LEGO minifigures come with very basic posability with movable legs, arms and rotating head and hands. While this is sufficient for play and basic picture-taking, if you want something more dramatic, you will have to experiment with unconventional ways. We have discussed a few uncommon techniques for posing minifigures in this article: Posing LEGO Minifigs in Unconventional Ways, and today I would like to show you another technique I recently discovered. Take a look at this picture…
The image above is by Reddit member tobiariah. It features the recently released LEGO Minifigures Series 15 Flying Warrior. This minifig wears a beautifully detailed armor piece that goes over the neck-stud. The armor also comes with a standard stud in the front. And, as you can see, the head of the minifig can be attached to this stud, making it appear that the minifig is hanging his head, looking down.
You might think that this technique only works by taking pictures from one particular angle. It is true that with a standard simple neck-bracket with stud (mostly used to attach backpacks and other gear to the back of a minifig), attaching the head to the stud would only look good from certain angles. This is because the exposed neck-stud would be prominently sticking out at the top of the torso, making the minifig look strange from most angles.
However LEGO has been releasing a number of armor pieces with high collars, which can easily hide the neck-stud. As another example, I have taken the above picture of the LEGO Minifigures Series 7 Galaxy Patrol. This minifig looks great in this pose from almost all angles, not just because the high collar hides the neck-stud, but because the armor is the same color as the neck-stud, masking it even further.
I have been playing around with different armor pieces with studs to see which ones work the best. The armor of the LEGO Flying Warrior pictured above is a really nice one, and is available on a couple of LEGO Legends of Chima minifigures as well. The LEGO Galaxy Patrol armor is available in dark-blue, dark-gray, bright-green, bright-light-orange and red, so there are plenty of options. The Hero Factory armor is also an excellent choice, and is available in flat-silver, pearl-dark-gray and sand-green. There are other armor pieces where the collar area is not as high, but the shoulder-pads are still raised, so they do look good from certain angles. You can find all armor pieces made by LEGO here: Minifig Body Wear
Another aspect of this technique I really like is that it doesn’t require any extreme modification that could potentially damage your minifigure – like taking out the arms and legs. You simply remove the head and attach it to the stud. When your minifig starts to feel pain in his neck from hanging his head for too long, you can simply put the head back on the neck-stud. I hope LEGO will continue to release interesting armor pieces with attachment choices for further customization.
So what do you think? How do you like this minifig posing technique? Did you give it a try already? Which one is your favorite combination? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉
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