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Creative => How-To => Topic started by: moreorless on May 13, 2014, 09:47:12

Title: Egyptian ship canopy as stand-alone stall?
Post by: moreorless on May 13, 2014, 09:47:12

I am on the lookout for ideas for small Roman/Egyptian-looking civilian pieces for my 5yo daughter who is obsessed with the period (inspired manipulated by her Playmobil-loving mother... :lol:).

Does anyone know if the Royal Ship of Egypt's canopy (ie the tent roof with four poles) can be used as a stand-alone piece? Or does it need some kind of a base to place the poles in for stability? I have seen it used as a market stall in Birdie's lovely Roman harbour town diorama, but can't quite determine its stand-alone potential from the pictures...

Title: Re: Egyptian ship canopy as stand-alone stall?
Post by: Baron Marshall on May 13, 2014, 10:51:04

It has 4 poles that click to the sides of the canopy and are all the same length so, yes, it can stand by itself.

Title: Re: Egyptian ship canopy as stand-alone stall?
Post by: moreorless on May 13, 2014, 20:27:10

Great, thank you!

Title: Re: Egyptian ship canopy as stand-alone stall?
Post by: Birdie on May 14, 2014, 06:07:32

And thank you for the compliment, moreorless  :)

Title: Re: Egyptian ship canopy as stand-alone stall?
Post by: moreorless on May 14, 2014, 06:53:09

Quote from: Birdie on May 14, 2014, 06:07:32

And thank you for the compliment, moreorless  :)

You're welcome! I would love to be able to create authentic scenes like that, but I lack the time not to mention the skills... Also, I have to restrain my desire to indulge myself in big Playmobil setups, as I only buy for my daughter, and I think she enjoys her Playmobil world precisely for its randomness and incompleteness...  Hence the ship canopy which will probably have a multitude of uses in her various conceptions of ancient times  :)