Knoest test build #3

Here's a picture of my latest papercraft LEGO minifig test build, of the arms and the hands!

Well, one hand and one hook actually, and only one arm - but that's just because the other arm is exactly the same only mirrored of course! ;o)

Stay tuned!

Knoest test build #2

Aside from a few small texture fixes (and one big one in having to flip the entire shirt... ;o) I'm very happy with how the torso went together in this test build!

I'll switch around a few glueing tabs, and unfold some parts a bit differently, but I don't think I'll need to change anything in the 3D model itself as far as the torso goes. ;o)

Stay tuned!

LEGO Knoest's stylish shirt unfolded

Test building the model gives me the opportunity to see if the paper model goes together the way I imagined, or that it might be better to change my ideas...

Tab placement often makes it much easier (or much more difficult...) to assemble a model, so it's something I often end up changing depending on the test build; and sometimes I even end up unfolding a certain piece completely differently on the final model... ;o)

I also wanted to see how the shirt turns out (which somehow ended up getting mirrored here...) but since the rest of the torso is just black, I'm using a different colour so I can easily see the lines for the test build without having to change the line colours right now. ;o)

Stay tuned!

Papercraft LEGO pirate 3D work done!

So I finished making Knoest's skull and crossbones bicorne hat.

And some other parts; no self-respecting LEGO pirate should be without weapons. ;o)

I have no doubt Kapitein Knoest knows how to use his cutlass sword (or maybe not; he is missing an arm and a hand after all...) but how on earth is he going to pull the trigger of his flintlock pistol with his hook??

Now that all the 3D parts are done, I can start unfolding them for the rest of the test build, stay tuned!

LEGO papercraft test build #1

Although I haven't modelled all of Kapitein Knoest's 3D parts yet (his bicorne hat and maybe a few other parts) I wanted to start paperfying him already...!

So as you can see, I already unfolded and test built his hips and legs. ;o)

Although I raced through the test build (I hope you take more care building your models than I do my test builds... ;o) luckily everything went together pretty much as I planned!

One part I wasn't really happy with, though, was the flat edge at the hip-part of Knoest's wooden peg leg...

On the tiny minifig, it's so small that it still looks okay, but now that it's much bigger, I think it will look better if the hip-part of the peg leg is one, smooth semicircle, so that is something I will change on the final model.

But first, I'll finish the bicorne!

(or maybe I'll do some more test building first...)

(or maybe I'll do some more work on my Orange Star Fighter...)

(or maybe... ;o)

Stay tuned!

Poor Knoest...

Kapitein Knoest is his Dutch name, and in the United Kingdom, he was called Captain Roger, but North-America knew him as Captain Redbeard - and it's not hard to see why. ;o)

The Pirates line was the first theme where LEGO experimented with the as-unoffensive-as-possible look of their minifigs, and with Kapitein Knoest, they really went all-out...

Besides giving him messy, red beard, they gave him a wooden leg, replaced his left hand with a metal hook, and as if that wasn't bad enough already, they also took out his left eye and gave him an eyepatch...

Poor Knoest... And they wonder why he became a pirate??

Stay tuned!

Creepy Knoest

Something seems missing... ;o)

Even though it's just a plastic LEGO minifig (or a 3D model in this case) and not a real person, for some reason I always find it very creepy when they don't have a face, brrr...

Only one thing to do about that, of course, make the face texture! ;o)

Stay tuned!