Remember Jim Darlack's CCC honorable mention custom centaur Abusson, you may have wondered how it was made. Well, he's written up a How-to article on this and other custom centaur techniques. I have to apologize to Jim - it was actually written up a while ago and I forgot to post the link.
I really like the look of these in the tutorial. This would be my alternative idea, though, based on the "old-school" brick horses from the yellow castle. Disadvatage: blocky looking. Advantage: A six-year old kid could build them without tearing up his other toys.
I did this once, and instead of taking the horse apart, I just cut off the head, sanded it down, and glued some studs on the top. It worked okay, but I haven't taken any pics yet.
"When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins." - Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
If you would prefer not to mutilate your horses, but want something more than a brickbuilt centaur, check this out.
Mariann Asanuma of the Modelbuildingsecrets' Blog recently posted about Brickworld 2010. In it, she included some pics of new Brickforge prototypes, including what looks like a new custom centaur body:
jdarlack wrote:If you would prefer not to mutilate your horses, but want something more than a brickbuilt centaur, check this out.
Mariann Asanuma of the Modelbuildingsecrets' Blog recently posted about Brickworld 2010. In it, she included some pics of new Brickforge prototypes, including what looks like a new custom centaur body: