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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: specialist on May 02, 2021, 13:04:15
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The historic period (which isn't a very precise one, more or less a whole century) is usually not my cup of tea, but during the last months I
- came across old pictures of my Airfix-soldiers (never painted them as a child but used them to play outside until they.....quicksand in Germany?)
- fell in love with the Playmobil-jeep (again)
- realised how many shades of green, grey, brown actually exist
- came across a lot of those baggy-pants....with boots
and as I love a challenge (and figures without printing) I tried to find "plausible" combinations for the 20th century. I did a bit of research and there is more or less a correct uniform for every figure in these pictures but it is a wild mix out of about 100 years of military uniforms.
...and now it is time to step back into history again.
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Those are beautiful :love:
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Lovely! You can turn your hand to any epoch, it seems!
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Great stuff, really classic looking klickies! What is the "historic" period? I'm wondering if there is a different English equivalent as it sounds like a precise period.
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A great-looking bunch, old and new parts integrate seamlessly!
I particularly like those in green sporting marroon berets, they stand out.
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Never seen the jeep before. Looks perfect with that group of figures.
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very nice :love:
(hair excepted! :P )
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WITH printing.
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Fighting against Indiana Jones or James Bond?
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Awesome work!
My favorites are (to no surprise) the brownies :love: ...
... and those ladies at the end!
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Now that PM has violated pretty much all their other "will never do" rules, I think it's about time they broke the last taboo and did modern military sets. specialist is here showing exactly how it should be done.
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They've skated up tot he edge with the SEK stuff in the police theme. It's a touchy subject for a German company. As Specialist's great customs here show, it's possible to make things up from existing parts. I really can't see them doing any modern heavy equipment, they barely keep up with advances in realistic firefighting or construction equipment these days instead choosing to jump past it to fantasy items.
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Heavy equipment would not be great, I think the best way would be to do historical figures like the museum releases. WWI would be pretty uncontroversial I would hope. Or modern "peacekeepers".
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Nice and simple.
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I wonder what the market would be for WWI era artillery or tanks? And would I, personally, buy any of it...? Frankly, no. I prefer the pageantry and color of the Napoleonic era - and it's just a little further removed from the industrial scale horrors of the 20th century wars.
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Who knows, with much of western Europe gearing up to provide Ukraine equipment to defend itself, war themes will have found their way into the lives of children and while it's an unfortunate aspect of life it is still one that is influential.
If Playmobil gets as big as that Danish company then it may be profitable for third party companies to start producing compatible items in plastic that focus on specialist themes rather than 3D printed accessories.
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