Nicely done. Funny. I did this exact same thing last week, but my wife was away on vacation, so I didn't have a camera to post pics!
I too used smaller drill bits and worked my way up to 1/8", and I 'erased' the bridle on the horse. To do the erasing, I used an eraser refill for a mechanical pencil and mounted it like a drill bit in a cordless drill. I need to get me one of those Dremel thingies. I had one when I was a kid, and I might need to get a new one.
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Thanks for the reply! Once again, great job!Quickblade22 wrote:Thanks for the comments For this mod, there was no real purpose to take the horse apart other than to show it can be done. I used a 4.8V cordless Dremel ($20 at Walmart). To make it look ad clean as it does, I used a smaller drill bit to start (3/64 bit), then moved my way up to 5/64 and 7/64 until I got the final size of 1/8. As for snugness, it fits perfectly. The viking horn works as well, but due to it being a harder plastic, it it more difficult to remove. I am contemplating trying a black one, but if the nail polish remover discolors the black, I might just end up with a spotted horse I currently don't have enough unicorn horns to consider selling any at this time.
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The horn piece comes from several of the new Kingdoms line sets. It's mounted on the new horse head armor plates.footsteps wrote:Nice simple work, though I'm not familiar with the horn piece.
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You're right -- this was begging to be done. And it looks a much simpler job than what many have done to create centaurs. Would love to see this in a MOC. Ever read Neil Gaiman's "Stardust"?
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it almost looks as it is not custom made bravo
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Nice work Quickblade, you have inspired me. Where does one get this Brasso stuff? I need to do some Torsos as well, Home Depot?
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Cool, I had not seen Rocko's before.I forgot to mention. It looks like Rocko did something like this a while back with a 'custom' horn
Nope.Ever read Neil Gaiman's "Stardust"?
Thanksit almost looks as it is not custom made bravo
Thanks. Home Depot, Wal-mart, and Lowe's should carry Brasso.Nice work Quickblade, you have inspired me. Where does one get this Brasso stuff? I need to do some Torsos as well, Home Depot?
I will be trying my hand at a black one soon, but lack Brasso myself.
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Many if not most grocery stores are likely to have Brasso as well, it'd be near the Comet or Ajax scouring powders in the cleaning supplies area.Quickblade22 wrote:Thanks. Home Depot, Wal-mart, and Lowe's should carry Brasso.Nice work Quickblade, you have inspired me. Where does one get this Brasso stuff? I need to do some Torsos as well, Home Depot?
I will be trying my hand at a black one soon, but lack Brasso myself.
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Nicely done. Looks like an official Lego product. The horn looks a bit weird on the new Kingdoms horses - this seems like a better use....