Here are all the decals cut out and ready to apply. Each piece is set up on a stand to dry on its own. A few of the pieces require multiple decals so those have to be put on in stages, adding even more drying time. The next step is a quick dip in
Here are all the decals cut out and ready to apply. Each piece is set up on a stand to dry on its own. A few of the pieces require multiple decals so those have to be put on in stages, adding even more drying time. The next step is a quick dip in
The next step of creating my custom LEGO minifigures is cutting and shaping. Ninjago Fedora Lloyd needs hair added to his hat and Dernhelm Éowyn needs space cut out for her legs so they can be repositioned without ripping off the custom decal. I started with Lloyds’s hairpiece. This photo shows all the tools
Next up on my minifigure customizing list is Éowyn from Lord of the Rings. LEGO never made an official Éowyn minifigure. The first wave of LEGO Lord of the Rings sets from 2012 was amazing and we have all of those sets. The 2013 wave was a bit more meh, so we only have a
Before LEGO introduced the Star Wars Microfighter line in 2014, they made a few microfighter-type sets that were only available in limited numbers at a few conventions in 2012 and 2013. I love the microfighter line and when I saw photos of these earlier models (they are a slightly different scale) I knew I had
After all my wiping and polishing this is the result – 19 of the 39 possible LEGO monofigures. I really like how they look all collected together. These were the colors that I found easiest to collect, but I did start out with selection of less common colors that I had gathered when making my