Mid week round up

Okayaraman brings us Zurg! I like the new gun here but I like the Hornet henchman even more... so simple, yet so effective. Check out the Moc to go with the figures.

I know, these space racers aren't custom minifigures particularly but I love the colour schemes. The girl is kuhl, I like the mix of yellow and the new azure blue from alien conquest. Plus, who doesn't love a girl who drives something fast?  Thanks B.Ezra!

The~Bricker is bringing us some Elite Operatives today. Combining some nice details (tally marks anyone?) with some good use of accessories from top custom house brickarms.

and I just had to round off with some more Geoshift magic. The detailling and painting on this GOW minifig is magnificent! As is the stand on which he is standing. I love the way Geoshift can combine Lego, custom accessories, painting and tabletop gaming elements to create something that still captures the feel of Lego. And that's what makes him one of the best (o:

I mean... seriously... just look at the gun! (o:

Hello Tom Leech!

How did I miss you?  Pop over to Tom Leech's photostream for some of the best custom minifigs I have seen for a while... here are some examples.

Here is the man himself...^

 

Awesome hair here ^ (o:

 

 I love the face here ^ (o:

There are lots more.... go now, check them out!

For a limited time...

That's right, I am going to take up to 10 requests from people to make some custom Lego minifigures. I will be charging around £10/20 per figure depending on what is involved (special parts, many working hours etc). I will have a go at creating most things but figures based on things I am interested would be easier (but I am not limiting myself to that). This is to help me to generate some cash to go towards a special project and also to help spark my creativity. If you are interested please drop me an email or Flickr mail. I only want to hear from serious buyers as I am not going to spend hours making a figure which then remains unsold. I tend to use waterslide decals and paint along with stock Lego pieces to create my customs, please see my flickr photostream for more examples of my work.

I love M1ngles!

It's as if he reads my mind.... honestly, he just keeps designing things I have always thought would be kuhl in lego. His new masterpiece is this brilliant rendition of Magneto's helmet (as seen in X-Men first class).

Brilliant or what... again, I urge you to check out his photostream and buy from his shapeways store - especially if you're a fan of Zelda (o:

Doing the rounds

Another fine set of customs from Fine Clonier,  check out his photostream for more Star Trek stuff. I'm loving the fact that Jared is posting lots of customs at the moment.

Nice group shot of Billbobful's custom doctors (Dr Who). A lot of work going into these customs, which is always good to see. Some bits a bit rough but other bits really kuhl. Keep up the good work Billbobful and a lesson for us all, practice makes perfect and it's nice to see customisers improving.

Geoshift, one of the very best at painting minifigs has come up trumps yet again. The finisher on this "Flamethrower" minifig is brilliant. Anyone attempting to paint minifigs should check out his stuff - oh and JasBrick too!

Brick Warriors

So... I'm a little late to the party (and I haven't actually ordered any of their products) but new custom house Brick Warriors is now open for business and have some quite interesting pieces for sale.

Most interesting to me is the minotaur head but there are PLENTY of other accessories to choose from. I will have to see if I can get a hold of some, because only then I can give a real opinion. On a side note, our friends at Firestar Toys are stocking Brick Warriors accessories now, which makes them easier to get here in the UK.

Weekly round-up

Apologies to all who I miss...

Chaos Fish has come up with custom (apparently Hunter from Hunter Prey). A lot of it has quite a rough finish but I was drawn to the helmet. There are more pictures on his photostream.... quite interesting idea.

Quite excited to see Brickarms releasing another mystery pack... I picked up a couple of the first run and was quite impressed. This time the packet will contain a minigun, raygun, tactical sword and a blood splattered weapon. As before the incentive comes from the possiblity of a 24k gold brickarm or a brickarm proto.

Fine Clonier strikes again with this awesome Wonder Woman custom minifig. The decals are really nice but the custom crown is even better still.

And how kuhl is this!?!  I feel another shapeways order coming on. M1ngles brings us yet another amazing video game inspired custom piece. This, of course, is Samus Aran's helmet (of Metroid fame). It comes in two pieces, the helmet and the visor. Two thumbs up from me (o:  I love this guys work... please check it out and buy some too, they really are worth it.

And more good news from custom houses... Arealight is due to release 16 new printed elements on October 1st. Here you can see some of the helmets. Other items include...

I'm personally very excited for these printed jet packs, being a big fan of the mandalorians. Arealight's products are always good quality pieces and well worth spending your money on.