Avatar Gallery

[Little Jo]

» Go to the Avatar Gallery (PF Photo Album)

Some time ago I started to collect the avatar figures of this forum. Not all had been easy to obtain: some can be get simply "as is" from an official Playmobil set, others I have to customize, and a third category has been provided kindly from the owner of the avatar himself/herself. So here I want to present what I have so far. Idea of this project was also to show the complete figure, because most times it only can be seen partially. Additionally I want to show all in a homogeneous way, i.e. in the same environment, but with slight difference: the flags.  Originally I started to display the flags of the residence, but after a short time I got feedback from different people who preferred other flags than suggested by myself, for reason of different nationality than the country they live in, they are living in more than one country, or just one's self-image w.r.t. the nationality. Anyway, the reasons are different and I decided to leave the choice to everybody himself/herself.

Because the avatar of a member is a very personal item for each of them (that's my point of view), I asked everybody for allowance before I post his or her photo. So if anybody changed his mind afterwards and wants his/her photo to be removed or changed, feel free to contact me via private message and I will remove the photo -- no excuses or explanations for reasons required.

Finally a small remark: there is no special order about the photos and they are posted nearly in random sequence. For some you can assume the order is the point in time I finished a certain figure, rechieved it or some missing parts/accessories/etc. needed for it. In general I started with those members' avatars which are most active on the board and going step by step forward to the other ones. But this is not a strictly rule, because some are easier to realize than others. -- Anyway: as I said, there is no special order about.


I'm a little bit uncertain how to display the photos best. Currently I have chosen the photo album (cf. HERE; please note that the photos will be displayed even in display mode smaller than the original 400 x 600 pixels, so if you want to see more details, please click on the photo again).
I also can imagine to start a single thread in which I post the photos directly (or even better referencing them via an img-tag so this will save storage on this site). -- What do you think? How would you like them to be displayed?

[playmofire]

I like the present approach, Jochen.  The photos look very smart and show the avatars and the flags off well.  I especially like the fact that the figures are not posed square to the camera but are at varying angles; this makes them seem much more lifelike.

[Tiermann]

I agree, they are nicely done. I think the link to the existing gallery is enough. Thanks for sharing htis fun project. 

[Richard]

They look GREAT, Jochen !!!

[Sylvia]

This must be the nicest way that I can think of to pay homage to your fellow members.

The idea and the presentation is just terrific, Jochen!

Thank you for all the time and trouble you have taken on this.


Speaking of trouble... *ahem*... will I be in the 'bad books' if I decide to change my avatar in the next month or so? I'm beginning to think it might be nice to become a human klicky again instead of a buck-toothed, tail-twitching beaver.

[CountBogro]

I like the idea very much!
But I guess that some of the Avatars will be hard to reproduce  .
I wish you all the luck with the project (you're going to need it) 

Bogro

PS - you have my approval before hand!! And as for banners - I would like to see the Dutch flag and the new Playmobil logo (pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaase ... )

[Little Jo]

Thank you for all your praise so far 

Speaking of trouble... *ahem*... will I be in the 'bad books' if I decide to change my avatar in the next month or so? I'm beginning to think it might be nice to become a human klicky again instead of a buck-toothed, tail-twitching beaver.

No, for sure you wouldn't. (To be honest I would appreciate this because then I wouldn't need some helping materials like the boxes to set "you" in scene  ). I'm really excited what it will be and what you're thinking on.

PS - you have my approval before hand!! And as for banners - I would like to see the Dutch flag and the new Playmobil logo (pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaase ... )

Oh yes, for sure. If you can provide me a larger photo on which I can see more details I can make a try (or if you can send me the complete figure this would be even better  ). But keep in mind that I have nearly no medieval sets so this might become a difficult task for me searching on eBay for the desired parts (it looks like there are older parts used like the hat and the fur collar).  -- Anyway, everybody is invited to participate. Just provide me some photos where I can see details and/or name me the sets from which the figure is made from and I can start (no garantuee given on how long it takes me to complete the figure)

[Dan]

I've changed mine especially!

Anyone know how I can make it larger?

[Sylvia]

Anyone know how I can make it larger?

The maximum size for avatars at PF is 80x80 pixels, so it's often difficult to get a clear pic at that size showing the whole body of your figure.

If you want to show a little more detail, you'll probably have to crop it more tightly - perhaps just show him from the waist up, instead of trying to show the whole body?

I'm afraid that means we won't be able to see all of the neat handiwork you performed on your avatar figure, but please feel free to post a new topic with bigger pics so everyone here can get a better look at him.

I've made a few examples of more tightly cropped avatar pics so you can get an idea of how it looks.

[Captain Henry]

Thanks for putting the effort into this Jochen! The gallery looks terrific.