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Title: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 10, 2012, 16:56:04
Hello everybody.

In that thread i will show you some Arabians customs. I have done a lot of them and here is the first one:

(http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01013_zps45060eac.jpg)

(http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01014_zps4f664f78.jpg)

(http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01017_zps22ee26a7.jpg)

What you say about my Arabian shepherd?
More Arabians customs are coming soon.  ;)

Friendly George.  :)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: tahra on October 10, 2012, 19:31:11
I like him a lot - simple but very effective :)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: PlaymoMan on October 10, 2012, 20:15:13
Quote from: tahra on October 10, 2012, 19:31:11
I like him a lot - simple but very effective :)

Yes, ditto. Nice custom! :)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Wolf Knight on October 11, 2012, 05:38:15
I like him a lot, George! As tahra said, simple and effective!
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Lynx on October 11, 2012, 13:49:15
 :love: Reminds me of the story of the good shepherd in the bible.

How do you get such background?

Lynx
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Redmao on October 11, 2012, 14:11:23
Looks pretty good. I really like the mix of colors.
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: bonniebeth on October 11, 2012, 14:22:51
He looks perfect! Simple but lovely custom.
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Tiermann on October 11, 2012, 14:59:03
Very nice combination
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: basilsdad on October 11, 2012, 15:08:59
Quote from: Lynx on October 11, 2012, 13:49:15
:love: Reminds me of the story of the good shepherd in the bible.

My thoughts exactly, beautiful job George!
Joe
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 11, 2012, 16:43:35
Many thanks for your very nice comments dear friends. :thanks:
It's a very simple custom indeed but I like him very much and I'm very glad that it reminds you the story of the good shepherd in the bible. That's a very nice comment for me, thank you so much. :hatoff:

Quote from: Lynx on October 11, 2012, 13:49:15
:love: Reminds me of the story of the good shepherd in the bible.

How do you get such background?

Lynx


Hello Lynx.

The background is just a yellow hard paper. I put my klicky on it and then I heave up the paper from the back side and I'm taking the picture. ;) And here is another one trick for a better photo.
If you don't have a base for your camera then you can use a book as a base. Your camera will be steady and you will have a very nice picture. :)

Friendly George.
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 11, 2012, 16:48:16
Ok guys, here are more customs.
Which is your favourite???
The first one was this:

1. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01014_zps4f664f78.jpg)

2. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01065_zpse9715a9c.jpg)

3. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01060_zps9887c660.jpg)

4. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01053_zps85f814c7.jpg)

5. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01047_zpsf2c27ed7.jpg)

6. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01042_zps068c3faa.jpg)

7. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01037_zpsf9dbed60.jpg)

8. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01031_zps370e0470.jpg)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 11, 2012, 16:49:33
9. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01064_zpsc2151eaa.jpg)

10. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01058_zpsc04b9517.jpg)

11. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01051_zps78e1d11f.jpg)

12. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01039_zps82530e08.jpg)

13. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01034_zps3677be9d.jpg)

14. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01030_zps6b0d1642.jpg)

15. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01046_zps3a770ae5.jpg)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 11, 2012, 16:50:46
16. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01061_zpsddc495a9.jpg)

17. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01056_zps6ac85b94.jpg)

18. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01050_zpscabaffd2.jpg)

19. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01044_zpsce3bbb8f.jpg)

20. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01038_zpsa85ea3e5.jpg)

21. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01032_zps5813bf38.jpg)

22. (http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa413/georgeag1972/Arabians/DSC01028_zps1b5ea6cd.jpg)

Greetings George.  :wave:
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Redmao on October 11, 2012, 17:02:53
Very nice and fun cast of characters.
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Gyps on October 11, 2012, 18:06:00
Wow!  I love them all, but was particularly drawn to number 2 for some reason - and 12!  What a lovely set of customs :D  I'm hoping you're going to make a diorama now to put them all in!
Good job!
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Pynedor on October 11, 2012, 21:52:51
Wow, those are all great! :) I like 2 the most though.
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: cheng on October 12, 2012, 01:42:30
nice customs George! :love:
(of late I've been admiring customs with frilly sleeves and looking at customs wondering who can wear rolled-up sleeves :P)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: bonniebeth on October 12, 2012, 23:44:22
Wonderful customs! I really like that skirt with the red and gold designs at the bottom for this use. And I love the first woman in the pink/lavender outfit. The man in the dark blue, too. All very well put together!
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 15, 2012, 16:35:46
Thank you very much playmofriends, happy you like my customs. :)
I can't do a diorama right now, maybe a few small scenes with some of them. ;)

Friendly George.
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Wolf Knight on October 15, 2012, 16:48:07
Wow!!! These are all really great, George!! Well done my friend!! I can;t decide which one is my favorite... all of them are so great!!!
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: mike1003 on October 15, 2012, 18:11:15
please dont take me wrong or other people..

they are a bit too white for arabs! the color schemes are great.. but skin ton is a no go
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: DrDalek6 on October 15, 2012, 19:36:22
Your customs all look very nice, and realistic it's very hard to choose favourites but, I quite like the ones that look like they're meant to be guards/soliders, the womens costumes look very beautiful as well  :)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 17, 2012, 09:23:02
Thank you very much for the feedback guys.

Quote from: mike1003 on October 15, 2012, 18:11:15
please dont take me wrong or other people..

they are a bit too white for arabs! the color schemes are great.. but skin ton is a no go

You have right about that, but playmobil has done this too.
Just take a look in that set. And there are more. ;)

http://collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3415.htm

Friendly George. :)
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: tahra on October 17, 2012, 09:25:02
In the ancient times, all klickys were white ;)

Indians too! Hades, my big big Chief is BLONDE!
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 17, 2012, 10:37:18
You are right too, tahra.
Ok this is not ancient. ;)

http://playmodb.org/setpics/4884.jpg


Anyway I didn't want to change too much my figures, I changed almost all my Romans and Egyptians klickies to do that and now I must fix them again. A lot of work for that. :lol:  :lol:

Friendly George. :hatoff:
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: mike1003 on October 17, 2012, 11:37:59
hi, yeah i like the colors of the  cloth etc.. what i meant is something like this..
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 17, 2012, 16:28:39
Yeah!! Great customs, many thanks for the picture.
I understood what you said, maybe next time, I will do that. :)

George.
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Kenny on October 18, 2012, 08:45:04
Quote from: mike1003 on October 15, 2012, 18:11:15
please dont take me wrong or other people..

they are a bit too white for arabs! the color schemes are great.. but skin ton is a no go

This is generally true, but in the Near East many skin tones can be seen; you can find Arabs that look like Caucasians and Arabs that look like Africans.  Remember that the Near East was a crossroad for ancient cultures so there was lots of intermixing among the variety of people groups there.

Even today in places like Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and so on one can find light- and dark-skinned Arabs and Turks.  And don't forget about the ethnic minorities in these countries - in Egypt for instance the Copts often look Caucasian and the Upper Egyptians often look African. 

I love all of your customs.  I would suggest creating a few with African skin color for more accurate ethnic variety.

Since Christmas is coming up you could put them all in a Bethlehem scene for your dining table (plus a few Roman soldiers).

-- Kenny
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Georgeag1972 on October 18, 2012, 18:28:45
Thank you Kenny.
Finally I think that the title to my thread was wrong.
Maybe East customs, was a better title. :lol:
About your idea for Christmas, I have something in my mind and I will see what I can do.
We have still time for that. ;)

Greetings George. :wave:
Title: Re: Arabians customs.
Post by: Kenny on October 18, 2012, 21:02:32
I lived in Egypt for six years and you'd be surprised at the beautifully rich variety of skin tones there.  People having everything from cream, to coffee, to dark chocolate colored skin.

But I forgot to mention one thing....

You'd also be surprised how many Asians are in the Near East.  Since Indonesia is the largest Muslim country, I would see Asian immigrants or visitors nearly every day in Cairo. 

Would it have been different in the past?  I don't know for sure, but since the Near East was a trade crossroads in the past I don't think it would be heretical (and I wouldn't object) to see a few Asian clickies in your Near East customs.

Having said all that, if I were making Near East customs, I'd try to make a good number of them with the brown skin tone, with a minority being African and Caucasian, plus an Asian or two to fill out the lot.

I think you've done a fantastic job of capturing the exotic "orientalist" look we associate with the Near East in the past.  Mike1003's black robed customs are also great if you want to show lower class Muslims or 19th century-early 20th century Muslim women who would dress that way when going about in public.