Viking Conquest!

[Gis]

Thank you very much for your comments Richard, Justindo, Martin, Sit Wolf and Klickus Mobilius.

In regards to the "Shield Hop":

I shot the first part a decent amount of time before the second part. One of the main reasons for this is the problem I had with how to make the Vikings actually win. And as they are my sons Vikings and just because they are Vikings (SO COOL!) they needed to win. But how to make that happen without any siege equipment and just four spears (we lost the bow that comes with the Viking boat shooting the first part). The ladder that comes with the ruin is also not a succesful in this situation. Even while starting the shoot I still had no idea how to solve my problem. Eventhuogh I had had many nights to mul things over.

And then it hit me, first I just did the one with the shield above his head and then with the one in front was a logical next step. I was so please to be able to balance the figures just right. I luckily had one of those see through bases so the klickies were a lot more stable. I was really excited and quickly called my wife over when the idea was spawned. Shooting the rest of the story was easy from there although the end was done in quite a hurry.

Noone collected the bonus point yet *wink*

[flatcat]

Ready Shields! Spears to the front! They are all on top let's hole up below.

  There she is!

Great story, Gis, absolutely brilliant! 

Damo

[Gis]

There she is!

Great story, Gis, absolutely brilliant! 

Damo

*Hands Damo the bonus point*

Thanks a lot Damo. When I find the time, I will definitely make more of these :-)

[baden-wurttemberg]

Excellent story Gis!  Keep them coming! Can't wait for the next one! 


Baden 

[Gis]

Thanks a lot Baden :-)

The next one is slowly taking shape in my head already!

[bonniebeth]

Excellent story!

I LOVE the shield hop! 

[Gis]

Thanks bonniebeth.

The shield hop once again proves that there is more to Playmobil then the designers can imagine. (Atleast I assume they didn't think of this in their design meetings *grin)

[playmofire]

Wonderful story, Gis.  The tight composition of your photos and the short text that goes with them both create and build up further the tension of the story.  Superb!

I like the night shots - obviously a long and hard fought battle - and the clever way you thought of ending the story with the HOP, just the sort of thing you'd expect to see from Kirk Douglas in "The Vikings".

On a technical point, and I thought Martin would have picked this up, ballistas and crossbows are shot and not fired. Only weapons use an explosive material are fired.

[Gis]

Thank you for your comments Gordon.

Specifically for pointing out the technical stuff :-) I was actually debating between the two and well FIRE just sounds so much cooler then SHOOT! so I went with that. Of course had a realized that one was correct and the other not, the choice would have been easy and different.

[Klickus Mobilius]

Thank you for your comments Gordon.

Specifically for pointing out the technical stuff :-) I was actually debating between the two and well FIRE just sounds so much cooler then SHOOT! so I went with that. Of course had a realized that one was correct and the other not, the choice would have been easy and different.

I think some literary license is acceptable.  I agree:  "Fire" sounds much cooler than "shoot."  But then, both pale in comparison to "At my signal...unleash hell" from the movie Gladiator.  Now, THAT was cool.