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Offline cheng

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Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« on: December 31, 2012, 09:27:05 »
"no other toymaker does it better...." (sung to the tune of "no one does it better..." from one of the best classic Bond movies ;D)
not talking about my custom but about GEOBRA's Playmobil, the only toy figures that can even change sides in any war with quick uniform/part changes ;)
A quick snap on of these 'linen' havelocks (from Gaspodfreud) and hey presto! ..and I have my new 6th Massachusetts Volunteers :P 

and HAPPY NEW YEAR Playmofriends!! :snowman: :snowman: :snowman: :snowman:
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2012, 15:52:44 »
They look great, cheng! <*)
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 15:54:40 »
Awesome! :love:
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2012, 18:58:07 »
Wonderful, cheng.  And for anyone wondering where the name came from, I imagine it came from Colonel Henry Havelock whose Highlanders raised the seige of Lucknow in the Indina Mutiny of 1857 (I think that's the date).  (That's Indian as in India.)

EDIT:  I hadn't come across his name used like that before.  All names, dates, ranks etc. are subject to error!
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2012, 21:57:53 »
They look amazing! Love their boots!
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2013, 03:09:08 »
thanks playmofriends! and Gordon, for the bit of history...a few australians in the northerner parts still wear caps with those tails till today ;)
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2013, 19:47:43 »
They look awesome !
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2013, 22:47:26 »
Great customs, cheng!
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2013, 23:06:30 »
Nice ones, Cheng!  :)9
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Re: Linen Havelocks and 6th Massachusetts Volunteers
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2013, 07:42:33 »
thanks PFs and Happy New Year!
..another photo (I took those zouaves(in the background)'s bodies to make these Havelock-wearing 6th Massachusetts volunteers and gave those Zouaves normal red trousers)
(they have wrong period firearms...all sent to the Napoleonic fronts :P)
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