beautiful Lego (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-LEGO-Mike-Doyle/dp/1593275080/ref=la_B001KCM4TC_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395746964&sr=1-1), has a home-made Mongrol on page 61.

You can't see it in the preview pages but it's still worth browsing.

Any chance of a pic?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 26 March, 2014, 10:04:15 AM
I'll see what I can do.

It's not as good as the one on this thread, but some of the other stuff in the book is stunning.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 March, 2014, 10:11:48 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 26 March, 2014, 10:04:15 AM
I'll see what I can do.

It's not as good as the one on this thread, but some of the other stuff in the book is stunning.

Thanks, DD!   :)

I had a look at the previews for the book; as you say, some stunning stuff there.  I can only dream of having bucketloads of bricks (and enough hours in the day to use them).  Still, it's fun to see what we can do with what we have (and the boys were busy drawing Mongrol and Doctor Feeley Good this morning, so this stuff definitely rubs off on them).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 27 March, 2014, 08:34:46 PM
Hi Ming, it turns out the builder has his picture on flickr, and some other 2000AD builds as well, done as "Cubedudes".  Check these out!

Mongrol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10104652@N06/4293556851/

Joe Pineapples
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10104652@N06/4292066358/

Gronk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10104652@N06/4294301520/

Alpha & Gronk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10104652@N06/4297304130/

Mean Machine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10104652@N06/4292062558/

Dredd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10104652@N06/4288796551

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 27 March, 2014, 08:44:08 PM
I like those, I like those a lot!

The fact that they've taken the basic design elements and put their own spin on same, is an absolutely apt treatment of characters from The House of Tharg.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 28 March, 2014, 09:33:12 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 27 March, 2014, 08:34:46 PM
Hi Ming, it turns out the builder has his picture on flickr, and some other 2000AD builds as well, done as "Cubedudes".  Check these out!

Those are great!  I've seen the Mongrol one before, but not the rest.  I think the Gronk is my favourite, but they're all really lovely.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 27 April, 2014, 10:06:29 AM
Post fifth birthday party wind-down... Shonky-but-fun Ro-Busters Midpoint build.  If we had a bazillion blocks of the same colour I could possibly have done this justice, but them's the breaks.

(http://i.imgur.com/vRg5sPh.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/BLEsZPD.jpg)


Not sure what to go for next but I'll have a think.  I just had one idea but I'll have to figure out whether or not it's feasible given the bricks to hand.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 27 April, 2014, 07:20:31 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 27 March, 2014, 08:34:46 PM
Hi Ming, it turns out the builder has his picture on flickr, and some other 2000AD builds as well, done as "Cubedudes".  Check these out!
Mean, Mongrol and The Gronk in particular are really great.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 03 May, 2014, 09:08:54 AM
Not what I'd planned to do next, but this was on the cards anyway so after some encouragement from the boys I thought I'd give it a shot.  Again, a bit shonky but the best I could come up with without dismantling various other things.  If I had bucketloads of Lego I'd maybe have done justice to what was in my head; consider this as Fleshdozer v1.0.

Brachiosaurus burgers / Triceratops Tikka Masala, anyone?


"I love my job."

(http://i.imgur.com/jsSmWR0.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/aX6quT3.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/bwCGzmm.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/EdpDOV3.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/LQegJBQ.jpg)


Making Stegosaurus sausages is a dangerous business...

(http://i.imgur.com/h9y0tDA.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 03 May, 2014, 09:18:03 AM
So much better than Lego's own dinosaur range that it's frightening.  You are an international treasure, Ming.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 03 May, 2014, 09:30:28 AM
That stomps simply being good so far into the ground its like good has been tramped, alongside wonderful, delightful and a host of other positives has been trampled by a stampeding herd of Argentinasaurus.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 03 May, 2014, 09:38:08 AM
Thanks, fellas!  This is all (well, mostly) driven by the demands of the boys; Pterosaurs especially are a big hit right now - we made Tapejara and Rhamphorhynchus at the specific request of Feliks (plus a one-clawed Deinonychus to go with Claw Carver).

The Fleshdozer is wobbly and shonky but without a gazillion blocks it's all I can do - still great fun, though.  My favourite detail is the safety inspector featured in the background of that last pic :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 03 May, 2014, 12:01:36 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 03 May, 2014, 09:18:03 AM
So much better than Lego's own dinosaur range that it's frightening.  You are an international treasure, Ming.

Thanks, TB!  I've been pestered  for more dinos this morning, so had to do a quick Stegosaurus as well as the Triceratops.  Together with Deinonychus (x2), T. rex and a couple of Pterosaurs (Tapejara and Ramphorhynchus) built earlier in the week, we've quite the crowd here.  I'm seriously running out of bricks here but suggesting dismantling something is met with stern resistance!

(http://i.imgur.com/hGd13DT.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 03 May, 2014, 04:41:24 PM
Had a few minutes spare so did what I'd intended to do before I got sidetracked by the Fleshdozer...

(http://i.imgur.com/oFDogP2.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/RIipcKd.jpg)

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Nutmeg on 03 May, 2014, 07:28:34 PM
awesome
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 03 May, 2014, 07:59:28 PM
Simple genius. the best kind
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Stu101 on 03 May, 2014, 08:23:36 PM
Just stumbled across this thread.
Ming these are great, and full of character.
Are we to see chopper progress through his story arc?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 03 May, 2014, 10:12:42 PM
Gods sake man stop being so awesome!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 May, 2014, 02:46:32 AM
Quote from: ming on 03 May, 2014, 12:01:36 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/hGd13DT.jpg)

These are just brilliant, Ming!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 May, 2014, 02:47:03 AM
Quote from: ming on 03 May, 2014, 04:41:24 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/RIipcKd.jpg)

Ditto!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 May, 2014, 09:45:07 AM
Quote from: Stu101 on 03 May, 2014, 08:23:36 PM
Just stumbled across this thread.
Ming these are great, and full of character.
Are we to see chopper progress through his story arc?

Skysurfer Chopper / Supersurf Seven would be great but I'd like to do it justice, which means building a chunk of the Big Meg... Probably have to wait until someone sends me a couple of boatloads of bricks, unfortunately.

Thanks for all the kind words, folks!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 04 May, 2014, 10:48:23 AM
This thread gets better and better each time I open it. "Lego" and "Fleshdozer" in the same sentence just made my day.
Someone (and I'm volunteering if you're asking) needs to make parts lists and build instructions for these.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 May, 2014, 11:22:35 AM
If I ever make anything I'm completely happy with (only Doctor Feeley Good has come close) I'll try and break the build down into parts and instructions.  It's all just made up as I go along though, with whatever bits and pieces are to hand, telling stories to the boys as I go.  I do dream of large piles of bricks and the time to do the material justice...


Meanwhile, an obvious (and easy) follow up to yesterday's Chopper...


"The Phantom went out scrawling..."

(http://i.imgur.com/FrE75J2.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Mzm0JGk.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 04 May, 2014, 11:36:57 AM
He went out scrawlin'. 
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 May, 2014, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 04 May, 2014, 11:36:57 AM
He went out scrawlin'.

Indeed he did.

The younglings have now been comprehensively schooled in this old-school Thrill (aged three-and-a-half and five they somehow already knew all about graffiti) and although the tale was well-received overall the main take-home message was that Marlon's Mum's hobby is attempting to head eggs into a bucket, which they found hilarious.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Richmond Clements on 04 May, 2014, 05:14:31 PM
Quote from: ming on 04 May, 2014, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 04 May, 2014, 11:36:57 AM
He went out scrawlin'.

Indeed he did.

The younglings have now been comprehensively schooled in this old-school Thrill (aged three-and-a-half and five they somehow already knew all about graffiti) and although the tale was well-received overall the main take-home message was that Marlon's Mum's hobby is attempting to head eggs into a bucket, which they found hilarious.

Was that not his Dad's hobby? His mum did washing up, I recall..? </pedant>
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 May, 2014, 05:19:31 PM
Out of interest on a comics forum do you need to turn 'pedant' functions on? Surely they come as default?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 May, 2014, 05:22:38 PM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 04 May, 2014, 05:14:31 PM
Quote from: ming on 04 May, 2014, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 04 May, 2014, 11:36:57 AM
He went out scrawlin'.

Indeed he did.

The younglings have now been comprehensively schooled in this old-school Thrill (aged three-and-a-half and five they somehow already knew all about graffiti) and although the tale was well-received overall the main take-home message was that Marlon's Mum's hobby is attempting to head eggs into a bucket, which they found hilarious.

Was that not his Dad's hobby? His mum did washing up, I recall..? </pedant>

You're right, of course!  I've somehow got it fixed in my head that Ma Shakespeare was the egg-header and Pa was a bat-glider... I think I've had that fixed in my head for decades and no amount of re-reads is likely to correct it!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 May, 2014, 05:27:59 PM
Was the bat glider Citzen Snorks dad or am I miss remembering that?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Richmond Clements on 04 May, 2014, 05:32:37 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 May, 2014, 05:27:59 PM
Was the bat glider Citzen Snorks dad or am I miss remembering that?

The collector who [spoiler]cut his nose[/spoiler] off was a batglider.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 04 May, 2014, 05:35:53 PM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 04 May, 2014, 05:32:37 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 May, 2014, 05:27:59 PM
Was the bat glider Citzen Snorks dad or am I miss remembering that?

The collector who [spoiler]cut his nose[/spoiler] off was a batglider.

The Collector was disguised as James' Dad, in a batglider costume.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Richmond Clements on 04 May, 2014, 05:37:16 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 04 May, 2014, 05:35:53 PM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 04 May, 2014, 05:32:37 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 May, 2014, 05:27:59 PM
Was the bat glider Citzen Snorks dad or am I miss remembering that?

The collector who [spoiler]cut his nose[/spoiler] off was a batglider.

The Collector was disguised as James' Dad, in a batglider costume.

What a team!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 04 May, 2014, 09:36:46 PM
My humble effort: Manta Prowl Tank
(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/afjudge/IMAG4276_zps7fa4e10c.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 May, 2014, 10:07:50 PM
Quote from: Andrew_J on 04 May, 2014, 09:36:46 PM
My humble effort: Manta Prowl Tank

Great stuff! :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 May, 2014, 10:58:24 PM
Hover bricks!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Stu101 on 04 May, 2014, 11:49:02 PM
Quote from: ming on 04 May, 2014, 09:45:07 AM
Quote from: Stu101 on 03 May, 2014, 08:23:36 PM
Just stumbled across this thread.
Ming these are great, and full of character.
Are we to see chopper progress through his story arc?

Skysurfer Chopper / Supersurf Seven would be great but I'd like to do it justice, which means building a chunk of the Big Meg... Probably have to wait until someone sends me a couple of boatloads of bricks, unfortunately.

Thanks for all the kind words, folks!

Maybe if you had a wishlist of what bricks you'd require, some would randomly turn up at your door from the forum fairies...

Your stunning pieces with the talent of photoshop that some people have on here could possibly help build MC1...? And of course endless time which is a rather rare commodity. However you have given me inspiration for when my daughter starts getting some proper lego.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Stu101 on 04 May, 2014, 11:51:49 PM
Quote from: Andrew_J on 04 May, 2014, 09:36:46 PM
My humble effort: Manta Prowl Tank
(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/afjudge/IMAG4276_zps7fa4e10c.jpg)

This could be like Lego Games Workshop!  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 05 May, 2014, 08:48:00 AM
Love the Manta - the shield on the front is great.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 May, 2014, 09:06:12 AM
"Foolsss....  You cannot build what doess not live..."

(http://i.imgur.com/EzKsMS0.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/FMRs9mu.jpg)


Worth a shot but I think, given a few more bits and pieces, I could do better (I always say that, don't I?).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 08 May, 2014, 09:13:07 AM
My god, these are brilliant !  Particularly love the Manta!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 09 May, 2014, 10:36:19 AM
Ha! That Judge Death is brilliant!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 09 May, 2014, 10:42:41 AM
I love this thread :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Mikey on 09 May, 2014, 10:54:03 AM
Who in their right mind would think 'Lego' and 'Judge Death'?

:thumbsup:

M.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 09 May, 2014, 11:04:04 AM
I want this: http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/07/star-wars-bedroom-for-five-year-old-made-from-60000-lego-bricks-4720794/ (http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/07/star-wars-bedroom-for-five-year-old-made-from-60000-lego-bricks-4720794/)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 May, 2014, 11:49:02 AM
I want that too, but just to dismantle it and make something more entertaining.  And then dismantle it and make something more entertaining.  And on and on.  What I couldn't do with 60,000 bricks...

Anyway, will try and rustle something up with the boys later.  Won't be a bedroom, though! :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 May, 2014, 08:36:07 PM
"It's Lightsabre versus Radsweeper, creep, and I don't aim to lose!"

:D

(http://i.imgur.com/dj4EQKy.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/WkvRp0D.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 09 May, 2014, 09:41:34 PM
That Death is taking things to a new level.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 09 May, 2014, 09:46:05 PM
Ming, the Judge Death is somethingelse. Z  :D :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Frank on 09 May, 2014, 09:54:05 PM
Quote from: Colin_Minestrone on 09 May, 2014, 09:41:34 PM
I'm hoping for a miracle this weekend

I was thinking more lentil, neebs, but minestrone works almost as well. Ming, did you hear Pat Mills's kind words regarding your lego builds in his most recent (epic) chat with ECBT2000ad (http://2000ad.wordpress.com/category/podcast/page/3/)?

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Link Prime on 09 May, 2014, 10:20:37 PM
Quote from: sauchie on 09 May, 2014, 09:54:05 PM
Quote from: Colin_Minestrone on 09 May, 2014, 09:41:34 PM
I'm hoping for a miracle this weekend

I was thinking more lentil, neebs, but minestrone works almost as well.

If fellow forumite DaveG doesn't adjust his handle with the word 'Minestrone' too, that unfortunately means Greg M and Grey M@a will be bumped up to the number 1 "double take" slot.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 May, 2014, 09:17:21 AM
Quote from: sauchie on 09 May, 2014, 09:54:05 PMMing, did you hear Pat Mills's kind words regarding your lego builds in his most recent (epic) chat with ECBT2000ad (http://2000ad.wordpress.com/category/podcast/page/3/)?

I did, I did!  Pat's also left a few nice comments via Facebook (and shared a few of the builds); John Wagner liked the Death too, which means I can probably retire now.  :D

Anyway, this whole adventure is a nice departure from the standard licenced Lego stuff; why just put up with Star Wars, Big Two Superheroes, etc. when you can create and instill enthusiasm in 2000AD just as easily?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 10 May, 2014, 11:32:42 AM
Every time I look at this thread I am inspired to go and build something, but then I run out of time.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 May, 2014, 11:52:30 AM
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 10 May, 2014, 11:32:42 AM
Every time I look at this thread I am inspired to go and build something, but then I run out of time.

Do it!  Do it NOW!  Or later.

If you have an idea in your head, just start fitting a few bricks together to make a part of what you want to build.  Then just let it go where it wants to go...  I don't spend hours and hours on these (and they're all very short-lived apart from Ro-Jaws and Doctor Feeley Good, who are still sitting on the window sill at the request of the boys).

Anyway, I'd love to see what you come up with.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 11 May, 2014, 09:25:00 AM
"I see a ship!  A big ship!"

I read a potted version of the Terra-Meks to the boys a some months back so Charlie's been on the cards for a while.  As usual, with a few more bits (curves, etc.) I could do better, but this was fun anyway.  I quite like the second pair of arms and the area around the eyes.

(http://i.imgur.com/WYCiKnM.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/QaVRBlO.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/bJAlufd.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 11 May, 2014, 06:22:55 PM
Ha!ha! That's amazing. I love the "standing up to his knees in water" effect you've achieved.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 11 May, 2014, 07:06:19 PM
Quote from: Andrew_J on 11 May, 2014, 06:22:55 PM
Ha!ha! That's amazing. I love the "standing up to his knees in water" effect you've achieved.

Both faithful to the source and economical, given the small amount of bricks left at that point...  ;)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 11 May, 2014, 09:43:59 PM
the eyes are great! You've captured Charlie's expression perfectly
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: vzzbux on 13 May, 2014, 09:33:45 PM
Sorry for hijacking.
I was creating with Sophie last week using aqua bead type thingies, she made a minion but I just couldn't resist. She wouldn't let me meld it together though.


(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff200/vzzbuxblx/368864c5-a6b7-4f87-99d9-d1415eb18307_zps4128c872.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff200/vzzbuxblx/94569d49-402a-4bb5-8cf8-c91425496825_zpse2806248.jpg)




V
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 May, 2014, 09:21:53 AM
Quote from: vzzbux on 13 May, 2014, 09:33:45 PMSorry for hijacking.
I was creating with Sophie last week using aqua bead type thingies, she made a minion but I just couldn't resist. She wouldn't let me meld it together though.

Hijack away!* :) 

Those bead things have a lot of scope for shoe-horning in the odd 2000AD character; Tharg would be great ;)


*we also have this thread: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,40215.0.html
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 May, 2014, 08:30:59 AM
Charlie got sent to the breaker's yard shortly after his appearance the other day so I decided to attempt a mini-Charlie... He should have four pincers for hands instead of two but Number Two Son was... uncooperative :)

(this one's about the same height as the previous Charlie's legs)

(http://i.imgur.com/wXQA2kk.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/TOVrdNC.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 May, 2014, 08:31:22 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/CIfRfK8.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 16 May, 2014, 08:35:05 PM
C'mon man, you must have single wheel piece somewhere!


Bloody awesome.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: vzzbux on 16 May, 2014, 08:39:13 PM
I said Gimmie that Pie.
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/rico2074/chowdown334.jpg?t=1166461790)





V
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IronGraham on 16 May, 2014, 09:24:16 PM
I said gimme' the pie
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 16 May, 2014, 09:34:33 PM
Better and better and better.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 May, 2014, 09:32:30 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 16 May, 2014, 08:35:05 PM
C'mon man, you must have single wheel piece somewhere!


Bloody awesome.

I liked the clean look sans bellywheel, but just for you...

(http://i.imgur.com/r5jNaW6.jpg)

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 May, 2014, 10:13:07 AM
And while I'm at it...


"Let's roll."

(http://i.imgur.com/59k73RQ.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/dZ2JGpS.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/YvlXGac.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 17 May, 2014, 10:26:55 AM
[End of thread]

Quit while you're ahead. There's no point in doing any more as these Lego fatties are the pinnacle of your achievements!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 17 May, 2014, 02:15:14 PM
Quote from: ming on 17 May, 2014, 10:13:07 AM
And while I'm at it...

"Let's roll."

Control!  We've got 15,000 tons of trouble pouring at us out of Frank Cannon!

Maestro
.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Nutmeg on 17 May, 2014, 08:31:11 PM
ha ha ha these always cheer me up  :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 20 May, 2014, 03:18:00 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 17 May, 2014, 02:15:14 PM
Quote from: ming on 17 May, 2014, 10:13:07 AM
And while I'm at it...

"Let's roll."

Control!  We've got 15,000 tons of trouble pouring at us out of Frank Cannon!

Maestro
.

:)

I did consider making a fence (surrounding one of those segregation blocks for the excessively fat); might return to this later.  Not sure how many fatties I could make; six or so should be doable, though - and I could have a couple of them overturning a Manta, maybe.

Anyway, these were great fun and the boys were chanting "Two Ton Tony Tubbs!" for hours afterwards and giggling at the idea of food trays and bellywheels.  Job done.  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 May, 2014, 05:23:19 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/cMnDpEd.jpg)

Need more chains and spiky bits to complete this properly, so consider this one a proof of concept.

Shakara!  Man, now that was a Thrill.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 23 May, 2014, 05:25:48 PM
Those fatties! Holy shit!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: mogzilla on 23 May, 2014, 09:19:24 PM
we've needed these since mike carroll posted his cgi dredd legos a while back (and the megos)  can tharg not approach character options to do something like this? lego compatible and deadly 60 got a range!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 23 May, 2014, 10:57:40 PM
Mogzilla, have you seen Kev Levell's 2KAD Lego character sheets?  Superb!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 May, 2014, 11:27:15 AM
I didn't really intend to take that Shakara any further as I didn't really think I have the pieces required to do it properly.  However, a bit of messing around (with the boys singing their new Shakara! song in the background) and I've got a bit further...

(http://i.imgur.com/iyBWSFp.jpg)


Legs?  Maybe later.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 24 May, 2014, 11:59:03 AM
SHAKARA!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 24 May, 2014, 12:08:32 PM
just when I think these couldn't get any better you surpass yourself! I've been racking my brains for ideas (would never have thought of Shakara) but coming up blank. Keep up the good work though!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 May, 2014, 05:18:25 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 24 May, 2014, 12:08:32 PM
just when I think these couldn't get any better you surpass yourself! I've been racking my brains for ideas (would never have thought of Shakara) but coming up blank. Keep up the good work though!

Thanks!  For most of the things I've attempted, it all starts with a basic consideration of 'could we do that with the bits I have?' and then starting off with a key portion of the character - usually the head.  If the head is do-able and captures at least some aspect of the character then it tends to take the pressure off the rest of the build.  A limited selection of bricks means it's all done on the fly and I definitely don't plan these out beyond a vague idea of how certain bits might work out.

Give it a go! :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 May, 2014, 10:29:27 AM
Quote from: ming on 24 May, 2014, 11:27:15 AMLegs?  Maybe later.

(http://i.imgur.com/4HVLd9T.jpg)

Yesterday, Oskar (three and a half) drew Shakara punching his way through a Teknosaur.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 25 May, 2014, 10:31:06 AM
That's killer, that :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: mogzilla on 25 May, 2014, 10:37:23 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 May, 2014, 10:57:40 PM
Mogzilla, have you seen Kev Levell's 2KAD Lego character sheets?  Superb!

aye, I remember them being posted on here a while back...

shall we set up one of those online petition?s if the dredd 2 one aint happening 2000ad lego(or equivalent)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 25 May, 2014, 11:16:42 AM
Amazing work Ming
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 May, 2014, 07:18:26 PM
Glad you're liking these; as always it's good fun, a good way to wind down and a great way to casually introduce the boys to some Thrill Power.

Oskar was singing this morning, and eventually I figured out the lyrics... "Arnold Stodgman, Arnold Stodgman, Aaaaarnold Stodgmaaaaan!"

Those Fatties made quite an impression.

:D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 25 May, 2014, 07:20:13 PM
Watching this one come to fruition has been a joy!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: chiefy2shoes on 28 May, 2014, 09:30:19 AM
Get some up on here

https://ideas.lego.com/

You may one day see one of your pieces made into an official set. I know everyone on here would vote for it.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 28 May, 2014, 01:18:21 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 24 May, 2014, 12:08:32 PM
I've been racking my brains for ideas (would never have thought of Shakara) but coming up blank.

I keep thinking a Lawmaster would be cool without being too hard to make, but I still haven't found the time to get anywhere near my son's Lego box.  I can imagine making a basic long, rectangular body, with two wheels side by side to give the necessary big wheel thickness, and going from there.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 May, 2014, 12:31:08 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 28 May, 2014, 01:18:21 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 24 May, 2014, 12:08:32 PM
I've been racking my brains for ideas (would never have thought of Shakara) but coming up blank.

I keep thinking a Lawmaster would be cool without being too hard to make, but I still haven't found the time to get anywhere near my son's Lego box.  I can imagine making a basic long, rectangular body, with two wheels side by side to give the necessary big wheel thickness, and going from there.

I gave a Lawmaster a quick go a while back but unfortunately didn't really get anywhere.  However, we've got more bricks now than we did so I decided to have another crack at it.  Shaping up okay so far, I think.  Pics later...

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Pyroxian on 30 May, 2014, 12:54:52 PM
Something like this I'd imagine?

(http://clutchpower.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/9441-1.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 May, 2014, 01:01:10 PM
Quote from: Pyroxian on 30 May, 2014, 12:54:52 PM
Something like this I'd imagine?

(http://clutchpower.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/9441-1.jpg)

Well, kind of :lol:

Getting all (or as many as possible) of the Lawmaster details present and correct is a challenge at the scale we're working at, though.  Without custom or readily available specific parts for some aspects it's just a matter or working with what we've got and hoping for the best.  Anyway, I'll finish this off later and post up a couple of pics this evening.

It's all good fun, and seeing the boys, for instance, drawing and playing at being Shakara is reward enough (they also have a theme tune).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 May, 2014, 06:46:16 PM
"Bike!  To me!"

(http://i.imgur.com/U2tD9qh.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/YaFUKoZ.jpg)

Fairly happy with this and the boys think it's cool and want to know more, which is the main point of the exercise, really.  The pics don't really show the wheels which, although fairly chunky, aren't as voluminous as I'd like.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: SKD on 30 May, 2014, 07:23:35 PM
This thread is a joy, stimulating and inspiring. Well done Ming, that Lawmaster is superb.
         
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 30 May, 2014, 07:34:42 PM
Yep this thread continues to be a joy whenever it shows up.

Great stuff as ever
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 31 May, 2014, 11:44:37 AM
Slight tweak to the eagle on the front; a bit less clunky now, hopefully.

(http://i.imgur.com/OosOp2R.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: judda fett on 31 May, 2014, 01:51:26 PM
Looks great that!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Mardroid on 31 May, 2014, 02:26:57 PM
That lawmaster brilliant! I hope you don't mind me saying I think I actually prefer the earlier version with the bigger eagle though.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 31 May, 2014, 07:59:54 PM
Quote from: Mardroid on 31 May, 2014, 02:26:57 PM
That lawmaster brilliant! I hope you don't mind me saying I think I actually prefer the earlier version with the bigger eagle though.

No, I certainly don't mind - all feedback and suggestions are very welcome!  The first eagle just seemed a bit chunky to me but on balance I also prefer it to the second attempt.  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 31 May, 2014, 08:06:59 PM
Ming, there is simply no end to the pleasure I derive from your work on this thread. Excellent stuff!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Frank on 31 May, 2014, 08:14:10 PM
Quote from: ming on 30 May, 2014, 06:46:16 PM
the wheels, although fairly chunky, aren't as voluminous as I'd like

Two films and $150 million couldn't solve that problem. Your bike looks better than both their efforts.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 June, 2014, 06:14:51 PM
Aw, thanks, folks.

Moving on (or back)...


Anatomy of a Fatty.

I did a quick breakdown of a basic Fatty build for Number One Son earlier and took a few pics in case anyone here wanted to take one for a spin / waddle.

I'm sure a lot of the parts could be substituted for others with decent results.  I used different parts to make the upper body curves in the first one I built (visible in the pics I posted a few pages back) but the ones I used here are maybe more common.  Also, the slanting 2x1 bricks in the upper-right pic are ones I only just got access to; previously I used 1x1 pieces of the same shape.  The downward slanting pieces I used for the lower belly / leg area can be 2x2 or 1x2 depending on whether you need to leave room for a bellywheel.  One final thing: I used Blu-Tack to get the arms fixed in place as I couldn't figure out a better solution...

(http://i.imgur.com/Idt4X8r.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 June, 2014, 05:12:16 PM
FRED 2L might be getting an upgrade this week.  Far too few green bricks to do this in green (as I'd like) but I figure it's worth continuing to see how this works out...

(http://i.imgur.com/9NUKgGh.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 08 June, 2014, 05:58:43 PM
I haven't checked back often enough...

Blimey what a lovely Lawmaster (I prefer the smaller Eagle by the way).

Love the 'Anatomy of a Fatty'!

Yer builds are outstanding!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 08 June, 2014, 08:38:44 PM
Anatomy of a Fatty is getting filed for future reference. But why don't you warn us that placing a flat piece on any other brick is an irriversable process?!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 08 June, 2014, 10:18:47 PM
I've been able to reverse that step many, many times. Sometimes breaking a mail mind you.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: chiefy2shoes on 08 June, 2014, 10:33:34 PM
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 08 June, 2014, 08:38:44 PM
Anatomy of a Fatty is getting filed for future reference. But why don't you warn us that placing a flat piece on any other brick is an irriversable process?!

you need the Lego brick separator!

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 08 June, 2014, 10:35:27 PM
LIES! It's a conspiracy to get me to spend more money! ILLUMINATI!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 08 June, 2014, 11:12:02 PM
Quote from: chiefy2shoes on 08 June, 2014, 10:33:34 PM
you need the Lego brick separator!

Oh how we laughed when that thing first spilled randomly out of a box.  Now the focus of any communal building session is shattered by repeated cries of 'where's the doo-dad?'. 
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 09 June, 2014, 12:29:09 AM
You can build with them too.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 June, 2014, 02:03:47 PM
I should probably get a couple of those Lego separator doodads for the boys; they do look pretty handy.

Feliks (5) made a great Shakara this morning:

(http://i.imgur.com/TDXiel5.jpg)


Shakara of the Snazzy Trousers.  Oskar (three and a half) would have made this perfectly colour-coordinated one way or another (as would I) but Feliks doesn't seem bothered about that kind of stuff.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 09 June, 2014, 02:14:03 PM
Not even the most FLINT hearted person could dislike this one!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 09 June, 2014, 07:00:03 PM
Lego ought to give you some separators just cos of this zarjaz thread!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 June, 2014, 07:06:51 PM
Quote from: ZenArcade on 09 June, 2014, 02:14:03 PM
Not even the most FLINT hearted person could dislike this one!

Very droll :)

Managed to get Ro-Jaws finished off today; as usual there are some aspects of this I like (the wheels, mainly) and others that I feel that I can definitely improve on in future (the head is something of a bugbear).  Still, he's got poo in his teeth, poo on his shovel and poo in his chest cupboard thing, and Feliks suggested the use of the '50' sign in lieu of a tax disc.  Good call, youngster!  If I could do this build in green I'd be happier with it than I am.  The basic design works okay, although it's a bit hard to tell from these crappy pics.

(http://i.imgur.com/VqFJXEl.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/BNBWUNM.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 10 June, 2014, 01:45:01 AM
Almost enough poo!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 10 June, 2014, 08:12:31 AM
Blackhole version.  Nice.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 10 June, 2014, 03:30:54 PM
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 08 June, 2014, 08:38:44 PM
Anatomy of a Fatty is getting filed for future reference. But why don't you warn us that placing a flat piece on any other brick is an irriversable process?!

My son has what remains of my childhood Lego... some of it with teeth marks.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 June, 2014, 09:59:16 PM
The boys got given some of those small-but-great Lego Mixel sets recently.  These come with all manner of useful pieces; hinges, joints, etc.  The best bits are the teeth and the eyes...  (I'll try out some of the other teeth on Ro-Jaws next time we take a crack at him, maybe).

Anyway, as soon as I saw all those eyes, this was screaming out for a quick test-run*.  I'm getting some more of these teeth things so will have a proper stab at this before long.

Now, how do I explain to a three year old and a five year old about Iok Sotot, eater of souls?  :lol:

(http://i.imgur.com/tsskvMv.jpg)


* There's plenty of refinement to be done, but for a very quick (15min) and dirty trial, it's promising. I need to find some yellow trousers for Phase IV Zenith, though (and I can cut out a better sticker).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Frank on 13 June, 2014, 10:18:48 PM

That, Ming, is stone cold  genius. Do The Mess next.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 June, 2014, 10:23:05 PM
Quote from: Islamic State of Iraq and Sauchie on 13 June, 2014, 10:18:48 PM

That, Ming, is stone cold  genius. Do The Mess next.

What, some eyes in a jar?  Sold!

I may also do Louis from Harlem Heroes - post accident, of course.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 13 June, 2014, 10:39:18 PM
Close the thread. That is the pinicle of genius. Just, wow.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 14 June, 2014, 12:08:55 AM
Quote from: ming on 13 June, 2014, 09:59:16 PM
Now, how do I explain to a three year old and a five year old about Iok Sotot, eater of souls? 

Pffft.  Just explain that he's the Lurker at the Threshold, Zenith's (the Key) kid with a clone of his Mum (the Gate), and has probably gestated in the sun to achieve his many-angled form.  Ia!  Ia! 

They've probably seen In The Night Garden.  They'll get it straight off.

I speak as a father whose kid today moved on from the solid well-trodden parental ground of 'where do babies come from' to athe all-new 'yes, but how does the Dad's genetic information get in there?".  Fuck.  Literally.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 14 June, 2014, 06:43:34 AM
PLEASE BE MY DAD!

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 14 June, 2014, 11:19:59 AM
Quote from: ming on 13 June, 2014, 09:59:16 PM
Now, how do I explain to a three year old and a five year old about Iok Sotot, eater of souls?  :lol:

That's the first time I've ever been freaked out by Lego.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 14 June, 2014, 11:30:56 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 14 June, 2014, 12:08:55 AM

They've probably seen In The Night Garden.  They'll get it straight off.


Exactly. Anyone who can handle the manifold dimensional horror the lurks In the Night Garden will get this.

Seriously, there's a Terror Tale in that one: garish freaks with a trouser fetish; a living doll (pull her string, hear her scream); a troll that lives under the bridge; minaturising trains; two seemingly normal families - except for their ten children, their teeny-tiny size and the fact they are clones of each other; all overseen by giant, silent seemingly-benign balloon guards (but under their garish, painted smiles, lurk depravity to make the soul weep).

Night Garden terrifies me. And it explains to children an awful truth: at the end, you are alone. Weep, weep I tell you, for Iggle Piggle as he is cast out of paradise at the end of each episode, to drift alone on the sea - just him and his madness. The next morning, when he wakes, he will be eating his toes to stay alive.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 June, 2014, 02:00:04 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 14 June, 2014, 06:43:34 AM
PLEASE BE MY DAD!

Who, me or TordelBack?  Maybe we could arrange shared custody?  My only requirement is that you have your own filing system in place for your shelves.


Quote from: Dash Decent on 14 June, 2014, 11:19:59 AM
Quote from: ming on 13 June, 2014, 09:59:16 PM
Now, how do I explain to a three year old and a five year old about Iok Sotot, eater of souls?  :lol:

That's the first time I've ever been freaked out by Lego.

My work here is done! :D

Not really; unsurprisingly, there's endless mileage in 2000AD Lego.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: atp on 14 June, 2014, 02:06:17 PM
Sir, With an idea like this your work will never be done.This thread is great the nostalgic memories of my loooong lost youth with Lego is almost to much to bear, blimey don't time pass too quickly. Most of my efforts were making box like cars for my action man toy then shoving him of the top landing to see the Lego explosion when it hit the floor, then I'd listen to my old dad go off at me as I cleared up the debris and start another vehicle ready for demolition. Any way these 2000AD Lego builds are bloody great, keep them coming. Just a thought but have you given the LEGO Digital Designer 4.3 a go, here's a link. http://ldd.lego.com/en-us/download  . Obviously not as tactile as the real thing but you will never run out of bricks to envisage new designs. By the way Judge death  is great and the rendition of chopper is good enough to hang on the wall as modern art.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: atp on 14 June, 2014, 02:29:15 PM
Quote from: atp on 14 June, 2014, 02:06:17 PM
of the top landing

'off' the top landing. I'm now walking bare foot on Lego bricks as self induced punishment.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 June, 2014, 03:02:46 PM
I did give that virtual Lego builder a quick try but didn't have that much fun with it; if I can't see the pieces in front of my, my brain has trouble visualising how they might best fit together to achieve what I have in mind.  Basically, I have a vague idea then make it up as I go along, according to what bricks aren't currently in use by the boys.  I can see the benefits of the virtual thing as a planning tool but our builds are a bit too random for that.

Meanwhile, here's a cheap shot inspired by something Feliks made this morning...  :lol:

(http://i.imgur.com/otgDgpG.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 June, 2014, 03:13:04 PM
Quote from: ming on 14 June, 2014, 03:02:46 PM
Meanwhile, here's a cheap shot inspired by something Feliks made this morning...  :lol:

Heh, I need to swap the heads over, I know...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 June, 2014, 04:04:36 PM
Quote from: ming on 14 June, 2014, 03:13:04 PM
Quote from: ming on 14 June, 2014, 03:02:46 PM
Meanwhile, here's a cheap shot inspired by something Feliks made this morning...  :lol:

Heh, I need to swap the heads over, I know...

Better now.

(http://i.imgur.com/3VbaA2z.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Frank on 14 June, 2014, 04:08:01 PM

A gun shark and his pal Ray?

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 June, 2014, 04:15:59 PM
Quote from: Islamic State of Iraq and Sauchie on 14 June, 2014, 04:08:01 PM

A gun shark and his pal Ray?

Well, with the shark having all those fins, I can think of a decent nickname to go with his buddy, Ray.

Stupid, I know, but it made me laugh (and anyway, Feliks started by replacing Spiderman's head with a crocodile).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 14 June, 2014, 07:20:59 PM
Quote from: ming on 14 June, 2014, 02:00:04 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 14 June, 2014, 06:43:34 AM
PLEASE BE MY DAD!

Who, me or TordelBack?  Maybe we could arrange shared custody?


Well much as I love Tordelback he's never brought me the unqualified genius that is lego Iok Sotot. To be followed by a pun, a visual pun so puntatsic as to be fitting for... well Sinister Dexter. This therefore works on SOOOOO many levels. My love and respect for you now is without measure and I realise I'm not worthy of the honour of your fatherhood and must worship from a distance until I am.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 15 June, 2014, 01:10:55 AM
Love the Finny n Ray show!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 June, 2014, 07:49:32 AM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 14 June, 2014, 07:20:59 PM
Quote from: ming on 14 June, 2014, 02:00:04 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 14 June, 2014, 06:43:34 AM
PLEASE BE MY DAD!

Who, me or TordelBack?  Maybe we could arrange shared custody?


Well much as I love Tordelback he's never brought me the unqualified genius that is lego Iok Sotot. To be followed by a pun, a visual pun so puntatsic as to be fitting for... well Sinister Dexter. This therefore works on SOOOOO many levels. My love and respect for you now is without measure and I realise I'm not worthy of the honour of your fatherhood and must worship from a distance until I am.

[aside] Is that restraining order ready yet? [/aside]  :lol:

I'm glad you're enjoying these Colin!  Ultimately, I will prove a huge disappointment, so prepare yourself!



In the meantime...

"I smell blood in the business waters!™"

Just another day in the office for Enormo Overdrive and Sad Klegg (who admittedly looks rather chipper).

(http://i.imgur.com/VlKPXwT.jpg)


Thanks to Mikey for the suggestion!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Frank on 15 June, 2014, 10:19:34 AM

Big Barry Penge! Like Mike Carroll's pictures of Christmas trees surrounded by 2000ad merchandise, these builds offer a glimpse of a better alternative reality, where Keith Richardson managed to strike that deal with Lego after all.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 15 June, 2014, 10:20:43 AM
The basic concept of this is so simple, the ideas  and actualization are complex and wonderful. This has quickly pushed to the top of my must see threads. Z :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Andrew_J on 16 June, 2014, 12:26:43 PM
Quote from: ming on 13 June, 2014, 09:59:16 PM

(http://i.imgur.com/tsskvMv.jpg)


That, Sir, is the best bloody thing I've seen on the world wide web this month. You are a certified genius.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 16 June, 2014, 12:58:08 PM
Aaaaiiieeee!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: a chosen rider on 16 June, 2014, 04:58:12 PM
How did I miss this thread for so long?  These are fantastic.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 June, 2014, 07:13:24 PM
You're all too, too kind... :-[

Still, I'm glad my efforts are entertaining!  As the boys are having fun with these while learning a little about Tharg's various character and stories (as was the initial intention, after all) I certainly plan to be in this for the long haul.  Getting a few new pieces and hearing Feliks (five) say "that would be perfect for Mongrol" or just seeing him and his brother running around pretending to be Shakara makes this all worth while and then some.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 June, 2014, 10:05:52 AM
"Born out of pain on the Lego table..."

As I mentioned previously, Feliks suggested one of the new bits he and Oskar got (the hose / power cable) would be perfect for Mongrol so I decided that it was time for another go.  This one's smaller than the one I attempted previously and, with some new joints, works a lot better.  Add in a few details like the mouth cannon, The Mess and the ability to rip apart a Bogey Buggy, and we're all set.  Fairly happy with how he turned out although another time I'd like to bulk up the arms a bit and add some articulation to those Power Paws of his.

(http://i.imgur.com/C6LX2YO.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/dJymoz9.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/lY2rQJq.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/x7GXIvi.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/HZR5lck.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/IvH7UGW.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Mardroid on 21 June, 2014, 01:05:57 PM
Excellent! One of the things I was disppointed about concerning my (otherwise excellent) 3A Mongrol was his lack of mouth cannon. Although I can imagine it would have been awkward to put in practice, but with your lego build you managed it!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: mimikeke on 21 June, 2014, 08:36:01 PM
fuuuuuu these are too cool.  Mind if I share a few on tumblr (with credit of course)?  :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 June, 2014, 10:05:34 PM
Quote from: mimikeke on 21 June, 2014, 08:36:01 PM
fuuuuuu these are too cool.  Mind if I share a few on tumblr (with credit of course)?  :lol:

Go for it!  :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 22 June, 2014, 09:56:46 PM
Love it...

Come on Rebellion, make these real!!!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 22 June, 2014, 10:19:35 PM
There has to be profit for Rebellion; entertainment for children (young and not so young) and dissemination of the world of 2000AD to a wider audience. What's to lose. Z :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 22 June, 2014, 10:21:53 PM
Oh and ps ming, any chance of doing the classic MekQuake ecofriendly recycling operation?? Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 June, 2014, 08:54:59 AM
Quote from: ZenArcade on 22 June, 2014, 10:21:53 PM
Oh and ps ming, any chance of doing the classic MekQuake ecofriendly recycling operation?? Z

Like the one below?  An earlier version of Mek-Quake was the thing that got all this started (on Page One - very ropey but nice to see how things have evolved since then).  Now we have a few more bricks and articulated pieces in the house (especially the ball joints used on the latest Mongrol) I should probably give the 'two dockers welded together' version of Mek-Quake a go at some point.


Quote from: ming on 10 March, 2014, 08:51:52 AM
The boys were playing as Mek-Quake and Ro-Jaws on their way up to bed last night so I made a Mek-Quake v2.0 for them while they were asleep...

Mek-Quake vs. BIG JOBS!

(http://i.imgur.com/IHx6lHw.jpg)


I'm pretty happy with this one; much closer to the original O'Neill Bulldozer version that I love, although it lacks the fins, unfortunately.  The claws are also a bit iffy but there'll probably another version at some point when we have more bits and pieces to work with.


The 2000AD Thrill-Power continues to work it's magic in our house... Feliks had trouble going to sleep last night and only settled after I agreed to draw him a picture showing the relative sizes of a human, Steelhorn, Mongrol, a house and Charlie.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 23 June, 2014, 12:47:53 PM
Quote from: ming on 23 June, 2014, 08:54:59 AM
Quote from: ZenArcade on 22 June, 2014, 10:21:53 PM
Oh and ps ming, any chance of doing the classic MekQuake ecofriendly recycling operation?? Z

Like the one below?

I think he means the searing green Hellbringer version.

Quote from: ming on 10 March, 2014, 08:51:52 AM
The 2000AD Thrill-Power continues to work it's magic in our house... Feliks had trouble going to sleep last night and only settled after I agreed to draw him a picture showing the relative sizes of a human, Steelhorn, Mongrol, a house and Charlie.

:lol: Amazing.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 June, 2014, 01:01:42 PM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 23 June, 2014, 12:47:53 PM
Quote from: ming on 23 June, 2014, 08:54:59 AM
Quote from: ZenArcade on 22 June, 2014, 10:21:53 PM
Oh and ps ming, any chance of doing the classic MekQuake ecofriendly recycling operation?? Z

Like the one below?

I think he means the searing green Hellbringer version.

Hmm, when I think of a 'classic' Mek-Quake I always picture O'Neill's original... Will await clarification from Zen!


Meanwhile, the Zaucer of Zilk donned a pair of fantasmagorical fancy pants yesterday...

(http://i.imgur.com/uzOYLXg.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 23 June, 2014, 01:10:17 PM
Sorry ming, caught up for a while in work. Yep Dark Jimbo is right. I know what you mean by the classic O'Neill strip; but the start of Hellbringer has MekQuake in a junk yard 'recycling' robots then burying them as per his newfound 'green' credentials, had me in stitches then and still does anytime I read it. Hurrrrr, BIG JOBS!!! Z :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 June, 2014, 01:19:29 PM
Quote from: ZenArcade on 23 June, 2014, 01:10:17 PM
Sorry ming, caught up for a while in work. Yep Dark Jimbo is right. I know what you mean by the classic O'Neill strip; but the start of Hellbringer has MekQuake in a junk yard 'recycling' robots then burying them as per his newfound 'green' credentials, had me in stitches then and still does anytime I read it. Hurrrrr, BIG JOBS!!! Z :lol:

Ah, I'll give it some thought; would probably try out the 'dockers' version first, though.  Mek-Quake is definitely one of the most enjoyable characters to take on - there's a lot of personality packed into that tiny brain!

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 23 June, 2014, 01:28:13 PM
How true, he is invariably the funniest charachter in 2000AD.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 July, 2014, 07:02:41 PM
More Mek-Quake - not the war droid body or the recycling robot, but a rough-and-ready go at the Black Hole transporter version.  Feliks chose the colour scheme and assisted with selection of occupants (Joe P and Terri, in rather heavily applied robot make-up).  Running around a bit this summer but we'll get some more done at some point, I'm sure :)

(http://i.imgur.com/cV4KeEg.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/dNBxXAY.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 16 July, 2014, 11:10:22 PM
Zarjaz!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 16 July, 2014, 11:42:47 PM
Mek Quake just a lonely cruiser.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 August, 2014, 05:09:01 PM
Couldn't resist doing this... :lol:

(http://i.imgur.com/EoQCQUH.jpg)


Regular 2000AD Lego will be resumed shortly!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Devons Daddy on 03 August, 2014, 03:02:29 AM
Lego characters hands hold iPhone cables perfectly!!

I have the dark knight and friends bringing the super villain DESKTOP CABLES under control at my office. A run of 2000ad characters would be on my must have list.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 September, 2014, 10:41:43 AM
The fatties have been seeing a bit more action lately...

"Dredd to control... Perp at the holding post at the corner of Haystacks and Bunter; improper use of a hottie - six months kook-cube observation"

(http://i.imgur.com/GbvfleP.jpg)

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 September, 2014, 11:01:37 AM
"Lot worse ways to spend the days than shiftin' blubber..."

(http://i.imgur.com/uF29JmG.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 07 September, 2014, 12:24:55 PM
Inthink those fatties are the single best thing you've made for this thread and these pictures illustrate why. They are effectively fully functional minifigures that can be used to re-enact any given scene from the history of the prog. Wonderful.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 September, 2014, 04:36:21 PM
Back in the Lego saddle...

Louis looks on while Giant gets some practice playing ball...

(http://i.imgur.com/oSr2Ng7.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/RVvdNHd.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/ptcBhwC.jpg)

Had great fun telling the boys about the Harlem Heroes, brain-in-a-jar Louis and, especially, Artie Gruber.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 21 September, 2014, 05:40:52 PM
Looks absolutely beautiful.  You truly belong here with us among the clouds.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 September, 2014, 02:31:16 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 21 September, 2014, 05:40:52 PM
Looks absolutely beautiful.  You truly belong here with us among the clouds.

Thanks!  I do, don't I...

Anyway, forgot about this one: Harry Kipling (deceased) with dead God courtesy of Feliks (5).

(http://i.imgur.com/KGqMlZg.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 December, 2014, 01:19:21 PM
Splundig Ho Ho!  Prog 2015  :)

(http://i.imgur.com/IXuvy34.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 17 December, 2014, 01:26:38 PM
Ming, simply delightful....what a present for the two wee ones. wonderful Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 17 December, 2014, 05:25:17 PM
I actually mentioned that in my preview but couldn't think of a suitable unspoiler way.

"letter page includes some cool homebuilds of 2000ad characters" was best I came up with but if Ming read the preview I didn't think even that wasn't vague enough.

I did get far too excited and forced my son to look at the pretty lego pics...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 18 December, 2014, 10:44:02 AM
Quote from: Bat King on 17 December, 2014, 05:25:17 PM
I actually mentioned that in my preview but couldn't think of a suitable unspoiler way.

"letter page includes some cool homebuilds of 2000ad characters" was best I came up with but if Ming read the preview I didn't think even that wasn't vague enough.

I did get far too excited and forced my son to look at the pretty lego pics...

Hah, that was definitely vague enough!  I sent the letter some months back so didn't really expect it to see print.  It's extremely gratifying that Tharg, in his infinite wisdom, was just waiting for the opportunity to get a decent number of pics on the page.  Florix Grabundae, Green Bonce!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 19 December, 2014, 07:23:22 PM
I even read out Tharg's reply to my disinterested son... lol
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: mimikeke on 19 December, 2014, 08:52:03 PM
You guys are the coolest. parents. ever.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 23 December, 2014, 03:41:37 PM
So I'm back in the Family Home and I've dug out my old lego boxes.  I apologise if I'm stepping on Ming's toes here, hoping he's a bit more merciful than his namesake, but here's my Mostly Monochrome Mongrol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 23 December, 2014, 03:47:27 PM
That's not half bad. Although I can hear the whirr of servo motors over in Scandinavia as a certain Galactic Tyrant aims his death ray in a general Belfast wards direction. Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 23 December, 2014, 06:24:50 PM
Ha! Jokes on him, I'm not in Belfast, I'm in Derry...I mean Strabane*

*The Shelbyville of the North-West
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 23 December, 2014, 06:27:35 PM
Sh*t,stop, stop Ming.....reaim, reaim!!! Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 December, 2014, 09:41:17 AM
Quote from: King Pops on 23 December, 2014, 03:41:37 PM
So I'm back in the Family Home and I've dug out my old lego boxes.  I apologise if I'm stepping on Ming's toes here, hoping he's a bit more merciful than his namesake, but here's my Mostly Monochrome Mongrol:

I love it!  The more 2000AD Lego I see here (or anywhere) the happier I''ll be!  :)

In the meantime, wishing you all a Merry, pie-filled Christmas.

(http://i.imgur.com/xWcDzcB.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Nutmeg on 24 December, 2014, 10:38:47 PM
fantastic
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 February, 2015, 01:53:38 PM
Possibly the first in a short series, holiday-postcard style?

This years Billy Bunter Block outing to the Cursed Earth did not go well for all those involved...


(http://i.imgur.com/XPh681F.jpg)

:)


We might attempt a Helltrekkers scene at some point, perhaps.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 08 February, 2015, 01:57:17 PM
Oh Ming your posts are a source of joy to me. A lego take on the Donner party....far out man. Z :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 08 February, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
Quote from: ming on 08 February, 2015, 01:53:38 PM
Possibly the first in a short series, holiday-postcard style?

This years Billy Bunter Block outing to the Cursed Earth did not go well for all those involved...


IMAGE REMOVED TO PREVENT HUGE POST WITH PIC THAT CAN EASILY BE SEEN ALREADY

:)


We might attempt a Helltrekkers scene at some point, perhaps.

I love this & want to buy it from the Lego Shop or the Futureshop. Please.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 08 February, 2015, 09:03:56 PM
Its a point that seems to get lost in all the admiration of your wonderful Lego work bit really how lovely and spotlessly shiny is your floor in ever photo!

I know housekeeping is a minor thing in the face of such glorious nerdery but really well done sir.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 February, 2015, 08:42:02 AM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 08 February, 2015, 09:03:56 PM
Its a point that seems to get lost in all the admiration of your wonderful Lego work bit really how lovely and spotlessly shiny is your floor in ever photo!

I know housekeeping is a minor thing in the face of such glorious nerdery but really well done sir.

With the boys rolling around all over it the shiny floor takes care of itself, pretty much.  The last three pics actually feature the kitchen workbench, the in-laws' dining table and our Lego table, respectively.  I know you need to know these things!

:)


There's a 2000AD cover recreation to be attempted in the next couple of days... Not sure how well it'll work but we'll give it a whirl.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 February, 2015, 06:43:52 PM
"The Last Trundle of the Fatinum Horde", Prog 217.

(http://i.imgur.com/Iw4WGxf.jpg)


Alan More-Pie's classic Future Shock told the tale of the Fatinum Horde, setting out from their home world and rampaging their way across the universe, eventually returning to their by-now-unrecognisable starting point and subsequently eating it.  *burp*  S'cuse me.


(http://i.imgur.com/qh4YIi4.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/KUD9xYE.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/iR1Ha5J.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/mucqzVy.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/G61IKbm.jpg)


Let's face it, if you saw one of these guys trundling towards you, brandishing a sausage, you'd run for the hills - and rightly so.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 14 February, 2015, 07:33:43 PM
If there was ever the clear need to get Tharg to get a photo-strip in the Prog!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 14 February, 2015, 07:40:16 PM
Or the meg!! Z ps wonderful as ever ming.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 22 February, 2015, 07:35:03 PM
This one was great fun. 

(http://i.imgur.com/Yku4TFL.jpg)

"No! No! Not...the teeth!"

(http://i.imgur.com/Fia8WeB.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/eN5RbsY.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/K6nsiXv.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 22 February, 2015, 07:56:43 PM
Ha! That took me a few seconds to place but very, very good.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Geoff on 22 February, 2015, 08:24:11 PM
Brother Morgar would be proud!

And those fatties are f'ing hilarious.  Some people might question what you're doing with your time... or suggest that you might be too old for this sort of thing.

I wouldn't be one of them...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 22 February, 2015, 09:29:44 PM
Oh Ming, you are a God to me. Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 February, 2015, 09:56:39 AM
Quote from: Geoff on 22 February, 2015, 08:24:11 PMBrother Morgar would be proud!

And those fatties are f'ing hilarious.  Some people might question what you're doing with your time... or suggest that you might be too old for this sort of thing.

I wouldn't be one of them...

Geoff, if you look back over the thread, you'll see that our two boys provided the excuse for this venture.  We started off with a decidedly modest amount of bricks but over the past couple of years things have escalated slightly (as is the way when you combine Lego with growing kids).  They've yet to delve into the Prog (they're four and six-ish) but this has been a great way to familiarise them with various characters and stories.  I'm incredibly proud of the fact they have little interest in TV and would rather sit down with a book or draw or play with Lego... Their attention spans are greater than mine, for sure.  The fact that I sit down with them and make this stuff for an hour or two now and then works for all of us.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Geoff on 23 February, 2015, 02:14:54 PM
And works for all of us on the forum too, they're fantastic!

Had a scan back over the previous pages - great to see them published in the prog/meg. Bunter Block outing to the Cursed earth is a particular favourite.

Couldn't agree more about keeping the little ones amused.  My son (Charlie) is a recent addition, he's only about 15months but he loves to build and break and play with toys - showing little interest in the telly. He's got a little way to go yet but maybe ready for Duplo soon...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 24 February, 2015, 12:17:13 PM
Quote from: ming on 14 February, 2015, 06:43:52 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/iR1Ha5J.jpg)

Max Normal has really let himself go.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 February, 2015, 12:31:56 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 24 February, 2015, 12:17:13 PMMax Normal has really let himself go.

Heh, that's the head and bowler hat I had on a generic suited body for a while in an attempt to make the Pinstripe Freak - but Max Normal looked a bit too normal so his head migrated...  I did consider trying to make a Shuggy Hall scene for him though; could populate it with some random cits, simps and perps, maybe.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: gurnard on 25 February, 2015, 12:24:49 PM
Loving The Cursed Earth one, all of them are fantastic, almost a comic in it's own right that sequence, nice one.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 April, 2015, 07:36:50 AM
Ignore this failed attempt to add photo... which used to be easy...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 April, 2015, 07:41:05 AM

Daggnabbit - this used to be rerally straight forward, get an image linkie, copy it in and use the image button BUT for some reason that's coming as a broken thingie. I've made the image public, tried Picaso and Dropbox (both of which I've used before) but this is just befuddling me!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 April, 2015, 10:41:38 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 April, 2015, 07:41:05 AM

Daggnabbit - this used to be rerally straight forward, get an image linkie, copy it in and use the image button BUT for some reason that's coming as a broken thingie. I've made the image public, tried Picaso and Dropbox (both of which I've used before) but this is just befuddling me!

http://imgur.com/

...is pretty idiot-proof, Colin.  There are various ready-made links after you drag-and-drop and hit upload; give it a whirl, maybe?

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 05 April, 2015, 07:22:31 AM
Alas no. I'm guessing it my device. I'll wait until we get our laptop back from 'the shop' and then try again... mind its not that exciting, after all we just have Duplo!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Radsaus on 06 April, 2015, 05:20:19 AM
Great work!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 June, 2015, 02:48:50 PM
Condensed Classics, Part One.

(http://i.imgur.com/0g4LbKI.jpg)

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Geoff on 07 June, 2015, 09:42:13 PM
You're outa your cotton-pickin' mind, Ming!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 June, 2015, 09:03:25 AM
Quote from: Geoff on 07 June, 2015, 09:42:13 PM
You're outa your cotton-pickin' mind, Ming!

Aw, shucks!  A mite ornery, me.

;)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 15 June, 2015, 12:49:59 AM
Hahaha!!! That's brilliant!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 June, 2015, 10:33:34 AM
Meanwhile, in Ryker's Shuggy Hall...  "Hoojie paloojie!  Barkeep!  A bottle of your finest Shampane!"

(http://i.imgur.com/b0SbkdF.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/rLXYor5.jpg)


I liked the idea of the 'that's-not-a-laundry-chute' / garbage grinder so tweaked it a bit later on.

(http://i.imgur.com/iePnTJE.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Mikey on 21 June, 2015, 11:43:19 AM
You, sir, are a mad genius!

M.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 June, 2015, 05:04:04 PM
Quote from: Mikey on 21 June, 2015, 11:43:19 AM
You, sir, are a mad genius!

M.

Thanks, Mikey!  :D

Another Condensed Classic: War Games.

(http://i.imgur.com/o4mpsE0.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 21 June, 2015, 09:22:36 PM
Is there no end to the genius if this thread. One moment you have the simple purity of 'War Games' the next the complex character driven chaos* of the Shuggy Hall. Its a smorgasboard of delights.

*Not that is not over egging it... at all...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 22 June, 2015, 11:22:46 AM
Inspired madness! Love it!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 June, 2015, 10:44:11 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/6PVIQSb.jpg)

Really needed blonde hair for this one but them's the bricks.  (The boys love hearing about Spikes, Dredd and Tweak, mainly because they like shouting tooty fruity!  TOOTY FRUITY!!)

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 01 July, 2015, 01:32:19 PM
Someone is gegging in on the act!

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/06/fan-recreates-classic-comic-book-covers-in-lego/ (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/06/fan-recreates-classic-comic-book-covers-in-lego/)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 July, 2015, 02:22:00 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 01 July, 2015, 01:32:19 PM
Someone is gegging in on the act!

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/06/fan-recreates-classic-comic-book-covers-in-lego/ (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/06/fan-recreates-classic-comic-book-covers-in-lego/)

Those are a bit crap, if you ask me!  Then again, the beauty of the 2000AD stuff is that there are no pre-existing minifigures to lean on, and any recreations of any scenes have to be done from scratch.  Although I'd dearly love some proper 2000AD minifigures it's a lot of fun just seeing what I can come up with from a bunch of random bits and pieces.

The only cover recreation I really attempted was that McMahon 'Last Rumble of the Platinum Horde' one I posted a while back (avec le fatties), but maybe I should put my thinking cap on and see if I can do more...  Purely for youngling educational reasons, you understand.

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 01 July, 2015, 02:40:07 PM
boo cheat - he's using ready made Marvel and DC figs. Rubbish!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 01 July, 2015, 02:59:36 PM
That's the thing with people who gegg in (is that a term other people use by the way, its one I've not since childhood!) they rarely if ever live up to the originator and in this case that's very clear.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: allied72 on 07 July, 2015, 12:17:21 PM
I usually enter the Art Competition, this months theme is Block Mania, looking for inspiration so my 7 year old and me got thinking on a Block Mania/Lego Block pun, put this together for a bit of fun....the background is photoshopped in, I'm not that good at building, I'm sad to say.

(https://40.media.tumblr.com/d6517a3c3ca3cc306491dfc8042ad2b5/tumblr_nr46zqBNnc1rm4g9oo1_540.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: allied72 on 07 July, 2015, 12:20:54 PM
(https://36.media.tumblr.com/d6517a3c3ca3cc306491dfc8042ad2b5/tumblr_nr46zqBNnc1rm4g9oo1_1280.jpg)
bigger version
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 07 July, 2015, 10:32:05 PM
Quote from: allied72 on 07 July, 2015, 12:17:21 PM
I usually enter the Art Competition

...is this an entry? I'm happy for it to be!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 07 July, 2015, 10:36:12 PM
It'd get a vote from me....and Ming I guess. Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: allied72 on 08 July, 2015, 08:19:56 AM
Oh, ok, I'll put it in as an entry, working on a more traditional drawing too, but the more the merrier.....
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 October, 2015, 05:10:34 PM
"Blimey!  He's like a... a docker!"  :lol:

Work in progress; need to weld another docker on before this is done!  Will try and get the rest including the legs done tomorrow - and will probably tweak the arm attachment point.  May also resort to making some stickers for the eyes; so much of Mek's character resides in his mischievous-looking optics.

Nice to get back in the saddle, sitting with the boys while they make their own things and getting advice over the best way forward with this one.  (Also regaling them with tales of Mad George and The Mess, which was fun.)

(http://i.imgur.com/lVfWiEA.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: allied72 on 04 October, 2015, 11:12:48 PM
Nice work Ming
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 05 October, 2015, 08:25:36 PM
"Blimey!  He's like three dockers welded together!"

This is a bit more like it...  Fairly happy with this one!

(http://i.imgur.com/4r3OK95.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 05 October, 2015, 08:28:24 PM
Blimey that's a bit good. Welcome back - HOOORRRAAAHHHHHH
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 05 October, 2015, 11:02:19 PM
Another brilliant one Ming!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Link Prime on 06 October, 2015, 04:55:04 PM
Quote from: ming on 05 October, 2015, 08:25:36 PM
"Blimey!  He's like three dockers welded together!"

This is a bit more like it...  Fairly happy with this one!

(http://i.imgur.com/4r3OK95.jpg)

My favorite yet.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Greg M. on 06 October, 2015, 06:25:28 PM
The eyes are indeed the masterstroke.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 October, 2015, 07:00:23 PM
Quote from: Greg M. on 06 October, 2015, 06:25:28 PM
The eyes are indeed the masterstroke.

Thanks for the kind words.   :)

If I'd had a way of using existing bricks to make the right shape eyes at this scale I'd have opted for that over stickers, but the 'red marker pen and scraps of leftover Lego sticker sheet' route paid off.  Pat Mills also seemed to approve, which is always nice... "Wonderful! VERY Mek-Quake!"

Not sure what I'll do next but I have a few ideas.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 07 October, 2015, 01:58:27 PM
I'd buy 2000AD Lego... Said it many times before.

And that Mek-Quake is one I'd buy :) - obviously the official version would have all the right printing on - but you have the look sorted.

A range of ABC Warriors built along these lines (half way to Bionicle but with more traditional parts as in your design maybe) would be a seller surely. To the general Lego market as well as 2000AD fans.

Mini-Fig range too,... with Lawmasters & GI Drop-pod-things, etc. Block Wars Diorama, H-Wagon with crew, Flesh (some of their old Dino range was pretty close to Flesh...)

My family would get me some for Birthday, Christmas, Fathers Day, etc... as well as me picking bits up.

WANT!!!!

Dredd Helmet Storage Box, Rogue Trooper Helmet Storage Box, Jonny Alpha Helmet Storage Box...

I don't do Action Figures or lots of the other merch folk like (though as a present yeah... I just don't rush out n buy them). Lego I'd do cos I already buy Lego and it'd be a win/win for me. All the other fans that buy Merch would want it too... Plus the non-2000AD fans that would be agog at the stunning coolness.

Biggest Merch Wishlit iten. 2000AD Lego.

PS:
That looks like a £8.99 set there... maybe £9.99 as branded ones do cost a little more (the 'ideas' ones LOTS more!). Yes Lego has got a little more expensive recently. Was pretty cool priced about 3 or 4 years ago.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 October, 2015, 04:50:10 PM
Just in time for Halloween...  A quick spin on a scene from one of the great spooky Dredd classics, Cry of the Werewolf.  You might have to put up with a few more pics if I take some in daylight tomorrow (before the boys dismantle it).

(http://i.imgur.com/M8GWfgu.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/8jsrglS.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: I, Cosh on 30 October, 2015, 04:51:55 PM
Great stuff. And I've only just realised that your new avatar is a Lego Chopper!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 October, 2015, 04:58:36 PM
Quote from: The Cosh on 30 October, 2015, 04:51:55 PM
Great stuff. And I've only just realised that your new avatar is a Lego Chopper!

Imagine how long it would have taken you if I'd had a teeny tiny avatar...  :lol:

And yes, Chopper - Page 5!  The Phantom is on page 6...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 30 October, 2015, 05:33:27 PM
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 November, 2015, 12:05:02 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/sSQtdm9.jpg)

Not sure if that looks any better than the ones I took at night but there we are (and this has gone to the breakers' yard already).

What next, I wonder?  I have a few things in mind so I'll see what I can come up with; suggestions are very welcome in the meantime!

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 04 November, 2015, 05:19:54 PM
Oh Ming you can be our diabolic ruler any day you wish. Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Pyroxian on 25 November, 2015, 10:27:50 AM
The bar has been raised... (Not by me though)

(https://www.flickr.com/photos/8107354@N03/22818262807)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8107354@N03/22818262807
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 November, 2015, 10:38:00 AM
Ooh, that's a bit good, that!  I tried the Killdozer element way back when we had a lot less Lego than we do now but I still don't think I could do anything approaching that good.  The colour scheme alone is a thing of beauty!  Lovely job, thanks for putting it up.  Are there any more where that came from?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 November, 2015, 08:54:30 AM
I checked out some other builds from that guy and unfortunately 2000AD doesn't seem to be on his radar (that awesome build being inspired by the Matchbox K-2001 Raider Command rather than the Killdozer / Landraider of the Prog (same difference really, I know)).  Shame, I was hoping there might be more things along these lines by him and that Landraider is amazingly good.

Right, time to hit the bricks.  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 26 November, 2015, 12:53:12 PM
If anything that's a little bit too good, if you know what I mean - looks like a proper Lego kit rather than an inspired use of one's kids' Lego box.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 November, 2015, 01:12:17 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 26 November, 2015, 12:53:12 PM
If anything that's a little bit too good, if you know what I mean - looks like a proper Lego kit rather than an inspired use of one's kids' Lego box.

I know what you mean.  It really is pretty stunning but we're obviously having more fun with our stuff so we win.  So ner.  Having said that if there was a boxed set available for that Landraider I'd be sorely tempted.  Of all the 2000AD things I've made with / for the boys, pretty much everything gets disassembled shortly after completion*, which I love - 'tis the whole point of this stuff after all; I'm not going the get the Kragle out, ever.

* exceptions (after repeated pleas from the boys) are the first Ro-Jaws, Doctor Feeley Good and the latest Mek-Quake.  And Louis, brain-in-a-jar, but that one's for me.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Steve Green on 26 November, 2015, 03:18:35 PM
Lovely!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 05 December, 2015, 10:04:41 AM
Already posted for the advent calendar, but sticking this in here just to keep all the Lego under one roof.

(http://i.imgur.com/biQwBk3.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 December, 2015, 11:29:37 AM
This one seemed to be a natural progression from the forum advent effort, really...  Poorly photographed and underconstructed but hopefully the intention is clear enough.  If I had more flat black bits available I'd have done the whole street (I want the proper perspective, dammit) and maybe then been tempted to add cars and trees but maybe it's a good thing that my aspirations are reined in by reality sometimes.  (Again, I'm (rightly) lowest on the pecking order when it comes to Lego around here, so I just use what's to hand.)

Anyway, tucked away in a corner of the Meg lies... Flabby Road.  Or an album cover session for the Flab Four.  Not sure, but I imagine this one's along those lines somewhere.  Oskar won't let me dismantle this yet as he thinks it's too cool.

(http://i.imgur.com/YBskFl0.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 06 December, 2015, 11:40:07 AM
Being on a bit of Beatles kick at the moment, this is genius!

(except for the really bad punning)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 06 December, 2015, 11:47:26 AM
Loathed as I am to critise such genius, this is the internet and I am a nerd so... shouldn't Paul Fattie's belly wheel have its tire removed?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 December, 2015, 12:04:10 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 06 December, 2015, 11:47:26 AM
Loathed as I am to critise such genius, this is the internet and I am a nerd so... shouldn't Paul Fattie's belly wheel have its tire removed?

I did consider trundling Paul McEatme out with no bellywheel at all but it seemed somehow unfair.  I like the no-tire idea though!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 06 December, 2015, 01:08:51 PM
Quote from: ming on 06 December, 2015, 12:04:10 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 06 December, 2015, 11:47:26 AM
Loathed as I am to critise such genius, this is the internet and I am a nerd so... shouldn't Paul Fattie's belly wheel have its tire removed?

I did consider trundling Paul McEatme out with no bellywheel at all but it seemed somehow unfair.  I like the no-tire idea though!

So you had to mull him with no tyre?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 December, 2015, 01:12:25 PM
Quote from: Tjm86 on 06 December, 2015, 01:08:51 PM
Quote from: ming on 06 December, 2015, 12:04:10 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 06 December, 2015, 11:47:26 AM
Loathed as I am to critise such genius, this is the internet and I am a nerd so... shouldn't Paul Fattie's belly wheel have its tire removed?

I did consider trundling Paul McEatme out with no bellywheel at all but it seemed somehow unfair.  I like the no-tire idea though!

So you had to mull him with no tyre?

Ha!  And I thought my puns were bad!  Love it.   :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 06 December, 2015, 03:56:17 PM
Quote from: Tjm86 on 06 December, 2015, 01:08:51 PM
So you had to mull him with no tyre?

Holy shit, man.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 06 December, 2015, 04:08:27 PM
Quote from: Tordelback on 06 December, 2015, 03:56:17 PM
Quote from: Tjm86 on 06 December, 2015, 01:08:51 PM
So you had to mull him with no tyre?

Holy shit, man.

sorry....   :-X
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 December, 2015, 06:59:18 PM
Becoming something of an annual event; Christmas Prog letter with a round-up of the year's adventures in 2000AD Lego.

(http://i.imgur.com/iKOOoXQ.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 20 December, 2015, 10:40:24 AM
Found this Rogue Trooper diorama (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100903) today.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 December, 2015, 08:49:12 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 20 December, 2015, 10:40:24 AM
Found this Rogue Trooper diorama (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100903) today.

Yup - I saw that one a while back; great work, and good to know I'm not the only loon out there. :lol:

Looking forward to seeing what the boys and I can put together in the coming year.  It definitely gets more difficult as we get more Lego, simply due to my brain's limited capacity for keeping track with all the new bits and pieces that become available.  We do have a great System in place for organising all the bits (a background in molecular systematics and a general putting-things-in-the-right-boxes personality helps) but the sheer insane volume is a bit scary, to be honest.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 March, 2016, 01:37:39 PM
Following a major overhaul and reorganisation of our Lego, I managed to get back on the 2000AD wagon this morning...  I had fun with this one (despite minor irritation concerning my lack of ability to make the 'bot chunky and tapering to the degree I wanted).  Anyway, Ian Gibson's cover to Prog 76 has long been one of my favourites so it was nice to have a crack at this and entertain the boys along the way.


(http://i.imgur.com/WiRA9Ud.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 13 March, 2016, 02:09:39 PM
That robot is superb. I understand your frustrations regarding accuracy, but it's wonderfully chunky and retro in nature.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Zenith 666 on 13 March, 2016, 02:22:01 PM
Robots great but whys Sam got two scoops of earl grey ice cream instead of his blaster.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 March, 2016, 02:46:29 PM
Quote from: Zenith 666 on 13 March, 2016, 02:22:01 PM
Robots great but whys Sam got two scoops of earl grey ice cream instead of his blaster.

:P

(http://i.imgur.com/KFZVG3g.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Zenith 666 on 13 March, 2016, 04:22:38 PM
Apology's I thought sam was back at bisleyland.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 13 March, 2016, 06:01:46 PM
Bloody fantastic, ming. Don't ever let this thread take a hiatus ever again!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 March, 2016, 07:07:54 PM
Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 13 March, 2016, 06:01:46 PM
Bloody fantastic, ming. Don't ever let this thread take a hiatus ever again!

Thanks!  The big Lego reorganisation was a pain in the arse but entirely necessary and seems to have given me a few ideas for more 2000AD builds so watch this space.

This one was stupid but fun and gave me an excuse to tell the boys another story and use that wonderful line of dialogue...

Great Moments in Thrill-Power Number 9:


(http://i.imgur.com/gBtvn1C.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 13 March, 2016, 07:20:41 PM
Sorry I' being dense but I'm lost here...

Help me!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 13 March, 2016, 07:25:11 PM
Squaxx fail, Colin!

It is of course 'Mind the Oranges, Marlon!'
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 March, 2016, 07:34:31 PM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 13 March, 2016, 07:25:11 PM
Squaxx fail, Colin!

It is of course 'Mind the Oranges, Marlon!'

Full marks to Jimbo!  Colin, this was the closest I could get to Lego oranges, so I just gave it a go anyway.  It made me giggle and the fact I was sitting there, placing orange Lego dots in a pile with a pair of tweezers led to me feeling that my nerdiness had reached new heights.  A proud moment! :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 13 March, 2016, 07:43:09 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 13 March, 2016, 07:20:41 PM
Sorry I' being dense but I'm lost here...

Help me!
Same...

Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 13 March, 2016, 07:25:11 PM
Squaxx fail, Colin!

It is of course 'Mind the Oranges, Marlon!'
.....OH!

....I've never read D.R. and Quinch.... :-[
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Echidna on 13 March, 2016, 08:11:52 PM
That Gibson robot is the best yet. Spot on :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 13 March, 2016, 08:26:29 PM
Quote from: ming on 13 March, 2016, 01:37:39 PM
Following a major overhaul and reorganisation of our Lego, I managed to get back on the 2000AD wagon this morning...  I had fun with this one (despite minor irritation concerning my lack of ability to make the 'bot chunky and tapering to the degree I wanted).  Anyway, Ian Gibson's cover to Prog 76 has long been one of my favourites so it was nice to have a crack at this and entertain the boys along the way.



I'd buy this!!!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 13 March, 2016, 08:32:43 PM
Arh - now you say it its obvious. There I was thinking it was something to do with 'The Mess'!

Shame on me!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Timothy on 13 March, 2016, 08:53:15 PM
Are you sure it's not Something Something Oranges Something?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Albion on 13 March, 2016, 09:22:17 PM
Long live the Lego thread.
Awesome as always Ming.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 March, 2016, 09:27:52 AM
Quote from: Albion on 13 March, 2016, 09:22:17 PM
Long live the Lego thread.
Awesome as always Ming.

Thanks - always nice to know that people like seeing this stuff!  It's an enjoyable way to pass a few hours here and there and always fun to tell stories to the boys as I put these together.  We're all off on our travels next week but I'll see if I can plan out a couple more builds while we're away...  There are a few things I have in mind so I'll see what we can do.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 31 March, 2016, 03:23:31 PM
Just back from the US and we're already back on the Lego wagon (if we are ever really off it).

Obscure-ish but a fun tale to recount to the boys (one I've always had a soft spot for).

(http://i.imgur.com/kKffh3I.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/l5SyG0d.jpg)

:)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 31 March, 2016, 03:34:56 PM
Ah, poor Superbean!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 May, 2016, 08:11:55 AM
Two-laner!

(http://i.imgur.com/CJwvbYK.jpg)


Parp! Parp!  SHFFFFF, etc.

(http://i.imgur.com/giyqbhA.jpg)


Another fun story for the boys yesterday - they'll be reading the source material before long I hope.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 08 May, 2016, 08:57:56 AM
Shooting the Fox backwards!  Classic Cam Kennedy vehicle action there!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 08 May, 2016, 08:59:26 AM
This thread always brings a smile to my face. It really does.

By the way Ming did you get my PM? Don't want to rush or owt but I have a waiting list!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 May, 2016, 09:46:47 AM
Thanks, as always, for the kind words.  These are just a bit of fun, really - an easy way to expand on characters, stories and themes from the Galaxy's Greatest for the younglings.  Not sure what I'll take a crack at next; there are a few things I've had in mind for a while but as usual, competition for bricks is fierce in our house.

I suppose I should start reading more Classic Thrills to / with the boys but as they spend so much time playing with Lego it makes sense to do these (and I'll admit they're as much for me as for them).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Darwock on 10 June, 2016, 06:55:43 AM
So, I know Rebellion have tried to get a collaboration going in the past and the man from Lego has always said no - and I know that many of the Ideas project submissions get turned down for subject matter reasons (death/war/religion/supernatural stuff all being taboo for Lego)... but the latest announcements for Lego Dimensions seem to show that they are increasingly blurring the boundaries and also catering far more directly for adult fans.

Look at what we're getting: the A-team (total glorification of guns and war), Beetlejuice (grotesque dead people), Gremlins (when I was a kid I considered that to be a horror movie!)... E.T. nd the Goonies (very unlikely to appeal to modern children) - never mind the long running affiliation with Star Wars (the clue is in the title).

If anyone from Rebellion is reading, wouldn't it be worth trying again in the light of their apparent leniency for Dimensions?

Can you imagine? Judge Dredd level pack with Lawmaster and Manta mini-build! Judge Death and Judge Fear team pack! Rogue Trooper fun pack! The possibilities are huge. If there can be a DC comics world why not a 2000AD one?

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 June, 2016, 08:54:43 AM
Quote from: Darwock on 10 June, 2016, 06:55:43 AMIf there can be a DC comics world why not a 2000AD one?

Sales in the hundreds versus sales in the hundreds of thousands, maybe?

Official 2000AD Lego would be amazing but there's obviously niche appeal here rather than mainstream, which is probably what Lego generally look for.  I'm obviously hoping to be proved wrong on this but in the meantime I'll just continue to bumble around with the boys, making the shonky things in this thread.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Darwock on 10 June, 2016, 09:59:42 AM
I would agree, if not for the fact that Doctor Who got a lot of support from them just recently - which is also pretty niche and UK specific (I know thats arguable, but hey... Judge Dredd is just as international as the Doctor)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 10 June, 2016, 10:55:17 AM
Doctor Who, one of the BBC's biggest brands (usually battling with Top Gear for that crown) vs. characters from a fairly niche British comic? No contest, really. And note that even Doctor Who got precisely one full set, and then a couple of Dimensions ones.

That said, the inclusion of the A Team within anything Lego seems very odd to me, given the company's general stance on weapons and war. (The only possible Dimensions 2000 AD-related thing I can see even being a remote possibility is Dredd, but that's more violent by a factor of 50.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 June, 2016, 11:05:03 AM
We're taking the boys to Legoland (in Denmark) this summer - we'll see if we can twist some arms...  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Pyroxian on 10 June, 2016, 11:20:35 AM
Quote from: Darwock on 10 June, 2016, 06:55:43 AM
Look at what we're getting: the A-team (total glorification of guns and war), Beetlejuice (grotesque dead people), Gremlins (when I was a kid I considered that to be a horror movie!)... E.T. nd the Goonies (very unlikely to appeal to modern children) - never mind the long running affiliation with Star Wars (the clue is in the title).

All PG rated movies though, unlike Dredd which is an 18...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 June, 2016, 11:39:14 AM
There are plenty of child-friendly 2000AD characters and stories that would make for amazing Lego sets (no surprise that I've spent hours thinking about all this).

Top of the list for me would probably be Ace Trucking - just picture a Speedo Ghost set, throw in a couple of Creepy Jeepies and you'd be all set.  Pair that with stackbabbin' Jago Kain and the Yellow Snork and I'd be in nerd heaven.  If you wanted to then throw in the Titan of Peem, I'd not complain.

I know its not going to happen but I can dream...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: JamesC on 10 June, 2016, 11:52:51 AM
Robo Hunter would seem like the obvious one to me but - yeah - not going to happen.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 June, 2016, 12:01:19 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 10 June, 2016, 11:52:51 AM
Robo Hunter would seem like the obvious one to me but - yeah - not going to happen.

Well...

Quote from: ming on 13 March, 2016, 01:37:39 PM
Following a major overhaul and reorganisation of our Lego, I managed to get back on the 2000AD wagon this morning...  I had fun with this one (despite minor irritation concerning my lack of ability to make the 'bot chunky and tapering to the degree I wanted).  Anyway, Ian Gibson's cover to Prog 76 has long been one of my favourites so it was nice to have a crack at this and entertain the boys along the way.

(http://i.imgur.com/WiRA9Ud.jpg)

Other than that, you're probably right.  (Although I'd love to have a go at those marvellous mahoosive Gibson war machines from Verdus one day.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 22 August, 2016, 09:49:20 PM
I used to love this thread, I used to marvel at Ming's glorious orginality... then my re-read exposed... fraud... from Prog 114

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/g-Fq0dEePkvmMBY7baxIhL5MWOLXwzWLJRMEbl0yq46xpbNXacJUnhNIpPR8us_LV4LWKnw50mpZjcpGuNUYCNLhRzJNfLd1Ts3E8frBP4mwvGIVoX-e9WZ4s3oqx5D1tqqmz9pEAMm_jy1ZfQPz8DzZE42r0PdQKk6OIlet8LHA8AbNH22evyvzUlB2lq6QQI-EN57Qn-pqt611KjgSQjHaoY6hUmDPADckH9y2d7DiEVV8bxpiydpykw9iwUSQyqFsEdOrMKtftpjkfa3iBoAUypTCfKzQlefaKC4hAbXGyij7L_xT9gxBuwOgtKS6lBvPq6K_Z3wKk5S-CmXjxmYhcnkh6YJ-1cWSnGCXZqNBEoGAskXdd9dePpcz2t-dRKyh93AUHVtmJpG2waYfiUHJoE5Q3rUBD1LI8Mrpm66AcQfI8zKjc0dHcoSoIkmE-m9z-kANCb_iLWwRgf6yjFiha-jhAYwM8m3m-LkwYniDS1JovI_DtROk249NIfFDyV7YNa2K20qXxk-lac-A4KE6ImQb9BnGy3PQJN_lknZwk1O-q5O59SCl96rhDJh-ta2JO1NPmqLNy-1He8qDAyv2Z1VDGjs=w1620-h1358-no)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 August, 2016, 08:44:01 AM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 22 August, 2016, 09:49:20 PM
I used to love this thread, I used to marvel at Ming's glorious orginality... then my re-read exposed... fraud... from Prog 114

While I don't doubt that I'm guilty of some heinous Lego-crime, your image doesn't show up, Colin.  :)

Meanwhile, it's been a manic summer but we'll be back in the 2000AD Lego saddle any day now...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 23 August, 2016, 09:18:40 PM
Does this work any better (you damnation appears fine for me???)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DRlIesLrY5vtBhOiA0YJ_dnFmW-obCZ4sSCAdWHP6ymGbFYLz9OZVjo3IqSg0kXUvkVdY1FyKGGrCxvLtSTHgQ=w1366-h643-rw)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 23 August, 2016, 09:35:01 PM
Nope. Forbidden.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 August, 2016, 08:48:55 AM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 23 August, 2016, 09:18:40 PM
Does this work any better (you damnation appears fine for me???)

Keep taking the tablets, Colin!

Are you sure this mystery is contained within the pages of Prog 114?  I've had a look through and didn't spot anything obvious.



Nurse, hand me that straitjacket and prepare the tranquiliser gun...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Wiggz on 24 August, 2016, 07:41:45 PM
If Rebellion were to get a Lego license I'd happily sculpt 2000AD mini-figures all day...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 24 August, 2016, 08:21:21 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 23 August, 2016, 09:18:40 PM
Does this work any better (you damnation appears fine for me???)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DRlIesLrY5vtBhOiA0YJ_dnFmW-obCZ4sSCAdWHP6ymGbFYLz9OZVjo3IqSg0kXUvkVdY1FyKGGrCxvLtSTHgQ=w1366-h643-rw)

I see nothing. (Actually, I see a greyscale no entry sign in the middle of a big white space).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 24 August, 2016, 08:22:09 PM
Damnit, damnit all try Prog 112
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bat King on 25 August, 2016, 12:48:52 AM
Quote from: Wiggz on 24 August, 2016, 07:41:45 PM
If Rebellion were to get a Lego license I'd happily sculpt 2000AD mini-figures all day...

Loving it...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 August, 2016, 08:51:52 AM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 24 August, 2016, 08:22:09 PM
Damnit, damnit all try Prog 112

Ah... Now I see what you're getting at!  You mean the prototype 3A Dredd and Alpha figures, right?  I know their pre-order times are long but waiting since 1979 does seem a bit excessive.

(http://i.imgur.com/xI00msa.jpg)

:lol:


That Mek-Quake is a good effort for 1970s Lego!

And Wiggz - awesome, awesome stuff there!  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 25 August, 2016, 12:58:34 PM
At last my ranting and raving has evidence to support it... its all become a little late due my ineptitude so I'll just slink off quietly to a corner and hide my head in shame!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 September, 2016, 01:19:35 PM
After a bit of a lull we're back in action.  I've had this in mind for a while but for some reason it took a while to get around to it.  Anyway - Helltreckers!

(http://i.imgur.com/C1KLQ7G.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/DB5jvAp.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/K47yw0t.jpg)


My memories of the strip itself are rather hazy but I always loved the vehicles...  And there's a sneaky Gila Munja hanging around if you look carefully.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 24 September, 2016, 01:31:29 PM
Ortizlicious.  There are of course purpose-built Lego Crustacea Glemps all ready and waiting for your mutant-truckin'needs ...

(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/0/08/Bob023.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110617070013)

(http://www.lapetitebrique.com/4330-7860-thickbox/lego-minifig-accessories-one-white-clam-and-two-crabs-orange-bright-light-orange.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Lobo Baggins on 24 September, 2016, 01:32:18 PM
I love this thread!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 24 September, 2016, 02:14:03 PM
Quote from: ming on 24 September, 2016, 01:19:35 PM
there's a sneaky Gila Munja hanging around if you look carefully.

"Oh, no there isn't!"
"Oh, yes there is!"
"Look behind you!"
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 24 September, 2016, 09:06:28 PM
GOLD
Always use your Lego
to do toothy repro
You'll be indispensible
We'll forever believe in you cos your thread is pure
GOLD

GOLD!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Rackle on 24 September, 2016, 10:41:04 PM
Hi, I've only just discovered this glorious thread and wanted to share the love. I look forward to further 2000AD adventures in Lego.


I also wanted to share a creation of my own concerning Lego and Judge Dredd, if that's ok.
Some of the forum have met him at the 2000AD Southern Contingent, but may I introduce Judge Thread:
my attempt at a knitted Lego  Judge Dredd, whom I created for Sheridan's 40th birthday


Edit: Whoaa that image was huge - let me resize and send again
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 September, 2016, 10:57:10 AM
Quote from: Rackle on 24 September, 2016, 10:41:04 PM
Hi, I've only just discovered this glorious thread and wanted to share the love. I look forward to further 2000AD adventures in Lego.

I also wanted to share a creation of my own concerning Lego and Judge Dredd, if that's ok.
Some of the forum have met him at the 2000AD Southern Contingent, but may I introduce Judge Thread:
my attempt at a knitted Lego  Judge Dredd, whom I created for Sheridan's 40th birthday

Thanks for the kind words, Rackle - and great knitting skills there!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 26 September, 2016, 07:37:03 PM
Quote from: Rackle on 24 September, 2016, 10:41:04 PM
Hi, I've only just discovered this glorious thread and wanted to share the love. I look forward to further 2000AD adventures in Lego.

I also wanted to share a creation of my own concerning Lego and Judge Dredd, if that's ok.
Some of the forum have met him at the 2000AD Southern Contingent, but may I introduce Judge Thread:
my attempt at a knitted Lego  Judge Dredd, whom I created for Sheridan's 40th birthday

Edit: Whoaa that image was huge - let me resize and send again

Judge Thread also made it on to the official 2000AD Online Tumblr (https://2000adonline.tumblr.com/post/117976485402/terrific-time-today-at-forbidden-planet-for-the#.V-lqavnx5pg) after a Forbidden Planet signing featuring Pye Parr, Matt Smith, Al Ewing, Ben Willsher and Mick McMahon.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 October, 2016, 06:01:09 PM
I managed to get another thing built this week: Mick McMahon's classic Pat Wagon design from Block Mania.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out; within the constraints of what bricks (and colours) were to hand, I got as close as I could hope to the look of what I was aiming for (see Prog 237).  If I get chance I may add a bunch of fatties turning this over during a food riot but in all likelihood it'll be dismantled before I get chance.  The Lego never rests in our household...

(http://i.imgur.com/suiIFJ2.jpg)     (http://i.imgur.com/ilc3Cod.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/t6X4DvB.jpg)     (http://i.imgur.com/Xh0yDZP.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 08 October, 2016, 06:09:58 AM
Nice!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 08 October, 2016, 07:10:18 AM
Quote from: ming on 07 October, 2016, 06:01:09 PM
....in all likelihood it'll be dismantled before I get chance.  The Lego never rests in our household...

While this is entirely right and proper it still kinda breaks my heart.

While I know the answer is in reality a few bricks at the bottom we can't see - there's so much care and attention in these builds a bit of me thinks you actually build in anti-gravity drives to make it hover!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 08 October, 2016, 08:05:42 AM
Quote from: ming on 07 October, 2016, 06:01:09 PM
I managed to get another thing built this week: Mick McMahon's classic Pat Wagon design from Block Mania.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out; within the constraints of what bricks (and colours) were to hand, I got as close as I could hope to the look of what I was aiming for (see Prog 237).  If I get chance I may add a bunch of fatties turning this over during a food riot but in all likelihood it'll be dismantled before I get chance.  The Lego never rests in our household...
Good work.  For the authentic McMahon experience, put so many block maniacs in the background that you're scarred by the experience and don't make another diorama for over a decade ;-)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 October, 2016, 07:24:33 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 08 October, 2016, 07:10:18 AM
Quote from: ming on 07 October, 2016, 06:01:09 PM
....in all likelihood it'll be dismantled before I get chance.  The Lego never rests in our household...

While this is entirely right and proper it still kinda breaks my heart.

While I know the answer is in reality a few bricks at the bottom we can't see - there's so much care and attention in these builds a bit of me thinks you actually build in anti-gravity drives to make it hover!

Just a couple of see-though column pieces to keep the Pat Wagon in the air, I'm afraid - I'm good not I'm not that good!  I have no problem with these being very short-lived creations - the enjoyment is in the building and the tale-telling; as good a way as any other as creating the next generation of Squaxx (I hope).

The Pat Wagon was pretty satisfying really; chunky and solid and an all-the-way-round build rather than a 'you can only look at it from this angle' one - some things I can only half build due to a lack of the necessary bricks but I work with what we have to hand*.

Quote from: sheridan on 08 October, 2016, 08:05:42 AM
Good work.  For the authentic McMahon experience, put so many block maniacs in the background that you're scarred by the experience and don't make another diorama for over a decade ;-)

Obviously I considered this but the boys have a limited number of figures that would pass muster as 'normal' cits (plenty of Ninjas and whatnot though).  Plan B is a heavyweight squad of fatties overturning the Pat Wagon but I'll see how long this stays intact!




* Number Two Son just got a figure with an eye-patch and my immediate thought was 'Chief Judge Griffin!' but that's about as far as I'm likely to get with that one.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 08 October, 2016, 08:21:05 PM
Quote from: ming on 08 October, 2016, 07:24:33 PM
Number Two Son just got a figure with an eye-patch and my immediate thought was 'Chief Judge Griffin!' but that's about as far as I'm likely to get with that one.

Dirty Frank is feeling overlooked.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 October, 2016, 09:14:31 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 October, 2016, 08:21:05 PM
Quote from: ming on 08 October, 2016, 07:24:33 PM
Number Two Son just got a figure with an eye-patch and my immediate thought was 'Chief Judge Griffin!' but that's about as far as I'm likely to get with that one.

Dirty Frank is feeling overlooked.

I did consider Dirty Frank as well but the expression (and lack of beardage) just screamed Griffin. 
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Nutmeg on 13 October, 2016, 09:52:54 PM
Quote from: ming on 08 October, 2016, 09:14:31 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 October, 2016, 08:21:05 PM
Quote from: ming on 08 October, 2016, 07:24:33 PM
Number Two Son just got a figure with an eye-patch and my immediate thought was 'Chief Judge Griffin!' but that's about as far as I'm likely to get with that one.

Dirty Frank is feeling overlooked.

I did consider Dirty Frank as well but the expression (and lack of beardage) just screamed Griffin.


the lego mandarin from the iron man box set would make a good dirty Frank
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 December, 2016, 08:00:22 PM
Nice to keep the annual tradition going with a round-up of our 2016 adventures in 2000AD Lego in the Christmas Prog; long may it continue!  It's a treat for the boys to see these in print but next year I may well have to do something covering their efforts rather than mine.  In the meantime I've got a few things in mind for future builds so hopefully I'll get something put together over Christmas...


(http://i.imgur.com/HBTC6M9.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 December, 2016, 06:50:50 AM
Haven't read the X-Mas Prog yet as saving it but noticed this. The stuff you are doing is just fantastic and as proper Lego (as opposed to Duplo) enters ths life of my children for the first time this year - a special effort on my part based on them no longer funding Daily Mail.... well okay and the fact I f**kin' love Lego - I hope inspiring too!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 15 December, 2016, 09:16:16 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 15 December, 2016, 06:50:50 AMand as proper Lego (as opposed to Duplo) enters ths life of my children for the first time this year
Ha! Although mini-IP would probably give you the evils for that line. Loves Duplo. Builds a new house almost every day of late.

On those pics, I still reckon that Sam Slade one is genius.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 December, 2016, 09:46:38 AM
Thanks for the kind words, folks.  These are a lot of fun to do - and leaving old Titan reprints lying around for the boys, as well as newer stuff like the Ro-Busters collections, is definitely helping to maintain their interest in my loony project.

Later I'll try and post up something Feliks made a while back; he's got his sights set on getting some of his creations in the next end-of-year Prog now.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 February, 2017, 04:25:39 PM
Back in the saddle.

Scenes from the Big Meg, Part 9:

(http://i.imgur.com/SU7jVpP.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 25 February, 2017, 08:49:30 PM
Simple yet brilliant!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 25 February, 2017, 09:23:11 PM
Hhmmm. Yes, a masterpiece!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 25 February, 2017, 09:46:26 PM
that's the best yet - the perspective, the spray can, even the expression on the sprayer's face - Boingtatstic!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 February, 2017, 01:36:33 PM
Thanks, folks!  The simple ones are really enjoyable to do.

Speaking of which, take a ninja, Gandalf, a Crazy Cat Lady and a Glam Metal Batman and what do you get..?

(http://i.imgur.com/eKqtk4c.jpg)


The eyepatch is over the wrong eye, I know, but I still like this one.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 26 February, 2017, 03:34:20 PM
Quote from: ming on 26 February, 2017, 01:36:33 PM
The eyepatch is over the wrong eye, I know, but I still like this one.

Just flip the photo, genius!

Nixon and Normal next, if you're taking requests.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 26 February, 2017, 05:06:47 PM
Which version of Nixon?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 27 February, 2017, 11:02:08 AM
Through the Keyhole, Mega-City One style.

(http://i.imgur.com/6LmmTyA.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/c6E0Dki.jpg)


This was rather enjoyable; the boys had fun helping put it together as we talked about life in the Big Meg...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 27 February, 2017, 12:39:20 PM
At home with the Shakespeares, inspired! The Snorks next, please.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 27 February, 2017, 12:43:50 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 27 February, 2017, 12:39:20 PM
At home with the Shakespeares, inspired! The Snorks next, please.

Thanks, Tordels.  Curiously, the Snorks are already next in line; hopefully get that done at the weekend if not before.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 March, 2017, 05:35:07 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 26 February, 2017, 03:34:20 PMJust flip the photo, genius!

Nixon and Normal next, if you're taking requests.

Flipped, with added Nixon (looking uncharacteristically happy)...  Had a stab at Normal using short legs and a naked upper body but it looked a bit meh to be honest.

Might get the Snorks done tomorrow but depends on youngling coooperation levels.


(http://i.imgur.com/8aeHPE5.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 05 March, 2017, 05:55:40 AM
Is that gun from a Lego set or is it something like a BrickArms piece?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 05 March, 2017, 10:40:41 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 05 March, 2017, 05:55:40 AM
Is that gun from a Lego set or is it something like a BrickArms piece?

I thought it was legit Lego but might have come in a job lot of bits we got a while back (which included the grenade I used for Spikes' ear-ring and various bits (like a bazooka) that definitely *aren't* proper Lego.  However, something very similar to Aimee's gun comes with the Lego Batman Red Hood figure (which we have somewhere)...

Will get my Snorks out shortly.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 05 March, 2017, 10:56:53 AM
Quote from: ming on 05 March, 2017, 10:40:41 AM

Will get my Snorks out shortly.

Snigger snort.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 05 March, 2017, 11:38:42 AM
Quote from: ming on 05 March, 2017, 10:40:41 AM
Will get my Snorks out shortly.
Put them away, PUT THEM AWAY!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 05 March, 2017, 11:55:58 AM
Say hello to Malaria and Aloysius and their son, James Fenemore Snork...


(http://i.imgur.com/QI9A99g.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Sx33gHG.jpg)

The Collector - just before realising he's pruned the wrong polyp.

(http://i.imgur.com/4cm8a7s.jpg)

"I came for more than the tip, beaky!"

(http://i.imgur.com/BrIjqUV.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 September, 2017, 09:13:58 AM
"We've had a lot of mutant Halloweeners this year but you three are the BEST!"

I'm sure someone will remember where these characters appeared; the boys loved reading this story at the weekend and we had fun putting these together.


Halloween 2015 - Furz, Lefty and Fester.

(http://i.imgur.com/anis4T6.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Nutmeg on 04 September, 2017, 07:14:35 PM
fantastic, always loved these muties  :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 05 September, 2017, 03:08:19 PM
Quote from: Judge Nutmeg on 04 September, 2017, 07:14:35 PM
fantastic, always loved these muties  :)

Thanks, Nutmeg - me too! 

That 1984 Dredd Annual is one I left lying around for the boys to take a look at recently; later I'll take a pic of the Slab Tynan and Dredd that they made as a result.  I don't expect them to do stuff like that but it's awesome to see this stuff firing their imagination.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ZenArcade on 06 September, 2017, 09:27:36 AM
Oh Ming dude, you always hit the mark.  Z
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 September, 2017, 01:41:00 PM
Quote from: ZenArcade on 06 September, 2017, 09:27:36 AMOh Ming dude, you always hit the mark.  Z

Thanks, Z.  Reading some old Annual stories, Oskar was really impressed by the Carlos's zoomed-in effect on the business end of Dredd's Lawgiver barrel, so that's the look he went for here.  Meanwhile, Feliks quietly trotted off then came back with this Slab Tynan.  I don't push them into doing stuff like this so it's all the more fantastic to see the Thrills rubbing off on them.

(http://i.imgur.com/MHjLwMV.jpg)  (http://i.imgur.com/rWZDhMP.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 September, 2017, 01:54:16 PM
Sat the boys down with a few more classics today (Judge Death, Apocalypse War, etc.) - just left the books lying around as usual and a short while later Oskar (soon seven) had cobbled together Dredd facing down a Sentinoid...  I love this stuff.

(http://i.imgur.com/IrPYJbH.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 22 September, 2017, 03:26:21 PM
Oh, my customers will be pleased... All my Brainblooms are ready for picking!

(https://i.imgur.com/FQfkVps.jpg)


Don't know why I didn't think of this one sooner, but there we are.

(I was thinking of the original version of the Prog 18 cover by Don Lawrence here.)

(https://i.imgur.com/fj6KTbP.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: JoFox2108 on 24 September, 2017, 03:43:05 PM
Quote from: ming on 04 September, 2017, 09:13:58 AM
"We've had a lot of mutant Halloweeners this year but you three are the BEST!"

I'm sure someone will remember where these characters appeared; the boys loved reading this story at the weekend and we had fun putting these together.


Halloween 2015 - Furz, Lefty and Fester.

(http://i.imgur.com/anis4T6.jpg)

Nice Job - they look great!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 October, 2017, 10:21:54 AM
Oskar was given one of those Lego Brickheadz for his birthday last week and it got me thinking...  I had a quick go at Mean Machine a couple of days ago then turned my attention to Rogue last night.  I love these - really simple but fun to do.  I'm constrained (as always) by the bricks I have to hand but these turned out okay and hopefully a couple more will follow (and there's room for improvement).  If I saw official versions of these I'd buy the crap of of 'em.

(https://i.imgur.com/B9F0Lsk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fxA045k.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gBb9dGt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4OPYJX9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wdLJA4D.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ej4mWAn.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 07 October, 2017, 01:16:42 PM
Those Mean arms are genius.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 07 October, 2017, 02:10:20 PM
My son Sid has just said. (commenting on your last post and focusing on your avatar and 'stars')

"Why has he only got 4 stars Dad"

"What do you mean Sid?"

"Well that one " points to the Rogue Lego build "Is definately worth 5 stars"

High praise indeed and he was genuinely appalled you'd not got top marks for it as it clearly deserves it!

I think that's high praise indeed.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dr Feeley Good on 07 October, 2017, 10:06:05 PM
Love them... :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 October, 2017, 05:01:42 PM
Thanks folks!  Colin - that's pretty much the best feedback I could ever hope for  :D

I've got a few more to try and get done as and when the boys let me have the bricks I need; given an infinite supply of Lego I'd do these all day long.  Of all the 2000AD-related Lego things I've done these are definitely among the most enjoyable - and I'd think an official version of something like this would sell okay for a few main characters (but what do I know?).  Meanwhile, I finished off another one this morning, probably my favourite 2000AD Lego thing so far... 

(https://i.imgur.com/tAc8D6E.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 09 October, 2017, 09:55:28 AM
I love these- superb imagination.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 October, 2017, 10:03:46 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 09 October, 2017, 09:55:28 AM
I love these- superb imagination.

Thanks, Bolt!  It says a lot about the strength of the design of a lot of 2000AD characters that I can boil them down to the essence in these fairly simple builds. 

There are some characters that are a bit hard to do since they'd be a bit generic-looking without some  really custom details (scrawler Chopper is doable but I'd want a 'Chopper' logo for the back) or that are just tricky for me to do well at this scale.  Dredd's the obvious one - hard to get a decent helmet done in a 4x4 Lego figure, let alone an eagle, badge, etc.  Still, I have a few more ideas that are probably doable so I'll tinker with some more when I get time.

The main thing is that they're fun to do and the boys are really loving these - the most enthusiastic about 2000AD characters I've seen them.  I planned to do a Tharg soon but Feliks and Oskar BOTH beat me to it...  I've got one more to show later - nearly finished but I'll post work-in-progress pics in a bit.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 October, 2017, 05:50:50 PM
I don't usually post work-in-progress shots but I'll make an exception here... I started on the bigger version of Judge Fear before figuring out I could do a reasonable job at a smaller scale - nice to maintain the same size for all of these.  Usually we dismantle the 2000AD builds almost immediately but these seem to be hanging around, for now at least.  Hopefully a couple more to follow but as always I am at the mercy of the bricks available and the whims of the younglings...

(https://i.imgur.com/BHCnPKm.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gt5Y314.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yfsMYKp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gWkNrpE.jpg)


Hail, hail, the gang's all here...
(https://i.imgur.com/E8jaVHx.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 October, 2017, 06:28:55 PM
The tribe increases.  Quite happy with this one.  If I'd known we'd had this beige/pink available then Mean would have been done with this (but then I'd probably have not had enough left over to do Sláine).  Anyway, for a first crack at Sláine I think this turned out okay; nice to get the brainballs in there plus an attempt at arm and neck torcs - a gae bolga would be awesome but I don't think I can do that at this scale.  The boys like him and have been reading bits of the old Titan reprints - their own copy of Warrior's Dawn is on the way...

Warped version would be fun but I'm not certain I have sufficient pinky-beige bits.  Considering it...

(https://i.imgur.com/4M8nmEf.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EyIo44i.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/p6rf8ix.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PDAQpvN.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 13 October, 2017, 06:42:54 PM
This just gets better and better. The hair alone deserves a thread of its own. Have you heard of the Channel 4 (UK) show Lego Masters? If that comes back you need to get your ass on that show!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 October, 2017, 07:13:02 PM
Thanks Colin!  Definitely not a Lego Master, just an enthusiastic amateur...  The Kano and Slaine are definitely among my favourites though.  Not sure what's next; will have a think over the weekend.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 13 October, 2017, 07:52:52 PM
This thread makes me weep for all the 2000AD Lego sets we can't buy.

Just jaw-droppingly accurate stuff on display here!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 October, 2017, 06:01:32 PM
These have kept me busier than expected lately!  I didn't plan to have a go at Dredd since I knew that all the details would be maddeningly difficult to do satisfactorily at this scale, but then someone asked about it and I decided to make an attempt.  After a few false starts (which I can also post if anyone's interested) it worked out better than I expected...  Not perfect but as good as I could do with the bits to hand (and the piece I used for the badge doesn't come in gold or yellow - being a nerd, I just checked).  Might try for a teeny tiny Lawgiver but I'm happy with just the daystick, to be honest.


(https://i.imgur.com/1u7BR3N.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gUa4hlM.jpg)

Anyway, having made a reasonable attempt at Dredd in just a couple of hours (spread over a few days) it does now make me wonder whether I could do Hammerstein or Johnny Alpha, but I don't know whether we have the bits.  For now, we still have all the previous characters done like this...


"Gaze into what, creep?"

(https://i.imgur.com/japJgdw.jpg)

The Gang.

(https://i.imgur.com/rZQ6ZHX.jpg)


The boys want to know why we can't buy them in the shops.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 17 October, 2017, 06:46:40 PM
It's a damn good question, Ming.  These have transcended arsom and entered the realm of high art.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 17 October, 2017, 07:31:02 PM
I was going to say, they aint the only ones!   They need to be listed on Lego Ideas.  (https://ideas.lego.com/dashboard)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 17 October, 2017, 07:32:00 PM
One possibility for those who would like to buy these: someone could recreate them in stud.io, and make the plans available on here. People could then grab the pieces on Bricklink.

As for Dredd, that eagle is superb, and the details (notably the helmet and belt) are really good. About the only thing that doesn't click for me is the mouth/chin. He looks – for once – less square-jawed than those around him.

(On Lego Ideas, I suspect this would have no chance. Lego largely now blocks anything that's pitching towards an existing line.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 18 October, 2017, 11:16:28 AM
Thanks folks!  These have been a lot of fun to do and turned out to be of great interest to the boys (which is usually the main point of this).  I definitely feel I've improved since the first one (Mean) and if I had unlimited bricks I'd just keep going...  As it is, I have a few more characters I'd like to have a go at but I'll have to see how it goes.

Quote from: IndigoPrime on 17 October, 2017, 07:32:00 PM
One possibility for those who would like to buy these: someone could recreate them in stud.io, and make the plans available on here. People could then grab the pieces on Bricklink.

As for Dredd, that eagle is superb, and the details (notably the helmet and belt) are really good. About the only thing that doesn't click for me is the mouth/chin. He looks – for once – less square-jawed than those around him.

I can try and do a step-by-step build guide for some of these if anyone's interested but bear in mind that these were done on the fly with whatever was available; if I started them again they'd probably be done slightly differently (especially if I had access to whatever bricks I wanted).

As for the chin, I just wanted to emphasise one of Dredd's defining characteristics within the constraints of (basically) a 4x4 head shape.  Cramming the basic look of the helmet into those dimensions, with visor and respirator, leaves little room for a face, so I went with the big chin.  I can try swapping it out for a flat, pinky-beige, 1x2 piece but I suspect it will be just drowned out by the surrounding helmet area.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 18 October, 2017, 12:12:26 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 17 October, 2017, 07:32:00 PM
One possibility for those who would like to buy these: someone could recreate them in stud.io, and make the plans available on here.

You could also use Lego's own free "Lego Digital Designer" (http://ldd.lego.com/en-au/).

PS Ming - they're all brilliant!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 18 October, 2017, 01:55:08 PM
LDD is fine also. The reason I like stud.io is you can immediately hurl a file at Bricklink and it'll figure out how you can get the relevant bricks sent to you with a couple of clicks. (You can import LDD files into stud.io, note.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 18 October, 2017, 02:01:51 PM
I tried LDD before and couldn't really get by brain around it; I'm too used to rummaging in the various boxes and drawers (being a science nerd we have a system) looking to see what we have that might work for what I have in mind.  I had a quick look at LDD again just now but couldn't find one of the key pieces I need for these figure builds (6123809: 1 x 2 x 1.66 with studs on one side) - might be there and I'm just being thick, though.  Might check out stud.io later.

I have a pair of characters in mind next and a vague idea how I might make them work but I'll have to see what bricks we have available; might be a non-starter...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: SpaceSpinner2000 on 20 October, 2017, 05:23:43 PM
These are all super fantastic! Loving your LEGO work!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 October, 2017, 06:48:12 PM
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 20 October, 2017, 05:23:43 PM
These are all super fantastic! Loving your LEGO work!

Thanks!  All good fun and a nice way to get the boys into 2000AD a bit more (and the Space Spinner podcast is also fantastic for reminding me of some great strips they need to read).

A couple of new kids on the block...

(https://i.imgur.com/tRKv5X5.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 21 October, 2017, 07:16:41 PM
I mean its wrong to have favourites when you love them ALL so much. But by God that Wulf is just fantastic. I mean absolutely fantastic.

Jez these are just getting better and better.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 21 October, 2017, 07:21:09 PM
Quote from: ming on 21 October, 2017, 06:48:12 PM
A couple of new kids on the block...

(https://i.imgur.com/tRKv5X5.jpg)

You've even nailed der Happy Stick!  :o
Just incredible!

Seriously, Tharg, get in touch with Lego and Ming and license this!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 October, 2017, 07:49:55 PM
Thanks, as always, for the kind words - these are a lot of fun to do!  Having Johnny Alpha in the house alongside Dredd means I can do this:

(https://i.imgur.com/dTZjVc2.jpg)

:lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 21 October, 2017, 08:04:02 PM
"Who the Hell's gonna dismantle us?!"
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: norton canes on 23 October, 2017, 09:37:36 AM
That shoulder eagle is just beyond brilliant.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 23 October, 2017, 01:48:14 PM
Those are superb. If I get the time, I'm going to have to have a crack at building these in stud.io.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 October, 2017, 07:00:59 AM
Quote from: Woolly on 21 October, 2017, 08:04:02 PM
"Who the Hell's gonna dismantle us?!"

Ha! Quite!  I'll see how long these sit around for; they're very popular with the boys but I doubt they'll all remain intact by the end of the year... Of all the stuff I / we've built over the past three years or so, only Dr. Feeleygood and the original Ro-Jaws remain (plus the odd fatty).


Quote from: IndigoPrime on 23 October, 2017, 01:48:14 PM
Those are superb. If I get the time, I'm going to have to have a crack at building these in stud.io.

That would be great; let me know (here or p.m.) if I can help - I can break down figures where necessary, but here are a few more shots in the meantime...  The curvy front side pieces on the underside of Alpha's helmet are held on with white-tack (:-[) since I couldn't find a workaround and it looked better that way (to me, at least).  Discussions with Feliks led to us both bemoaning the fact that Lego don't do tiles with studs on both sides; the missus suggested white-tack so we went with that.

(https://i.imgur.com/eRPONyn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oBDWV4F.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FZjWwUl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rpmtXsb.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 October, 2017, 03:32:00 PM
Welcome... to the digital age...

(https://i.imgur.com/AGvyCTb.png)

Will mess around with Stud.io a bit more - seems pretty good so far but I still think my brain is wired better for what I find available in the various boxes we have.  As the boys have used pretty much all the lime green pieces we have for Tharg(s) I'll see if I can make one in Stud.io, just as an exercise to see if I can get the hang of it.  I may be too used to just throwing actual bricks together and seeing what works though.

I do like the challenge of making what I can from what's lying around at home but being able to go wild with a digital build is tempting.  Maybe I'll have a go at a Dan Tanna Playset or Mad George, Colossus of Mars at some point...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 25 October, 2017, 07:07:01 PM
Yeah, I'd say nothing beats real bricks, but digital has its uses. I've used stud.io to try and reverse engineer MOCs I like the look of, and to 'extend' one of the modulars.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 October, 2017, 07:57:23 PM
Dang.

(https://i.imgur.com/58GExpm.jpg)

Post-recovery

(https://i.imgur.com/3p7DDca.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ae5GQl9.jpg)


Found some more beige-pink bits so decided to rework Mean Machine - as he was the first character I tried out it was nice to try and improve on the initial, freshly-boiled look.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 28 October, 2017, 12:32:13 PM
I made a small tweak for Alpha as well (better badge and an added holster).  I've just about finished another character using Stud.io so I'll see if we have the necessary bits to hand next week; if not I might just have to embark on a small shopping spree...

(https://i.imgur.com/xsxjOub.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Pyroxian on 28 October, 2017, 01:22:45 PM
Quote from: ming on 24 October, 2017, 07:00:59 AM
The curvy front side pieces on the underside of Alpha's helmet are held on with white-tack (:-[) since I couldn't find a workaround and it looked better that way (to me, at least).  Discussions with Feliks led to us both bemoaning the fact that Lego don't do tiles with studs on both sides; the missus suggested white-tack so we went with that.

Could you stick a technic half-pin (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=4274#T=C), inside the 1x2 slope brick, and attach that way?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 28 October, 2017, 01:52:48 PM
Quote from: Pyroxian on 28 October, 2017, 01:22:45 PM
Quote from: ming on 24 October, 2017, 07:00:59 AM
The curvy front side pieces on the underside of Alpha's helmet are held on with white-tack (:-[) since I couldn't find a workaround and it looked better that way (to me, at least).  Discussions with Feliks led to us both bemoaning the fact that Lego don't do tiles with studs on both sides; the missus suggested white-tack so we went with that.

Could you stick a technic half-pin (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=4274#T=C), inside the 1x2 slope brick, and attach that way?

I did try that but no dice, unfortunately.  However, through my exploration of Stud.io it seems that Lego do a <slope, curved, 2x1 inverted> and it comes in yellow, so I might try and track a pair down.  (This is exactly what I achieved with the regular (non-inverted) slope plus a dot of white-tack.)

Meanwhile, I've finished a build in Stud.io and now I need to figure out how to order a parts list (via Bricklink).  Any pointers are very welcome as I just keep getting an error message when I try to add to a wants list...  Oh, and I could show what I did in Stud.io or just wait until I get the bits to make the physical version.  Fairly happy with how it turned out considering this was my first attempt at using it.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 October, 2017, 02:17:17 PM
Quote from: ming on 28 October, 2017, 01:52:48 PM
Quote from: Pyroxian on 28 October, 2017, 01:22:45 PM
Quote from: ming on 24 October, 2017, 07:00:59 AM
The curvy front side pieces on the underside of Alpha's helmet are held on with white-tack (:-[) since I couldn't find a workaround and it looked better that way (to me, at least).  Discussions with Feliks led to us both bemoaning the fact that Lego don't do tiles with studs on both sides; the missus suggested white-tack so we went with that.

Could you stick a technic half-pin (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=4274#T=C), inside the 1x2 slope brick, and attach that way?

I did try that but no dice, unfortunately.  However, through my exploration of Stud.io it seems that Lego do a <slope, curved, 2x1 inverted> and it comes in yellow, so I might try and track a pair down.  (This is exactly what I achieved with the regular (non-inverted) slope plus a dot of white-tack.)

This high level Lego talk is stangely alluring!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 28 October, 2017, 02:48:00 PM
Quote from: ming on 28 October, 2017, 01:52:48 PMMeanwhile, I've finished a build in Stud.io and now I need to figure out how to order a parts list (via Bricklink).  Any pointers are very welcome as I just keep getting an error message when I try to add to a wants list.
I assume you've sorted a Bricklink account and are signed in, both in stud.io and on Bricklink in your browser? If so, [name] > Add to Wanted List should open an Upload Items page in the browser. At that point, you can add to an existing list, or create a new one. Click Verify Items and it should just work.

(Bricklink also has an 'Easy Buy' system for purchases now, too, so you can in theory much more easily get the pieces you need. I'd recommend getting as much as you want in a single crack, though, because it's often the postage that adds up, rather than the pieces.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 28 October, 2017, 04:00:26 PM
Thanks, IP.  I just uploaded the build file from Stud.io into a Wants List in Bricklink and that did the trick.  Ordered most of the parts in the list from a local seller so I'll see what's left over (hopefully we have it all lying around).  I can post up a pick of the design but might just wait until I can do a side-by-side with the final physical build.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 November, 2017, 10:32:14 AM
Rot you, Alpha.

(https://i.imgur.com/6bs1ZFP.jpg)


Design & Render
(https://i.imgur.com/oXEou47.jpg)

Order & Build
(https://i.imgur.com/wYOtQIu.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mBrMpDy.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dXXrt70.jpg)


Pretty happy with Stix. By using Stud.io for the design, and then ordering the parts via Bricklink*, this definitely turned out better than if I'd just worked from what we had lying around (the hat in particular).  Anyway, I have the Stud.io file for him if anyone wants a copy - I'll spend some time recreating the other figures in Stud.io when I have time and make those available as well (there will be a few tweaks along the way if I figure out things I can improve / can't do in Stud.io).

I have another character on the go at the mo, plus a couple more in mind for whenever I get the time.


* Nearly all of them from one local seller; made some minor tweaks for a few bits they didn't have.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 01 November, 2017, 06:15:58 PM
This thread just gets better and better!  :o

*edit*
Just thought... shouldn't Mean have a grey, robotic ear on the left?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 November, 2017, 07:42:38 PM
Quote from: Woolly on 01 November, 2017, 06:15:58 PM
This thread just gets better and better!  :o

*edit*
Just thought... shouldn't Mean have a grey, robotic ear on the left?

Thanks, Woolly - I'm getting a bit better at knowing how to do these I think.

As for the ear, McMahon draws Mean with two fleshy ears so that's my original reference; don't think there's much consistency among artists though.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 01 November, 2017, 08:34:02 PM
Quote from: ming on 01 November, 2017, 07:42:38 PM
McMahon draws Mean with two fleshy ears so that's my original reference..

That's good enough for me!  :thumbsup:

Long may this thread continue!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: antodonnell on 04 November, 2017, 01:41:36 PM
Those Strontium Dog BrickHeadz style builds are awesome Ming .
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 November, 2017, 10:18:10 PM
Quote from: ming on 25 October, 2017, 07:57:23 PM
Dang.

(https://i.imgur.com/58GExpm.jpg)


Disarmed!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 November, 2017, 10:19:28 PM
Quote from: ming on 01 November, 2017, 10:32:14 AM
Rot you, Alpha.

(https://i.imgur.com/6bs1ZFP.jpg)

Brilliant, Ming!  I love me some Stix brothers.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 November, 2017, 02:47:10 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 04 November, 2017, 10:19:28 PMBrilliant, Ming!  I love me some Stix brothers.

I was soooo tempted to order the parts for two of them...  :lol:

I've got a couple more figures pretty much ready now; parts for one are on the way and I can't wait to put it together.  The other one is a bit stupid in some ways but might be fun - it just came out of a 'hang on, what if I do that?' Moment.  A couple more ideas are bubbling away in the back of my braincase.

I'm happy to post some work-in-progress stuff on here but maybe I should just stick to the finished versions?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: James on 11 November, 2017, 11:56:47 PM
I've also made a Brickheadz style Dredd, with some custom stickers for the helmet details.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: James on 11 November, 2017, 11:58:35 PM
And I've been reworking my Lawmaster. I'll take some better pics soon and upload them.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 12 November, 2017, 10:07:17 AM
Quote from: James on 11 November, 2017, 11:56:47 PM
I've also made a Brickheadz style Dredd, with some custom stickers for the helmet details.

Looking good, James!  The one area that the official Brickheadz figures have a big advantage is the plates and bricks printed with details that are otherwise impossible to capture.  Self-made stickers are a decent compromise but up to now I've avoided them apart from the biochips on Rogue.  I thought about adding some visor lightning flashes for Dredd but decided against it.

Anyway, great stuff - always a treat to see more 2000AD Lego!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: James on 12 November, 2017, 11:49:23 AM
Deffo. I hadn't looked in here for a while and thought I'd post my Brickheadz Dredd, then saw your prolific output on them-do you've a load of those double height studs on side bricks?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 12 November, 2017, 12:23:38 PM
Quote from: James on 12 November, 2017, 11:49:23 AM
Deffo. I hadn't looked in here for a while and thought I'd post my Brickheadz Dredd, then saw your prolific output on them-do you've a load of those double height studs on side bricks?

Yeah, luckily the boys have quite a few Brickheadz figures and were happy to share those particular bricks, then I ordered a bunch more via Bricklink as they make life a LOT easier when putting these characters together.  Usually I just work with whatever bricks we have available at home (haggling with the boys along the way) but since we all seem to want to keep the 2000AD characters I've made I started using Stud.io to build the figures then do a custom order for the parts needed - it's fairer on the boys that way.

Waiting for the parts for one more character now and will probably order the parts for two more this week - having too much fun doing these to stop now.  Will show the designs and the finished builds when they're ready, I guess, although I'm happy to show rendered images from Syud.io like the one I put up for Stix...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 November, 2017, 08:18:38 PM
Sneck you and the mork you rode in on, etc.  :)

(https://i.imgur.com/YVgkJfn.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 25 November, 2017, 04:36:26 PM
Following straight on from Hiss Weerd so I can go and have a nice long lie down in a dark room...

(https://i.imgur.com/DHvxfnQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/obOKxsf.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/U3Svgbb.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MxAw78m.jpg)


My last 2000AD Lego builds of the year, probably...  It's been a fun few months doing these but my brain needs a break from Lego so I'll get back to some science stuff from which these builds have been an entertaining diversion.

Nemesis especially is a character that I just didn't think I'd be able to do justice, but I'm pretty happy with these.  Took a bit of tinkering and combining Stud.io with trying things out with physical Lego to see what works and how things would look.  I have the Stud.io files for Six, Hiss, Nemesis and Torquemada so if anyone wants them to play around with just drop me a line.

I have to say, looking back at page one of this thread, it's been quite the journey we've been on these past few years...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 25 November, 2017, 04:45:35 PM
Oh my. Those are wonderful. And, yes, I'd love copies of the stud.io files for any of your models.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 25 November, 2017, 04:51:28 PM
So, so good.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 25 November, 2017, 06:00:14 PM
 :o
Absolutely stunning.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 25 November, 2017, 06:29:48 PM
Hot damn :o.  I think the term 'genius' has been worn ragged in this thread, so I'll have to settle for naming you MichelanLego of the Brick.

Topically, it was great to see Pat Mills giving Ming (anonymous) props in 'Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave'. 
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 25 November, 2017, 07:35:10 PM
Uncle Pat has also stopped by Facebook to lavish well deserved praise in these beauties as well.

Jez can this thread get any better than those two...

... were Ming is concerned I suspect it can!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 November, 2017, 10:58:56 AM
Thanks, folks!  It's a lot of fun to figure out what I can do with these; I've moved away a bit from the initial simplified approach I took with Rogue and Mean but I think it's worked out for the best.  I knew I'd never manage Nemesis' head in a 4x4 build so giving myself a bit more wiggle room was the only way to go.

The boys have suggested we (I) take a crack at a few more characters (Mongrol, Mr Ten per cent, Shakara) but I think I'll take a break and recharge a bit before attempting anything else.

IP - I'll work back and do Dredd, Alpha and Sternhammer in Stud.io soon (then the rest) but I'll send you the other files shortly...

I did try and generate a step-by-step build guide for Nemesis using LDD but as half the pieces seemed to be unavailable it was a non-starter.  Still, it would be nice to be able to provide build instructions for these instead of just the Stud.io file to reverse engineer, so hopefully I can figure something out.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 27 November, 2017, 01:07:54 PM
Two down, a few more to go... I'll get Dredd and Sláine done next.  Wulf's eyes should be 98138pb072 [Tile, Round 1x1 with Large White Square and Small White Square Pattern] rather than the blank tiles I had to use in Stud.io.  Apart from that and a helmet tweak these are pretty much the same as the original builds I did.

If anyone has a suggestion for an easy way to make the Stud.io files available online let me know, please - it might be simpler to dump them in a folder somewhere although I'm more than happy to email them directly to anyone interested in them.

(https://i.imgur.com/Chp1z3b.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/s2an4Xb.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/tK1IQtE.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 December, 2017, 10:57:54 AM
Seeing Jim's contribution to the Advent Calendar reminded me that I threw this quick Grobbendonk together a while back, mainly at the boys' insistence...

(https://i.imgur.com/otbNs2L.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 07 December, 2017, 09:25:50 PM
Better and better and better.

So much character from so little!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 11 December, 2017, 10:11:45 AM
Started messing around with something new last night; just the beginnings of a test build to see if the basic idea will work but I love this stage of the process...  It might change significantly before the end but we'll see how it goes.

(https://i.imgur.com/0PyEIPZ.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 December, 2017, 08:44:57 AM
A bit of progress with Slough Throt...

(https://i.imgur.com/hpSnE3P.jpg)


Which prompted me to dig out some of the work-in-progress / test build pics I took for some of the other characters...  I don't know if these are of any interest to anyone but it's probably my favourite part of the process - going from a doodled pencil sketch to a test of how some elements and pieces might work together. 

(https://i.imgur.com/X7mvJzL.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/L0EL9tu.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aCBR1Ri.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/GSTqZ8u.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7q2C2yN.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/6wLErX6.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 14 December, 2017, 10:31:45 AM
Torquemada PARTY TIME variant!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 December, 2017, 11:19:18 AM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 14 December, 2017, 10:31:45 AM
Torquemada PARTY TIME variant!

Hah, indeed!  It's useful to do test builds with whatever colours I have to hand - as long as the pieces are the ones I need - then I can check stuff out that I can't do in Stud.io.  There are definitely things that I'd struggle more with doing just in Stud.io (Slough Throt's weird breathing-mask-beardy-face-thing, for one) so throwing something together physically is usually the best starting point for me.

I'll try and get a body sorted for Slough Throt in the next few days, then do a Stud.io build...  I still have to get Dredd and some others done in Stud.io but got sidetracked.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Rogue Judge on 14 December, 2017, 09:03:13 PM
I saw your Lego characters featured in the latest Prog! Congrats! Your fine work is receiving well deserved recognition from Tharg! :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 December, 2017, 01:33:49 PM
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 14 December, 2017, 09:03:13 PM
I saw your Lego characters featured in the latest Prog! Congrats! Your fine work is receiving well deserved recognition from Tharg! :)

Thanks, RJ.  There have been so many nice things said about these latest builds by so many people I'm starting to believe the hype - even Tharg declares them to be ULTRA-zarjaz, so who am I to argue?

(https://i.imgur.com/4BItonO.jpg)

Anyway, here's hoping I can get some more Lego Thrills brewing in 2018.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 15 December, 2017, 02:16:29 PM
I've no idea whether Tharg is a fan of Lego, but it's lovely to see him acknowledging your efforts every year in the Christmas Prog, and this year dedicating quite a bit of space to them. (Six pics! Lovely builds though.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: James on 24 December, 2017, 10:51:28 AM
I've put instructions for my Lawmaster in the advent calendar thread.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nngq7ywb0suy3sj/Lawmaster.pdf?dl=0
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 January, 2018, 01:25:20 PM
I'd love to get some proper instructions done for some of the latest things - will try again with LDD at some point.  In the meantime, I've ordered the bits for a couple more figures done over the last few weeks. 

I quite like Slough Throt (and the boys think he's a cool customer, which is nice).  Will post a pic of the actual build once the various bits arrive...

(https://i.imgur.com/k5Ma26a.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 23 January, 2018, 05:02:08 PM
I presume you're making a weirdstone to accompany him?  Plus some giant worms.  'Cos he is glorious to behold.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 January, 2018, 08:46:38 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 23 January, 2018, 05:02:08 PM
I presume you're making a weirdstone to accompany him?  Plus some giant worms.  'Cos he is glorious to behold.

Thanks, TordelBack :-)

Hah, a weirdstone would be great but I'm not sure I could achieve the required details for the arcane symbols - adorning it with Lego pizzas and doughnuts wouldn't really do the job.  Giant worms I haven't considered but I did wonder whether I could add a Starborn Thing to Dredd...

Next up: Judge Bumpy-man.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 January, 2018, 08:08:45 AM
I've got a few more figures in mind for the coming months but the latest finished one is Judge Anderson...  More tricky than I expected due to a combination of an attempt at a Bolland-esque parting and lady-Judge bumps (I won't trouble you with all the iterations of those I went through but you can probably imagine). 

Anyway, I've ordered the bits (so as not to deprive the boys of yet more of their Lego) and might do some minor tweaks when I build it, but here's the basic idea (will use the same kind of eyes I used for Wulf):

(https://i.imgur.com/O2x5Nva.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/f30YGos.jpg)


Not sure what I'll do next - Purity is in the pipeline and I'll have a crack at Nikolai Dante soon.  I think Uncle Ump might be nice to try, too...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 26 January, 2018, 10:08:46 AM
Hair looks superb. Lady-bumps – not sure I'd bother with those; after all, Lego doesn't on its female (https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Wonder-Woman-41599) Brickheadz (https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Black-Widow-41591).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 26 January, 2018, 12:49:06 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 26 January, 2018, 10:08:46 AM
Hair looks superb. Lady-bumps – not sure I'd bother with those; after all, Lego doesn't on its female (https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Wonder-Woman-41599) Brickheadz (https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Black-Widow-41591).

But.. but.. Lady-bumps!

I tried (oh, how I tried) to do them, er, justice - this was the best I could do.  I can try without in the final build and see how it looks. I had high-heeled judge boots at some point but ditched those early on.  Getting the eagle to fit under the hair drove me slightly insane and in the end I just removed the feet to try and preserve the last remnants of my sanity.

I went to sleep last night with swirling visions of me trying to achieve vertical stripes in Ump's cylindrical top hat...  (I can't - I'll see how a squared-off hat looks instead).  I'll need a break from this soon - I've got a paper to write (a spare-time thing) and this has partly been a welcome excuse not to get on with it.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 11 February, 2018, 07:49:46 AM
Built these yesterday with some help from the younglings...

(https://i.imgur.com/qfmi5YU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3NorV2C.jpg)


I've got Uncle Ump ready to go but I'll try and finish another character or two before ordering the bits.  Really having fun with these; hopefully a few more to come before my brain refuses to cooperate further.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 11 February, 2018, 10:13:35 AM
This is turning into quite the collection. How many of them still exist, or have your older ones been broken down into bits? (If the latter, quite nice in a way that you do now have digital versions of many of them.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 11 February, 2018, 10:22:38 AM
That Anderson really reminds me of Steve Sampson's art!

Looking forward to Uncle Umpty!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 12 February, 2018, 12:26:57 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 11 February, 2018, 10:13:35 AM
This is turning into quite the collection. How many of them still exist, or have your older ones been broken down into bits? (If the latter, quite nice in a way that you do now have digital versions of many of them.)

Somehow, all of these have escaped being sent to the vats for recycling - so we now have 14 characters sitting on bookshelves... I'll probably re-gene Rogue at some point since I feel I can do better but for now he's still there, along with Kano, Mean Machine, Judge Fear, Dredd, Alpha & Sternhammer, Stix, Hiss Weerd, Sláine, Nemesis & Torque.  I've got a couple more in the pipeline and thought of another fun one that I'll probably do fairly soon.

I'll get Stud.io versions done for most of them when I get chance, but figuring out actual step-by-step instructions would probably be more use.

Anyway, in the meantime, here's Ump (placeholder eyes, lacking star-motif buttons and Umpty Candy, but I'll sort those out this week).

(https://i.imgur.com/wTWSF72.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 March, 2018, 03:07:04 PM
Managed to get these built this morning with help from the boys; Cal and Fish turned out okay but I really like Uncle Ump - a very enjoyable character to take on.

(https://i.imgur.com/horQeC8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gHlhPCC.jpg)


Ive got a few sketched-out, semi-built figures lurking in the background so I'll try and get something else done in due course, but no rush.  Not getting tired of these anytime soon, at least - although they're tending to get more complex (otherwise I can't get them to work satisfactorily).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 17 March, 2018, 05:29:43 PM
I've run out of superlatives for these creations. Just cannot praise them enough!

Whilst Tharg may not have the rights to produce official Lego kits, could he not host links to these stud.io versions somewhere so people could still order the parts?
Would that get Rebellion in trouble?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 17 March, 2018, 08:48:49 PM
Quote from: Woolly on 17 March, 2018, 05:29:43 PM
I've run out of superlatives for these creations. Just cannot praise them enough!

Pretty much sums it up. As soon as you think these have got as good as they can get something like Cal and Fish comes along. You need to build new superlatives out of lego for us to use.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: SpaceSpinner2000 on 19 March, 2018, 09:04:24 PM
Judge Fish is my new fave! OMG
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 21 March, 2018, 09:20:17 AM
Thanks, as always, for the kind words!  I've really been enjoying these (and it probably shows).  Very different from the simple stuff (War Games, Boing®, et al.) and the other, more story-based stuff (The Teeth, Cry of the Werewolf, etc.) but these seem to go down well with the boys - there's nothing better than hearing one of them saying something like "that's a really good Uncle Ump, Daddy!"...  Aaww.

I'll chip away at a few other characters when I get time; some will be completed but I might have to abandon others if I can't figure out a way to get them to work at this scale.  I toyed with the idea of adding Grampus or a generic Klegg to Cal & Fish but I'd have to change the head shape and that's a slippery slope...

Suggestions for other characters to have a crack at are very welcome!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 01 April, 2018, 06:07:26 PM
This could be an interesting parts pack for kicking off new Brickheadz:

https://brickset.com/article/35172/review-41597-go-brick-me
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 07 April, 2018, 05:32:07 PM
Quote from: ming on 21 March, 2018, 09:20:17 AM
Suggestions for other characters to have a crack at are very welcome!


But what's been done already?  It'd take ages to go through 33 pages of this thread, right?






Still existing following the photobucket purge of 2017:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 13 April, 2018, 02:45:36 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 07 April, 2018, 05:32:07 PM
Quote from: ming on 21 March, 2018, 09:20:17 AM
Suggestions for other characters to have a crack at are very welcome!


But what's been done already?  It'd take ages to go through 33 pages of this thread, right?

Blimey - I have been busy!  Mind you, it's been a few years since we embarked on this...  Thanks for the handy list, though - much appreciated!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 03 May, 2018, 10:10:38 PM
Quote from: ming on 13 April, 2018, 02:45:36 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 07 April, 2018, 05:32:07 PM
Quote from: ming on 21 March, 2018, 09:20:17 AM
Suggestions for other characters to have a crack at are very welcome!


But what's been done already?  It'd take ages to go through 33 pages of this thread, right?


Blimey - I have been busy!  Mind you, it's been a few years since we embarked on this...  Thanks for the handy list, though - much appreciated!


Least I could do after the work you've put in!  This thread brings much pleasure to our household (well, the cat seems disinterested, but that's par for the course for anything except wet food or dreamies).


Actually, one or two of those are by people other than you - should possibly have marked that when I was compiling the list - too late now!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 29 August, 2018, 08:20:01 AM
Back in the 2000AD Lego saddle with a pair of characters I've had in mind for ages but imagined would probably be beyond me.  Not sure that these are 100% done but they're close, I think (and as always they'll look better with the proper eyes).  Will order the bits in due course and ponder what to take a crack at next...

(https://i.imgur.com/CdagEV4.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 29 August, 2018, 10:31:55 AM
Two characters I wouldn't have thought could work in this form. Lego should hire you.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 29 August, 2018, 11:06:55 AM
The chin. You managed to do the chin!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 29 August, 2018, 11:36:25 AM
I'd forgotten just how good some of these were: Uncle Ump, Nemesis and Torque in particular really stand out. And I must at some point get around to Bricklinking Johnny Alpha and Wulf, which I've been meaning to do for bloody ages.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 29 August, 2018, 12:29:51 PM
Thanks, as always, for the kind words!  These continue to be a joy to do as well as educational for the younglings...

Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 29 August, 2018, 11:06:55 AM
The chin. You managed to do the chin!

You can't have D.R. without The Chin, really.  It's hard to do satisfactorily though - the chin bumps need to be represented without them dominating too much.  I've tried another approach (using the ice cream bits) but they need setting back a bit otherwise they jut out too far.  Side-by-side comparison below; not sure which I'll opt for yet (I'll probably order the extra few bits so I can try both).  (And the ears are in place here but I can't angle them in Stud.io; they look okay in the phyiscal test-build I've done though.)

(https://i.imgur.com/CwoQ2GI.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 29 August, 2018, 12:52:39 PM
That's like, totally awesome, man.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: SpaceSpinner2000 on 29 August, 2018, 05:03:47 PM
The pompadour is also a work of art! Excellent lift!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 29 August, 2018, 05:17:50 PM
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 29 August, 2018, 05:03:47 PM
The pompadour is also a work of art! Excellent lift!

Luckily D.R. has those long feet - he needs them to counterbalance the quiff*.  This pair ended up being pretty easy once I got started (I spent a LOT longer trying to figure out Anderson's hair).  I should open my own styling salon!  :)

I'm looking at my list of candidate characters and thinking about what to attempt next...  Most are probably a bit over-ambitious but we'll see what I can come up with in due course.



* Not the best quiff in 2000AD (those would be in Sooner or Later) but a close-run thing.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 29 August, 2018, 11:03:33 PM
Do Hewligan.

If you want a difficult haircut, it doesn't get harder than that.

Great work here.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 30 August, 2018, 05:06:13 AM
Quote from: ming on 29 August, 2018, 05:17:50 PM
I'm looking at my list of candidate characters and thinking about what to attempt next...  Most are probably a bit over-ambitious but we'll see what I can come up with in due course.

It would have to be Quinch, wouldn't it?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 August, 2018, 07:55:19 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 30 August, 2018, 05:06:13 AM
Quote from: ming on 29 August, 2018, 05:17:50 PM
I'm looking at my list of candidate characters and thinking about what to attempt next...  Most are probably a bit over-ambitious but we'll see what I can come up with in due course.

It would have to be Quinch, wouldn't it?

For more information please reread ;).  There's no way on earth I'd have done one without the other!

Quote from: ming on 29 August, 2018, 08:20:01 AM
Back in the 2000AD Lego saddle with a pair of characters I've had in mind for ages but imagined would probably be beyond me.  Not sure that these are 100% done but they're close, I think (and as always they'll look better with the proper eyes).  Will order the bits in due course and ponder what to take a crack at next...

(https://i.imgur.com/CdagEV4.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 September, 2018, 05:21:17 PM
Quick question: what colours would people suggest for GBH's skin / hair?  Prog colours usually show bluey-grey but Massimo colour work suggests bright orange hair with either purplish or grey skin.

I don't really feel I have to stick to any of those, really, but some kind of guidelines would be helpful.

Making some progress with Ace & Co., anyway...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 September, 2018, 05:53:49 PM
A fair way to go with this crew...  GBH's hair needs a lot more work (partly depending on the final colour and either way it's only half finished here).  I'll chip away at that and the bodies over the next couple of weeks.  These are definitely putting me through my paces; if you'd told me a year ago I'd be making a Lego Tam o' shanter I'd have laughed in your face.  Ace's point was *not* easy to achieve and I'm still not 100% happy with his head I've spent enough time trying to re-work it to know I probably can't do much better at that scale.

Anyway, brush your teeth and comb your hair, etc.

(https://i.imgur.com/wk4l2Tn.jpg)

Update to follow at some point...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 02 September, 2018, 11:00:03 AM
Looking forward to seeing you take a stab at Middenface Mcnulty!

:lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 September, 2018, 08:34:56 PM
Quote from: Tjm86 on 02 September, 2018, 11:00:03 AM
Looking forward to seeing you take a stab at Middenface Mcnulty!

:lol:

I had a quick go at Middenface a while back but it wasn't great; it seemed hard to get enough character out of it and even with lumps and bumps it felt something was lacking and it ended up feeling flat and a bit generic (for the same reason I won't bother with Bill Savage although having him in the bath with a rubber ducky might be fun).

Meanwhile I'm chipping away at GBH but I still don't know what colours to go with...

(https://i.imgur.com/CQJ7Shi.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 12 September, 2018, 07:31:20 PM
Chipping away at Ace & Co. at the mo - making some progress with the help of Oskar (7) now...  I don't know how long it will take to get these finished but to be honest I'm enjoying these so much I'm in no hurry.

(https://i.imgur.com/un3EQ7b.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XhysxdC.jpg)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 September, 2018, 05:12:29 PM
Thanks for the comments and advice regarding the colour scheme for GBH; very helpful and much appreciated!  Oskar's been helping out again today so we've made a bit of progress...  Can't wait to get the finished and built; possibly the most fun build yet.

(https://i.imgur.com/E4kGDQC.png)


Tell me you wouldn't want these for Christmas and I won't believe you.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 September, 2018, 07:25:24 PM
Beta version of the Stud.io software does some lovely rendering - threw a bunch of the builds together just for fun...  Honestly, I'd buy these!

(https://i.imgur.com/AH9oGLk.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 16 September, 2018, 09:07:53 PM
Quote from: ming on 16 September, 2018, 07:25:24 PM
Honestly, I'd buy these!

And you certainly wouldn't be alone!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 16 September, 2018, 10:54:01 PM
Shut up and take my money!
I'd adore these to be official products, i want them all!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 October, 2018, 04:04:03 PM
I've just discovered the 'Instructions' feature in the Stud.io Beta v2.0; I'll try and put this to good use and sort out instructions for the various character designs I've done digitally.  I still need to work back and do Dredd, Slaine et al. in Stud.io as well.  I need to find time to fiddle around with the instructions feature but it looks promising; I've had a quick go and now have a shiny .pdf instruction book for Garp the Barp.  I'll try and figure out a way to make these available to anyone who wants them, along with the Stud.io files...

We're doing the physical builds as soon as the rest of the bits arrive - yay!

(https://i.imgur.com/qvjmcQL.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/k7VNMAO.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/AQ2IfuI.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 06 October, 2018, 04:07:27 PM
Interesting that they've now added instructions. Seems like LDD is now basically dead to me, bar for a custom Batmobile that I Bricklinked but never got around to actually building! (LDD instructions were always a bit... curious. But then I guess that's going to be the case when they're automated.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 October, 2018, 04:13:36 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 06 October, 2018, 04:07:27 PM(LDD instructions were always a bit... curious. But then I guess that's going to be the case when they're automated.)

The Stud.io instructions aren't perfect but not too bad really; I can probably tweak the final output to iron out some of the slightly weird steps.  You can change the page set-up and move everything around so builds don't run to a million pages, which is handy.  On the whole, the Instructions thing is a very handy feature.

Oh, and I can now add the proper Brickheadz-style eyes in Stud.io (see above render of Ace).  I had to change one end of his scarf though; annoyingly not available in white.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 November, 2018, 02:50:55 PM
Still missing one or two pieces (one shipment of bricks seems to have gone AWOL) but these are pretty much done.  Probably my last for the year although I might chip away at a couple of things... 

(https://i.imgur.com/vMVkuLz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/hdy0wdE.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 07 November, 2018, 03:30:35 PM
I love these so hard.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 November, 2018, 03:36:29 PM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 07 November, 2018, 03:30:35 PM
I love these so hard.

Thanks, Jimbo!  I was amazed to see Feek standing up, perfectly balanced, on those teeny feet.  Just dumb luck there, really.  Hee hee!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 07 November, 2018, 03:42:11 PM
Those look even better in the flesh than the renders.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 07 November, 2018, 04:07:34 PM
Even more incredible than usual.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Sinx on 07 November, 2018, 04:10:48 PM
Beyond awesome
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 07 November, 2018, 04:13:29 PM
I watched Lego Masters on Channel 4 last night and thought of you.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 08 November, 2018, 08:04:40 AM
GBH's hair is just astounding.

Superb work and I'd be buying these in a heartbeat if they were commercially available...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: PlanetReplicas on 08 November, 2018, 08:10:25 AM
With a son who's mad keen on lego and a Lego store local to me I love these...

If theres any way I can facilitate offering these out #legit# in some way-  Id be very interested to help out.
;)

Dan, PR

*not sure if legit is the right word but hopefully you get what I mean!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 November, 2018, 08:14:39 AM
Aw, thanks all.  Looking at GBH again I'm really happy I decided to up the scale a bit - that crew wouldn't look right incomplete and there wasn't any other way I could see to do them justice.  Of course, now I've opened the door to larger sized figures it does allow for some other possibilities that I'd previously written off...  I'll see what I can come up with next year.

Quote from: Bolt-01 on 08 November, 2018, 08:04:40 AM
GBH's hair is just astounding.

Superb work and I'd be buying these in a heartbeat if they were commercially available...

Thanks, Bolt - GBH's hair was a bit of a nightmare to design but far, far worse to actually construct.  The thought of dropping this one and having to rebuild it gives me nightmares.  Feek and Ace (and D.R. and Quinch) are a lot more straightforward, thankfully.

I can provide the digital (Stud.io) files for anything I designed with that and the possibility to create step-by-step instructions (as a .pdf file) makes these a lot more doable than they were for people slightly less loony than me.  There are a few glitches to iron out with the steps that are automatically generated but the instructions are generally pretty decent (if you can handle IKEA flat-pack assembly, you can handle these).

Quote from: PlanetReplicas on 08 November, 2018, 08:10:25 AM
With a son who's mad keen on lego and a Lego store local to me I love these...

If theres any way I can facilitate offering these out #legit# in some way-  Id be very interested to help out.
;)

Dan, PR

I guess Keith is the person to talk to but I'm sure attempts to get Lego behind some 2000AD releases haven't come up trumps before now, unfortunately.  I'd love to see something (anything) official on shelves but in the meantime I'll just keep chipping away at stuff like this and making designs and instructions available to anyone who wants them, as far as I'm able.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 08 November, 2018, 09:20:06 AM
There would actually be nothing stopping Rebellion putting an official stamp on a 2000 AD Lego Builds book. (There are, after all, tons of those in the wild, for a range of IPs.) The question would really be commercial viability.

As for 'legit', I can't imagine Rebellion would be terribly angry with a few PDFs of instructions being shared around, so people can have their own sets of chunky 2000 AD figures.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: PlanetReplicas on 08 November, 2018, 09:26:21 AM
cool-
I was thinking more in terms of a boxed kit/ product.
Ive chatted with Keith and Lego a few times over the years- maybe one day ;-)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 08 November, 2018, 09:44:47 AM
I suspect boxed kit from Lego is vanishingly unlikely. Be mindful how poorly Doctor Who did in terms of sales, and that Red Dwarf didn't even make it out of the Ideas set decision process. 2000 AD's niche status counts against it when it comes to official nods from the home of the plastic blocks.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 28 December, 2018, 06:22:22 PM
Getting my ducks in a row for the next Christmas Prog (or just making bad use of some downtime over Christmas).


First there was Metta Lawson*...

(https://i.imgur.com/QNM3su3.png)

...who was joined by Kill-a-Man-Jaroo...

(https://i.imgur.com/lR9Ohoi.png)

...and then (at the urging of Phil Winslade), I've started on the CATT.  Looking at the design I was about to write it off before even starting but now I've managed this bit I guess I'll continue, although I doubt this one will reach physical build stage.  I considered trying for a fully-rounded CATT but that's next to impossible in Lego so I've gone with a more angular approach, which fits well with the figures I think.

(https://i.imgur.com/uJfrBEI.png)

I've started on another character as well (not Lawless-related) but we'll see how that goes.  The boys have made a few suggestions for others to try out so it looks like I'm not hanging up my bricks just yet.

:)


* chain to be added when I do the actual build.  Might change Jaroo's goggles as well but this was a decent start, I thought.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: SpaceSpinner2000 on 28 December, 2018, 06:45:15 PM
"Hit the bricks" said Marshal Metta Lawson.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 December, 2018, 07:11:27 PM
Up to this point I've avoided being a cheeky git and copying these. Lego Metta Lawson and Kill-a-Man-Jaroo may well have just broken me... I'm sorry for steeling... well assuming I get of my lazy arse to do so...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 28 December, 2018, 07:26:02 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 28 December, 2018, 07:11:27 PM
Up to this point I've avoided being a cheeky git and copying these. Lego Metta Lawson and Kill-a-Man-Jaroo may well have just broken me... I'm sorry for steeling... well assuming I get of my lazy arse to do so...

I'd be delighted if you want to take a crack at any of these, Colin! (The same goes for anyone else.)  I can supply a Stud.io file and / or parts list and also have a crack at providing a set of instructions, so just let me know if you want anything.  The easiest way to make the dream a reality is to get the parts required through Bricklink (that's what I do anyway: Stud.io design > Bricklink parts list > order through sellers via there).

Anyway, I'll continue with the CATT but it's going to take a while...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 28 December, 2018, 09:07:11 PM
Lawson's braid is lego genius!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 29 December, 2018, 03:53:14 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 28 December, 2018, 09:07:11 PM
Lawson's braid is lego genius!

Thanks, DDD!  The braid was the main focus when I started Lawson; I knew if I got that right (or half-way acceptable) the rest would be easy.  There's usually one feature that I feel I need to get right if there's any hope for the character to work and it's a nice brain-straining excercise to figure out stuff like this.

Meanwhile, work on the CATT progresses - probably about half way done now I think - and the boys have been making suggestions for what I should do next (a few options; some easy-ish, some definitely not).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 04 January, 2019, 10:51:46 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/qqL7IoN.png)

I've done the front legs (twice) and am now approaching something I can bear looking at.  I had a plan early on and it all worked in my head but then reality kicked in and scales don't match so compromise is inevitable.  Still, getting there.  A fun challenge and one that makes me wonder about some other possibilities a bit.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 September, 2019, 03:19:56 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/34mes83.png)

It's been a pretty quiet year for me Lego-wise but I've had a few characters, at various stages of development, lurking in the background.  Having messed around with various options for Stickleback's spine (see below) I eventually settled on the one that seemed to work better than most.  Requires a longer back than I'd like but it looks okay overall I think, so I'll get this finished and built in time for the now traditional Christmas round-up.  Not quite sure on a colour-scheme (I could just try this in greyscale) or the final details so any suggestions are very welcome!  I might reduce the front body length to allow for longer legs, maybe...

(https://i.imgur.com/uhzfoYp.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 10 September, 2019, 03:58:42 PM
Looks suitably freaky.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 10 September, 2019, 04:05:52 PM
Delightfully awful!

In another world you'd be getting snapped up by lego proper to produce these so they are commercially available instead of the ubiquitous POP figures.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 10 September, 2019, 04:13:24 PM
Dunno how I missed your mounted Metta, but I think your art has reached new hitherto-undreamt-of heights there. 

Stickleback is lovely too, but now you need the whole sick crew... best of luck with Mr Lugs & Mr Peepers and Ms. Scarlett!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 10 September, 2019, 04:15:00 PM
Natch, I'm now going back through this thread, and just remembered I have a Billy Half a Bricklink order sitting around, with Strontium Dog figures in. Argh. *hovers over BUY link*
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 11 September, 2019, 04:22:00 PM
You're all far too kind!  Just to bore you all some more to make up for being slack in recent months...  Tried a longer leg / shorter body Stickleback and preferred that so moved it on a bit more.  Not perfect but this one is fiddlier than expected - I tried to adjust the back of the tailcoat where the spine attaches but went around in circles for an hour before opting for my original solution.  Not 100% sure about what I've got here so far but I'll plonk some arms on and see how it looks.  I've got a few more characters to try and get finished over the next few weeks so I'll drop some progress shots and ask for advice...  Not sure which characters I'll focus on; some are a lot harder than others (I more or less gave up on Blackblood's cap but will revisit it soon).

(https://i.imgur.com/KbBPDBL.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/y8KrAw3.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 11 September, 2019, 05:07:43 PM
Arh Ming you are a work of wonders... or is that your works are wonderful... dunno but works either way for me.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Woolly on 11 September, 2019, 05:20:29 PM
Always in awe of your genius Ming  :o
I fully expect to see these in the xmas prog - don't let us down!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 12 September, 2019, 08:42:27 PM
I had a minor brainwave about something else I got stuck on (Hammerstein's chin guard thing) so dug this out again - think I might be getting somewhere so there's a remote chance I might get further with the Meknificent Seven-ish than I thought.  Still tweaking Hammerstein but I'll  get back to Blackblood's hat soon I guess...

(I start with the heads since most of the character is tied up in that part of the design; if I can't get that right I'm generally doomed.)

(https://i.imgur.com/0XV4x1S.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/3KaWAxy.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 September, 2019, 12:18:31 PM
Started on Mongrol, mainly as a way to avoid dealing with Blackblood's cap.  Not sure I'll stick with the squared-off head but it might sit okay among the variety of forms of the other members of the crew.  It's a start, anyway...

(https://i.imgur.com/BdCkPpq.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: SpaceSpinner2000 on 14 September, 2019, 07:24:25 PM
Very nice! Glad to see updates here, they're always a joy. I love the ABC heads, and I think if you removed the back spikes that Stickleback could also be a pretty good model of Igor from the Persona video games :D

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/f/f4/P5_Fake_Igor.png)

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 September, 2019, 10:58:18 AM
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 14 September, 2019, 07:24:25 PM...a pretty good model of Igor from the Persona video games :D

I have no idea what you're talking about but thanks!

Meanwhile, I'm quite happy with some recent progress on Blackblood* - now just deciding between inset eyepatch versus one at the same level as the 'snake' eye (which I love - just soooooo Blackblood).  Will try and get the rest of these done in the next week or so but it depends whether I can maintain the momentum.

(https://i.imgur.com/0fqp8TZ.png)


* I had many, MANY attempts at that damn cap before I was happy - took a lot more effort than Feek's tam o'shanter...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 September, 2019, 07:41:42 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/6IgFlza.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 15 September, 2019, 08:08:52 PM
 :o Spread the word!

(Blackblood's cap is perfect, and you can re-use it for Hauptmann Konstanza and with a tweak for Cursed Earth Koburn too).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Frank on 15 September, 2019, 09:06:10 PM

Lego Blackblood's chief weapon is Duplocity.


Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 September, 2019, 06:09:34 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 15 September, 2019, 08:08:52 PM(Blackblood's cap is perfect, and you can re-use it for Hauptmann Konstanza and with a tweak for Cursed Earth Koburn too).

Koburn would be fun - actually they both would.  I'll make a note for a rainy day (bear in mind I'm in the rainiest city in Europe).

Quote from: Frank on 15 September, 2019, 09:06:10 PM

Lego Blackblood's chief weapon is Duplocity.

I have no words.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 19 September, 2019, 09:24:54 PM
Making decent progress with Mongrol but the arms gave me a a lot of trouble (tried out various different versions but this one seemed the least annoying).  Power couplings to be added to the arms but I'm still not sure whether to round off the from of Mongrol's head (doable but a minor headache; small changes usually involve far more work than you think they will).

(https://i.imgur.com/NcxoKa5.png)


There's ample fodder for a caption competition with this stuff...

(https://i.imgur.com/LAC0Uwn.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 20 September, 2019, 06:37:51 AM
"I think I've finally got ahead with Mongrol?"
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 20 September, 2019, 10:15:29 AM
Quote from: Tjm86 on 20 September, 2019, 06:37:51 AM
"I think I've finally got ahead with Mongrol?"

'Nice Zoidberg-themed Hoverhoover, Deadlock.'
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 20 September, 2019, 10:41:34 AM
"When I said you needed to dispose of the body, this isn't what I had in mind, Blackblood..."

"Sssssss...."
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 22 September, 2019, 01:51:10 PM
A little more progress, this time with Joe Pineapples... Might tweak this a bit but I'm fairly happy (I made a rifle for him but I´m not sure whether it's really needed).  I started off building the classic McMahon robo-nerd design but, while I think that would have gone okay-ish, I quickly opted for the Bisley Black Hole version instead.  There's so much character in that version of Joe it was a wise choice, I think (and goes well with road-drill Blackblood).

(https://i.imgur.com/r72IOMs.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/YsgYrVI.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 September, 2019, 07:07:03 PM
Made a start on Happy Shrapnel (still fearing this to be the most difficult of the bunch)...

(https://i.imgur.com/zja8wf6.png)

Otherwise, we're getting there - the boys are a lot of help, so we're all having fun, which is the main thing.

(https://i.imgur.com/mIMAgWX.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Rogue Judge on 23 September, 2019, 07:16:19 PM
As always these are fantastic Ming. Happy is coming along nicely! I wouldn't mind seeing Joe with a sniper rifle, seeing that Deathlok has his sword. Really enjoying these.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 23 September, 2019, 07:26:41 PM
I wonder would Mongrol benefit from some black hazard strips on his arms and some connecting hoses?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 September, 2019, 07:49:32 PM
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 23 September, 2019, 07:16:19 PM
As always these are fantastic Ming. Happy is coming along nicely! I wouldn't mind seeing Joe with a sniper rifle, seeing that Deathlok has his sword. Really enjoying these.

Thanks - I made a rifle for Joe earlier but I'm not settled on whether to include it when I order all the bits for these... Anyway:

(https://i.imgur.com/SU2TYDB.png)

Quote from: TordelBack on 23 September, 2019, 07:26:41 PM
I wonder would Mongrol benefit from some black hazard strips on his arms and some connecting hoses?

I've used the stripes when I've made other Mongrols (see earlier in the thread) and I'll try them out on the power paws (not sure there's anywhere on the arms I can used them as they're all curves).  Connecting hoses are planned but I can't add those in a bendy way at the digital stage (although you can do fancy stuff with things like chains now, which is nice).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 23 September, 2019, 08:25:34 PM
Hazard stripes only come in 1 x 4 and the power paws are 3 x 5...  Ideally; I'd have the stripes all the way across but that's just not possible.  I can have 1-3 of the strips somewhere on the paws (or none at all).  Here's 2 stripes (seen from above to illustrate the curve of the arms* that restricts placement of these elsewhere):

(https://i.imgur.com/s4lFfMo.png)

Will chip away at Happy over the next few days, hopefully - good to have maintained some momentum with this crew!


* and the points where the power cables will connect.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 23 September, 2019, 11:21:51 PM
Ah, I see! I was thinking of actual smooth black curvers replacing alternate yellow bars on the forearms, cruder solution. But seriously, the Master shouldn't concern himself with the wittering of a mere fanboy.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 September, 2019, 08:46:53 AM
Gotcha - something like this?  (I subsequently extended the black stripes so they wrap all the way around the arms.)

(https://i.imgur.com/iOoRhLm.png)

All suggestions and comments very welcome as always - witter away, please!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 24 September, 2019, 08:57:59 AM
Loving the ABC Warriors ... but going back to Stickleback - I think he'd benefit from longer legs to make him look a little less penguin-like.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 24 September, 2019, 10:10:12 AM
Official Brickheadz: I'm afraid there's no room for you unofficial Brickheadz on the shelf. Some of you don't even follow the specific requirements in terms of space and size.

Mongrol: *looks at massive yellow arms* MONGROL SMUSH!

Official Brickheadz, now in pieces on the floor: Bugger.

Hammerstein: Spread the word!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 September, 2019, 10:55:35 AM
Mongrol with all-the-way-round arm-stripes:

(https://i.imgur.com/iS2u9dw.png)

Not sure whether I like this more than the all-yellow arms, so I'll have a referendum on the subject (i.e. ask the boys) and see how that goes.  The black stripes look fine but I do like a less-is-more approach when possible (part from stuff like GBH's hair, I suppose).


Quote from: Dandontdare on 24 September, 2019, 08:57:59 AM
Loving the ABC Warriors ... but going back to Stickleback - I think he'd benefit from longer legs to make him look a little less penguin-like.

Stickleback leg-length test; original on the right, with leg length increased by 2(1x2) and 4(1x2).  Middle one probably best?

(https://i.imgur.com/6HiKiMV.png)

And while I did that I realised that I could remove the plate under the nose (not needed for support) so he'd now look like this:

(https://i.imgur.com/BWytSL9.png)

A bit hunched-up but I thought that fit quite well with the character (but what do I know?).

Quote from: IndigoPrime on 24 September, 2019, 10:10:12 AM
Official Brickheadz: I'm afraid there's no room for you unofficial Brickheadz on the shelf. Some of you don't even follow the specific requirements in terms of space and size.

Mongrol: *looks at massive yellow arms* MONGROL SMUSH!

Official Brickheadz, now in pieces on the floor: Bugger.

Hammerstein: Spread the word!

Relaxing the size constraint (a bit) was the best move I ever made as far as my Lego nonsense goes.  I'd never have been able to take on the likes of Nemesis or Ace Garp otherwise, and I'll probably revisit the earliest builds with this approach at some point (Dredd, Slaine, Rogue, Mean Machine, Judge Fear and Kano have never seen the inside of Stud.io and were just thrown together with bits we had at home).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 24 September, 2019, 11:34:07 AM
Quote from: ming on 24 September, 2019, 10:55:35 AMNot sure whether I like this more than the all-yellow arms
I thought the one with the striped plate at the bottom looked good.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 September, 2019, 12:20:44 PM
Here we come, knucklin'
Down the street
We get the funniest looks from
Ev'ry one we meet
Hey, hey, we're the Mongrols
And people say we Mongrol around
But we're too busy smushin'
To Laaaarrraaaaaaa!

etc.

(https://i.imgur.com/ehHnBva.png)

One of these, or tweak one of them further?  I dunno.  I still like the original one.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 24 September, 2019, 01:17:30 PM
I favour the two black strips (without having double-checked the progs).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 24 September, 2019, 01:28:04 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 24 September, 2019, 01:17:30 PM
I favour the two black strips (without having double-checked the progs).

Looking at Progs for reference material only ever gets me so far; there's usually so much variation over the years.  There's nothing like the black stripe look in the early run of ABC Warriors; basically heavy industrial arms with yellow outer plates.  No hazard strips until much later (MacNeil?), and those are similar to the back-right version above (although higher up on the forearm I think).  I'm not dead-set against any of these but ultimately I'll go with whatever the boys choose as it will minimise the chances of them being dismantled while I'm asleep (the Lego, I mean).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Rogue Judge on 25 September, 2019, 05:14:02 PM
I like Joe's rifle! Although he is already perfect, it looks a little more complete. And I also like the double black stripes, it breaks up the yellow. Just my opinions, these are awesome!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 25 September, 2019, 07:01:57 PM
Quote from: ming on 24 September, 2019, 01:28:04 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 24 September, 2019, 01:17:30 PM
I favour the two black strips (without having double-checked the progs).

Looking at Progs for reference material only ever gets me so far; there's usually so much variation over the years.  There's nothing like the black stripe look in the early run of ABC Warriors; basically heavy industrial arms with yellow outer plates.  No hazard strips until much later (MacNeil?), and those are similar to the back-right version above (although higher up on the forearm I think).  I'm not dead-set against any of these but ultimately I'll go with whatever the boys choose as it will minimise the chances of them being dismantled while I'm asleep (the Lego, I mean).

I've since done a few image searches and quite a lot of the early pics have Mongrol with his arms up in the air, so we can't see!  I also found that the hazard strips appeared pretty late in the day, as you did.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Olde on 01 October, 2019, 10:44:05 AM
Oh wow, I've only just found this thread, these are amazing. How could I get hold of some of these/buy the lego required, just for my own use. I seem to have acquired various funko pops, which aren't a patch on these. Love them! 
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 01 October, 2019, 12:29:20 PM
I do recall Ming was generously sharing the digital files for these. If you then install the app on your PC or Mac, it's possible to send the pieces across to Bricklink, and use that website's storefronts to acquire the parts. This can be a bit of a faff, and you need to take care because prices vary wildly. But with a bit of effort, you should be able to get some of these figures for a reasonable price.

For example, I have an 'Alpha and Wulf' list set up. With EU/Russia-only stores, every one of the 356 parts can be secured for £22.96 + shipping. UK-only jumps that to £26.14 today, across five stores. With some extra work, you can usually fiddle with those figures to get your postage costs down.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 October, 2019, 03:16:37 PM
Stud.io and Bricklink are definitely the way to go!  I can supply design files for anything I've done in Stud.io (plus some shonky .pdf build instructions if needed) for anyone wanting to have a go at any of these*.  It's a fun system to mess around with and has improved significantly since I started using it (not just the rendering and instruction side of things, although those are great).



* I'd avoid GBH though - mind-meltingly difficult to put that together and I live in constant fear of dropping the damn thing and having to reconstruct that barnet.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Olde on 02 October, 2019, 02:01:31 PM
Thanks Mind :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Funt Solo on 02 October, 2019, 05:44:25 PM
Quote from: ming on 24 September, 2019, 12:20:44 PM
Here we come, knucklin'
Down the street
We get the funniest looks from
Ev'ry one we meet
Hey, hey, we're the Mongrols
And people say we Mongrol around
But we're too busy smushin'
To Laaaarrraaaaaaa!

etc.

(https://i.imgur.com/ehHnBva.png)

I really enjoy this thread, btw.  :D
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 05 October, 2019, 08:00:11 AM
Thanks to the quite frankly not evil at all Ming, I have just placed orders via bricklink for the parts needed to build my own Johnny Alpha! Cost excluding post came to £10.60 from 2 shops. No idea if that is a decent price as this is the first lego I've bought in about 10 years.

I'll no doubt be posting photo's once I get the packs and start on the build.

Thanks Ming and #PraiseTharg these should be available commercially imo.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 05 October, 2019, 09:19:50 AM
Compared to new Lego, Bricklink (or individual pieces from Lego) often comes at a premium, but postage is usually the biggest issue, hence my earlier comment to try and buy from as few (and as local) stores as possible. But for reference, most Brickheadz in stores are £9.99 and up.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 October, 2019, 10:29:15 AM
Re-gene!

Rogue Trooper was the very first character I built in this style, made with whatever was lying around*, and I've been meaning to go back to see how I can improve on the original for a while.  I've really enjoyed this one so far - I've learned a lot (well, a bit) since I started these and this is coming together pretty easily.  I'd like Bagman's straps to wrap all the way around but that might not be possible (at least attempting it caused various other problems so I've left it how it was for now).

Lego nerd-mode increase on
Looking into options for the biochips now; might make custom decals if I have to but I'd prefer to go with available tiles / stickers.  I've got a pair of 1x1 Lego skulls from the Go Brickme set that would be great, but number-wise I'm a bit stumped.  The 1 and 3 tiles I've used for now only come in yellow (meh) and the only alternative is silver numerals on a black background, which is darker than I'd like.  Really, I'd be happy with a plain number on a white tile, or an 'official' Lego number sticker...  Ah well, we'll see.
Regular nerd-mode resumes

(https://i.imgur.com/lF3iWIh.png)

Just added an extra touch for Bagman, not sure which of these is better (but I lean towards the shorter arm as it looks more comical somehow):

Long arm

(https://i.imgur.com/fLe20dW.png)

Shorter arm

(https://i.imgur.com/FqQfJVw.png)


* see Page 27
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 10:34:50 AM
Looking good, ming!  Will Gunnar get a look-in this time?  Or perhaps just give him a knife... and a Nort to fight against!  I'm already imagining how you'd do the breath-pipes and sack-like hood.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 15 October, 2019, 10:38:02 AM
Shorter arm definitely better. Rogue's own arms are a bit long, aren't they? Straps are grand.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 October, 2019, 12:43:21 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 10:34:50 AM
Looking good, ming!  Will Gunnar get a look-in this time?  Or perhaps just give him a knife... and a Nort to fight against!  I'm already imagining how you'd do the breath-pipes and sack-like hood.

Might try to do Gunnar but it'll need to be big enough to take a 1x2 biochip, so may not be possible to do in a way I'm happy with.  A Nort is an option (and probably doable) but not high on my to-do list (Bland and Brass would be a fun challenge as well).

Quote from: IndigoPrime on 15 October, 2019, 10:38:02 AM
Shorter arm definitely better. Rogue's own arms are a bit long, aren't they? Straps are grand.

Glad you think the short arm is better!  Rogue arm length might be altered once I've sorted the legs but I don't think they'd look good if I shorten them too much; will look at some options in due course.  Legs should be quick, anyway.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 October, 2019, 03:40:58 PM
Probably some more tweaks to be done but this is the current state:

(https://i.imgur.com/NjEEom8.png)

Might adjust the belly-to-trousers ratio but dunno; not easy to fix, probably.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 15 October, 2019, 03:54:24 PM
Could Gunnar not be affixed to Bagman somehow?

And as an update from me - got all my pieces for Johnny - just waiting for being on a week away at the end of this month to take my time and build him. Photo's will follow.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 October, 2019, 04:15:52 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 15 October, 2019, 03:54:24 PM
Could Gunnar not be affixed to Bagman somehow?

Affixing Gunnar is less of a problem than making him satisfactorily at this scale...  Working on it.

Quote from: Bolt-01 on 15 October, 2019, 03:54:24 PM
And as an update from me - got all my pieces for Johnny - just waiting for being on a week away at the end of this month to take my time and build him. Photo's will follow.

Awesome - have fun!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 October, 2019, 08:00:54 PM
Progress of sorts...  Tried (and tried, and tried) to use a Lego crutch for Gunnar's handle but gave up in the end; bucket handle just sits inside the slope brick, which I guess will do.  Biochip needs sorting but I've had enough for now.  Fairly happy with Gunnar given the size constraints!

(https://i.imgur.com/oBVYhSc.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 15 October, 2019, 09:54:24 PM
Amazing!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 16 October, 2019, 09:47:43 AM
genius!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 October, 2019, 12:31:50 PM
Glad you like it!  It's handy doing the renders as I spot some errors more easily that way - fixed the wrong colour plate under the strap on the one above now.

Thinking of something like this for the biochips if I have to go the custom decal route (I have two 1x1 stickers with this skull, but if I can't find an existing white tile with a black number I'd have to opt for black biochip tiles, which I don't like the idea of).  No hurry with this, anyway.

(https://i.imgur.com/IZBs2Z5.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 October, 2019, 07:09:18 PM
Started on another one I've had in mind for a while...

(https://i.imgur.com/X8oih0f.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dandontdare on 17 October, 2019, 07:23:43 PM
That one took a while as I thought it was side-on. A chicken? Sonic the Hedgehog?

Then it clicked!  :lol:
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 17 October, 2019, 08:58:56 PM
That's just brilliant - one of the best yet and that's saying something.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Funt Solo on 17 October, 2019, 10:33:16 PM
Funt Solo admits that took him a minute.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: DrJomster on 17 October, 2019, 11:14:52 PM
Gold star, that Ming! :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 18 October, 2019, 12:18:52 AM
Truly outstanding. When you get to the body, I believe Lego do an acceptably-scaled Alan (although you're on your own for the eyepatch...).

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51PsAyeUc0L._SX425_.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 18 October, 2019, 11:01:48 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 18 October, 2019, 12:18:52 AM
Truly outstanding. When you get to the body, I believe Lego do an acceptably-scaled Alan (although you're on your own for the eyepatch...).

Yeah, I had that teddy in mind (we might have that already) - no way to do an eyepatch for Alan short of permanent marker (which is a line I won't cross).

I could add a string for Frank's eyepatch though - impossible to drape this correctly with digital Lego but it would work 'in the real' as number two son would say.

(https://i.imgur.com/I1TtJVF.png)

Will probably move on to Nixon's head next, then have a think about the rest.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Link Prime on 18 October, 2019, 01:41:47 PM
Quote from: ming on 18 October, 2019, 11:01:48 AM

no way to do an eyepatch for Alan short of permanent marker (which is a line I won't cross).


Come for the cool Lego designs.
Stay for the unassailable integrity.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 29 October, 2019, 08:10:02 AM
Massive thanks to the not really evil at all Ming for all the work in making this happen, but look who came to stay with me yesterday

(http://www.futurequake.co.uk/imagebucket/davepersonal/AlphaLego/Alpha-Lego-15-Web.jpg)

I've put more details over on the FQP blog along with a link to a pdf of all my build photo's.

FQP Blog link (https://wordpress.com/post/futurequake.wordpress.com/4902)

Thanks to Ming for helping make this happen and if any of you squaxx out there want to see Alpha in the brick - I'll have him on the FQP table at Tbubs next month.

#praiseTharg
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 29 October, 2019, 01:22:29 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 29 October, 2019, 08:10:02 AM
Massive thanks to the not really evil at all Ming for all the work in making this happen, but look who came to stay with me yesterday

Great stuff - I hope the instructions (if you used them) weren't too bad.  I should take some time to tweak those beyond the default versions you can get through Stud.io as I think with a little effort I could make them more user-friendly.

I'm still waiting for some pieces for the first five of the ABC Warriors but those should be here this week.  I'll turn my attention back to Happy Shrapnel and Dirty Frank and get on with Aimee Nixon shortly but I got sidetracked by something else (more 2000AD Lego but completely insane - I'll post up some pics when I'm further along with it but it's not something I'll finish anytime soon).

Might try out making the transfers for Rogue's biochips in the next few days, just need to get the size right.  Something like this, anyway:

(https://i.imgur.com/UTSyagZ.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 29 October, 2019, 09:30:28 PM
Those bits on the left might be fun as 2x3 studs!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 October, 2019, 08:34:03 AM
Printed a sheet of biochip decals so will see if these work or whether I need to find another solution...  Haven't ordered the bits for Rogue yet but I'll get around to it at some point.

(https://i.imgur.com/EMTyTUz.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 30 October, 2019, 08:57:40 AM
Cheers Ming - the instructions were fine. I had to do a bit of detective work for a few bricks, but that's all part of the fun, surely?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 30 October, 2019, 09:34:05 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 30 October, 2019, 08:57:40 AM
Cheers Ming - the instructions were fine. I had to do a bit of detective work for a few bricks, but that's all part of the fun, surely?

I hoped so! :)  For the instructions, you can (I think) create sub-elements of the build and rotate things to make it easier to see what goes where, but that all takes time and I couldn't be arsed.  It's doable if needed though - just depends if anyone other than me really wants to build these things.

Just tried out the biochip decals and they seem to work okay, which does open up some avenues (S/D badge, 'DREDD' badge decal, etc.) but I'll see what needs arise in future I guess.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 01 November, 2019, 02:30:18 PM
The last pieces for the ABC Warriors (those completed, anyway) arrived so I built the first few last night.  Discovered a couple of minor errors in the designs but got everything sorted and the digital designs tweaked accordingly.  Mongrol and Blackblood were especially fun to do and look pretty good; the boys favour Blackblood and Joe Pineapples (who looks better than I expected).  Will take a few pics at the weekend, anyway.

I threw a quick render together of all the characters completed digitally and this looks like as good a use of 3,000-odd bricks as I can think of.  I'll go back and add Dredd and Judge Fear, Mean Machine and Slaine soonish, if only to delay the onset of insanity stemming from my 2020 project.

(https://i.imgur.com/rc19JYf.png)


Any suggestions for other characters to try out?  Alongside Happy Shrapnel I started Sinister & Dexter, plus I've got Frank and Aimee to finish.  Might try a Judda and a Klegg at some point, but any suggestions are welcome...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 01 November, 2019, 03:18:33 PM
Oh man. I really don't need to buy another 3000 bricks right now. *holds self back from Bricklink*
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: blackmocco on 01 November, 2019, 06:51:03 PM
Quote from: ming on 01 November, 2019, 02:30:18 PM
The last pieces for the ABC Warriors (those completed, anyway) arrived so I built the first few last night.  Discovered a couple of minor errors in the designs but got everything sorted and the digital designs tweaked accordingly.  Mongrol and Blackblood were especially fun to do and look pretty good; the boys favour Blackblood and Joe Pineapples (who looks better than I expected).  Will take a few pics at the weekend, anyway.

I threw a quick render together of all the characters completed digitally and this looks like as good a use of 3,000-odd bricks as I can think of.  I'll go back and add Dredd and Judge Fear, Mean Machine and Slaine soonish, if only to delay the onset of insanity stemming from my 2020 project.

(https://i.imgur.com/rc19JYf.png)


Any suggestions for other characters to try out?  Alongside Happy Shrapnel I started Sinister & Dexter, plus I've got Frank and Aimee to finish.  Might try a Judda and a Klegg at some point, but any suggestions are welcome...

I mean, I'm utterly speechless. These are so, soooo good!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 03 November, 2019, 07:20:55 PM
Quote from: blackmocco on 01 November, 2019, 06:51:03 PMI mean, I'm utterly speechless. These are so, soooo good!

Thanks for the kind words as always - these are a lot of fun for me and the boys and, looking back at Page One, it's amazing to see where all this started.

Finished physical builds of the Meknificent Five today (no pics yet) so now I'll try and get Happy finished.  Since I wasn't very happy with what I'd done previously (hat straight-on) so I tried tweaking the hat; I like the jaunty angle but it does require some small gaps in the rest of the head (otherwise it doesn't fit).  Will see if I keep this or tweak it further, anyway.

(https://i.imgur.com/CwXMwJU.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/UMuCiGX.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 06 November, 2019, 08:20:21 AM
(http://www.futurequake.co.uk/imagebucket/davepersonal/AlphaLego/Alpha-Lego-Hate-Final.jpg)

It had to be done - now if only I was a good enough photographer to go for the forshortened barrel of the original panel.

For those Squaxx in attendance- Johnny will be with me at Thought Bubble all weekend, drop by and pay homage (as well as buying your latest comics)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 November, 2019, 02:04:57 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 06 November, 2019, 08:20:21 AMIt had to be done - now if only I was a good enough photographer to go for the forshortened barrel of the original panel.

Heh - nicely done!


Here's pics of real-world Blackblood and Mongrol (the boys have since added power cables to the arms but I'm a bit torn as to whether he really needs them).  I'll get back to Happy soon, probably work on the jaunty-angle hat version, I think.

(https://i.imgur.com/9t8s0YT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cSGj5wO.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 08 November, 2019, 02:38:37 PM
These almost come across like a Muppet Babies take on the ABC Warriors.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 08 November, 2019, 11:01:23 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 08 November, 2019, 02:38:37 PM
These almost come across like a Muppet Babies take on the ABC Warriors.

Yeah, for the most part they have the cutesy dial turned all the way up.  Not really intentional, just how things turned out but pretty much the only way to make these work I guess.

Meanwhile, I've chipped away at Frank a bit more.  Lacking various scruffy details I'd have liked to have added but the limitations are what they are at this scale (the round tan tile at the front of the foot is supposed to be his toe poking out of his boot).  Adding Aimee soon, hopefully.

(https://i.imgur.com/5wsZAgV.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 09 November, 2019, 07:34:35 AM
Truly zarjaz! Now he needs some Nazi Babies and Big Barry Penge to fight. And maybe Sensitive Klegg for emotional support (Although how you represent the heart of a poet in Lego...)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 November, 2019, 08:30:18 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 09 November, 2019, 07:34:35 AM
Truly zarjaz! Now he needs some Nazi Babies and Big Barry Penge to fight. And maybe Sensitive Klegg for emotional support (Although how you represent the heart of a poet in Lego...)

Big Barry Penge definitely needs an attempt and if I can do a regular Klegg (Grampus, f'rinstance) then a sensitive one might be manageable.  They're on the list!  I'm surprised I haven't run out of steam on these but they're such fun to work on and there's just so many great characters to play with.

Meanwhile, some hot biochip-transfer action this morning... Tiny tweak needed, just to trim a little more off edges of the transfers, but these go onto the 2x1 tiles pretty well.  (Will need to order bits for Rogue at some point, but wanted to get these done first.)

(https://i.imgur.com/oN8UPTI.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 November, 2019, 02:18:33 PM
Frank and Aimee join the ranks... (Impossible to get Nixon (or Frank) done quite how I'd like but these always involve a degree of compromise.)

(https://i.imgur.com/DGAL9Kb.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 11 November, 2019, 07:44:27 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 09 November, 2019, 07:34:35 AM
Truly zarjaz! Now he needs some Nazi Babies and Big Barry Penge to fight. And maybe Sensitive Klegg for emotional support (Although how you represent the heart of a poet in Lego...)

I wasn't planning on a Klegg just yet (on my to-do list for next year) but made a start anyway...  Hard to resist, really.  Based on this I think a Sensitive Klegg version should be doable.

(https://i.imgur.com/r44MAC0.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 18 November, 2019, 10:37:27 AM
Didn't spend a long time on this but it was pretty enjoyable to mess around with.  As Number One Son pointed out it's not really very Brickheadz-like but there's not much point doing a flat-faced Klegg, and I'd already departed from strict adherence to the form with stuff like GBH and Garp the Barp.  My only aim with these things is to try and capture the characters as well as I can within certain size constraints (and limiting myself to whatever bricks and colours are actually available*).  Not 100% sure how the Klegg will balance but a few extra bricks added to the jetpack would fix any problems I think.  Fun to add a Klegg to Cal and Fish; might have to consider attempting Walter now...  (Maybe; can't really see Walter working in this style but then I've said that before about other characters.)


(https://i.imgur.com/jJ8k0iE.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/WDNZNoj.png)



* Making custom transfers for Rogue's biochips seemed like a worthwhile departure; I'd potentially do the same for stuff like GBH (Dead) and a better Ace Trucking logo, or for a Dredd badge, I guess.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: norton canes on 19 November, 2019, 09:53:13 AM
I'm sure someone must have asked this at some point over the last 41 pages but is there any chance Rebellion and Lego could get together to licence these?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 19 November, 2019, 10:28:16 AM
Vanishingly unlikely, I imagine. The Brickheadz line is almost dead as it is (basically now being a seasonal promotional tool), and Lego's licensed fare mostly centres on very popular worldwide properties. Apparently, even the Doctor Who sets did poorly, hence why we only got three of them (two being tied to Dimensions).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: norton canes on 19 November, 2019, 11:30:07 AM
Ah, right, didn't realise these were based on an existing range. Shame!

OK, another question (to which I'm sure I could get the answer by reading the thread :)) - do you publish the plans anywhere? And is it easy/cheap to order the right bricks?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 19 November, 2019, 11:49:47 AM
Norton - I messaged Ming and he sent me some files.

I downloaded Stud.io and set up an account. That enabled me to upload Mings plans for Johnny alpha and that generated the shopping baskets required.

I managed to get all the parts I needed from 2 different suppliers and was able to complete the purchases through Stud.io as well.

Johnny cost about £10.00 inc postage.

The process takes a bit of thought and care, but I managed it so it can't be 'that' bad.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 19 November, 2019, 11:53:17 AM
Note that there are different ways to order through Bricklink. In short, the more effort you put in, the less you'll pay. So if you take Ming's files, hurl them at Bricklink as a wanted list, and then prod 'Easy Buy', you're going to potentially end up with stores from all over the world – and high shipping costs. But if you import a Want list and manage the stores (keeping them only to the UK and/or EU; possibly shifting pieces about, to minimise store numbers), you can keep costs relatively low.

Right now, my 'Alpha and Wulf' wants list comes in at £19.85+shipping. So that'd probably work out around 30 quid for two Brickheadz when postage is taken into account – not too bad for custom figures, given that standard Brickheadz have been on sale for £10–15.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 19 November, 2019, 12:00:59 PM
Quote from: norton canes on 19 November, 2019, 11:30:07 AM
Ah, right, didn't realise these were based on an existing range. Shame!

Lego brought out a range of 'Brickheadz' characters (Batman, Hulk, Iron Man, etc. plus some other movie tie-in stuff like Jack Sparrow / Salazar) and at some point (two years ago!  p27) I thought I'd use some bits that we had lying around to attempt something like this for some characters from 2000AD*.  A lot of people have done something similar with other themes (and done it better than me, I'm sure).

* Mainly as a bit of fun / technical exercise / indoctrination of our younglings.


Quote from: norton canes on 19 November, 2019, 11:30:07 AM
OK, another question (to which I'm sure I could get the answer by reading the thread :)) - do you publish the plans anywhere? And is it easy/cheap to order the right bricks?

Read the thread  :lol:

I don't publish plans anywhere but can stick digital files and rudimentary build instructions on Dropbox or similar for anyone wanting them (use of these may involve some trial and error / reverse engineering but I don't have time / need to do high-end instructions since, for the most part, only I'm making these).  The software I use to put these together (alongside physical bricks for test-builds of some elements) is free and well worth getting: Stud.io.  Using digital files for any characters I've done in Stud.io, it's easy to create a parts list and purchase the necessary bricks through Bricklink, from a huge range of sellers worldwide...  Read the last few pages; there's probably some more information about this side of things there.  Bricks (especially used) are relatively cheap; postage costs can be more of a factor.


EDIT: what Bolt & IP said.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: norton canes on 19 November, 2019, 01:14:34 PM
Thanks everyone for your prompt and informative replies!

I have messed around with stud.io in the past, as well as having a go at some 'advanced' (and I use the word very cautiously!) constructions with the kids' Lego, so I'll see what I can do... when I get some time  :o
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 08 December, 2019, 04:09:31 PM
Someone did a Landraider (https://www.baronsat.net/baronshop/Instructions-Raider-Command.htm)!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 09 December, 2019, 03:11:30 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 08 December, 2019, 04:09:31 PM
Someone did a Landraider (https://www.baronsat.net/baronshop/Instructions-Raider-Command.htm)!

Yeah, we saw that back in 2015 (page 20); impressive stuff.  Would go well with the Laz-saw thing at Mutie Rushmore!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 16 December, 2019, 12:50:08 PM
Anyone know of MOCHUB (https://www.mochub.com/index.php/)?

I've just been approached by them about picking out some designs to put out in the wider world (basically I provide the design and instructions and then people can buy the parts online and build the things).  Might be worth a go, but then these are all Rebellion IP so I wouldn't want to tread on any toes...  I'm not that likely to follow up on this but maybe it's worth pondering?

While I'm here I'll add in the latest forum advent effort, just to keep everything in one place (well, two):


(https://i.imgur.com/Hk2GPzv.png)


(https://i.imgur.com/UAz0RLu.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Funt Solo on 10 January, 2020, 07:13:05 PM
Talking of lego, this guy is aiming for 5000 votes (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/d30ce870-6ede-486a-9d84-bcc9b9c6b5f9).

(https://ideascdn.lego.com/media/generate/lego_ci/68b2cf1e-2a54-4009-ae5a-c3bb4842a87d/resize:800:450)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 November, 2020, 09:52:52 AM
It's been a while I know but there has of course been some 2000AD Lego action going on this (weird) year; something I hinted at in the last Christmas Prog round-up.  Nothing finished yet (you'll see why in due course) but there's been progress and maybe there'll be something in the Christmas Prog this year as well.  I might post a teaser nearer the time but it might be nicer to keep this under wraps for once.

Meanwhile, I never did post up the last annual round-up letter, so may as well do it now.

(https://i.imgur.com/9M8FJiH.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2020, 10:23:55 AM
I really hope you and the kids run around making these fight and have battles and stuff. Please say you do that!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 17 November, 2020, 12:16:31 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2020, 10:23:55 AM
I really hope you and the kids run around making these fight and have battles and stuff. Please say you do that!

In the world of Lego this is called swooshability.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 November, 2020, 12:33:20 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 17 November, 2020, 12:16:31 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2020, 10:23:55 AM
I really hope you and the kids run around making these fight and have battles and stuff. Please say you do that!

In the world of Lego this is called swooshability.

Well they're swooshable to some extent but if anyone messes with GBH's hair there will be tears before bedtime (mine).  The ABCs are probably the most playable of the bunch, even if Mongrol's arms tend to fall off.  However, that allows him to be reborn out of pain on the torture table, so it's all good.

Can't wait to show you what I've been working on but I'll restrain myself!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 17 November, 2020, 03:25:04 PM
Quote from: ming on 17 November, 2020, 12:33:20 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 17 November, 2020, 12:16:31 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2020, 10:23:55 AM
I really hope you and the kids run around making these fight and have battles and stuff. Please say you do that!

In the world of Lego this is called swooshability.

Well they're swooshable to some extent but if anyone messes with GBH's hair there will be tears before bedtime (mine).  The ABCs are probably the most playable of the bunch, even if Mongrol's arms tend to fall off.  However, that allows him to be reborn out of pain on the torture table, so it's all good.

Can't wait to show you what I've been working on but I'll restrain myself!

Is this an advent calendar job?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 17 November, 2020, 04:17:15 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 17 November, 2020, 03:25:04 PMIs this an advent calendar job?

Nope.  Although I had an idea for something for the advent calendar last week so I should get on with it before I forget; thanks for the reminder  ;)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2020, 04:39:55 PM
Not sure there's going to be an advent calendar this year? Pete isn't around much these days and I know he was running out of steam on it. Normally there would be a thread to sign up by now so I'm wondering unless someone takes the batton whether it won't be happening.

If not I might try a 'Not Advent calendar thread' for folks to throw up things that they would have put up whenever they fancy as I had a couple of ideas and it might motivate me to draw them!?!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Rogue Judge on 19 November, 2020, 05:19:58 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2020, 04:39:55 PM
Not sure there's going to be an advent calendar this year? Pete isn't around much these days and I know he was running out of steam on it. Normally there would be a thread to sign up by now so I'm wondering unless someone takes the batton whether it won't be happening.

If not I might try a 'Not Advent calendar thread' for folks to throw up things that they would have put up whenever they fancy as I had a couple of ideas and it might motivate me to draw them!?!

No advent calendar? That's really too bad!! I've not frequented this board in several months but with Christmas coming I started missing the people and content. I always enjoy contributing,  if you get something going.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 20 November, 2020, 10:17:47 AM
Derailing the Lego thread somewhat, I had an idea for something to do for the advent calendar but I'm not sure the best way to implement it - it's in the form of a quiz* so I'm guessing I'd need to post the 'questions' on one day and then post the answers a few days later once people have had the opportunity to post their hopefully hilarious and wildly inaccurate responses.

* sort of - I'm not aware that 2000AD has ever had the kind of quiz I have in mind before.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 06 December, 2020, 04:41:38 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/HKvRRKH.png)

Just a teaser...

(Don't get too excited; nothing finished but enough progress for me to have sent some images to Tharg so this may make the Christmas Prog (or may not).  I'll post more in due course but will hold off for a while so as not to spoil any potential festive Prog reveal.)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Funt Solo on 06 December, 2020, 06:05:57 PM
Wait ... wait ... it's not [spoiler]Torque-Armada[/spoiler], is it?

*Jumping up and down with too much excitement here*
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 06 December, 2020, 06:09:26 PM
You know it is.   :o
Altogether now: "It's the m-o-o-o-st wonderful time / Of the yea-a-a-r..."
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 06 December, 2020, 06:26:29 PM
Well this is going to be very exciting to see...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 December, 2020, 08:18:57 AM
Quote from: Funt Solo on 06 December, 2020, 06:05:57 PM
Wait ... wait ... it's not [spoiler]Torque-Armada[/spoiler], is it?

*Jumping up and down with too much excitement here*

I'm sayin' nothin'!

But, well, yeah.  There seemed no point posting an unidentifiable detail shot, so I just thought I'd give an indication of what's in store.  Like I say, nothing finished (far, far from it) but enough progress to keep me happy and think it may be completed one day if I keep chipping away at it.  I'll wait and see what emerges in the Christmas Prog then post a stupid number of in-progress shots here just to chart the journey so far.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: TordelBack on 07 December, 2020, 09:29:28 AM
Frankly I think it's just plain lazy of Ming not to build a Siege Engine Mek-Quake (with Sickle) at the same time.

Mechastopheles after that for the 3-way rumble.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 07 December, 2020, 10:42:54 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 07 December, 2020, 09:29:28 AM
Frankly I think it's just plain lazy of Ming not to build a Siege Engine Mek-Quake (with Sickle) at the same time.

Mechastopheles after that for the 3-way rumble.

Mechastopheles I hadn't considered but when I eventually finish Torque I will probably have a go at Mek-Quake's head at least...  Doing the pair properly would take years but I'm not ruling it out.  I'd thought about some of the robots from Metalzoic as well, but I'll aim to finish what I've started here before getting sidetracked.  The boys have helped with some troubleshooting on Torque but it's a bit of a on-again, off-again project for reasons of sanity (doing some linocuts and pet sciencey-projects have been welcome distractions this year).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 14 December, 2020, 05:35:35 PM
Just seen the letter... WOW is all I can say... just WOW (look all caps!)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Funt Solo on 14 December, 2020, 05:48:19 PM
Is it in the new smegazine?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 December, 2020, 08:24:05 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 14 December, 2020, 05:35:35 PM
Just seen the letter... WOW is all I can say... just WOW (look all caps!)

Ooh - exciting!  I'm still waiting for Prog 2211 so at this point I'm not expecting the Christmas Prog for a while...
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Tjm86 on 14 December, 2020, 09:58:40 PM
looking at the prog ...

Wow ... just... wow ....

To quote Wayne's World ..

"We're not worthy ..."
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Funt Solo on 14 December, 2020, 10:48:16 PM
It occurred to me that some people might not have seen this:

(https://i.redd.it/crwezj51vk411.jpg)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 December, 2020, 08:25:48 AM
Quote from: Funt Solo on 14 December, 2020, 10:48:16 PM
It occurred to me that some people might not have seen this:

Hopefully that doesn't raise expectations to an unreasonable degree...

Tim, Colin - it sounds like you've seen the Christmas Prog (unless this features in 2211?); is that right?  As an overseas subscriber I'm at the whims of the seasonal postal meltdown which I guess will be worse than usual this year.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 December, 2020, 08:51:36 AM
Yeah season Prog (2212) has a double letters page and adoring it are a selection of photos. I could offer to take photos later, or would you prefer to wait until it lands for more folks and / or yourself?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 December, 2020, 09:05:42 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 15 December, 2020, 08:51:36 AM
Yeah season Prog (2212) has a double letters page and adoring it are a selection of photos. I could offer to take photos later, or would you prefer to wait until it lands for more folks and / or yourself?

Thanks, Colin - great to hear that the annual Lego round-up continues (I forget how many years this has featured now but I feel duty-bound to continue it while I can).  Once the Prog starts to land more widely it'd be great to see what's in there so feel free to post up the letter if you like - then I can start boring you all senseless with images of how Torque has progressed this year.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 December, 2020, 09:15:08 AM
Cool I'll wait until say Friday and then get it done.

Quote from: ming on 15 December, 2020, 09:05:42 AM
- then I can start boring you all senseless with images of how Torque has progressed this year.

Oh I think you know there'll be no boredom we are hungry HUNGRY for this type of stuff.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 December, 2020, 09:23:55 AM
I'll post a few progress shots in due course but in the meantime, here's something that I obviously couldn't get in the letters page...  (Thanks to Funt for the .gif hosting pointers.)  There's more to the build than this but I find this pleasantly mesmerising.

(https://s8.gifyu.com/images/Torque_2.gif)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 December, 2020, 09:28:05 AM
Can someone collect my jaw - it just hit the ground. I mean yes I've seen the pictures in the Prog but Jez that is really something!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 15 December, 2020, 09:57:23 AM
Nutter.

(Also: can you imagine how much that'd cost in real bricks?)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Link Prime on 15 December, 2020, 11:55:23 AM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 15 December, 2020, 09:57:23 AM
(Also: can you imagine how much that'd cost in real bricks?)

We'll simply increase the tax on freckled pipil.

Great stuff Ming.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 15 December, 2020, 02:15:23 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 15 December, 2020, 09:57:23 AM
Nutter.

(Also: can you imagine how much that'd cost in real bricks?)

Yes, quite.  In my defence it wasn't my idea, I just rolled with it.  I didn't set out intending to do it at this scale but attempting to build certain elements early on made it clear that I'd have to go big or go home.  It's a ridiculous thing to attempt but this seemed like a good year to have a crack at it.

There was never any question of building this 'in the real' which was quite liberating - I have no idea how tall this would be once completed (the missus thinks I should at least build the head but I have no intention of doing that; I might be a nutter but I'm not crazy).

Quote from: Link Prime on 15 December, 2020, 11:55:23 AM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 15 December, 2020, 09:57:23 AM
(Also: can you imagine how much that'd cost in real bricks?)

We'll simply increase the tax on freckled pipil.

Great stuff Ming.

Thanks, Link - progress is intermittent but I'll get back on the Lego wagon in the new year I guess.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 December, 2020, 02:38:02 PM
Quote from: ming on 15 December, 2020, 02:15:23 PM
There was never any question of building this 'in the real' which was quite liberating - I have no idea how tall this would be once completed (the missus thinks I should at least build the head but I have no intention of doing that; I might be a nutter but I'm not crazy).


Oh go on. Go on, go on, go on, go on.

Go on.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Funt Solo on 15 December, 2020, 02:39:35 PM
Ye will!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 18 December, 2020, 09:04:41 AM
Some progress pics here and some random rambling about this part of the build below.

(https://i.imgur.com/mRq9yw7.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/8JbOpTq.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/unhuoKC.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/Ht9LiVg.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/x05uKy2.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/iu6gTVj.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/nvL7tG1.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/rODwD1r.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/OtaVS1q.png)

Taking this back to the beginning...  Late in 2019 a friend mentioned the idea of building a Lego Torque-armada and, as a change of pace from the Brickheadz-style figures, I thought it might be fun to have a go.  I started working from a limited number of O'Neill's original images for reference and it was clear early on that this was going to be insane.  Size-wise, I just didn't think I'd be able to do this justice in a small build.  I usually break Lego builds down into bite-size, manageable chunks but the sheer scale necessitated by Torque was unlike anything I'd ever even considered.  I started with the Terminator design on the chest, as I felt I needed to get that right before moving on to anything else - it seemed like a bit of a focal point and if I wasn't happy with that element I'd struggle to move on happily.  The first image was just a test to see if I could get the design right-ish but, extrapolating from that, also gave an idea of the scale of the rest... Yikes.

The next step was to try and get the head sorted.  I've said it before but so much of the character is locked up there that if I can't get the head right I may as well give up.  Doing Pointy in Lego is never very easy but at least the scale offered a few benefits here.  Finding a way to get all the pointy bits to converge and fit together wasn't easy but worked out in the end, I think (and was a lot easier than some later bits).  The eyes worked out okay without too much effort, and the expression is close to what I was looking for; as soon as I'd done the eyes I felt I might actually manage to pull this off.

The nose cannons had me stumped for a while but Feliks (11) came up with the solution so those are entirely down to him.  Using Minifigs as the nose gunners was fun and in keeping with the scale of the thing.  The pipes and tubes in the lower part of the head were always going to be problematic; very asymmetrical and organic-looking O'Neill design that I could *maybe* replicate in Lego given a hundred years.  As it was, I didn't want to get bogged down in one element for too long so simplified the design while trying to at least give some texture and get a point for effort (and save five sanity points).

More to come in due course (sorry).
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: I, Cosh on 18 December, 2020, 09:25:01 AM
Incredible stuff!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 18 December, 2020, 09:42:55 AM
Quote from: I, Cosh on 18 December, 2020, 09:25:01 AM
Incredible stuff!

Thanks, Cosh!  I've chipped away at this now and again, an hour here and there, over the course of a weird year.  It's been a welcome occasional distraction but I've not gone mad over it - I've spent a lot more time doing linocuts and got some science done along the way, so it's all good.  I'll keep going and see where I can get by next Christmas - maybe the feet.... maybe.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: broodblik on 18 December, 2020, 09:56:53 AM
ming that is awesome, saw your work in the letters page as well.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Bolt-01 on 18 December, 2020, 11:24:20 AM
Ming - just stunning.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 18 December, 2020, 11:26:56 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 18 December, 2020, 09:56:53 AM
ming that is awesome, saw your work in the letters page as well.

No these are more than awesome. They are Mega-awesome!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Judge Olde on 25 September, 2021, 02:19:41 PM
Are these still ongoing or have you moved onto something else now?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Sodoshi on 08 March, 2022, 02:58:59 PM
Started with Technic, but I saw a build by James (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=44125.0), and I was quite inspired. Bought an AnyCubic 3d printer to make some custom Dredd minifigs, and I'm having a lot of fun creating crossover vignettes. Chromed bricks on order, and I'm starting work on a Mega-City One build. (Pre-Apocalypse War)

Original Technic version:
(https://bricksafe.com/files/Sodoshi/the-law/Technic.png/640x480.png)

James inspired:
(https://bricksafe.com/files/Sodoshi/the-law/JamesInspired.png/640x256.png)

Robocop crossover:
(https://bricksafe.com/files/Sodoshi/the-law/RoboDredd.png/640x360.png)

Stargate crossover:
(https://bricksafe.com/files/Sodoshi/the-law/DreddGate.png/640x640.png)

(Bigger versions on my flickr (http://'https://www.flickr.com/photos/190487444@N02/albums/72177720297109030').)

Hope you like!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 08 March, 2022, 03:06:47 PM
Well that is a magnificent way to introduce yourself to the forum!

They are aces.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: broodblik on 08 March, 2022, 03:50:23 PM
Awesome Sodoshi and welcome to the forum
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 08 March, 2022, 04:41:59 PM

Wonderful - and welcome.

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Trooper McFad on 08 March, 2022, 05:02:23 PM
Excellent stuff & welcome Sodoshi
I look forward to future creations
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 13 March, 2022, 10:29:42 AM
Beautiful.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Sodoshi on 14 March, 2022, 07:50:00 AM
(https://bricksafe.com/files/Sodoshi/the-law/Dropship.png/800x582.png)

Started making an Trexler Marauder over the weekend, but suddenly got side-tracked. :)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: IndigoPrime on 14 March, 2022, 08:35:10 AM
Those Lawmaster builds really bring across its two-wheeled tank nature. I was wondering, though, about something a bit smaller in scale. For years, Lego bikes have been massively oversized, but the new 'The Batman' range is bringing into being ones that, while still too bit for a standard minifig, look like they could be modded into a Lawmaster quite well:

76179:

(https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/76179-1.jpg?202010260930)

76183:

(https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/76183-1.jpg?202101121054)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Sodoshi on 14 March, 2022, 12:48:47 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 14 March, 2022, 08:35:10 AM
something a bit smaller in scale

I'm going to pop to Smyths in my lunch, pick up a 76179 to play with!

Because Batman/Dredd crossovers are fun anyway!

(https://bricksafe.com/files/Sodoshi/the-law/DreddBatman.png/640x320.png)

(https://bricksafe.com/files/Sodoshi/the-law/DreddBatman2.png/640x320.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 14 March, 2022, 01:01:07 PM
Ooh, I've neglected this stuff for too long!  I've been sidetracked by various other things in the last year or so (mainly linocut work) but have been meaning to wheel Torque-Armada out again for another session, plus a few other smaller things I've had in mind.  Just a matter of time and hopefully I'll get something ready for the next Christmas Prog (sad to have dropped the ball and missed the last one but I just didn't have time to devote to this last year).

Sodoshi - love the custom Judge minifig; looking forward to seeing more!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: ming on 10 August, 2022, 02:50:52 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/tjVauRr.jpg)

I've been sidetracked by various other things over the past couple of years but started chipping away at Torque-Armada again over the summer.  The first pic is still as far as I've got with the upper section (various additional parts are at various stages) but I decided to focus on the ship feet instead of getting stuck in a rut with the top.  Some of the things I have to figure out are stupidly complex, even something as relatively simple as a big wheel...  Now I've at least got a wheel done I can try and build the rest of the foot.  Anyway, assuming my laptop doesn't melt I'll try and make occasional progress with this loony thing.

(https://i.imgur.com/2Hw0bGA.png)
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Barrington Boots on 10 August, 2022, 03:14:28 PM
Bloody hell. That is INCREDIBLE.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Dash Decent on 10 August, 2022, 03:15:38 PM
Fantastic work as always, Ming.  That top section looks great.  The eyes and frown are spot-on.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Trooper McFad on 10 August, 2022, 09:12:52 PM
Cracking stuff as usual
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: Colin YNWA on 10 August, 2022, 09:15:34 PM
Stunning doesn't even get close! I've missed these Ming. So good to see you keep on keepin' on!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 10 August, 2022, 09:54:05 PM

Fantastic stuff!

Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: AlexF on 11 August, 2022, 10:53:49 AM
Quite possibly the worthiest use of a person's lifetime that I can imagine. Hats off!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: norton canes on 11 August, 2022, 11:37:27 AM
So hang on, you need like eight of those huge wheels? Wow.
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: broodblik on 11 August, 2022, 12:14:57 PM
Awesome !!!!!!
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 12 August, 2022, 10:50:26 AM
Hold on... is that Torque Armada actually real?

I thought it was some kind of Lego photoshop, where you play around with bricks on line?
Title: Re: 2000AD Lego builds
Post by: sheridan on 14 August, 2022, 01:11:40 PM
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 12 August, 2022, 10:50:26 AM
Hold on... is that Torque Armada actually real?

I thought it was some kind of Lego photoshop, where you play around with bricks on line?

It's a Lego-design app, intended for playing around with designs before going and buying all the bricks needed for construction.