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.
Ostwrench
Elephant Wall Hanging
"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
Cobra
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
Goose
March 2020
Inspiration: A request from a friend of mine right at the beginning of quarantine.
Build Time: An hour
Kitten
March 2020
Inspiration: A request from a friend, the design takes a lot of style cues from Tyler Clite's Kitten from a few years ago
Build Time: A few hours
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
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
Ladybug
Inspiration: Built for the Iron Forge round 3 with trapezoidal flags
Build Time: an hour or two
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