I use both in my personal world with the explanation that flesh colored characters are outsider factions that come from a different universe/dimension through magic portals similar to the orcs in World of Warcraft. Realistically its a lot easier on my wallet + more variety of expressions.
I would actually use both yellow and flesh tone heads. Mainly because in the Lego Movie, all the characters have either yellow or flesh tone heads. So, yeah! I would used both, because it gives me Lego Movie vibes.
That's fair honestly, I just don't like the contrast of realistic vs cartoonish faces personally but whatever you like is all that matters a the end of the day :)
@@miguelangeloaguila4140 Oh yeah I loved the LEGO movie so much as a kid and I think it looks cool but in my opinion it looks pretty jumbled in terms of the looks of figures. For my lego fantasy world I like a more uniform and consistent look and there's a significant difference in terms of detail and realism between the different colors of heads.
I use flesh tones for all my original story based creations, I do occasionally allow a yellow head or two for fantasy races (for example: the Faun hair/horn piece has yellow ears) but I mostly stick to more realistic flesh tones for characters, I can get around the head price color by only using the good designs for named characters, whilst generic army or towns folk may use less popular head designs like the 2008 clone heads.
Yeah that makes sense. You can always use the less expensive and more generic heads for basic soldiers and whatnot, that’s probably the best way to use flesh tones if you still army build cause it would be way too difficult to get totally unique heads for everyone
I used to be more on the yellow only side, but the introduction of the D&D cmf really got me to appreciate the flesh tones a lot more. The flesh tones have this different feel of variety and diversity with custom characters that you aren't always able to get with pure yellow. I do agree with how mixing them up though makes it off-putting, however, one work around that I thought of is the "named" or "important" main character type of figs could be colored/flesh and the army bulk can be yellow. That way, army building remains more affordable but I can still fully utilize the flesh tones from the various other themes or cmf.
Yeah the dnd cmf is what got me thinking of using flesh tones for something tbh. I’ve just been realizing how nice they look. I agree that making customs with flesh tones just give more character and individuality to your custom figures. I can understand using flesh tones for the main characters and yellow for the bulk of an army but I just personally can’t get over how off-putting it looks to mix the two imo
@mjohn3126 Have you looked at the elves figs? Such as (elf033) for example. They are the doll style figs but their head pieces fit regular figs just fine.
Fair enough to each their own :) I just personally find the cartoonish look mixed with the realistic look a bit off-putting but that might just be me 🤷
I'm glad you enjoyed I put so much time into this video to make it just how I wanted haha. Also thank you! Hopefully you'll be getting there soon as well :)
I only use flesh tone heads for my figs and the vast majority of the soldiers have the same few heads that can be found on pab but important figs like generals or faction leaders get heads from licenced sets
Yeah that makes sense that’s what most flesh tone army builds do because at the end of the day if your soldiers aren’t terribly unique in their face prints it’s not a big deal.
I usually go with the flesh tone heads since I have more of them than I have of the official yellow heads...but in a fantasy setting I prefer a mixture depending on the group of characters I'm creating.
Tough to beat the classic yellow! I do wish we had some of the flesh faces available on yellow. Good technique swapping the arms to make the torsos work as that's always been a pet peeve of ours.
Yeah in terms of availability and price yellow is an obvious winner, the question is for people who like the flesh tone style better (myself included) is whether it's worth the hassle and cost of getting good flesh tone heads for your figs.
Yeah I understand that perspective, flesh tones tend to be a lot more detailed and complex in their expressions. I think a lot of people just stick with yellow because they want that classic LEGO look.
One thing, there are sets like the Foosball Table and Pharrell Williams rocket that come with a variety of flesh-colored heads, but those are expensive sets.
Yeah their good sets for that but like you said their expensive and another problem is that a lot of the faces have glasses or just look to happy for a darker medieval vibe imo
I mostly have yellow heads for 3 reasons, cheaper, many facial expressions and lastly when i get lego sets, they already have yellow heads as they're from Ninjago, monkie kids, dreams and etc, i rarely get IP because of price and the builds not really whay i want But there is a exception, people may find this strange but i want to use Lego Minecraft Minifigures for my worlds 2 reasons, next year there will be a pillager battle pack so i can army build them quickly and the Minecraft lego sets are decent with ton of bricks to use for mocs and bunch of monsters i can use for a fantasy world
I mix yellow and flesh toned but in a way that’s consistent. I have more LOTR and DND elf ear pieces in flesh tones, so, some elves (such as high elves or snow elves) are fairer. And I use some of the black flesh tones here and there.
Yeah that's one thing i've seen is that some people use yellow for humans but then Fleshtones for elves since the elf hair pieces with yellow ears are so limited which totally makes sense. I just find mixing humans randomly between yellow and flesh tones looks a bit weird because it's mixing a very classic cartoonish lego vibe with a more realistic and almost darker vibe.
@ for sure yes. Aside from just looking weird/messy flesh tones do have a more serious/realistic quality. I didn’t really consider the tonal difference there but you’re right. IMO it makes the distinction between elves and humans even better!
I don't build Castle stuff, but I only use skin colored minifigs, except for fantasy races where yellow would be appropriate or at the very least plausible.
Yeah that makes total sense there's definitely uses for yellow skin tones within the realm of realistic skin tones for gythyanki or other specific races but I feel like skin tone generally looks a bit cooler.
Yellow exists to avoid the issue of race, and allowing kids to project themselves onto their figures if they want. Personally I'm comfortable with the fact that Europe in the middle ages wasn't particularly racially diverse, and I don't need racially ambiguous figures. And if I'm making my party in DnD, well those characters will have a specific skin tone. Once you are past that, yellow just looks bad. I have however used yellow for zombies.
maybe the choice of yellow was *intended* to avoid the issue of race, but all it really did was reinforce the notion that light skin is normal and everything else is an exception. the yellow clearly represents white people far better than it does black people (for one example of many)
@jotch_7627 I mean it's an attempt at racial inclusivity from the mid 1970s by a company with around 2000 employees. They had to pick a colour to make the (then unprinted) heads of the Lego figures in. Honestly, somewhat commendable they even tried to avoid just making them white.
Yeah it definitely was intended to avoid the issue of race and I don’t think it was really an issue when it was all unamed ambiguous figured that weren’t meant to represent any race but then when they introduced themes with real people that have actual races it was pretty clear that yellow could easily represent white people but not black people or people with a darker complexion
@@RioBricks Right. Personally, I think it's better to mix up the skin in a fantasy setting, while in a historical setting, pure flesh or a yellow head is more appropriate.
Yellow, although I will be using flesh tones with the d&d set. The only down side to using the yellow heads is the lack of elf ears. Only a couple and they are pricey.
Yeah I agree when it comes to simply how cool they look it just sucks how much more expensive it is, my estimate of 2-3x the price is honestly a bit conservative because if you want some of the really cool heads for important figures its probably gonna cost 4-5x as much in total to kit out armies and groups of people with fleshtone
I pretty much always use flesh tone heads. It’s a shame that there is less variety and the price for flesh tones costs more but I think it’s way better. I usually use my figures for dnd and having different skin tones for other races and having all of the humans be the same skin tone makes no sense. Elves pretty much all have flesh tones too, so it would make sense that humans and half elves use flesh tones. I have enjoyed getting out a few of my favorite yellow heads for Githyanki and “Sun elves” as I call them in my world which use parts from Lego that have elven ears but in yellow. It can still work to mix them but not without some explanation.
Yeah it really is a shame how little variety you have available with flesh tones. I think your rationale makes sense though, obviously not all humans would be the same skin tone when the other races have different skin tones. I do think it's cool to have the githyanki or sun elves in yellow tones to use a couple nice yellow heads though. I agree with you that mixing them can work and still look good but I just generally think it looks weird if their just thrown in together because they have quite contrasting looks.
If possible I only use yellow, as long as they are not too detailed with the faces. For flesh tones I want the smiley heads only, since they give off a classic style as well.
Awesome I liked comparing figures with similar heads as well to really get a good comparison between them. The head is 28621pb0191 I believe I got it off of pick a brick.
@ I don’t collect much castle, but the sets I have are definitely way better when they’re yellow. I collect Pirates, and those are also a million times better when they’re yellow.
@@RioBricks Even if I wasn’t going for a classic look, I would still use yellow. I don’t care if it’s a historical build, I’m always going to use yellow heads.
I mean if you care about some rules that are somewhat arbitrarily decided sure but I don't think you can get as creative with custom minifigures without switching around some hands or arms so personally it's worth it for me to swap them around. Also if done properly your hands and arms are still nice and stiff and I haven't really had any problems aside from swapping old brown.
Never heard of removing hands as illegal… I get swapping arms but hands pop out and go back with 0 issue. I’ve never had a problem even in 20+ year old figures. Important thing to note though is that lego has made subtle changes to hands over the years so try and match the year range for your figure.
@@wanderingaming5805 Eh I mean it's technically as illegal as swapping arms since their put together in the factory and not meant to be reput together but I feel like if you do it carefully it won't really have any negative consequences so who cares.
None of these are ideal, since two are retired and the one that isn’t is over 100, but the Ideas Foodball table, Harry Potter trunk, and Pharrell Over the Moon set are all pretty good flesh tone parts packs. Some more recent Star Wars battle packs are also pretty good, as long as they aren’t Clone focused.
Yeah totally those 3 sets are decent options to get some flesh tone heads, the Pharrell one is nice but the problem is a lot of the heads have glasses or look too friendly. Also Star Wars sets do have some really cool prints but sadly their so expensive
I think the "realistic" skin tones makes the figures look like off brand stuff or fakes. All my human knights have yellow heads. It keeps them looking like LEGO figures.
Nah I definitely disagree here because lego has been making flesh tone heads since the early 2000s with their licensed themes. I think flesh tones just give more of the vibe of a licensed theme such as lotr or dnd whereas yellow gives off the vibe of the original castle ips.
I feel that as well I prefer skin tones over yellow in terms of looks but I just simply have so many figures that it isn’t really feasible, also I’ve probably spent over 250 dollars on yellow heads so there would need to be a big change in availability of flesh tone heads for me to commit to switching. Btw im a huge fan of your builds I absolutely love those super large scale fantasy builds and I can’t wait to live in a bigger place and be able to do that!
@@BDD_Builds Yeah at the moment the main problem is just that I have so little space as I live in like a 20x20 foot cabin so that's why I mainly focus on custom minifigures but I have big plans for mocs I wanna do and I want to try and make some more small mocs soon in some videos!
If you cared about realism you wouldn’t have elves either. That’s why it’s fantasy. When I’m talking about realism I’m talking about the actual look of the figures not historical accuracy.
LOL - Cool Video !!! Yeah , it looks strange when mix the yellow and flesh . I am born 1971 - 53 Years old and when the minifig comes , i think : I am NOT Asian !!!!!! Why we all are Asian ??? Lego : are you Dump ? No Joke , no kidding !! OK , Lego hasnt so much dif. colors - but , hey - why not Start a War between them ? ( LOL ) FIGHT THE YLLOWS !!!!! DOWN WITH THE FLESHS !!!!! Or so ........ 🤔 🤣🤣🤣 😁 😄 😃
@@radjeck9346 lol yeah it def looks a bit strange to mix both. I do tend to notice people who grew up exclusively with yellow tend to like yellow a lot more
Yellow, doesnt seem like Lego otherwise The other colors look offbrand to me. Only zombies and the like that is the exception, SW aliens too Thats fine
Hmm interesting so do you think star wars figures look off-brand? Because personally I think it would look weirder for star wars figures to be in yellow.
@RioBricks The fleshtones? Yeah they kinda do look such to me, the various alien heads look good enough and wouldn't really work in yellow anyway. Tusken raiders.. yeah no. lol. They shouldn't be yellow SW did drop the yellow fairly quick, though still remember and have OG yellow Luke. Even l can admit tho.. heh 😅🙃 Yellow star wars figs are.. Striking at this point for sure..being so rare they do indeed look amiss next to the regular, though.. again Would have prefered if humans stayed yellow across all themes
@@secicu Hmm well fair enough you're entitled to your own opinion I just think for themes with real people who have real skin tones you should keep their actual skin tone.
@RioBricks Thanks! And yeah, guess it was kinda inevitable in a general sense when sets start including actual real people.. That it would be change so that it accurately depicted them, as with the soccer and NBA figs and ofcourse the actors of various fictional roles I just really like the original idea and reason behind the figs being made yellow, that whole ethos or mindset. The figs were everyone, abstract representation of all humans. Like stick figures more or less There was simplistic beauty in that
Yellow. Fleshy is just a betrayal of the LEGO brand. If I wanted fleshies, I’d just get Playmobil. Producing minifigures with realistic flesh tones is among the worst - and possibly the worst - decision that LEGO has ever made.
They didn't really have a choice after the original sky city set. Nobody could recognise Lando, so they made his figure black. Now everyone knew yellow means white, well what was the point? The ambiguity that was the entire point was already strained by using real characters with real known skin tones.
@@HALLish-jl5moHonestly, it's really telling that the "totally no racial implications neon yellow" makes certain racial groups easier to adapt than others
Well I can see you're very passionate about your love for yellow heads haha. I personally still think flesh tones look cool for a more realistic style if that's what your going for and for licensed themes I think flesh tone works way better to more accurately portray the looks of minifigures but that's just me 🤷
@@HALLish-jl5mo Yeah exactly they obviously had no real choice after the cloud city lando incident but also like you said that was the problem with trying to use yellow for liscned themes, the characters being portrayed already had actual skin tones so trying to adapt them to a "neutral" skin tone didn't really make sense
@@magicrealms I mean I can see where your coming from but I don't entirely think that's why LEGO chose yellow. I think they just went with neon yellow because it's a bright and fun color for a kids toy and they wanted to give minifigures a unique look from other toys that used skin tones for their heads. I do agree though that it's obviously way harder to adapt a darker skinned character to be recognizable in yellow though which is why we had the cloud city lando situation.
Way more yellow heads available. That is why i use them
Yeah that’s the boat I’m in as well, there’s just way more yellow heads available (and also at a cheaper price)
You can get good generic nougat heads for less then 1 usd nowadays
I use both in my personal world with the explanation that flesh colored characters are outsider factions that come from a different universe/dimension through magic portals similar to the orcs in World of Warcraft. Realistically its a lot easier on my wallet + more variety of expressions.
Great answer ! I do similar
Yeah that’s an interesting an idea it’s cool to see how people use the different skin colors in their worlds :)
I would actually use both yellow and flesh tone heads. Mainly because in the Lego Movie, all the characters have either yellow or flesh tone heads. So, yeah! I would used both, because it gives me Lego Movie vibes.
That's fair honestly, I just don't like the contrast of realistic vs cartoonish faces personally but whatever you like is all that matters a the end of the day :)
@@RioBricks Thanks man. But if you’ve seen the Lego Movie, it’s absolutely amazing.
@@miguelangeloaguila4140 Oh yeah I loved the LEGO movie so much as a kid and I think it looks cool but in my opinion it looks pretty jumbled in terms of the looks of figures. For my lego fantasy world I like a more uniform and consistent look and there's a significant difference in terms of detail and realism between the different colors of heads.
I use flesh tones for all my original story based creations, I do occasionally allow a yellow head or two for fantasy races (for example: the Faun hair/horn piece has yellow ears) but I mostly stick to more realistic flesh tones for characters, I can get around the head price color by only using the good designs for named characters, whilst generic army or towns folk may use less popular head designs like the 2008 clone heads.
Yeah that makes sense. You can always use the less expensive and more generic heads for basic soldiers and whatnot, that’s probably the best way to use flesh tones if you still army build cause it would be way too difficult to get totally unique heads for everyone
@ I was actually considering using clone wars heads (non clones) for the dwarves, (larger eyes for better sight in the dark or something)
Definitely yellow
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Yeah I think this is the common opinion for a lot of LEGO castle fans it just has more of a classic LEGO look
I used to be more on the yellow only side, but the introduction of the D&D cmf really got me to appreciate the flesh tones a lot more. The flesh tones have this different feel of variety and diversity with custom characters that you aren't always able to get with pure yellow. I do agree with how mixing them up though makes it off-putting, however, one work around that I thought of is the "named" or "important" main character type of figs could be colored/flesh and the army bulk can be yellow. That way, army building remains more affordable but I can still fully utilize the flesh tones from the various other themes or cmf.
Yeah the dnd cmf is what got me thinking of using flesh tones for something tbh. I’ve just been realizing how nice they look. I agree that making customs with flesh tones just give more character and individuality to your custom figures. I can understand using flesh tones for the main characters and yellow for the bulk of an army but I just personally can’t get over how off-putting it looks to mix the two imo
100% same opinion
We need a drow minifig in 2025.. I’m getting creative trying to make them, but I’d prefer a headpiece with the pointy ears
@mjohn3126 Have you looked at the elves figs? Such as (elf033) for example. They are the doll style figs but their head pieces fit regular figs just fine.
@@Salogelly going to check them out! Thank you!
Used to be firmly in the yellow only head camp until the D&D range came out and now I'm 100% flesh tone
Yeah I completely get that the DnD cmf was what made me realize how nice flesh tones really look!
Both. There’s various skin tones in real life
Fair enough to each their own :) I just personally find the cartoonish look mixed with the realistic look a bit off-putting but that might just be me 🤷
Awesome video man!! And congrats on 2k!!
I'm glad you enjoyed I put so much time into this video to make it just how I wanted haha. Also thank you! Hopefully you'll be getting there soon as well :)
Love the nostalgia of the yellow heads. Fantastic
Yeah I feel like this is a big reason why a lot of people favor the yellow heads, the nostalgia of classic lego
Personally it's cheaper to use yellow heads especially for army building
Yeah exactly that’s pretty much why I use yellow as well, for army building it’s so much cheaper unless you wanna use the same heads over and over
I only use flesh tone heads for my figs and the vast majority of the soldiers have the same few heads that can be found on pab but important figs like generals or faction leaders get heads from licenced sets
Yeah that makes sense that’s what most flesh tone army builds do because at the end of the day if your soldiers aren’t terribly unique in their face prints it’s not a big deal.
I usually go with the flesh tone heads since I have more of them than I have of the official yellow heads...but in a fantasy setting I prefer a mixture depending on the group of characters I'm creating.
Yeah I can understand using yellow for certain races and flesh for other races in a fantasy setting
Tough to beat the classic yellow! I do wish we had some of the flesh faces available on yellow. Good technique swapping the arms to make the torsos work as that's always been a pet peeve of ours.
Fair enough yellow is definitely a classic although it would be nice to have more flesh tone faces on pab. I’m glad you liked the technique!
Yellow is objectively better in my eyes. Much cheaper, much more variety, and much wider availability overall.
Yeah in terms of availability and price yellow is an obvious winner, the question is for people who like the flesh tone style better (myself included) is whether it's worth the hassle and cost of getting good flesh tone heads for your figs.
Love both, just never mix! great video
Haha I’m with you 100% on that one they both look good by themselves but they look kinda weird when mixed together. Glad you enjoyed!
A really concise assessment, love your opinions and advice! 👍
Awesome thank you that means a lot! Love the fantasy mocs you've been making recently btw :)
@ Thanks Rio 😊
Ah yes, the color i associate most with the medieval age... neon yellow
Haha so true
I was full yellow head team until they made LEGO Zelda.. Now I want everything to fit in that world 😅
Haha yeah makes sense, for me once I started making more dnd and lotr inspired customs it made me wanna use flesh tones
ngl I don't like yellow skin when they literally made realistic skin tones.so there's no need for the yellow ones.
Yeah I understand that perspective, flesh tones tend to be a lot more detailed and complex in their expressions. I think a lot of people just stick with yellow because they want that classic LEGO look.
One thing, there are sets like the Foosball Table and Pharrell Williams rocket that come with a variety of flesh-colored heads, but those are expensive sets.
Yeah their good sets for that but like you said their expensive and another problem is that a lot of the faces have glasses or just look to happy for a darker medieval vibe imo
I mostly have yellow heads for 3 reasons, cheaper, many facial expressions and lastly when i get lego sets, they already have yellow heads as they're from Ninjago, monkie kids, dreams and etc, i rarely get IP because of price and the builds not really whay i want
But there is a exception, people may find this strange but i want to use Lego Minecraft Minifigures for my worlds
2 reasons, next year there will be a pillager battle pack so i can army build them quickly and the Minecraft lego sets are decent with ton of bricks to use for mocs and bunch of monsters i can use for a fantasy world
Yeah that makes total sense. The Minecraft thing is interesting id be curious to see the figs you make :)
I mix yellow and flesh toned but in a way that’s consistent. I have more LOTR and DND elf ear pieces in flesh tones, so, some elves (such as high elves or snow elves) are fairer. And I use some of the black flesh tones here and there.
Yeah that's one thing i've seen is that some people use yellow for humans but then Fleshtones for elves since the elf hair pieces with yellow ears are so limited which totally makes sense. I just find mixing humans randomly between yellow and flesh tones looks a bit weird because it's mixing a very classic cartoonish lego vibe with a more realistic and almost darker vibe.
@ for sure yes. Aside from just looking weird/messy flesh tones do have a more serious/realistic quality. I didn’t really consider the tonal difference there but you’re right. IMO it makes the distinction between elves and humans even better!
@@Bogwogponk Yeah for sure it can work if done right as it makes sense for different fantasy races to have different colored skin
I don't build Castle stuff, but I only use skin colored minifigs, except for fantasy races where yellow would be appropriate or at the very least plausible.
Yeah that makes total sense there's definitely uses for yellow skin tones within the realm of realistic skin tones for gythyanki or other specific races but I feel like skin tone generally looks a bit cooler.
Yellow exists to avoid the issue of race, and allowing kids to project themselves onto their figures if they want.
Personally I'm comfortable with the fact that Europe in the middle ages wasn't particularly racially diverse, and I don't need racially ambiguous figures.
And if I'm making my party in DnD, well those characters will have a specific skin tone.
Once you are past that, yellow just looks bad.
I have however used yellow for zombies.
maybe the choice of yellow was *intended* to avoid the issue of race, but all it really did was reinforce the notion that light skin is normal and everything else is an exception. the yellow clearly represents white people far better than it does black people (for one example of many)
@jotch_7627 I mean it's an attempt at racial inclusivity from the mid 1970s by a company with around 2000 employees.
They had to pick a colour to make the (then unprinted) heads of the Lego figures in. Honestly, somewhat commendable they even tried to avoid just making them white.
Yeah that’s a fair take. I do personally think yellow doesn’t look quite as good.
Yeah it definitely was intended to avoid the issue of race and I don’t think it was really an issue when it was all unamed ambiguous figured that weren’t meant to represent any race but then when they introduced themes with real people that have actual races it was pretty clear that yellow could easily represent white people but not black people or people with a darker complexion
Yellow heads are goated ❤️🔥
Yeah they definitely give off that classic Lego vibe.
I use yellow because i just like the classic look.
Yeah I think that's a lot of peoples rational for yellow, if you're wanting to keep the classic LEGO look it definitely suits figs the best for that.
@@RioBricks It think yellow fits for almost all of them but also the raven knight fit better with skin color too.
@@JAckfan1 Yeah the raven knights definitely look a lot better with flesh tones for the contrast. The yellow just blends in a bit too much
I've mainly used yellow and try to get yellow, for many of the reasons you described, and I have ton of them.
Yeah exactly I've ordered so many yellow heads haha
I use both to add up diversity and I also use those monster modified heads to decorate over 600 figs.
Yeah fair enough you do have more diversity with both I just don't like the contrast personally.
@@RioBricks Right. Personally, I think it's better to mix up the skin in a fantasy setting, while in a historical setting, pure flesh or a yellow head is more appropriate.
@@williamwang7060 Yeah I just don't like how it looks idk
Yellow, although I will be using flesh tones with the d&d set. The only down side to using the yellow heads is the lack of elf ears. Only a couple and they are pricey.
Yeah for DnD style figures I feel like flesh fits them a bit better as well. We do need more yellow elf ears though for sure!
Definitely realistic
Yeah I agree when it comes to simply how cool they look it just sucks how much more expensive it is, my estimate of 2-3x the price is honestly a bit conservative because if you want some of the really cool heads for important figures its probably gonna cost 4-5x as much in total to kit out armies and groups of people with fleshtone
Nice I knew nothing about Lego heads but this helped alot !
Haha glad you enjoyed!
I pretty much always use flesh tone heads. It’s a shame that there is less variety and the price for flesh tones costs more but I think it’s way better. I usually use my figures for dnd and having different skin tones for other races and having all of the humans be the same skin tone makes no sense. Elves pretty much all have flesh tones too, so it would make sense that humans and half elves use flesh tones.
I have enjoyed getting out a few of my favorite yellow heads for Githyanki and “Sun elves” as I call them in my world which use parts from Lego that have elven ears but in yellow. It can still work to mix them but not without some explanation.
Yeah it really is a shame how little variety you have available with flesh tones. I think your rationale makes sense though, obviously not all humans would be the same skin tone when the other races have different skin tones. I do think it's cool to have the githyanki or sun elves in yellow tones to use a couple nice yellow heads though. I agree with you that mixing them can work and still look good but I just generally think it looks weird if their just thrown in together because they have quite contrasting looks.
There is literally sick 2024 light nougat king head (similar to classic king head) for 2-3 usd new xD
@@realitycheck908 Exactly even 2024 heads are still so much more expensive for the flesh tones
If possible I only use yellow, as long as they are not too detailed with the faces. For flesh tones I want the smiley heads only, since they give off a classic style as well.
Fair enough the classic lego look is iconic!
Yellow4life!
Anything not yellow in my collection is either a fantasy race, alien, mutant or foreigners.
Yeah fair enough it's a solid choice. What do you mean by foreigners though?
Great video, loved the comparisons between the fleshies and yellow minifigs! Also, what yellow head is that on the center Black Falcon at 2:07? Thanks
Awesome I liked comparing figures with similar heads as well to really get a good comparison between them. The head is 28621pb0191 I believe I got it off of pick a brick.
I prefer yellow. But I usually do a mix.
Fair enough you get to use a wider variety of heads with a mix so I get it
Please do a video on the 2022 Lion knights
I’m about to get some parts in the mail for them soon so hopefully I should be able to make an army for them soon!
I prefer yellow
Fair enough it’s got a more classic Lego feel
I use yellow and skin colour yellow for normal People and skin colour for elfs and half elfs that can have yellow or skint tone heads
Fair enough I don’t personally like mixing yellow and skin tone heads but it definitely adds more diversity!
There were no black knights in medieval europe. No women either (joan of arc was not fighting afaik, and 1 does not equal many).
Yeah my armies aren’t meant to be realistic of medieval Europe though. It’s all a fantasy world that I’ve made up :)
I prefer the yellow LEGO-heads 😊
Fair enough their a classic
@ They are 😊
00.6 to anser your question Yellow
Fair enough you have a lot of variety and options with yellow!
@RioBricks and the Classic smily face ofc
Old school yellow all the way.
Yup it's a classic!
What’s that flesh fem winking head you use for the knight?
It’s the fem head from the dnd cmf Druid
It’s up to you! Be inconsistent for all I care!!!
Yeah at the end of the day to each their own, whatever you like is what matters :)
Yellow
A classic for sure
@ I don’t collect much castle, but the sets I have are definitely way better when they’re yellow. I collect Pirates, and those are also a million times better when they’re yellow.
@Ayden_77 Yeah that's fair if you're going for the classic look yellow fits it much better
@@RioBricks Even if I wasn’t going for a classic look, I would still use yellow. I don’t care if it’s a historical build, I’m always going to use yellow heads.
@Ayden_77 Hmm interesting, you don't like the realistic look?
They did both in the Lego movies so ima do both.
That’s fair, if you’re going for that look then that totally makes sense
Nearly all my mini figures are yellow heads. Flesh color is for Friends.
Haha fair enough. Imagine yellow Lego friends 💀
I never pull out the hands of figures because it's an illegal technique. This can loosen the hands.
I mean if you care about some rules that are somewhat arbitrarily decided sure but I don't think you can get as creative with custom minifigures without switching around some hands or arms so personally it's worth it for me to swap them around. Also if done properly your hands and arms are still nice and stiff and I haven't really had any problems aside from swapping old brown.
Never heard of removing hands as illegal… I get swapping arms but hands pop out and go back with 0 issue. I’ve never had a problem even in 20+ year old figures. Important thing to note though is that lego has made subtle changes to hands over the years so try and match the year range for your figure.
@@wanderingaming5805 Eh I mean it's technically as illegal as swapping arms since their put together in the factory and not meant to be reput together but I feel like if you do it carefully it won't really have any negative consequences so who cares.
What is the id number for that Minifigure shoulder bag think but with an opening for a sword or saber
95348 and it's called a scabbard btw :)
@@RioBricks thx a lot
Realistic is much better trust me. Especially for the Black falcons
Yeah I think it looks better it just isn't viable price and variety-wise for the quantity of figures I have
None of these are ideal, since two are retired and the one that isn’t is over 100, but the Ideas Foodball table, Harry Potter trunk, and Pharrell Over the Moon set are all pretty good flesh tone parts packs. Some more recent Star Wars battle packs are also pretty good, as long as they aren’t Clone focused.
Yeah totally those 3 sets are decent options to get some flesh tone heads, the Pharrell one is nice but the problem is a lot of the heads have glasses or look too friendly. Also Star Wars sets do have some really cool prints but sadly their so expensive
I think the "realistic" skin tones makes the figures look like off brand stuff or fakes.
All my human knights have yellow heads. It keeps them looking like LEGO figures.
Nah I definitely disagree here because lego has been making flesh tone heads since the early 2000s with their licensed themes. I think flesh tones just give more of the vibe of a licensed theme such as lotr or dnd whereas yellow gives off the vibe of the original castle ips.
I use both.
Fair enough whatever you like is what really matters :)
I use both
Fair enough whatever works for you :)
Realistic for me
Yeah I love that realistic look it just gives a different feel than the classic looking Lego heads!
I use flesh colored
Fair enough I love that realistic look!
I use both forget about the norms
Yeah that’s completely fair I just find the styles and colors to clash a bit as yellow looks a lot more cartoonish and less realistic
@ agree completely but the only things sometimes yellow got parts u can only use yellow skin and same for tan I mix my up and I’m broke lmaoo
@@luciferdark1092 yeah that's completely fair some parts are really hard to use with certain skin color heads because of printing on the torsos
Im using yellow ones bc im broke : (
Haha with the price of flesh tone heads I can’t blame you one bit
Both
Fair enough whatever you prefer :)
i enjoy mixing the heads when i can, i think it looks nice
Fair enough I just find the contrast between cartoony and realistic a bit strange but whatever you like is what matters :)
@ it would probably be strange in certain contexts and less so others, i guess that’s why they make so many different colors
@@phoquenergoggle828 Yeah totally
I'm definitely in the minority here, but I 100% prefer skin tones over yellow, and almost always use various realistic heads for my MOCs.
I feel that as well I prefer skin tones over yellow in terms of looks but I just simply have so many figures that it isn’t really feasible, also I’ve probably spent over 250 dollars on yellow heads so there would need to be a big change in availability of flesh tone heads for me to commit to switching. Btw im a huge fan of your builds I absolutely love those super large scale fantasy builds and I can’t wait to live in a bigger place and be able to do that!
@@RioBricks Thanks, I appreciate the kind words! I look forward to seeing more of your MOCs in the future!
@@BDD_Builds Yeah at the moment the main problem is just that I have so little space as I live in like a 20x20 foot cabin so that's why I mainly focus on custom minifigures but I have big plans for mocs I wanna do and I want to try and make some more small mocs soon in some videos!
Flesh tone I use for elves yellow for normal people. If I cared about realism then I'd have no women knights
If you cared about realism you wouldn’t have elves either. That’s why it’s fantasy. When I’m talking about realism I’m talking about the actual look of the figures not historical accuracy.
LOL - Cool Video !!!
Yeah , it looks strange when mix the yellow and flesh .
I am born 1971 - 53 Years old and when the minifig comes , i think :
I am NOT Asian !!!!!! Why we all are Asian ???
Lego : are you Dump ?
No Joke , no kidding !!
OK , Lego hasnt so much dif. colors - but , hey - why
not Start a War between them ? ( LOL )
FIGHT THE YLLOWS !!!!!
DOWN WITH THE FLESHS !!!!!
Or so ........ 🤔 🤣🤣🤣 😁 😄 😃
@@radjeck9346 lol yeah it def looks a bit strange to mix both. I do tend to notice people who grew up exclusively with yellow tend to like yellow a lot more
Yellow, doesnt seem like Lego otherwise
The other colors look offbrand to me.
Only zombies and the like that is the exception, SW aliens too
Thats fine
Hmm interesting so do you think star wars figures look off-brand? Because personally I think it would look weirder for star wars figures to be in yellow.
@RioBricks The fleshtones?
Yeah they kinda do look such to me, the various alien heads look good enough and wouldn't really work in yellow anyway. Tusken raiders.. yeah no.
lol. They shouldn't be yellow
SW did drop the yellow fairly quick, though still remember and have OG yellow Luke.
Even l can admit tho.. heh 😅🙃
Yellow star wars figs are..
Striking at this point for sure..being so rare they do indeed look amiss next to the regular, though.. again
Would have prefered if humans stayed yellow across all themes
@@secicu Hmm well fair enough you're entitled to your own opinion I just think for themes with real people who have real skin tones you should keep their actual skin tone.
@RioBricks Thanks!
And yeah, guess it was kinda inevitable in a general sense when sets start including actual real people..
That it would be change so that it accurately depicted them, as with the soccer and NBA figs and ofcourse the actors of various fictional roles
I just really like the original idea and reason behind the figs being made yellow, that whole ethos or mindset.
The figs were everyone, abstract representation of all humans.
Like stick figures more or less
There was simplistic beauty in that
It's LEGO, should be yellow.
Fair enough if you’re going for that classic Lego castle look yellow is definitely the move
Yes, LEGO Castle yellow. IP like Starwars / Zelda / harry potter i get the skin colors.
Eh, I mix them ┐( ˘_˘)┌
Yeah whatever you like is what matters at the end of the day :)
Yellow.
Fleshy is just a betrayal of the LEGO brand. If I wanted fleshies, I’d just get Playmobil. Producing minifigures with realistic flesh tones is among the worst - and possibly the worst - decision that LEGO has ever made.
They didn't really have a choice after the original sky city set.
Nobody could recognise Lando, so they made his figure black.
Now everyone knew yellow means white, well what was the point? The ambiguity that was the entire point was already strained by using real characters with real known skin tones.
@@HALLish-jl5moHonestly, it's really telling that the "totally no racial implications neon yellow" makes certain racial groups easier to adapt than others
Well I can see you're very passionate about your love for yellow heads haha. I personally still think flesh tones look cool for a more realistic style if that's what your going for and for licensed themes I think flesh tone works way better to more accurately portray the looks of minifigures but that's just me 🤷
@@HALLish-jl5mo Yeah exactly they obviously had no real choice after the cloud city lando incident but also like you said that was the problem with trying to use yellow for liscned themes, the characters being portrayed already had actual skin tones so trying to adapt them to a "neutral" skin tone didn't really make sense
@@magicrealms I mean I can see where your coming from but I don't entirely think that's why LEGO chose yellow. I think they just went with neon yellow because it's a bright and fun color for a kids toy and they wanted to give minifigures a unique look from other toys that used skin tones for their heads. I do agree though that it's obviously way harder to adapt a darker skinned character to be recognizable in yellow though which is why we had the cloud city lando situation.
I use both
Fair enough what you like for your world :)