Inspired by a Flag...

Here is a load of minifigs that were inspired by two Megabloks pirate flags. (from sets that I got when I was a little kid and thought everything was Lego) I thought that since I had them, I might as well use them and soon built a sort of Warhammer 40K inspired standard. (below) I then made a few sci-fi minifigs featuring armour with the same insignia.
(I made/photographed these guys a long time ago and only just got round to putting them up)


* click on the photos to enlarge them

These were fun to make and here are some stand out techniques that I used

• Some details sculpted out of milliput or a low temp thermoplastic- for the kneepads and holster of the first and last figs
• Warhammer bits- jetpack/backpack and blade of the second fig
•  Third party accessories- brickforge and brickarms weapons
• The skull and crossbones symbol on some of the armour has just been printed out in black and white on normal paper and stuck on. I then painted around the edges of the patch to make the black printing blend into the dark blue armour. This is actually quite durable even without the layer of clear sealant
• The second last minifig also has robot legs, done with a normal minifig hip piece with some tubing pushed onto the pegs.

and a .gif cycling through some more shots