Saber Scorpion's Brotherhood of Steel

Justin (Saber Scorpion) returns with a bevy of new custom minifigures from Fallout 3. I've posted his Brotherhood of Steel figures here, but he has several factions on display - Vault Dwellers, Raiders, and Super Mutants.

Justin utilizes his decals to great effect, decals that you can purchase at his store. If you would like to see all of the custom factions, you can find them on Flickr and his website.

Amazing Decal Designs from ObliviumJr

To my friends who reside on Brickshelf, my apologies. I was never able to find a good way to navigate that interface to find new custom designs and creations. Thankfully, I have others who point out the real gems along the way.

The decals above are for Assassin's Creed and where designed by Brickshelf member ObliviumJr. Just enough detail to feel LEGOy (LEGOish?), but overdone. This is some of the best decal design work I've seen!

This isn't a one shot deal. ObliviumJr has tons of great designs across a variety of genres, all of which can be seen on his Brickshelf account. My only request is that ObliviumJr open a Flickr account in the near future so I  can better keep tabs (sorry Brickshelf)...

Fantastic Custom Elf Decals

Customizer ED-209 has created a series of decals to assist in his quest to build an nation of Series 3 Elves. There are several different variations and each one is indistinguishable from TLG quality.

Check out all of the designs on the Eurobricks Minifig Customization forums.

Quick Hits: Amazing Sculpts, Cosplay Fun, and Custom House News

Another big Tuesday so far, and I haven't even had my second flagon of coffee yet! Lot's to cover so let's get started...

Tyler (AKA Amadgunslinger) has posted some wonderful sculpts like the one seen here. This is a nicely detailed recon helmet, and using Sculpy no less! Also not to be missed are his mermaid and custom hairpiece for slave Leia. Needless to say, anything I would attempt would look like a reject from the Play Doh Fun Factory. Nicely done! Tyler does have an eBay store where he sells some of his custom creations. Check it out when you have a chance.

Not only is Morgan plowing through the month of October with his inspired Halloween countdown calendar, he's also had time to produce an entry for the Eurobricks Cosplay contest. Channeling a taller Kenny Baker, Kevin Chen gets ready for his first Star Wars convention.

This week is shaping up to be big for new custom house releases. Arealight will be releasing a new series of Star Wars inspired helmets on October 27th. My Imperial head gear identification skills are a little rusty, so I won't embarrass myself. Instead you can check them out yourself on the Arealight website and their Flickr stream. It's been a while since I've visited the Arealight store but it looks like it's received an upgrade.

Woody's Minifig Customs has just put up some new designs for Spartan warrior gear on his Shapeways store. If you missed it we covered Woody in a spotlight article last week. Since then 3D printing has been in the news with a 3D printer made of LEGOs that builds, what else, more LEGOs, and Badger has been showing how Will uses the technique as part of the prototyping process for development of the BrickArms helmet line.

Roaglaan has been adding and updating decals to his BrickLink store recently. With designs ranging from military, superheroes, and medieval themes I'm sure you will find something you'll like. No sightings on the store yet of his Cobra troopers decals. Let's hope they go up soon. (UPDATE: They are now up on the BrickLink store. Search by 'newest' and today's date. Torso and face stickers are included in the price.)

That's all for now, citizens. More to come as it happens...

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Roaglaan Designs at Brick Republic

Decal master Roaglaan has made a deal with Montreal based Brick Republic to use his decals in some WWII custom minifigs now on sale. There are three designs in all:

• Brick Republic Custom Minifigure WWII German Soldier
• Brick Republic Custom Minifigure WWII US Marine Soldier #1
• Brick Republic Custom Minifigure WWII US Marine Soldier #2

So if you've admired Roaglaan's designs, but weren't certain your decal skills were up to snuff, you now have an opportunity to take one home.

The figures also come with BrickArms custom accessories.

(Via Roaglaan's Flickr stream)

Roaglaan Expands the WWII Armed Forces

I ran across this custom minifig created by Roaglaan earlier today and applaud the foray into a WWII design that's not infantry or 'commandos'.

The torso design could be used in a variety of ways, as by itself its really just a bomber jacket. The complete design is that of a Japanese WWII fighter pilot. It would be great to see other forays into Air Force or Naval designs that could compliment brick-built vehicles.

If you like what you see here, check out Roaglaan's BrickLink store where you can buy many of his decal designs.

(Via Roaglaan's Flickr stream)

Impromptu Decal Tutorial - Tac and JasBrick

We'll if you have figured it out, the decal experiments I was referring to are these pics from Tac. Utilizing a variety of helmets and armor from Space Police III, Power Miners, and BrickForge. TLG is obviously taking notice with the World Racers helmets. Helmets from Space Police and Power Miners just beg for this type of treatment. But wait, there's more!

If you read through the comment thread JasBrick steps up to the plate and give an impromptu tutorial on decal application. For your consideration:

(Via Tac's Flickr stream)