Making a custom minifig starts with having a great idea. You may be the most experienced minifig maker in the world, but if your products aren’t creative and special, your minifigs won’t get much attention within the Lego community. Maybe you are happy with this. Naturally, there is nothing wrong with producing impeccably designed minifigures based on basic ideas, and there will always be a market for them. However, if you want to be a little more intriguing and revolutionary in your minifigure designs, you need to put an emphasis on creativity.
Anytime you’re having trouble coming up with concepts for your custom minifigures, think about these possibilities:
Historical minifigs: Are you a fan of history? Or if not, do you have at least one period in history that fascinates you? If so, you can make historical custom minifigures. For example, maybe you are fascinated by classical civilizations, the American Civil War, or the Wild West. Consider traditional periods and places that stimulate your imagination and visualize all the possibilities.
Personalized Literary Minifigures: Do you have a favorite book or style of literature? If so, maybe you could search your book shelves for some good ideas. If you like fantasy books, for example, you can make custom minifigures and minifigure sets based on your favorite characters. The great thing about building minifigures based on books is that no two readers view the fictional characters exactly the same, so you can really put your imagination into it.
Minifigures Based on Movies or TV Shows – When you make minifigures based on your favorite movies or TV shows, your job should be pretty simple. You won’t have to put your inventiveness into developing the design, which means you can focus all your efforts on how to make the minifig clothes happen. As you probably already know, things like Star Wars or Star Trek have already been well covered, so you might want to make your minifigures a little cooler.
Family and Friends Minifigures: Build a set of minifigures based on your loved ones or group of friends. You can incorporate lots of little personal jokes, and everyone will enjoy your creations.
Minifigures based on famous real-world figures: If you have a favorite professional sports team or are fascinated by a particular group of people, create some custom minifigures to represent them. For example, you can create minifigs of your favorite political figures.
