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Offline tonguello

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Victorian Swimsuits
« on: February 25, 2012, 16:09:09 »
HI!

Every year since I've been actively writting short (and sometimes in-concluded  :P ) photostories, I take on my vacations some clickies for shooting pics. Last year were the vikings, and before that some Arabs  :love:
This year (I just came back from the beach) I decided I wanted to do something cool and different. So I came up with the idea of a Victorian holiday at the beach. BTW this could totally go also in the Brainstorming for playmobil section  ;D
One thing I was lacking was Victorian beachwear. And honestly I have never seen it before made with clickies.

Researching a little I found these images which gave me the inspiration for my very simple customs.  :love:

This first pic is very Victorian and some of the very first types of swimsuits for women


This is a later Victorian and is which I took to make the clicky ladies


This is a later beachwear, surely 1920's so it would be Edwardian, but it works too. (The Victorian Playmobil Theme is actually Edwardian BTW)


And this are the guys suits, which I love!  :love:





So now... the customs clickies, very simple and with all original PM parts.  :love: :love: :love:











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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2012, 16:19:45 »
Fantastic Vic customs Gaston! :wow: Well done!
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2012, 16:44:19 »
Excellent customs, Gaston.  Very original and clever.   :wave:
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2012, 16:44:46 »
Gaston these are brilliant!!! the gentlemen are soooo funny, they look like they got a sunburn  :lol: Did you do anything on those arms? ... hmm now that I look at your last pic again, they are standard issue arms... so perhaps unintentionally, you produced a very nice sunburn effect due to lighting in the first male swimsuit pic The ladies seem very playfull and carefree  ;D
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2012, 16:45:02 »
:wow:

Brilliant idea :) And they look spot on!
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2012, 16:53:41 »
Thank you guys!

Panos I didn't realised about he sunburned guys  :lol: but you are right, they look pinkish  :lol:, That was totally by accident, maybe had to do with the automatic color-correction feature.  ;D
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2012, 17:07:15 »
Well done! This is an interesting theme to cover.
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2012, 17:54:05 »
 :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: excellent idea
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2012, 17:59:26 »
They look wonderful, Gaston! Hope they all had a good time at the beach... they all look a bit sunburned to me.
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Re: Victorian Swimsuits
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2012, 18:04:09 »
Quote from: bonniebeth on February 25, 2012, 17:59:26
They look wonderful, Gaston! Hope they all had a good time at the beach... they all look a bit sunburned to me.

Well... Im preparing a topic about our vacations.... "a good time" actually does not describe them :(
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