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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: Cloud Strife on February 18, 2014, 21:07:24
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Hi guys I'm back, ...well never been away but just reading here.
Playmobil has the Duke and Duchess figures and they have inspired me to go in a Rococo direction.
First is the queen getting her coiffure ready for the day
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonD.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonD.jpg.html)
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The King and Queen out for a stroll in the garden
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonA.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonA.jpg.html)
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The Royal Court assembled
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonC.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonC.jpg.html)
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Two young lovers meet
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonB.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonB.jpg.html)
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a little bit of off era extras
the Ascot Gavotte
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/AscotA.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/AscotA.jpg.html)
and Candyland
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/CandylandB.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/CandylandB.jpg.html)
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:o WOW!!!!!!
That´s ...incredible!!!
:wow: :wow: :wow:
Daniela
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Love those female hairdos! Well done. :)9
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Very nice touches on the ladies hairdos and dresses. Love the ruffle in the gentleman's shirt. Nice work!
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That's amazing! :love:
I like the look of those trees on the sides of the house.
The first picture is so funny with someone measuring her hair :lol: Great custom Victorians. They're all lovely.
And that last scene is fantastic!
Would you mind sharing where those pies, chocolates and treats come from?
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nice hairdos and dresses. :love:
manson
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Wow. Those are great! The hairs are.... :o
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Wow thanks for the kind words everyone that's really sweet! :wave:
Birdie, the treats and most of the candy in the last picture is from Re-Ment blind boxes, sort of like Playmobil's Figure series. I found them in Toy Tokyo store in New York but there are also some in Ebay.
Oh yeah, and the trees are from Schleich from Toy's R Us.
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Great! :love:
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Those hairstyles are superb great work the young gent with the black hair and ruffles looks particularly good and you really settup that last photo well :lol:
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Great customs! :)
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Great customs and wonderful pics !
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Thanks, Pynedor, DrDalek6, sunflower, and Skywalker.
Here are more shots from a harp concerto for a select few inner circle
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonG.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonG.jpg.html)
I love that Bedroom lady figure playing the harp but sadly she is no longer being made according to DS. The guy with the hooked hand was unintentional since I only have one of the figures, I guess I have to wait until they go on sale in the US to get two matching hands.
This is a trio of intimidating grand dowagers. I am experimenting with grey hair which was so popular during the 18th century and I hope they came out alright.
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonFB.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonFB.jpg.html)
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a detail from the earlier group showing how I was inspired by Christian Lacroix's hat for this lady in red. The choker was from
cheng's idea of pvc stickers
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/Lacroix.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/Lacroix.jpg.html)
and this is my preview of a Mt. Olympus tableaux done 18th century style so I am working on Athena and Venus.
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/Hermes.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/Hermes.jpg.html)
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At first I hated her hair color now it's growing on me :P
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonH.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonH.jpg.html)
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Wonderful hair on all of them. I very much like the grey hair ladies. great to see you posting again.
This last one with the red hair - the hair looks to me like it should go on a Queen Elizabeth I custom, it reminds me particularly of the QEI from the BlackAdder TV show. Just needs a bit of crown or fluffy hat in the center.
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these are exceptional! how do you make your hair?
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Thanks, Tim/Tiermann, and nunney.
I make the hair using Moldmaker or SuperElasitclay (the old name for it). It is kind of like Sculpey but dries flexible so I prefer that since I'm a klutz and will drop and break anything like my avatar buddy. I experimented with hollow centers for the hair which saves on clay but makes adding detail very tedious since they have a tendency to deflate. So now I use solid clay all throughout and sculpt it on the Klicky head which makes it easier. I make the sausage curls by rolling thin strips of clay and poke them at the ends using an arrow from the 4762 Archer with Target Special Plus. After that, I microwave the whole mess in hot water for three minutes. After cooling they are ready for embellishment.
Speaking of, agree with Tiermann that the orange-haired lady really could go Elizabethan/Blackadder and I haven't quite decided on the frou-frou to add. Going through my bin of lace and trim scraps nothing seems to click (or Klick). I'm headed to work tomorrow and I'll see what they have to throw out hoping there might be something for me to scavenge.
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I love them ALL!!! :love:
You are a wonderful artist!
Thank you for letting us enjoy your wonderful customs!
Daniela
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Great pics and great job with those women's wigs! 8-)
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Do you paint the hair, or do you mix colors in the clay?
And do you microwave the wigs WITH the playmobil figure or only the wig?
I am wondering how Playmos reacts in the microwave? ???
Daniela
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Wow!! Great customs and very realistic!! Excellent job, congrats!!
George. :)
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Thanks everyone for the kind words! :-[
@Daniela, I had some colored Elasticlay so I used the colors first if I had them. Normally Elasticlay comes cream-colored and these work perfectly for the light hair in the first pic, like lightly-powdered blonde hair. I painted the grey-haired ladies after boiling and cooling with a mix of light grey acrylic and then a dry brush of darker grey for the streaks.
Speaking of boiling, I tried boiling just the head first but the hair will collapse on assembly so now I boil the entire Klicky already assembled. There may be some fading but not all the time. Sometimes there would be no fading at all sometimes it would fade the colors badly. If it's a figure that has colors that I love or if the hair is small enough I just submerge the head part on already boiling water while holding the feet above water with tongs or chopsticks. The detachable skirt parts should not get boiled because they will fade; also anything small and pliable like cuffs and soft capes and those white birds. They don't do well at all in the heat.
I am always on the look out for new methods so by no means is this definitive so I will have to experiment with a hair dryer to "set" the clay or maybe rig a new contraption to suspend the Klicky above water.
BTW, please forgive if I'm mistaken Daniela, is the opera house yours? I showed that creation to coworkers to prove that I am not so strange after all :D, other people collect these too and have more than I do. Look what they've done! They were all duly impressed, as was I obviously, so now they don't hassle me anymore about my hobby.
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Thank you, very interesting possibilities...
And, yes, I am the one with the opera house. :-[
Happy to hear, you like it. :wave:
Thank you!
Daniela
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I'm loving the photography as much as the figures. Great job.
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Very nice those Dowegers do look a bit intmidating wouldn't want to cross some fo them the grey looks good on their hair. Some of the figures at the Harp concert look very good particularly the girl in the blue dress and the guy with the hooked hand, Also liking the Greek guy with the wings and that orange hair is brilliant great work :)
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Thank you so much mwillbury and DrDalek6. :wave: I've learned some techniques about photography here in PF and members like AgeOwns. The hardest part is using a tripod when you have limited space to work with, it's practically Cirque de Soleil level of contortions just to click the shutter ;D
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Here's some more customs I created while waiting for parts from my DS order and I was getting antsy waiting for it to arrive so I just fiddled around with extra ladies I have from the Duke and Duchess set and the wedding set. These are aristocrats in macaron colors.
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonJ.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonJ.jpg.html)
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These are a group of more soberly-dressed ladies in daytime outfits. My little court jester, Payaso, can't help but photobomb this group to shake things up.
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonK.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonK.jpg.html)
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A few decades later...Lord Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb start their scandalous affair, full Regency style.
(http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/krljosue/Playmobil/TrianonL.jpg) (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/krljosue/media/Playmobil/TrianonL.jpg.html)
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Lord Byron ;D Such awesome pictures, dresses, hairdoes and background too by the way. I hope there's much more to come.
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Great ones, the really big hair of the lady in green I especially like. Looks very Playmobil correct
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The Regency couple is fantastic. :o
I also like your 18th century customs very much. They show once again how one specific part (the hair piece) would allow to create most of these from the already available princesses. Of course I'd prefer to have all your hairdos and klickies as DS available parts. :)
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I really love the way you made these customs. I love the shoes on the gentleman. Your pictures are very inspiring to look at.
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Thank you everybody :wave: for your kind words and very valuable feedback. Henry TY indeed, and I too wish Playmobil would make more civilian 18th century people and subject matter though I understand if they feel this is too narrow a subject matter and not profitable enough. Still it would be nice for the pirates and redguards to have people and towns to protect yes?
I have been remiss in thanking tonguello for his hair ideas in his medieval ladies thread that I shamelessly copied. So TY very much and shout out!
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Henry TY indeed, and I too wish Playmobil would make more civilian 18th century people and subject matter though I understand if they feel this is too narrow a subject matter and not profitable enough. Still it would be nice for the pirates and redguards to have people and towns to protect yes?
There has been already a set of travelling acristocrats belonging to the pirate theme a long time ago. This would be the occasion to put one or two of those hairs. :-)
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Those are gorgeous even now! Did you use epoxy for the hair, and did you pain any of the clothing?
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These are very impressive!