Lazuli Bunting

"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv) 08/01/2020 at 16:58 • Filed to: Lego art, Lego, birds

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When I first built my Lego Lazuli Bunting, due to source material I built it in a different posture than my other birds. This meant I had to attach the tail at a ~45-degree angle in order for the bird to be able to stand and not fall on its face. The problem is, that didn’t look natural at all, and what’s more, the bird just looked kinda depressed, so I was never satisfied with it. So today, I rebuilt the tail to face straight down, and it completely transformed the bird. I think it looks 1000% better this way, but it needs something to perch on in order to look natural. So that’s what I spent my morning building, and here is the result :)

Also, the pottery turtle and bear are pieces of Native American art I bought from a Navajo woman who was selling her work by the side of the road, and I think they’re some of the most beautiful decorations I have. When I put my bird on the shelf, I thought they just complimented each other really nicely for whatever reason, so I left them in the photos.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/01/2020 at 17:03

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I see you have decided to continue your birdwatching indoors this time and you didn’t invite Bluejay. Good.

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/01/2020 at 17:10

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This was more of a case of “fixing” a bird that I always thought came out weird... Seriously, its previous iteration with the angled tail was only good for bird watching posts because it could s tand without a perch and be placed wherever, but it always looked depressed to me. That’s why in the last bird watching post, the Lazuli Bunting was always the bird with existential angst.

But today, I impulsively decided that my Mack U-series model can wait, and I had to fix the tail and make the bird look right. Now that that’s off my chest, I can get back to work on the truck.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Jim Spanfeller 08/01/2020 at 17:11

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/01/2020 at 17:16

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The Mack is a pretty big model. Is it up to the task of hauling around a Lazuli Bunting too depressed to move?

That reminds me of one of the worst books I ever read in school, Stone Fox . It was racist against American Indians and the main character’s grandfather basically says he has decided to lie in bed until he dies of starvation because he needs a small amount of money to pay off the farm. Oh, and the dog actually explodes at the end for no reason. Wow, that was a tangent.

XJDano > Jim Spanfeller 08/01/2020 at 17:37

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This is great stuff here. Thanks , as always, for sharing. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/01/2020 at 18:00

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Perhaps that book is the reason Lazuli Bunting was depressed....

Jim Spanfeller > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 08/01/2020 at 18:01

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0_o

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Jim Spanfeller 08/01/2020 at 18:03

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Shhh, be bewwy bewwy quiet, I'm hunting Legos

Jim Spanfeller > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 08/01/2020 at 18:30

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The shocking truth of how Lego sets are made...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/01/2020 at 18:57

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It read like something a desperate lonely person would write. Pedro's Journal was still a worse story, but only for the associated curriculum. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jim Spanfeller 08/01/2020 at 19:45

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How about scarlet tanager?

Also, I find your Lego birding hobby totally amazing and movi ng.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 08/01/2020 at 19:46

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That's what Audubon did. Shot the birds he painted.

Jim Spanfeller > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/02/2020 at 01:12

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Thank you :)

A S carlet T anager would be pretty neat, although I already have a red tanager in the form of a Hepatic Tanager, and I’m currently working on another big project that’ll use a lot of red... So maybe.