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Title: "Cori the ship's mate"
Post by: Hadoque on March 17, 2012, 04:52:50
"Cori the ship's mate" (Cori le mousallion / Cori de scheepsjongen) is a fictional character, created by belgian author/draughtsman Bob de Moor, who was a friend and colleague of Hergé (the creator of Tintin).
The adventures of Cori take place around AD 1580 - AD 1600, and include seabattles of Dutch galleons against the Spanish silverfleet, battles of England's Sir Francis Drake against the Spanish Armada of Philips II, adventures in the nordic Barentz-sea and with arab pirates in the Mediterranean.
All stories are beautiful and realistically drawn and written. Only about 5 comicbooks were released.


First is a drawing of "Cori" from the backcover of one of the books, 2nd picture is my "Playmobil-version of Cori":
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Post by: hauden_lukas on March 17, 2012, 04:54:56
Perfect, captain!
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Post by: Hadoque on March 17, 2012, 05:07:28
thanks, H_L  :)

For the fans; some pics that I found on the web from pages of these books...
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Post by: Wolf Knight on March 17, 2012, 08:39:48
I just love this type of drawing!!! Excellent custom, Hadoque!!!
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Post by: bonniebeth on March 17, 2012, 11:26:20
That custom is perfect, Erwin! Is that the beiber hair? It's a great choice.
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Post by: Jimbo on March 17, 2012, 13:20:06
Great custom!   :clap: :clap:
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Post by: Bill Blackhurst on March 17, 2012, 13:21:36
Well done! :clap:
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Post by: Pynedor on March 17, 2012, 15:09:56
Excellent! It looks great! ;)
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Post by: conniefrere on March 17, 2012, 19:51:36
Marvellous, always the nice pics you show us. :)
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Post by: Justindo on March 18, 2012, 03:34:13
Great looking custom, Erwin!  Did you paint the stockings white?
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Post by: Hadoque on March 18, 2012, 05:07:31
Thanks folks  :)

Did you paint the stockings white?

Yes and no... I don't use paint on skin-coloured parts (it comes off too easily, like on wigs) but  white fluid-corrector for typing-mistakes, the kind that comes in a small bottle  :lol:

http://www.prittworld.com/nor/products/correction/correction-fluids/correction-fluids.html

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Post by: Justindo on March 18, 2012, 19:23:47
Thanks folks  :)

Yes and no... I don't use paint on skin-coloured parts (it comes off too easily, like on wigs) but  white fluid-corrector for typing-mistakes, the kind that comes in a small bottle  :lol:

http://www.prittworld.com/nor/products/correction/correction-fluids/correction-fluids.html



Very clever, Erwin.  They look good. :)9
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Post by: playmofire on March 18, 2012, 22:53:42
Excellent custom, Erwin, you've caught the character perfectly, although the hair colour is maybe not quite ginger enough, but Playmobil have never been good at making red hair realistically.
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Post by: Luis on March 19, 2012, 00:13:55
Yes and no... I don't use paint on skin-coloured parts (it comes off too easily, like on wigs) but  white fluid-corrector for typing-mistakes, the kind that comes in a small bottle  :lol:

actually Erwin, correction liquid comes off more easily no? anyway i hadn't noticed it was painted!
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Post by: Hadoque on March 20, 2012, 22:43:09
actually Erwin, correction liquid comes off more easily no? anyway i hadn't noticed it was painted!

yes, normally, but paint doesn't stick so well on klicky-parts like naked legs, hands, faces, hairpieces and such. On these (if I want them white and they're not) I use the correction fluid (which shouldn't not to fluidic though when applying, it must be a bit thick) and it dries up very fast. It sticks on well, but you can allways scrape if off with a knife or so, if you want the part back to original. And that works easier then removing paint.
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Post by: Hadoque on March 20, 2012, 22:59:44
although the hair colour is maybe not quite ginger enough

True, I used this hairpiece because it looks somewhat like the hair is moving by the wind and it is a haircut which can be used both for historical as modern figures, 2 things that are not the case with most hairpieces.
When he is wearing his hat, I switch Cori's hairpiece to one with a bit longer hair in a redbrown colour, like this pirate wears: