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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: Hadoque on May 08, 2013, 02:13:24
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It has been a while since I posted pics of customs, so here we go... ;)
First one is an extensive update of a previous custom of 16th century Spanish King Philips II, son of Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire (not to be confused with the Roman Empire from 1000+ years earlier!).
Catholic King Philips II fought against Prostestant England (his enormous fleet, the "Armada", sent out to invade England, was defeated in 1588 by English ships under commandment of the famous privateer Sir Francis Drake) and against the lands which are now called Belgium and The Netherlands.
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To fight rebellion in the Low Countries, Spanish King Philips II (see pic above) sent troops led by "Grand Duke of Alba", Fernando Álvarez de Toledo (in Dutch language: "de Hertog van Alva").
He is (in)famous for his atrocities against the local populations... ::)
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English Guards, watching out for the approaching Armada of Spanish king Philips II ...
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The Dutch from the (mostly Protestant) Dutch Nothern Provinces (the "Hollanders"as we like to call them overhere in Flanders :P ), who were able to fight off the Spanish troops and became independent, and later a wealthy nation during the 17th century.
On the contrary, the Dutch Southern Provinces (now known as Belgium) remained under Spanish (Catholic) rule for many years.
Btw, I think there is a Spanish spy among these 5 fellows... :sherlock:
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From a more eastern part of the then known world; the fictive sultan Sahlad Eldiner
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And to conclude, an update of... the gallows
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many nice customs Hadoque!
I'm also amazed and encouraged by how you managed to fit the collars + cloaks over their sash & powder belt ;)
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These are all so detailed and impressive! Fantastic job!
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Those are brilliant Hadoque! Like cheng, I am amazed by the brilliant use of neckpieces and capes.. and shoulder things!
And you managed to make THOSE hairs look almost good with the beards :o
The gold painted armored arms are gorgeous :love: And I feel like making a bunch of those english guards!
Ah, I also really like the wizards's hat thingy there.. looks great!
And the sultan looks lovely - where is that cape from?
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Awesome stuff!
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These are really great customs, Hadoque.
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I LOOOOOOOOOVE the group photo guys!
Excellent details!
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Very nice work and great customs, I liked especially the 'Hertog van Alva' and the 'Hollanders' ;)
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Wow, thanks guys! :-[ Glad you like them so much! :)
And the sultan looks lovely - where is that cape from?
The long black cape with the prints is from a king in DS-set 7773 (sadly playmodb's major functions are still down :( )...
Momentarily I only have one such cape, so (temporarily) I'm using a standard black cape for King Philips II, with the golden symbols painted on.
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Wow, thanks guys! :-[ Glad you like them so much! :)
The long black cape with the prints is from a king in DS-set 7773 (sadly playmodb's major functions are still down :( )...
Momentarily I only have one such cape, so (temporarily) I'm using a standard black cape for King Philips II, with the golden symbols painted on.
Thanks!
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My favourite are the first two, obviously the most detailed customs. But the Sultan is very good too. 8}
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Actually, I realized that the Greek Hoplite in your profile photo looks fantastic. Has it been posted before? Would really Love to take a closer look at it.
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Actually, I realized that the Greek Hoplite in your profile photo looks fantastic. Has it been posted before? Would really Love to take a closer look at it.
Hi, thanks but all credits go to Malone. It's a picture from his custom page (with his permission of course). The Ancient world is my favourite playmo theme (would love to see ancient Greeks with Playmo as well, although my personal opinion is that Malone already reached perfection here :) ) I'm actually building a Hoplite army myself but that project is on hold (read : need more time :'( ).
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Lovely Customs. One of them gives me a great inspiration . Thx!
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Magnificent customs, Erwin. You have a real talent for the 16th and 17th century customs.
The background of the antique map is very good and nicely goes with the figures and sets the scene for the times of imperial expansion, by the Dutch, the Spanish and the English. It reminds me of how Vermeer used a world map in one of his paintings.
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Fantastic customs here, you have done a very nice job with all of them, congrats!!!!
George. :)