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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: Martin Milner on November 23, 2008, 13:12:55
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After telling Timotheos I was doing FOTR figures, it's a only taken several months to get my act together.
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The whole gang. Students of Lord of the Rings will note immediately that not all these characters co-existed as they are shown. My bad.
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The Hobbits, Sam in patchwork waistcoat and comfy cap, Frodo carrying the ring, Pippin in his Minas Tirith Guard uniform, and Merry in Rohan green outfit. Bill the faithful Pony stands behind.
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Gandalf the White with Shadowfax, holding his sword Glamdring I haven't got a suitable white hat, and I don't think Playmobil have done white hatless hair. I always inferred from the book that GtW was a slightly otherworldly figure, so he has a slightly ghostlike whiteness about him. His wizard's staff is a little big but I don't like to cut the only one I have.
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Gimli the dwarf and Legolas the elf. Cutting down Gimli's legs to create a dwarf was what started this project, as he was the most difficult figure to recreate. Legolas is heavily influenced by the Orlando Bloom version.
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Aragorn and Boromir. Aragorn as a Ranger wears faded forest greens and browns, and carries a bow as well as his re-forged sword Anduril. Boromir carried a round shield in the film so I've given him one, and he's generally more heavily armoured than Aragorn as he's a frontline fighter. The black leather bracer just visible (due to my poor camaremanship) on Boromir's right arm is the one that Aragorn wears after his death as a reminder of a brave warrior.
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I love 'em all, Martin ... :love:
They are ALL easily recognizable and would be a welcome addition to any Tolkien fan's collection!
You did a really splendid customizing job, Martin! They're all GREAT!
Thank you very much for sharing,
All the best,
Richard
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I second that
wonderfull customs , couldn't do better ;)
recognised them all even without explanation
For your Gandalf character ;sugesstion : the new santa special has a staff that could be better (but I don't know if he's available in england yet )
as for the white hair , playmobil did hatless white hair
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thanks for sharing
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Great customs, Martin! I don't know much about the Lord of the Rings, but they look good to me.
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Like Justindo, I don't know much about Lord of the Rings, but I admire your custom work.
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Great customs, Martin. :yup:
Well Done :wow:
Best regards,
Jimbo
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I've just noticed that Gimli and Boromir have the same head and hair! I might change that.
The Beethoven wig for Gandalf doesn't seem quite the thing, though it's certainly white.
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Wonderful, Martin! My daughter Jean made a super Legolas a while ago - I must see if he's still around and post a photo. Pippin in Gondor regalia would be black-and-white - maybe this Viking child's torso (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-10-1360)? Could try Gimli with a beard braided in 4 braids (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/whoami.pl?facial_hair_style=beard%2C+braided+in+4+braids), although it might be too long.
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Super ideas Heather, I may even have the necessary parts at home. I'll have a look through my sets.
I didn't have many child figures to choose from, and of course they all had to have bare feet!
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I too am not much of a fan of the movies but my sons certainly are. I am familiar with the characters and you did a very fine job representing them in Playmobil.
Thanks for showing your work .
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Hi Martin
Thanks for publishing your long awaited customs!
The hobbits, Gimli, and Legolas look great.
Gandalf the White is definitely a fair interpretation, since Gandalf actually did die after the fall with the Balrog (he returned to the island of the silmarils, lobbied about a bit, then returned to the scene of the crime, if I remember right).
Your Strider / Aragorn is not bad. Anduril though wasn't reforged until the end of the book (or was it in Rivendell?). With Bill the Pony included, looks like you're modeling your characters on the journey to Moria (albeit, Gandalf was still "the Gray" at that time).
Boromir... you call him a "frontline fighter", but he was the son of the steward of Gondor, and rough due to personality rather than by upbringing (his brother Faramir is smoother and smarter)(and all these Tolkien sorts are really "frontline fighters"--the only chiefs who don't march at the head of their armies are Denethor, Sauron, and Saruman!)
Well, OK, I have to admit--I personally will forever envision Boromir as he looked in that god-awful Bakshi cartoon of Fellowship of the Ring. He was a d**n viking with a horned helmet, and red mustache!
I don't remember what he looked like in the movie. I hated how Jackson depicted Moria. Immediately after Pippin drops the pebble down the well, the orc army is steamrolling at high speed for them. C'mon. That was so lame. Everything Jackson did was snap-snap a mile-a-minute. I kept expecting a car chase.
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This Fellowship should be as they set out from Rivendell, as Elrond got them to line up for a group photo.
I don't have the parts to make Gandalf the Grey, so I went for Gandalf the Wite. One day I may have the parts for a Grey Gandalf.
Anduril was reforged in Rivendell before the company set out, so it's correct for Aragorn to carry it here. Jackson has the shards kept in Rivendell on some sort of altar or display stand, but in the book he's carrying the broken sword in his scabbard.
Boromir was a captain of the Minas Tirith Guard, if I recall. I say front line fighter to distinguish from Aragorn as a Ranger, who was more of a sniper and back up melee fighter while in the company. Boromir carries no ranged weapon, but does carry a shield, as he did in Jackson's film. In the fight in Durin's Crypt, Boromir takes the first rush of orcs, while Aragorn and Legolas use their bows. After the breaking of the Fellowship Aragorn becomes a more front line fighter and I don't think he carries a bow after that time (again, in Jackson's film).
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I'm not a Lord of the Rings fan, but even I instantly recognised them. You could probably do a great photostory with these Martin. They are excellent.
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This Fellowship should be as they set out from Rivendell, as Elrond got them to line up for a group photo.
I don't have the parts to make Gandalf the Grey, so I went for Gandalf the Wite. One day I may have the parts for a Grey Gandalf.
Anduril was reforged in Rivendell before the company set out, so it's correct for Aragorn to carry it here. Jackson has the shards kept in Rivendell on some sort of altar or display stand, but in the book he's carrying the broken sword in his scabbard.
Boromir was a captain of the Minas Tirith Guard, if I recall. I say front line fighter to distinguish from Aragorn as a Ranger, who was more of a sniper and back up melee fighter while in the company. Boromir carries no ranged weapon, but does carry a shield, as he did in Jackson's film. In the fight in Durin's Crypt, Boromir takes the first rush of orcs, while Aragorn and Legolas use their bows. After the breaking of the Fellowship Aragorn becomes a more front line fighter and I don't think he carries a bow after that time (again, in Jackson's film).
Characters are wonderful!
Commentaries are correct, concerning movie/book differences, according to my memory.
more ideas
I've seen a version of hobbits with bunnies feet. I found it very interestin ... :D
&, the only thing I'd somehow add to Boromir would be a horn.
Cheers!
Gus
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Hello Martin :),
Excellent representations of the characters from LOR, i am at a loss for words to describe them really :wow:. I dont know how this thread slipped me by :-[. Seeing these has made me realise that i must make a point of watching the films again, they were amazing.
Tim :wave:
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Those days the triology has been shown on TV here in Germany -- I must say, very well custom and very realistic to the original!
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Hey Martin
We're waiting for those elves in underwear you picked up in Houston to burgeon the ranks of Rivendell.
The batwings on a ghost's body might even do for Nazgul.
I have an idea for Sauron. (He's real hard! :lol: :lol: :lol:)
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the only thing I'd somehow add to Boromir would be a horn.
Cheers!
Gus
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Good idea! I must have a spare one from my Roman army that will suffice.
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Hey Martin
We're waiting for those elves in underwear you picked up in Houston to burgeon the ranks of Rivendell.
The batwings on a ghost's body might even do for Nazgul.
I have an idea for Sauron. (He's real hard! :lol: :lol: :lol:)
I got about 1/2 a dozen of each of the elves and the batwing guys; not sure what I'll do with them yet but I do like the wings attachments - they're so unashamedly Fantasy. A pity Playmo only produced one body style/colour for the winged warrior, and his poor ground-based companion from KISS. I'll be customising eventually.
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Good idea! I must have a spare one from my Roman army that will suffice.
Hey Martin, how about from the viking set?
A pity Playmo only produced one body style/colour for the winged warrior, and his poor ground-based companion from KISS.
I was bemused by how all the sets recycle the same two figures, minus different colored wings or shields.