Hinges, baby! Or: the Provisional Potions Classroom MOC... Part Two: the Official Set 76431

[gingerwitch]

A REVIEW and MOC (My Own Creation) in three parts...
This is the second in a three part series reviewing the official lego Harry Potter summer 2024 wave's 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class and introducing gingerwitch's (MOC) modification thereof.

Today we'll look at the official lego set, 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class, and establish how

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[gingerwitch]

Lego's scale is borked, because the minifigs don't have people proportions. The result is they have a "playscale" size that means things are the size for minifigs to interact with and kids to play with, but not quite the size and proportions they'd be if it were a "to scale" dollhouse or you were minted. That's a "minifig scale" instead, except people often confuse the terms. 😆

Because erexen won't 😋, I'll do some bragging for her.
This was a sculptured figurine she was working on:
https://erexen.livejournal.com/photo/album/666/?mode=view&id=37173
and this was a horse she worked on:
https://erexen.livejournal.com/photo/album/666/?mode=view&id=33253
https://erexen.livejournal.com/photo/album/666/?mode=view&id=32522
https://erexen.livejournal.com/photo/album/666/?mode=view&id=32271

I thought you'd like them, too. 😊

[gelsey]

Gotcha! I wasn't sure if there was a scale or not. Sounds confusing!

Wowsers those are awesome! That horse is simply gorgeous!

[gingerwitch]

Yeah, cars are the things that work out for the worst, because it's hard to get two figs side by side, unless you mangle the car size, and then everything else collapses. You have to learn to let go of excess precision.

Right? Woman has some mad skills. I keep telling her. (Plus, she's real horse people.)

[gelsey]

Makes sense. I'm struggling making my stupid sink I've been working on. I'm contemplating letting it be slightly uneven. I put it away for now. I might need to make a new template but I'm not sure that'll keep me from messing it up. Too far in my head maybe? I'm too much of a perfectionist but otoh I'm determined, lol

She's incredibly talented. Like I told her, clay doesn't seem to like me so far. And yes you can almost always tell a real horse person from stuff like that.