Big Damn Peg People

I've been busy. I swear. Too busy to make many projects, and too busy to post the few that I've worked on. So here's something I just finished today. It's for a very good friend who loves Joss Whedon's "Firefly" series. I ripped off the entire thing from a much better set I saw on Etsy. (That's not me being modest -- just honest. Her work is much neater than mine. But I probably drink more while crafting than she does.) So I made this set of 9 figures, then I went to Michael's and got one of those decorative boxes that looks like a book. Has a magnetic closure. The title of this fake book was "Live Laugh Love." Lame. I printed a new title (it's funny if you know Firefly) on some old-looking paper, sprayed it with matte finish, and used some spray adhesive to stick it over the title. It turned out pretty well!

For the inside, I used some leftover upholstery foam to create some space for the figures to friction-fit into. Then I used an old scrap of flannel and my glue gun to cover it. Much more thematic than the green upholstery foam.

I'm super excited about this because the friend is a writer (her first novel is coming out this fall). Books are what she loves. And she loves Firefly.

Firefly, Lego style

I loved Firefly. Loved it.

I love Lego. Love it.

You can probably guess where this is going.

I used parts I had on hand, which is why the two characters of color are, blasphemously, yellow. (The only darker heads I had were from NBA minifigs. The facial hair would have been inappropriate, especially on Zoe.) On the other hand, it's rather ethnocentric of me to assume that the yellow heads are any more representative of one race than any other.

Malcolm. This is a surprisingly accurate Lego version of his outfit.

Wash. This was the closest I could get to a Hawaiian shirt. But I love that I did find blonde hair.

Inara. (I didn't realize she was this blurry until I put all the stuff away. Hmph.) She's wearing Mary Jane’s dress from a Spidey set. :-) It’s not a full-on dress, because either I couldn’t find a brick to make the bottom half, or maybe I thought she was actually wearing pants.

Zoe. Love the shotgun. Another fairly faithful version of the outfit, but a yellow head seems so wrong.

Simon. This is another really good Lego rendition of the outfit. And his doctor bag, of course.

Jayne. This is probably the most accurate costume. Here he’s holding Vera, his “very favorite gun.” Heh heh heh.

Kaylee. Cool how the shirt actually looks like something she’d wear.

Book. This was the smallest book I could find, and it’s from a Harry Potter set, which means it’s probably an evil spell book. Again, no dark brown head -- but at least he’s got the 'stache.

I could never come up with anything that looked right for River. She bugged me until the movie came out, anyway. But maybe I'll try now. I’d like to make some Blue Hand guys. And of course the ship herself. That will take a while ...