PlaymoFriends
Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: Little Jo on December 17, 2005, 10:32:37
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Haven't you got enough (12) sexy female figs, including trailer trash to create a calendar for the boys yet Sylvia. ;D
Cool! I also vote for this request!
(Maybe I have a little time this weekend so a can start with an template ...)
If it will be in Playmo-Scale I can place this in Little Jo's workshop (although I first should check, what Kay thinks about this idea :-\ sometimes she gets in there (http://www.jr-x.de/playmobil/projekte/photocompetition_2005-06.jpg) too).
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Ok, here's a template ... ;)
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You could make money with a calendar like that
Jo, I remember your workshop, but hadnt noticed the flourescent light before. That is a very nice touch.
M
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That calendar's a neat piece of work, Jo. Nicely and quickly done. :)
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Cool! I also vote for this request!
(Maybe I have a little time this weekend so a can start with an template ...)
If it will be in Playmo-Scale I can place this in Little Jo's workshop (although I first should check, what Kay thinks about this idea :-\ sometimes she gets in there (http://www.jr-x.de/playmobil/projekte/photocompetition_2005-06.jpg) too).
GREAT IDEA JO! I want one! And Meg's spot on ... Sylvia could make money with those!
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Love the tempate Jo! We could make a PlaymoFriends Calandar as well. Something the women here might also enjoy. :)
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Hey... now I'm a calendar girl as well as a singer!! ;D
If it will be in Playmo-Scale I can place this in Little Jo's workshop (although I first should check, what Kay thinks about this idea :-\ sometimes she gets in there (http://www.jr-x.de/playmobil/projekte/photocompetition_2005-06.jpg) too).
Love your template, Jochen, and I think making it klicky-scaled as well as full size is an absolute must! 8-)
Are you going to have a cover too? If you want any more pics from me, just drop me a line and I will be happy to provide the originals. :D
There's plenty of talented photographers and customisers on this board, so I hope they will get involved in this project too. 8-)
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I LOVE this idea too! Perhaps we could get people to submit photos for each month and vote on our favorites? I bet playmofriends could even make something ebayable (or simply salable here) out of this to raise money to pay the site hosting bills! (If everyone was willing to donate their intellectual contribution that is.)
Red
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Perhaps we could get people to submit photos for each month and vote on our favorites?
A poll would be the most democratic way, but I wonder if it will slow things down too much. It would probably end up being a 2007 calendar by the time we'd decided on the pics. ;)
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Hello All :wave:
I think this is too good an opportunity to miss and i would certainly buy a PlaymoFriends calendar. I also like the suggestion of a Playmobil sized version too, it would make a great talking point if it came packaged with the big callendar !! Let me know if i can help, i might have a halloween themed picture for October !!
Kindest Regards Tim :)
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Very cool. Nicely done (as always) Jo
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Stop for a minute: I do not want to take the credit for this idea by myself. I haven't had it, I just gave the first realization. The idea originally is from Sir Gareth in this thread (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=327.msg4395#msg4395)
You could make money with a calendar like that
Not at all. This should be fun. I'm not interested in making any money with my hobbies :)
(That's also the reason why I rejected several offers of earning money with my Web site, because it's private and should stay non-profit, no matter how much the offer is ... although I must say, that the offers currently haven't been that high ;D)
So if you are the opinion that the work can be sold, I'm a little bit satisfied that this seems to be a usefull piece. :)
If anybody else want to sell this (in the case it is actually finished) to make money for this site, I have no issue with this (not to mention that from my side so far only the template has been provided).
Jo, I remember your workshop, but hadnt noticed the flourescent light before. That is a very nice touch.
Cool, right? 8-) ;)
And it's no Photoshop or digital picture manipulation trick. The flourescent light tube is made from hot glue adhesive (fixed between two Lego parts) and the light source for this picture (a desk lamp) has placed directly above it, so the flourescent light effect comes out quite well. -- To be honest, this was planned and I've also been surprised by this nice effect ;)
Love your template, Jochen, and I think making it klicky-scaled as well as full size is an absolute must! 8-)
Are you going to have a cover too? If you want any more pics from me, just drop me a line and I will be happy to provide the originals. :D
This would be really helpful and I will come back on this offer. I first will check again j4k to make a "photo shopping list". Especially for a full-sized variant the high resolution originals are necessary to guarantee a good quality.
Additional the PF logo and the PF text would be helpful in a high-resolution and on a neutral background (transparent will be even better).
For sure this calender needs a cover ;D
I also had the idea to make a contest or a poll for this, but as already stated, this will become a length process. I'm not even sure if I can make it untill the beginning of the next near (although this would be a nice gift for the Tokens of Friendship-Ringing the new year; but the idea just came to shortly and I'm still busy in the job untill mid of next week ... and then the participation deadline has been already gone ... and the gift makes only sense, if it is complete).
Maybe we proceed faster, if I (or somebody else) makes a first selection and we discuss on it. Maybe there aren't enough contributions at all so that a poll doesn't make any sense at all (I got the impression, that before Christmas everybody is very busy) ... but maybe I'm wrong and there would be.
There could be also the option, to make different localized versions in different languages. Any suggestions which ones preferred? (For other languages than German and English I need help for sure :))
I've also thought about some variants in realizing the full-size one. I think there would be some options possible (beneath the complete self-printed version). Any suggestions about the size of the real-world-one?
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I would purchase calendars if they were to benefit this site.
M
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Thanks for being so gratious Jo but it looks like a spark has been ignited on the calandar idea. Excellent concept Sir Gareth! I do like the idea of a PlaymoFriends Calandar and have a few ideas...one for January in fact. And I love the idea of the klicky sized calandar as well!
Soooo.....does anyone want to step forward and volunteer to organize a calandar project? Even if it is 2007 before it's complete it's just too wondeful of an idea to let pass by with out some discussion. :D
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I think Jochen wants to make a "pin-up" girl style of calendar for his workshop before 2007, so I will help him out with that by giving him pics of the style he wants. :)
Maybe we can use his little project as the tester and work on the more involved calendar idea using pics submitted from everyone throughout 2006. 8-)
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I think Jochen wants to make a "pin-up" girl style of calendar for his workshop before 2007, so I will help him out with that by giving him pics of the style he wants. :)
Great to hear this!!!
(Wasn't this the initial idea, to make a PM babes calendar? That was at least what I interpreted from Sir Gareth's comment.)
Maybe we can use his little project as the tester and work on the more involved calendar idea using pics submitted from everyone throughout 2006. 8-)
That sounds rather good. So we can proceed fast, collect some experiences, and discuss on the "prototypes" without any hurry, because 2006 is already knocking on the door. I think there are also several options in realizing the PM-scaled version, which should be tried and worked out in detail, to find the best solution.
I also like the idea to use the whole next year to collect the photos. I think it should be manageable to collect in this period of time some high quality photos with some nice dioramas. Then it would also be possible to work on more seasonal pictures for each month. (Apart from the December in my request for pictures to Sylvia the rest of months are more or less arbitrary chosen.)
Also an advantage for 2007 is, that this leaves also enough time (for me or some helpers), to produce some of these calenders. -- I'm not sure, if I can produce as much as desired for selling them, but I think a few, or a little bit more than a few, must be possible, if I have not to wait due lack of photos untill December 2006 for starting the "production" ;)
Yes, this really might become a nice project ...
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Wow,
Very nice idea and that template really looks stunning.
By trying to sell them on EBay you would get some major advertising for this site.
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Maybe we can use his little project as the tester and work on the more involved calendar idea using pics submitted from everyone throughout 2006. 8-)
Now that is an excellent idea Sylvia. We could even discuss having a monthly calander photo event (not necessarily a contest but who knows) that would result in a PlaymoFriends calandar for 2007. Shall I start a topic on this? Is there interest? Monthly submissions would be a great way for me to hone my PhotoShop skills if nothing else...but I would like to avoid a heavily "PhotoShopped" project.
Ideas anyone?
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Shall I start a topic on this? Is there interest? Monthly submissions would be a great way for me to hone my PhotoShop skills if nothing else...but I would like to avoid a heavily "PhotoShopped" project.
Sounds good. :yup:
I'm not sure if I'll have the opportunity to submit any new photos good enough for a calendar (have to start packing my playmo away so it can go into storage soon), but there are probably enough other people that would like to take part. Aside from yourself, I see that Tim_w already expressed an interest in doing so.
Yes, a new topic asking for submissions would probably be the best shot. :)
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Great work Little Jo, that's just what I had in mind.
Now that I'm back in the motortrade I get to see a few Girly calenders through out the year. A few of the young lads think I'm a bit weired already collecting Playmobil, I can just imagine what they would say If I put up a full sized Playmo Pin-up calender in the tea room. :lol: :lol:
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I'm just having a little spare time and currently preparing the templates for every month (and trying different layouts) so that when receiving the photos I can add them immediatly (more or less ;)).
I'm preparing a German and French version. Any other languages desired? If so, please provide me with the month names in the desired language as well as the week days (full name and abbreviated with two letters). And also give me a hint, with which day typically in this region the week starts (Monday or Sunday).
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Are you doing English? ??? (Though personally I'd prefer the German as the calander is playmo-sized.)
Folks who are interested in the project for a full size PlaymoFriends calandar (as opposed to this lovely klicky sized girly calandar Jochen is creating), please see this topic. (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=355.0) :)
Now that I'm back in the motortrade I get to see a few Girly calenders through out the year. A few of the young lads think I'm a bit weired already collecting Playmobil, I can just imagine what they would say If I put up a full sized Playmo Pin-up calender in the tea room. :lol: :lol:
You must let us know their reactions! ;D
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Are you doing English? ??? (Though personally I'd prefer the German as the calander is playmo-sized.)
Aehm, yes?!? :hmm: Shouldn't I? :-\
I just thought, in this international forum every should have the possibility to have it in his/her preferred language. But as I didn't have any feedback so far about different languages, maybe I should actually drop this idea and make it just in German. Other possibility could be that nobody is interested at this first stage on a klicky-sized calendar at all ... anyway, I will make it for my personal use ;)
Folks who are interested in the project for a full size PlaymoFriends calandar (as opposed to this lovely klicky sized girly calandar Jochen is creating), please see this topic. (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=355.0) :)
Ups, sorry. I missed this thread totally. My fault.
My idea wasn't to make an "opposed" project. It was more like, to set up a fast prototype, so that we can discuss on it. In my opinion it's better to discuss on a existing object (pro's and con's, enhancements, etc.) than just only on theory; e.g. one thing can be discussing about the format of the calendar so that the photos can be designed accordingly. I made the experience within some other projects where I made some nice photos but they finally didn't fit in a afterwards defined shape or format where they have to be used with.
Doing the prototype in klicky size is just because it can be made faster and is less ink/paper consuming. Using the girly stuff is just because these are already available (thanks to formerly work of Sylvia and some others) and to follow the original idea of Sir Gareth who exactly had this type of calendar in mind. From the design/layout point of view, there shouldn't be any difference, because it's just a matter scale (right Gordon ? ;D). So my idea originally was (although I didn't stated this in detail) to just make one calender in a suitable resolution to be used for the full size PF calendar as well as the klicky-sized one (by downscaling it). Exchanging the photos afterwards (in a "classical" design) shouldn't be an issue; also adapting the dates from 2006 to 2007 due to the modular design of the template.
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Oh don't get me wrong Jochen, I think it's an excellent idea (in any and all languages). :D The other calandar idea was just sort of an off-shoot but there doesn't seem to be much interest there either...must be the holidays. ???
I think a klicky size calandar in German (1st) would be fantastic! You are lucky to have talented folk who have already made many of your pin-up girl photos. ;D
Psst...I've a photo of a customized "Frank-N-Furter" the sweet transvestite alien played by Tim Curry in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" somewhere in my files. He? was a gift to Elven Rainbow last year but he's not a super custom like some others here make. Still, if you need a floozy for October...;) Here's the photo I worked from.
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Psst...I've a photo of a customized "Frank-N-Furter" the sweet transvestite alien played by Tim Curry in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" somewhere in my files. He? was a gift to Elven Rainbow last year but he's not a super custom like some others here make. Still, if you need a floozy for October...;) Here's the photo I worked from.
;D This would be absolutely great!!! ('cause I'm still missing one picture). You can send it to my web-site's webmaster e-mail account (webmaster at jr-x.de)
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Ok, a little bit late (i.e. not available for January 1st), but here it is: the PlaymoFriends "Baby Calendar" for 2006.
Many thanks to Sylvia, David (Guarrenzino), and Tim (Tim_w), who provided the photos for this calendar. Without them this project couldn't be finished that fast, without their photos the calendar would be nothing. And also a Thank You to Sir Gareth who had the idea for this project.
Because this calendar should be exclusively for the PlaymoFriends community I name the URL, where to download the PDF file, as usual in the picture below. Note, that the file contains a German (page 1) and an English variant (page 2).
The photos are included with 300 DPI resolution, so this will be satisfying also an high-resolution printers.
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:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: Excellent, absolutley excellent !! Thank you for all your hard work Jochen.
Kindest Regards Tim :)9
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The end result is wonderful! :love:
I guess we will see it hanging on the wall in Little Jo's workshop in future shots?
Ok, a little bit late (i.e. not available for January 1st), but here it is: the PlaymoFriends "Baby Calendar" for 2006.
You did very well to get it finished so quickly, especially as it took me several days to find the photos you needed and to remember to send the PF logo art. :toot:
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Great job Jochen. Very nicely done :)