Happy Halloween (again!)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
You like? Nikki came up with this idea- Franken-Fetus! Ain't he adorable?
(No LEGO man today- I just wanted to show this l'il stinker off!)

TTYL!

LEGO USSR 11

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, prolific Russian writer, was among the first to tell the world about the Gulags in Siberia. While speaking out against the USSR, he was not in favor of democracy as an alternative, as the Russian character is theoretically not suitable for Western-style republicanism. He died a few years ago.



Happy Halloween! Tomorrow, Nikki and I are going to a Halloween/Birthday party as Steam-Punk Pirates. I'll post pics soon after. Our costumes are pretty awesome.



Jp, his girlfriend Megan, and I've taken the plunge and bought studio space at the Steven's Square Center for the Arts, a Minneapolis arts organization. Rent's reasonable, distance not outrageous, and what I'm excited about is a space where if I get the floor a little messy, it won't be a big deal. I'm hoping to get back into painting and charcoal drawing!

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LEGO USSR 10

A Russian Cosmonaut, roughly in the 1950's (getting a clean reference photo in colour is a whole lot harder than it should be). I could've done the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin), but I felt that this series has been dominated by specific people, and it's refreshing to not caricature-ize this minifig.



October 25th was Boo Bash, a halloween celebration hosted by many, many businesses all along Saint Paul's Grand Avenue, and Wet Paint wasn't an exception. For our part, we offered free face painting. The above picture was a group of kids and their mom/friend's mom, of whom I drew a third eye on their foreheads. I'm pleased with the one on the mom.

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LEGO USSR 9

Kolkhoznitsa, or a peasant/farmer woman, often depicted as the young, vaginal, virtuous, and idyllic Soviet ideal of communal farm living.

I'm planning on throwing some ideas for my halloween card later today or tomorrow. Keep your eyes peeled!

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LEGO USSR 8

Vladimir Putin, in his KGB days. This, if my research isn't totally bogus, is what a KGB's Class-A looked like. I gave him a AK-47 cause Putin looks badass with heavy artillery.

I've gotten the next few of these lined up, and I'm close to finishing this series. The next one I'm plotting is "Indigenous Peoples," focusing on minority ethnic groups, such as the Sami (Lapp), Utari (Ainu), Khakassians, Hmong/Mong/Miao, and Australian Aboriginal. I'll include a few Native Americans for good measure.
You might notice multiple versions of the groups names, including ones they might take exception to, but I'm including them to help people who might be more familiar with that name, and encourage them to use the preferred nomenclature.
In choosing, I'm going to only include groups that still exist, have a distinctive cultural costume or flourish, and at least one from each continent.

More to come!

TTYL!