Let's Remake LEGO Ice Planet 2002? (but with hobby miniatures!)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @FauxNorth
    @FauxNorth Год назад +136

    As someone who also grew up captivated by pictures and ads of these Lego sets, this is a really fun watch. You absolutely nailed the aesthetic here and I look forward to seeing you do more with this. Cheers!

    • @DanaHowl
      @DanaHowl  Год назад +10

      Thanks Skull! Yeah I never owned any of these sets but I feel like I was surrounded by the images of these amazing sets in catalogs and stuff growing up, they made an impression on me!

    • @TheShiddyWizard
      @TheShiddyWizard Год назад +4

      This was always my favorite lego space set when I was little. Seeing the orange chainsaw in the first frame of the video really brought me back. Can't wait for more!

    • @FauxNorth
      @FauxNorth Год назад +1

      @@TheShiddyWizard Yes! Same for me. When I saw the chainsaw I knew I was going to love these minis.

    • @Zectifin
      @Zectifin Год назад +3

      I never had the 2000s era legos, I was in high school then and didn't want to play with legos anymore (how wrong I was) and had the 90s ice planet and whatever they call the neon green/black/grey/red guys. They were probably my favorite series because of how striking the colors were. Pissed at myself for selling off all my legos when I got older.

    • @someguy4667
      @someguy4667 Год назад +1

      @@DanaHowl Please continue, I would adore to see your interpretation of these sets, honestly would be neat if you expanded this to making your own interpretation of other Lego Space factions if not other Lego themes in general. Thank you for the amazing content!

  • @_oidaki_
    @_oidaki_ Год назад +47

    Old Lego kits are actually a super underrated source of inspiration for minis. My mind is sending me to my parents' attic to dig out my old bricks. Inspired work Dana.

  • @billys8476
    @billys8476 Год назад +48

    Whoa the color palette from the Lego kits translates beautifully onto minis. This is inspiring me to lift colors off of other old toys. Thanks!

    • @ecyor0
      @ecyor0 Год назад +3

      (waves "normalize painting minis in bright colours with minimal weathering" placard)

  • @GoobertownHobbies
    @GoobertownHobbies Год назад +2

    this makes me unreasonably happy, outstanding idea and conversions!!

  • @TimPoultney
    @TimPoultney Год назад +5

    A hobbyist has fallen into the pale sand in Howl City!
    ...HEY!!

  • @artyoz
    @artyoz Год назад +44

    This was a powerful hit of nostalgia for me. I have so many great memories of playing with my Ice Planet Lego outside in the snow, imagining my backyard a hostile alien moon. You captured the way those little explorers always looked in my imagination, and I'd love to see more Ice Planet builds from you. If you wanted a break, I also always had a soft spot for the Aquazone line!

    • @antonjonsson424
      @antonjonsson424 Год назад

      oh YES Aquazone was so cool and it had two factions if I remember correctly

  • @TheBlackBrickStudios
    @TheBlackBrickStudios Год назад +6

    You know you are a veteran model painter when you knock over a pot and just use the table as a big dry palette. 😂 But seriously, as somebody whose first exposure to Lego was through 90s Space and Castle Ninja, this hits so hard and so well. The theme was perfectly visualized and flawlessly executed. Fantastic job.

  • @ZethsCraftDesk
    @ZethsCraftDesk Год назад +15

    This is such a fun idea! I had some of the smaller ice planet kits. My mom would construct ice caves and playsets for me out of hot glue and glitter since the larger kits were so expensive, and she would integrate some white Lego bricks into the bases so I could firmly put figures on them. She even made an ice lake by chopping up some clear and light blue hot glue sticks (they came in all sorts of colours at the time) and cooking them in a pan until they congealled into a "lake," and used a milk cap lid as a guide to make a hole in the ice for ice fishing. I spent so many hours playing with the playsets Mom made and my little figures. xD

    • @maxmagnus377
      @maxmagnus377 Год назад +3

      That's such a wholesome story ^^

    • @ShiftyMcGoggles
      @ShiftyMcGoggles Год назад +2

      I remember my mum doing something similar for me. I went into GW to get a LOTR starter set but couldn't really play it...Christmas rolls around and I get this big box, full of crafting supplies, cheap glues and paints, and a printed set of instructions, like the miniature instructions to build a bit of helm's deep...
      At the bottom of the box was her old copy of LOTR and the Hobbit, and that was kinda the first time I really got into fantasy, and later D&D.

  • @Goober4473
    @Goober4473 Год назад +13

    These are so awesome! I had a bunch of the ice planet sets as a kid and they were some of my favorites. I'd love to see their vehicles done! Some knights, wizards, and dragons based on the old castle sets would also rule.
    3d printing is probably the easiest source of chainsaws if they don't need to be plastic.

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H Год назад +1

    These look great. What a fantastic idea! Iconic line of legos from my childhood. I played pretend with these sets for many hours 🤍

  • @JagoHazzard
    @JagoHazzard Год назад

    I love this concept. Lego Space was my favourite theme when I was a kid, I'd love to see more of your interpretations of it.

  • @handlinitificould
    @handlinitificould Год назад +1

    This is why I'm 3d printing old Bionicle parts to paint and then rebuild the sets I missed out on. I'm living my childhood dream!

  • @MegaSharkX
    @MegaSharkX Год назад +4

    Ice Planet were some of my favorite sets. Love it!

  • @CrimsenOverlordVideos
    @CrimsenOverlordVideos Год назад +1

    Please do more stuff like this. I didn't know how much I needed this content in my life until I clicked on this video.

  • @BEASTmodeontheRoad
    @BEASTmodeontheRoad Год назад +9

    Man I had so many of the ice planet Legos! They had 3d tech on some pieces to show fossils. Man those were good times

  • @dannysrecreationalspace4947
    @dannysrecreationalspace4947 Год назад +2

    Hi! I enjoyed very much seeing you doing something different and I think they came out just great! Being both a vintage LEGO and a Dana fan, I totally encourage you to do more of this!
    Congrats, great job as always.

  • @davehlewis
    @davehlewis Год назад +3

    As someone who had a bunch of (and still has thankfully) the Ice Planet range, it's great to see these recreated. Gotta love a bit of neon orange. Thought of using this scheme for some leagues of voltan eventually. These look great!

  • @Jekdersnek
    @Jekdersnek Год назад +2

    Bionicle Necrons would be awesome.

  • @TheYoungKing45
    @TheYoungKing45 Год назад

    Ice Planet was one of my favorites, and probably the last Lego set I invested in. Absolutely blown away by these. Just SO cool!

  • @wesphillips7806
    @wesphillips7806 9 месяцев назад +1

    Yusss Ice Planet!! Glad to see my recent interest in miniature painting overlapped with my obsession with Lego.

  • @dount566
    @dount566 Год назад +1

    Fantastic paint job and such a great idea for a video series cause yeah the prices for older Lego sets are insane lol. Might have to think about using old Lego set colors schemes or mini armies or small squads, Rock Raiders would look rad as all hell.

  • @SmitzPNK
    @SmitzPNK Год назад

    I also am a huge fan of retro lego sets, i love the mtrons and all the magnets.
    I cannot express how much i love this idea! the classic ice planet visor is my all time favorite lego visor element!

  • @TheNosnibore
    @TheNosnibore Год назад

    As a huge fan of Stargrave and those kits, I love what you did with them! I agree that they are very “wargamer Lego” and with how many come in each box, they’re so fun to play around and experiment with.
    As for Lego theme ideas, I always remember the rock raiders with all their cool vehicles and glowy green crystals.

  • @octaviafinch1344
    @octaviafinch1344 Год назад

    Literally one of the best retro Lego themes ever!! I’d also love to see- or make -some Power Miner minis as well!

  • @the_foliot
    @the_foliot Год назад

    I can’t believe how much these Lego kits are now. I had every one of those kits as a 90s kid, and I took them for granted. Lol I have random bits left but the ice planet Lego kits were also my fav. And the deep sea kits as well.

  • @KimHarderFog
    @KimHarderFog Год назад +3

    Major nostalgia with the Ice Planet LEGOs - Never got it as a child, but its awesome that we can continue the legacy in our own way :)

  • @MatthewsWd0
    @MatthewsWd0 Год назад

    The ice planet, and magnet dude legos were so cool, with their dayglow plastic pieces. Vividly remember salivating over those in magazine ads as a kid. Sweet video!

  • @JustinPivinski-cm2rh
    @JustinPivinski-cm2rh 6 месяцев назад

    I like how these cane out. As a fan of ice planet I think you did a good job representing them.

  • @AboveAverageMinis
    @AboveAverageMinis Год назад

    The orange in this is one of my favorite Lego memories. My brother I believe still has a ton of these sets! Great work please make more space Lego spin-offs.

  • @SgtRenny
    @SgtRenny Год назад

    I can't believe this series is going to actually happen! I own EVERY set of Ice Planet 2002, except for the huge starship. I played with them every day with a friend of mine for years. We used to pile books and whatever object we could find on the table and then cover them up with white handkerchiefs to create the snowy landscape. Exploring alien caves, battling with Blacktrons, face alien invasions, you name it. I could go on for hours. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

  • @robertmoorhead2406
    @robertmoorhead2406 Год назад

    If you want to simplify the buildtime, the Frostgrave kits are mostly done up in snow parkas, and the 40k Scion kits come with tanks for flamers that are easy to convert.
    Northstar Minis kits are some of the best things to hit the market, embodying the kitbash spirit that the monopose models most 40k and Star Wars kits don't. The generic bodies leave a lot of room to add on bits, and also mean it's a lot easier to fit greenstuff in.

  • @urzaz
    @urzaz Год назад

    Ice Planet is a top-tier LEGO theme in terms of color palette especially, so this was a great choice!

  • @hejrobin
    @hejrobin Год назад +3

    The nostalgia hits so hard I almost cried! Definitely going to make a riff on this myself!

  • @_Nythim_
    @_Nythim_ Год назад

    Ice planet 2002 is my favourite lego theme i have most of their sets. This is such an awesome surprise of a video!

  • @Skadooch
    @Skadooch Год назад

    Kitbashing with Stargrave figures is incredible fun, you can make brilliant chaos cultists if you mix with Frostgrave Cultists and Barbarians. There is recently a female centered Crew 2 and Mercenaries 2 box, excellent for slighter figures. The toughest thing to match between North Star Miniatures kits tends to be the shoulder connections - Frostgrave Crewmen have huge puffy shirts that have big connections to body, smaller arms leave big gaps. Overall a great line that can create excellent neo-feudal and Raypunk minis easily.
    Love the colour choices, everything came together really nicely and dramatically!

  • @Zectifin
    @Zectifin Год назад

    This brought me back to my childhood. Really like how they came out. Definitely would love to see you do more lego inspired builds!

  • @lordspork
    @lordspork Год назад +1

    There’s a lot of great Lego set color schemes that hobbyists could take inspiration from.

    • @DanaHowl
      @DanaHowl  Год назад

      SO MANY! I hope to do more in the future!

  • @Saladmakesstuff
    @Saladmakesstuff Год назад

    This is one of the coolest miniature videos I've seen on here! When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought they were more of really impressive custom Lego figures, but when I checked it out, they were much more amazing than I had thought!! Hope to see more of these videos, you absolutely nailed the aesthetic with these ones!

  • @larssonyoungberg5740
    @larssonyoungberg5740 Год назад +2

    I hadn't thought about these guys in YEARS. Such a trip down memory lane, with those chainsaws.

  • @Spoonergasm
    @Spoonergasm Год назад +1

    I find the idea of saving money on expensive Lego by using expensive miniatures pretty hilarious. Fun Video!

  • @miguelramirez5972
    @miguelramirez5972 Год назад

    For many more chainsaw kit-bash bits, I would definitely use a chainsword bit to make a reusable mold with Green Stuff World's "Blue Stuff"or Hinodewashi's "Oyumaru" (a reusable thermoplastic). Then mass produce that same bit by filling molds with Milliput/Green Stuff/Grey Stuff/ or any other 2 part epoxy putty you've got on hand. Making and filling several 2-part molds would make it a faster production process. A number of how-to videos, putty comparisons, and mold material reviews are searchable on RUclips for anyone interested.

  • @yannboisvenue476
    @yannboisvenue476 Год назад

    I also grew up with those legos.
    And those looks absolutely amazing! 11/10! The fluorescent green blacktrons would also be awesome!

  • @dracorotor
    @dracorotor Год назад

    This was my favorite Lego line as a kid! I would carefully study every detail in Lego’s catalog, and my favorite Xmas present one year was their rover with the secret analyzer (aka the red and blue lenses that would allow you to see only part of a jumbled red-blue-black picture. Lego magazine encouraged you to scan their pages to reveal ‘secrets’ too)
    I’d love to see a votann vehicle converted into an ice rover

  • @vera3311
    @vera3311 Год назад

    This video hit hard for me. My grandma used to buy me lego all the time. Brought so many great memories. 💕

  • @andrewmiller2236
    @andrewmiller2236 Год назад +1

    I love your creativity. Used to look at the Lego books for hours. Very nostalgic, and you hit the nail on the head with this one.

  • @richardokeeffe8375
    @richardokeeffe8375 Год назад

    Ooooof. Straight in the nostalgia. I had the missile truck, great sets. Brilliantly captured

  • @sugarface88
    @sugarface88 Год назад

    The colour scheme is the tops! love the yellow to make the orange look glowy!

  • @TheScribe_TheScribe
    @TheScribe_TheScribe Год назад +1

    stupendous. Taking one medium (modern minis) and using them to emulate another medium (2000s lego) is a really fun artistic exercise. Is it identical? No, it couldn't possibly be, but it is obvious what the inspiration is, and I think things like this are one of my favorite artistic enterprises (among many others).

  • @ZombieApocalypse09
    @ZombieApocalypse09 Год назад

    Oh man, I had some of these sets and had a friend who had all of them growing up. We spent hours and hours making intricate forts and having battles between the different factions. Always sad none of my Lego survived the years.
    Models look great! Well done as always, Dana Howl!

  • @micahroe7303
    @micahroe7303 Год назад +1

    Beautiful work! I'm painting my necromunda dwarves in the scheme of the power miners!

  • @GlitchSystem-xf7jb
    @GlitchSystem-xf7jb 8 месяцев назад

    I had the Rocket truck when I was a kid back in the 90's. It was the only LEGO set that i keeped together for so long till i finally took it apart to use the parts for other things. Wish i never did but i still have some of the pieces with the few LEGO builds i still have today

  • @BadyearOakarus
    @BadyearOakarus Год назад

    i'd love to see more vids like this with lego sets it's cool to see how the style gets adapted from one to the other

  • @Hektrib_278
    @Hektrib_278 Месяц назад

    This is so neat! I ordered my first Ice Planet set today, one of the smaller ones. Planning on making a few MOCS and maybe having the astronauts from the new city space line help them mine some stuff. Great video, subbed! Your voice is genuinely so calming and easy to listen to.

  • @cosmoapeters
    @cosmoapeters Год назад

    Very cool idea, I love the Stargrave kits for their versatility, and now I'm thinking of retro Lego space themes I could try to emulate!

  • @Zmapes89
    @Zmapes89 Год назад

    I hadn’t heard of Lego ice planet until this video, but I love ice themed paint jobs. I’m definitely gonna have to go out and get some of these paints

  • @shepherd8171
    @shepherd8171 Год назад

    These are amazing, im so jealous of your modelling skils, and im glad more people are shedding light on ice planet and its unique aesthetic

  • @WhatsleftofTom
    @WhatsleftofTom Год назад

    My brother had the ice planet base it was so cool. We had those neon chainsaws knocking around our lego box for years after. It'd be cool to see one or two of these guys with the classic lego bright yellow skin too

  • @GreatUncleEscobar
    @GreatUncleEscobar Год назад

    The Lego Space sets remain some of my favourite memories- who knew magnets could be so cool?

  • @ethankillett1997
    @ethankillett1997 Год назад

    Those are so, so, so cool. I love it. Ice Planet was my favorite along with Blacktron! Such a cool idea and you nailed it.

  • @dirtybirdsf
    @dirtybirdsf Год назад

    That new gw Jackals kit has chainsaws and two cylinder backpacks. These lego conversions are awesome!

  • @Confuseddave
    @Confuseddave Год назад

    That was my childhood! I think my parents still have all of those Ice Planet sets in their attic - it was the only theme that I managed to collect pretty much everything from - at this point, they're probably waiting for my niece to be old enough to inherit them. :)

  • @MonkeyNinja99
    @MonkeyNinja99 Год назад

    The timing on this is so bizarre. I was literally just looking through my old Lego collection yesterday and was excited when I found these guys as I had forgotten all about them. I had also forgotten about the tribal warrior sets, those could be a fun one for minis as well!

  • @IronDanWalker
    @IronDanWalker Год назад

    This is such an awesome idea. I grew up with Ice Planet, Blacktron and Space Police. Really looking forward to seeing the ship builds you mentioned

  • @barryl6702
    @barryl6702 Год назад

    Thanks for continuing to inspire us. I love kitbashing and love that you are doing this. Please continue.

  • @chillausmc
    @chillausmc Год назад

    Holy crap! Hell yeah! I wish to have these sets again. Great thumbnail, video, models, paint job and overall effort!

  • @CptMonstruoso
    @CptMonstruoso Год назад +1

    This is the perfect Venn diagram overlap for me

  • @antonjonsson424
    @antonjonsson424 Год назад

    I had forgotten that amazing lego kit. I remember my big brother getting the huge modular mothership kit aswell and it was so cool. Nice vid, liked the nostalgia

  • @therealdanielcantu8176
    @therealdanielcantu8176 Год назад

    This was truly awesome to see how everything came together, and I loved how you explained how you assembled the minis. Keep up the good work, I really look forward to seeing more!

  • @gonzalofraguasbringas8617
    @gonzalofraguasbringas8617 Год назад

    Dana, this is incredible!! As a long time LEGO fan with nostalgia for these retro sets I never even got to play with and a recebt miniature hobist... This video seemed made for me!
    I loved it so much! You're one of the most creative and amazing miniature painters out there and I want more!! Give us more lego themes, give us more ice planet, GIVE US MORE!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @trixieleonard7825
    @trixieleonard7825 Год назад

    Omg I love this, please do more! I have something of an obsession with remaking Warhammer Figures in Lego/Fake Lego Pieces, but have never seen someone attempt the inverse. Please give more, this makes the conversion happy parts of me very excited

  • @daniellof453
    @daniellof453 Год назад

    I had the car from that Lego set. This was nice. A small dose of nostalgia just before bed.

  • @SconeMonster
    @SconeMonster Год назад

    I'd definitely love to see more Lego color schemes. Ice Planet is so much fun with all the fluorescent orange. I think your figures really capture the spirit of the kits. They look so fun!

  • @erichl9682
    @erichl9682 Год назад

    So clever. Thank you for showing off from our of my favorite Space themes!

  • @ovan2190
    @ovan2190 Год назад

    This was a lot of fun definitely continuing this I hope you make this a series of sorts, where you tackle your favorite themed lego sets like the lego Rock Grinders/ Power Miners sets or the secret agent sets. So many cool sets I think this as a whole would be great :)

  • @Scudboy17
    @Scudboy17 Год назад +1

    Everyone knows the transparent orange chainsaw is the GREATEST LEGO weapon ever!

  • @BensBrickDesigns
    @BensBrickDesigns Год назад

    Futuron through UFO is some of my favorite LEGO. This is amazing.

  • @NathanPops
    @NathanPops Год назад

    This is by far my favorite lego space theme. Well done.

  • @LylaMev
    @LylaMev Год назад

    I love all the vintage lego commercials!

  • @NeonBlade47
    @NeonBlade47 Год назад

    While I never had any Ice Planet sets as a kid, I love seeing how they translated to miniature form! I have painted a few miniatures for D&D, and I've been thinking about trying my hand at army painting, and now I think I'd like to try doing something similar with the Rock Raiders theme. It was one of my favorite PC games as a kid.

  • @djwaz3
    @djwaz3 Год назад

    I still have some of my 90s ice planet Legos so this is such an intersection of joy

  • @3sley
    @3sley Год назад +2

    I LOVE THIS! If you wanted to add some cool matching vehicles, it seems like the Leagues of Votann sets have great fodder for the styles of these Ice Planet heroes. Just a thought. The green stuff fur sculpting is pure brilliance. I'm going to try that out. Thanks for the great work and techniques!

  • @cybertronbob
    @cybertronbob Год назад

    Such a fun idea and a great Lego theme to choose! I kitbashed some AoS Forrestmen using Freeguild crossbowmen and Cawdor gang members. Then I threw on all those bright Lego colours!

  • @SurnameName
    @SurnameName Год назад

    oh that is cool. the idea of using lego concepts for different art forms is something i encountered before in the form of fanart and comics, but i can't say i ever considered the possibility of lego based models like this. what a fun project

  • @RPCProductionsNY
    @RPCProductionsNY Год назад

    This was an amazing idea! I love the idea for this color scheme, and it makes me want to make a Rouge Trader Blacktron themed killteam.

  • @morgothfromangband6082
    @morgothfromangband6082 Год назад

    You can get these Lego Ice Planet sets for quite reasonable prices on Ebay and lego shops in Germany (The small sets for ~5€, the middle sized sets for ~30€-50€ and the large ones for ~80€-110€. Sometimes you can find them cheaper. But the cheapest way to get these sets is by buying kg-lego from bulk boxes in the used lego shops. It's regularily for ~15€-20€/kg and you often find pieces of your favorite space fraction or pieces that fit to your fraction. I have collected masses of pieces and figures for my favorite lego space theme UFO this way.

  • @PhyKi
    @PhyKi Год назад

    More!!!!!
    Ever since I first saw the LoV image that was going around Reddit with all the old space styles, I’ve wanted to see stuff like this. Ice planet being my fave too!

  • @xavisimon3095
    @xavisimon3095 Год назад +3

    That's the perfect crew for Frost Grave (in Space)

  • @iandoddsblah
    @iandoddsblah Год назад

    I loved these as a kid.. can't wait to see how you do the massive ship!

  • @Dragon79799
    @Dragon79799 Год назад

    Playing a game of kill team against these as the Valhalla Ice Warriors would be so sick! I can't wait to see a version of one of the Lego space ships!!!

  • @imanolherrero654
    @imanolherrero654 Год назад

    These are easily one of my favorite kits in Lego. Great work with the conversions! As for the chainsaws, got a lot of them in an old khorne space marines kit.

  • @DrVesuvius70
    @DrVesuvius70 Год назад

    Really original concept! I've done using Lego minifigs as gaming miniatures before, but I've not seen anyone go the other direction like this. I am totally here for it.

  • @mayofrench5170
    @mayofrench5170 Год назад

    Truth in Thumbnail, I knew what you were up to from the one image. I love these kind of inspired kitbashes. Very well done!

  • @benweinberg3819
    @benweinberg3819 Год назад +1

    This is AMAZING and took me back to the little booklets in each Lego set that would advertise all their other lines, I spent so many hours pouring over those wanting to collect them all.
    Excited to see what other retro themes you tackle!

  • @stephen6503
    @stephen6503 Год назад

    loving this crossover kitbash project. definitely want to see more. caught my attention with this as I loved legos as a kid.... still have all of mine in a box in the closet dont tell anyone. The space stuff was my jam.

  • @lajosczegledi3299
    @lajosczegledi3299 Год назад

    Amazing idea, looking forward to seeing the vehicles and other lego builds in miniature form

  • @gwenlliandavies7348
    @gwenlliandavies7348 Год назад

    Really looking forward to seeing more of these folks Dana. Love them!

  • @nadasdy1604
    @nadasdy1604 Год назад

    Woooa, my favourite set when I was a child. What an amazing choice. Thanks Dana for this blast from the past 😊

  • @dallonrobbins5078
    @dallonrobbins5078 Год назад

    Brilliant I love how you used a lego theme as color inspiration

  • @thomasand3124
    @thomasand3124 Год назад

    great kitbash! i love taking so much inspiration from something outside the miniatures space!

  • @aGothpancake
    @aGothpancake Год назад

    In my humble opinion, you've gotta show some love to the classic blue astronaut. Love these models!