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General => Community Events => Topic started by: socrates on December 30, 2007, 19:31:32
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FIIIINAAALLLLY.... :)
I got my SecretKlicky from the Virgin Islands.... :)
And it was an acient Roman Klicky including a rubberband-pimped Scorpion catapult...
...and a complete historical based story coming with good old Dimotus.
After this long delay, I decided at least to tell the story of Dimotus kind of detailled...
So here we go...
It starts with young Julius Cesar who is travelling to greece and on his way got captured by sicilian pirates...
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when the pirates captured him, they asked for a ransom that made Julius Cesar very upset... He insisted that they increase his value significantly.
Next to that, he was already telling them as well, he would come back and get them all... :hmm:
Anyway, one of them, DIMOTUS, treated him very well and supplied him with everything he demanded for...
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Well, here we make a short-cut, the ransom has been payed and the happy Sicilian pirates were kind of still celebrating their big deal, while julius cesar made his promise true and immediately returned...
...not alone, though, but with several Roman soldiers.
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He crucified all of his kidnappers, but he very well reminded one of the pirates who treated him so well...
...yes, in fact, this was good old DIMOTUS. :yup:
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...lucky Dimotus got the fair chance to fight as a Gladiator for his freedom.
...and he was not only warm-hearted, he was also a great fighter in the Colosseum and became one of Cesar's favourites...
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...furthermore...
...DIMOTUS turned out to be one of the very few persons in Julius Cesar's legions who did not only survived but also was able to control his strogest weapon, the deadly Scorpion catapult!
8-)
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...well... ...and this is where this story of DIMOTUS and the SCORPION ends...
Dimotus came with a detailled instruction and several rubber bands to pimp even some more of my scorpion catapults, and he will get for sure a leading position in my personal legion as well!
RICHARD, thank you so much for this wonderful custom and the entertaining lesson of Cesar and the Sicilian pirates... :wow: :love: :D
best,
socrates
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That's a good story, Socrates, and a very nice custom set, Richard.
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Great figure, I am really liking the Romans
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great roman custom & great story as well :yup:
I think we all now await more stories of Dimotus with antici ...p ...p ...pation :D
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Congrats Socrates! That is indeed an excellent custom set. Great job Richard!
I love the fur collar and lion head helmet on that gladiator - they seem made for each other. And I was happy to be reminded of the rubber band upgrade for the scorpion. I had been meaning to do that to ours, but forgot about it. Hmmmm, now where are my rubber bands? ;)
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That is a great custom you got there, Socrates! :yup:
Nice job, Richard! :wow:
Happy New Year,
Jimbo
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The custom looks really good Richard! And the story is great Socrates!
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The custom looks really good Richard! And the story is great Socrates!
Thanks Tim!
Actually the credits for the story are going to Richard as well, I just made the pictures.. ;)
...but I found there is a real legend referring to this event...
( ...though, never doubting there would be an historical background behind Richards story... ;) )
You might want to look up the wikipedia-article about "acient piracy"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy)
best,
socrates
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Phew! I'm so glad that Dimotus arrived safely. :D
I enjoyed reading Richard's background story and looking at your excellent photos, socrates! 8-)
I didn't realise the scorpion could be made more powerful with rubber bands. Very handy info! :yup:
Thanks for sharing this with all of us. :)