LEGO M:Tron minifig helmet v1

As you can see, I started work on the helmet. I'm temporarily using Captain Redbeard's shoulder piece as a spacer between the torso and the head, to make sure the bottom of the helmet will have the right clearance for the airtanks.

I'm not sure I'm completely happy with the helmet yet, though; especially the backside doesn't really have the right shape yet I think...

I also haven't made the inside part where the head stud slots in yet, or the connections for the (re)movable visor, so the helmet is not quite done yet!

Stay tuned!

New papercraft "side-project": Advance Wars Megatank

I like to make my papercraft Advance Wars units as "side projects" because they're made by hand, so I don't have to be staring at a computer screen all the time. ;o)

This time, I'm making the "freakin' huge" (in Grimm's words) Megatanks from Advance Wars: Dual Strike!

They're slow and gas-guzzling monsters, but when they do get there eventually, the enemy would do well to be somewhere else.

Stay tuned!

New papercraft project: LEGO M:Tron minifig!

Here it is, the new papercraft project I'll be working on!

It's a LEGO minifig again so for some parts like the arms and legs, I'll only have to change the colours. ;o)

Some parts like the head and the torso require new textures, which I already made as you can see: if you have a lot of nineties LEGO, you'll recognize the LEGO Space M:Tron logo! ;o)

So there are only a few new parts that I'll need to make anew in SketchUp first, namely the space helmet (with (re)movable, transparant visor of course! ;o) and the airtanks.

I'll also start a new papercraft Advance Wars unit as a side project, but more on that later. ;o)

Stay tuned!