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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: Hadoque on September 11, 2011, 19:49:53

Title: English Navy ensign
Post by: Hadoque on September 11, 2011, 19:49:53
Another of my sailor customs...

"Ensign" this time is not the flag on a ship's stern, but the junior officer supposed to handle it  ;D

His torso is quite common but it came with this white scarf in the new US-exclusive 5948 "soldiers' boat". (the scarf was as far as I know only available in very darkblue and came with the sailors from the white 3740-schooner/sloop/cutter, and the chinese pirate in set 3790 from the late '80s/early '90s)

His legs are the very light brown/beige ones with white socks from the Redcoat officers in the renewed pirates' theme.

The original klicky from set 5948 on which the figure is based, had the same trousers but in red.  I'm using those pants on other figures.
A black tricorne instead of the darkgrey one he came with, and a brown poneytail wig and darkblue cuffs are added to make the "finishing touch".

Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 11, 2011, 20:00:12
He looks great! :o :wow: :wow: :wow:
If I could make a few like him,
I might be able to make a Swedish army for the Great Northern War... :!:
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: tahra on September 11, 2011, 20:21:18
I like him a lot!  That torso looks great on him..
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: Wolf Knight on September 11, 2011, 20:29:40
Very good combination!! I used this torsos and the legs from 4654 special for first mates!!! But these legs you use Hadoque suit him really great!!!
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: bonniebeth on September 12, 2011, 01:36:52
Excellent custom, really sharp-looking!
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: PrimusPilus on September 12, 2011, 01:42:57
He looks perfect!
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: cheng on September 12, 2011, 01:46:15
precious Ensign Hadoque!
......the scarf was as far as I know only available in very darkblue and came with the sailors from the white 3740-schooner/sloop/cutter, and the chinese pirate in set 3790 from the late '80s/early '90s) [/size]...

youre right about those blue scarf which were hard to find for late collectors like me, so maybe we'll have to hoard these white ones this time around ;)
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: stadswache on September 12, 2011, 04:55:59
great job looks perfect
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: Bolingbroke on September 20, 2011, 16:32:38
Very very nice custom!
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 20, 2011, 16:44:22
I'm jealous!  I wish I had a a few! I've never owned the original schooner and sailing crew, so my british ships have nothing but admirals and redcoats being passed off as marines.  I wish Playmobil would make more non-admiral crew members including bosuns, first mates, lower-ranking officers, ensigns, real marines, sailors, deckhands, a cook, perhaps, sailing masters, etc....

well done!
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: playmofire on September 20, 2011, 16:59:46
Great work, Hadoque.  He looks just the man for the role.
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: tonguello on September 20, 2011, 17:10:44
oh wow! I missed this.... I LOVE IT!  :love:
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: Hadoque on September 28, 2011, 03:30:24
Thanks guys!  :)

Meanwhile the Royal Navy is getting more servicemen!  ;)
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: Wolf Knight on September 28, 2011, 05:46:34
Now those legs work great!!!
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: playmofire on September 28, 2011, 19:27:19
Very smart, but you must stop breathing on the camera lens, Erwin. 
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: Hadoque on September 29, 2011, 20:58:41
you must stop breathing on the camera lens, Erwin. 

Did/do I?  ???
Mabye it's gunsmoke from shipbattles in my living room  ;)

Actually I'm working with an old 2nd-hand camera, it's a bit dusty indeed so I need to clean it a bit. And I really should buy a new and better one and improve my phototechniques as well, but I'm allways buying too much Playmo so the new camera allways gets postponed... (several years of postponement already  :lol: ::) )
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 29, 2011, 23:58:54
your window sill looks a lot like my window sill pics!  (are you in my living room again?) hehehe.  if you were, I'd say we should have a ship battle!
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: Hadoque on September 30, 2011, 15:21:52
your window sill looks a lot like my window sill pics!  (are you in my living room again?) hehehe.  if you were, I'd say we should have a ship battle!

 :lol:

Having a shipbattle would be nice!  :captain:
But I'm not in your livingroom, but in Western-Europe... :-\

Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 30, 2011, 15:24:05
Once more,
We need to find a way to have a ship battle together. :)
Title: Re: English Navy ensign
Post by: conniefrere on September 30, 2011, 20:23:32
Very smart, but you must stop breathing on the camera lens, Erwin. 

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: