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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: EmGee on December 20, 2011, 21:50:46

Title: Army Of Lovers
Post by: EmGee on December 20, 2011, 21:50:46
Here's my playmo version of the glam/pop Swedish group Army Of Lovers. Popular in the late 80's and early 90's.

(http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n630/playmolife/Customs/aol.jpg)

And here's the original...

(http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n630/playmolife/Customs/aol2.jpg)



Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: conniefrere on December 20, 2011, 22:21:20
Magnificient customs recogniced them imediately :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: skypurr on December 21, 2011, 00:14:20
Very good  :clap: :clap: :clap:
I love the use of the tiny shell on the one in black, to make his cravat.  :love:

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)

Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: cheng on December 21, 2011, 00:30:58
very interesting custom mG! even tho I dont know this group in my side of the world

I love the use of the tiny shell on the one in black, to make his cravat.  :love:
Elaine

thanks Elaine, for bringing to our attention...I had to do a double-double take :-[ :P

and mG....I do not have the girl's black torso...is there one with so much low cut that there's space still for adding a black lace at the top? or did you paint some flesh underneath?
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: Tiermann on December 21, 2011, 01:56:47
Great looking figures, the shell use is brilliant
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: tonguello on December 21, 2011, 02:21:24
Indeed!!! I haven't noticed it until Elaine said it! Good one Emgee!
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: Robbie on December 21, 2011, 02:37:13
Very nice!!  :elf:
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: playmogal on December 21, 2011, 03:20:34
Wow! Never heard of this band, but those really are cool customs!
Way to go! :rudy: :rudy: :rudy:
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: BlackPearl2006 on December 21, 2011, 06:43:36
Nice customs!

I remember seeing this band on MTV back in the 80's, but I was a little kid and didn't know what to make of the guys in drag, and the woman appearing half-dressed (no skirt)...I did, however, find the lady singer oddly attractive.  :-[
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: EmGee on December 21, 2011, 07:00:57
very interesting custom mG! even tho I dont know this group in my side of the world

thanks Elaine, for bringing to our attention...I had to do a double-double take :-[ :P

and mG....I do not have the girl's black torso...is there one with so much low cut that there's space still for adding a black lace at the top? or did you paint some flesh underneath?

The girl's torso is from this figure http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30%2014%202810
It was originally blue with some designs on it. I just covered the decolletage with some tape and spray painted the rest in black/gray.
EmGee
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: EmGee on December 21, 2011, 07:02:49
Very good  :clap: :clap: :clap:
I love the use of the tiny shell on the one in black, to make his cravat.  :love:

Elaine

Thanks Elaine... I almost used a gold coin instead. But the shell gives it a more sophisticated feel.
EmGee
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: EmGee on December 21, 2011, 07:04:46
Nice customs!

I remember seeing this band on MTV back in the 80's, but I was a little kid and didn't know what to make of the guys in drag, and the woman appearing half-dressed (no skirt)...I did, however, find the lady singer oddly attractive.  :-[

They were definitely out there! It was a fun custom to make...
EmGee
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: tahra on December 21, 2011, 08:54:35
Those are great! I remember the name...
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: Lynx on December 21, 2011, 11:43:44
Great! IIIIIII crucifieeeeee... I can almost hear them singing! Well done!
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: cowabounga on December 21, 2011, 16:09:12
Excellent customs! Thanks for sharing!

BTW, did "Army of lovers" make it beyond "I'm crucified"? Not so sure...
A Boy George custom anyone?
Best,
Arnaud
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: Rhalius on December 21, 2011, 18:05:11
I remember being confused about the guy on the left in the early ninetees when they where a guest at a dutch program and I was still a kid. I wasnt sure if it was a man or a woman, might have been the first time I saw a guy in drag.
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: cheng on December 22, 2011, 01:09:26
The girl's torso is from this figure http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30%2014%202810

thanks for your explanation EmGee!
its also interesting to know that Geobra takes the trouble to print on the hidden legs under those what-you-call skirts-held-up-by-frames :P
while for male klickies, torsos have belts only printed in front especially if they are covered with another piece of vest/coat...
is it because kids are exoected to play with these ladies in dress-down fashion too? (sorry for digressing)  :rudy: :rudy: :rudy:
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on December 28, 2011, 04:21:23
Nice customs!

and the woman appearing half-dressed (no skirt)...I did, however, find the lady singer oddly attractive.  :-[

You're not alone! :shhhh: Great custom group creations, EmGee!
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: pingo on December 28, 2011, 11:33:22
BlackPearl2006 you are not the only one to love the woman from Army of Lovers

 :lens: On November 3, 2010, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published excerpts from a book about the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, Den Motvillige Monarken ("The Reluctant Monarch"), claiming that he had a year-long love affair with Henemark in the late 1990s
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2691/220pxkingcarlxvigustafa.png)
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: BlackPearl2006 on December 30, 2011, 05:08:28
wow, i guess that means still hope for the rest of us? lol
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: PlaymoMan on December 31, 2011, 16:18:22
Never heard of that band, but great customs! :clap:
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: Erik on January 16, 2012, 15:02:51
Great customs!Maybe you could use the "Molly Brown" head with the lipstick mouth for the lady singer! :)
Title: Re: Army Of Lovers
Post by: EmGee on January 16, 2012, 22:13:02
Great customs!Maybe you could use the "Molly Brown" head with the lipstick mouth for the lady singer! :)

That head would've been perfect!