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Title: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: starhorse on September 01, 2008, 05:05:59

Hi everyone,

Once again my wife was kind enough to help me out with some nice photos of my most recent Playmo creation.  When making this scene I used the Baron's Fortress (3665) and then expanded upon that idea.  After I was finished however I figured it would be a good place for thieves and outlaws to hide.  So instead of a fortress for an evil baron it turned into a hang out for a band of merry men. 

http://luke-walton.blogspot.com/2008/08/playmobil-photo-post-2.html

Also of interest perhaps is that I don't currently have any of the Merry Men sets, so I decided to just make one of my own.  I finally got the "Han's On" method to work and you'll see my first creation using it featured here in the scene.  I hope you enjoy it!

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: playmofire on September 01, 2008, 06:22:36

That's a great fortress custom and figure, too.  The ruin reminds me of the follies you find in the grounds of English country houses, romantic ruins built to add atmosphere to the place.  And the figure could well be a genuine Playmobil one. And as for the photos, well they're magnificent.

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: Gepetto on September 01, 2008, 14:37:13

Very nice fortress and the custom does look like it just fell out of the box! Kudos to your wife for the excellent photos (I wonder if my camera can focus like that?)




Gepetto

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: Jimbo on September 01, 2008, 14:50:23

Very well done, Starhorse, and wife
Excellent fortress, figure, and photos. :wow:

Best regards,
Jimbo

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: cachalote on September 01, 2008, 18:34:15

 :wow: great fortress, and it really goes along with the real-tree as a background.
 :) thanks for sharing starhorse.

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: macgayver on September 01, 2008, 19:55:56

very beautyfull pictures thank you for sharing

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: arab warrior on September 01, 2008, 20:30:29

excellent custom, congrats!
Is is a coincidence that the fence is the same height as the run walls, if it is done on purpose then i want to give an extra kudos to you're wife.

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: Rasputin on September 02, 2008, 03:48:51

Thanks, those are some beautiful pictures of a great little old fort .  . It really does show how well you planed out the scene . Keep up the great effort

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: CountBogro on September 02, 2008, 04:46:05

Great ruin - I really like the way you used the broken wall between the large tower on the rock and the smaller tower on the floor.  :love:

Really well made!

Bogro

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: Little Jo on September 02, 2008, 05:13:50

Wow, looks pretty good. I especially like the way you integrated the rocks into the castle (obviously it was the other way round, but anyway :P)

Very well done. Seems a very nice place to take a rest.

Title: Re: Remains of an ancient fortress
Post by: Wesley Myers on March 18, 2012, 17:56:45

I've noted that Starhorse's photos are not accessible on Flickr anymore.

I  really like the creations he made and I hope the links on the blog will be corrected soon - they are good inspiration for Steck builders.