Building
For inspiration for this particular article, I looked to my eldest daughter Branwen, who has been completely taken with all things Minecraft: playing Minecraft, building LEGO Minecraft, and even watching Minecraft videos. She is consumed with the videos as she constantly learns something new about the game that inspires her creativity. Branwen has gravitated to watch one particular presenter, Joseph Garrett, otherwise known as Stampylonghead or Stampy Cat. His videos can be found here: https://www. youtube.com/user/stampylonghead While I know little of Minecraft beyond what I have picked up hearing Garrett’s videos running in the background I do know that he has a very unique Minecraft character, Stampy.
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So I decided to make my daughter a Stampy Cat Minecraft figure and show everyone here how I did it.
What Color is Stampy?
I started this figure by trying to determine what color Stampy is in a LEGO context. As this figure is for my daughter, I showed her all the available color options (Orange, Medium Orange, Bright Light Orange, and Yellow). I was hoping she would choose yellow or orange as there are Minecraft heads available in both of these colors. Branwen decided that Stampy was Bright Light Orange. Luckily there are complete figure parts available in Bright Light Orange, however there isn’t a LEGO Minecraft head available in that color. So I had two options: To paint or to mold and cast a Minecraft head in this color. If you have ever tried to color match LEGO elements, you are aware of just how difficult it can be due to how color changes in different lighting environments. I wanted something more hard wearing as this is for my daughter, so I decided to mold and cast.
Some reference of Stampy Cat.
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