Animals

Who doesn't love animals? There's so many great ones, but I've built a few of them in various scales over the years. Note: this page does not include dinosaurs, see the "Dinosaurs" page for those.

Elephant Wall Hanging

April 2019

Inspiration: New Elementary's Build and Fix contest, I feel like this is one of my most "artful" pieces as it uses nearly entirely slopes and wing plates.

Build Time: 2 days

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Cobra

January 2020

Inspiration: Built for the Iron Forge round 3 with trapezoidal flags, the pot is built around a helm from a pirates set.

Build Time: a few hours

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Kitten

March 2020

Inspiration: A request from a friend, the design takes a lot of style cues from Tyler Clites' Kitten from a few years ago

Build Time: A few hours

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Ostriches

January 2021

Inspiration: Iron Forge Round 1 had me racking my brain for ways to use the minifigure body, but one of the cool ways was as a connection point for one of the more interesting minifigure arms: a chicken suit wing. Such was the inspiration for these tiny flightless birds.

Build Time: a few hours

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Goose

March 2020

Inspiration: A request from a friend of mine right at the beginning of quarantine.

Build Time: An hour

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Turtle

March 2020

Inspiration: I built this for a friend who requested that I build a turtle. They were disappointed that I didn't build a 3d Turtle. Oh well, whatcha gonna do. Based on things that came up when I searched for "turtle art."

Build Time: 2 hours

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"Jay Jay" Puppy

April 2020

Inspiration: A friend asked me to build her dog, Jay Jay, and it was very very cute, so I obliged. Check out my instagram for photos of her actual dog, thank me later.

Build Time: 3 days

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Griffin

January 2021

Inspiration: The banana seed part looks like claws or a beak, so I thought I may as well use it as both in a model of a griffin for Iron Forge Round 2. I used grey ones in the tail for good measure. It's a stretch putting it in the animal category, but it seemed most fitting.

Build Time: Two days

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Walrus

March 2020

Inspiration: I built and gifted this to my girlfriend at the time for her birthday. I mean who doesn't love walruses!

Build Time: a few hours

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Ladybug

Inspiration: Built for the Iron Forge round 3 with trapezoidal flags

Build Time: an hour or two

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Ostwrench

May 2020

Inspiration: I built this for Iron Forge Round 2, seed part wrench/hammer, hence the name. The design was based off of Ostriches, Miles from Tomorrowland, Kevin from UP

I gave this model to my mom for Mother's day

Build Time: 1 day

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