Custom: Fisto Kit by Vieral

Here is a great achievement: Vieral created a version of Kit Fisto, the Jedi Master Nautolan who makes a cameo appearance in Episode II and also seen in the animated series The Clone Wars (season 3 of which is released on Blu-ray / DVD on October 19, 2011) and in the cartoon Clone Wars (Do not confuse the two ...).

A rather successful version was offered by LEGO in two sets: 7661 Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive Booster Ring (2007) et 8088 ARC-170 Starfighter (2010)

More Vieral decided to push the concept further with this custom whose head is based on epoxy glue that can be molded and which dries at room temperature. Everything was then painted to give a really realistic result to this minifigure.  

However, we come to wonder if the creators of custom are not gradually pouring into the realization of minifigures that are no longer really in the LEGO universe. After all, the main characteristic of LEGO minifigs is that the resemblance to the character they play is treated in a relatively uncluttered, even sometimes caricature, way.  

Obviously, when it comes to characters whose head and face have nothing human and the Star Wars universe offers a large quantity of them, their interpretation in minifig requires the design of parts that are no longer strictly speaking LEGO heads.

I remain divided between my fundamentalism relating to the original minifigs and the respect of certain aesthetic constraints and my admiration for the artistic side of certain customs. However, I am not a figurinist, I do not like these hyper detailed characters which leave the world of the toy to go towards that of the exhibition and the pure collection.

I will let you make up your own mind about this achievement by visiting Vieral's flickr gallery which also features many artistically highly evolved custom minifigs.