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Creative => How-To => Topic started by: cowabounga on May 14, 2011, 20:14:05
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Since this awful samurai was released, I've wanted to make some nice customs with it. And why would he carry two katanas?? How realistic is that anyway?
So I made this almost 100% playmobil naginata (long lance with a curved blade). I hope our friend cheng can make a small briefing about these.
cheng, these are really easy to make, even without a mini drill... I used a hot sewing needle.
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Knights/P1100095.jpg)
Dismantled, see I bored two small holes; one at the base of the blade and one at the top of the pole (cut the point of the lance!). the intermediary part is... a playmobil daisy! The small wire connecting the three parts comes from a paper-clip. And that's it!
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Knights/P1100094.jpg)
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Knights/P1100093.jpg)
Like it? :-[
Arnaud
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very clever idea and excellently executed!!! Well done Arnaud!!
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exelent !! i like this body !! so you find a way to stick it ...
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He looks very fierce :)9
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WOW cowabounga-Arnaud!
talk about the perfect 100%-PM naginata! :love:
...I've plenty of PM daisies to spike and wont feel any pain BUT to cut the (hardest Japanese steel :P) katana :P and another spear (double :P :P) aaaaaahhhhh very painful neh!
still, the result may be worth it...they look awesome on any samurai (I bet WoT will be arming his with these soon :)
one suggestion Arnaud, instead of using a daisy, how about just cutting the katana handle just before the hand-guard? ;)
btw, your tranfers look very 'printed-on' !! :love: :love:
p.s. you correctly wiped off his "Mongol" moustage but oh...pain...more pain :P 8}
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Well thought out design, Arnaud! :clap:
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Excellent piece of work, Arnaud.
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WOW cowabounga-Arnaud!
talk about the perfect 100%-PM naginata! :love:
...I've plenty of PM daisies to spike and wont feel any pain BUT to cut the (hardest Japanese steel :P) katana :P and another spear (double :P :P) aaaaaahhhhh very painful neh!
still, the result may be worth it...they look awesome on any samurai (I bet WoT will be arming his with these soon :)
one suggestion Arnaud, instead of using a daisy, how about just cutting the katana handle just before the hand-guard? ;)
btw, your tranfers look very 'printed-on' !! :love: :love:
p.s. you correctly wiped off his "Mongol" moustage but oh...pain...more pain :P 8}
Well, I told you before: harmony (of proportions, here)! I usually make my customs out of memory, then I compare with Google images. In my mind's eye, the Naginata blade was shorter than the katana's. Also I think it grew wider at the end and curved back even more. So, to respect proportions at least, I cut the katana blade a bit shorter for the naginata.
I thought handle would look to small on top of the lance pole, the daisy has nice "scalloped" petals and is a bit larger (and it's round), so I think it fits better.
Cheers,
Arnaud
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....I thought handle would look to small on top of the lance pole, the daisy has nice "scalloped" petals and is a bit larger (and it's round), so I think it fits better.....
Yes, I agree Arnaud, the katana's guard is too small to be effective ;)
....I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata... :P
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Yes, I agree Arnaud, the katana's guard is too small to be effective ;)
....I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata...I shall not make a Naginata... :P
Look forward to seeing your Naginata, cheng!
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Master Yoda says thee: "there is no try. A naginata you will make!"
:D
A.
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Great work Arnaud. Happily not my theme so I don't have to cut up anything for this :-)
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Great work Arnaud. Happily not my theme so I don't have to cut up anything for this :-)
Will you stop saying that Gis? You say "not my theme" here, "not my theme" there, and now you've bought the Take along Western set... ;D
A.
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Clever idea, making a naginata this way :clap:
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...(I bet WoT will be arming his with these soon :)
one suggestion Arnaud, instead of using a daisy, how about just cutting the katana handle just before the hand-guard? ;)
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Check, and check! ;D
I have not yet, I am just using spears... for now.
But I think my general needs one,
So as soon as I have the parts... :woohoo:
Magnificent custom Arnaud! :wow: :wow: :wow:
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Look forward to seeing your Naginata, cheng!
you can already read my mind, dear playmofire -Gordon!
(thanks for the challenge Arnaud! 'worked' over the weekend and I'm almost finished.....I'll post it soon...no spear head was cut...no katana handle was cut either...no pins/foreign materials/glue ;D)
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That's challenging. Can't wait!
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Intriguing...
Cannot wait to see it Cheng! ;D