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18th century Redcoats
« on: April 26, 2011, 05:57:10 »
A few pics of some of my English Redcoats.
They are situated in the 18th century. I'm working on/with 3 regiments: 1st one (infantry or cavalry) is based on the redcoat-officer from the new blister-set 4127, 2nd one (infantry) is based on the pirate-captain's torso from the 4290 pirateship, and another one (artillery) on a servant-figure that came in set 3021 Royal Banquet...

Sorry for some bluriness or not very good quality of the pics, I've not photographed Playmo that often so I've to learn a lot...


First pic shows some guys from the artillery.
Second pic is a colonel and infantry.


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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2011, 06:05:00 »
The guards on the castle's walls and towers are the ones based on the blister-redcoat. I've given them other colour-hairpieces and crossbelts to be "degraded" to privates.

(the castle is the new small one 4866, enlarged with the DS extension-sets. The towers have a big opening towards the outside of the castle, I used some artillery-pieces to fill that void...)

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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2011, 06:07:46 »
And a couple views from inside this English fortress.

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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2011, 07:37:23 »
Amazing customs Hadoque!!!!  :clap: :clap: :clap:

I love how you used the 4690 pirate special torso for the redcoats and how you turned the 4293 pirate captain into an english captain!!! :)9

Keep up the good work!!!

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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2011, 08:03:41 »
Excellent customs Sir !!!
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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2011, 02:15:22 »
Amazing job! They look stunning Hadoque! :wow:
I really like your Redcoat army,
It makes me want to buy the parts needed for my army now...! ;D
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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2011, 05:39:08 »
Two thumbs up!

The only change I would make: swap the silver collar for a black or white one (3rd pic). The combination of silver and gold buttons/embellishments is somewhat strange.

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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2011, 05:58:23 »
You did a great job on combining parts to make your redcoats  :clap: when those packs become available in the US I may just have to make some of these soldiers if you do not mind
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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2011, 06:55:16 »
Great work Hadoque, Love how the small castle is serving a different purpose!!


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Re: 18th century Redcoats
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2011, 00:23:00 »
Thanks for all the encouraging replies!  :)

The only change I would make: swap the silver collar for a black or white one (3rd pic). The combination of silver and gold buttons/embellishments is somewhat strange.

Yes, I've thought about that too, but then I'd need 60 of these black or white collars for this particular infantry-regiment... ::) I find it not that disturbing so I used all the silver collars I had and bought a few extra.
Maybe I could get hold of black ones (the regiment based on the blister-redcoat has them but I'm not gonna disassemble these soldiers)...
Never seen the collar in white, except in a recent set from 2010... from the Special Agents-theme if I'm not mistaking.
Do you perhaps have the ETN-number for the white collar?

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