I've been wanting to do a creation based on The Order of the Stick webcomic for quite some time, but never knew what to build. I finally decided to create mosaics of each character.
If you are unaware of the webcomic, I highly recommend it. The main characters exist in a world which follows the rules of Dungeons & Dragons. They are not playing a game, though - the world just follows those rules in the same way that our world follows the rules of Physics. Even if you don't know much at all about D&D (like myself), this is a very well-written, well-planed, and very amusing epic.
The creator of the comic is currently doing a record breaking pledge drive to help support the re-release of the books he's produced over the year. What started out as a simple drive to get one much-wanted book re-published has ballooned into a massive outpouring of support (and $$!) from his fans around the world. If you enjoy this comic I would highly recommend making even just a minor pledge so you can cash in on all the goodies that are being offered. (note, there is also an amusing mini-comic that the creator has been making for every update post on the Kickstarter project.)
If you've never heard of this before I do recommend checking out the comic. A good, non-plot-spoilar example (and one of the best single-liners of the strip) can be found here. A word of warning, though: if you find that you're enjoying the strip, make sure you're not doing anything important because you're gonna be here a while. :)
These images in particular are based on the image found here. Each one is depicted at 'actual height', which is why Belkar (a halfling) is just an angry head.
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Mosaics like this aren't exactly 'simple'. As with most mosaics done in Lego pieces, the first thing I do is take the image I want to the computer. I overlay the image with a grid of 1x1 plates (facing sideways, not facing up) and then proceed to fill in color as best matches the image. Blocks of pieces are then turned 90 degrees when needed.
Once that's figured out, the hard part begins - actually creating in reality that which I figured out on the screen. Contrary to popular belief and AFOL dreams, LEGO pieces do not come in every color you want them to. So there's a lot of trial and error to get the right colors in the right place. As seen here, many times I have to go 'back' one stud and use filler bricks to get a more secure attachment then I could if the mosiac were simply flat. This is not as tricky as my Bender mosaic (where I had to bend space-time just a bit to make everything fit) but it was no less a challenge.
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