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Offline Martin Milner

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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2008, 15:24:55 »
The skellybones on the left has his helmet tilted at a rather rakish angle, maybe he was a bit of a dandy in his former life.  ;D

It's amazing how you can suggest a look or quirk of character by such a minor adjustment. My tilty-helmet klickies are the jokers of the garrison.

The early Playmos had a notch in the hair at the back, and a locating lug inside the hat, so you couldn't do this. It was extremely annoying (I recall, this is going back to my very earliest days of Playmobil), because with cowboy hats especially (I had Western as my firt theme) there was not obvious front or back, and it was easy to damage the hair trying to force the hat on back-to-front.

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Offline Richard

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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2008, 16:26:19 »

Hello, Martin ...

Quote from: Martin Milner on February 06, 2008, 15:24:55
The early Playmos had a notch in the hair at the back, and a locating lug inside the hat, so you couldn't do this. It was extremely annoying (I recall, this is going back to my very earliest days of Playmobil), because with cowboy hats especially (I had Western as my first theme) there was no obvious front or back, and it was easy to damage the hair trying to force the hat on back-to-front.

From what I've been told, even Hans Beck isn't sure why they ever created the "notch" ...  8}

Thanks for the little trip down "memory lane" ... :)

All the best,
Richard


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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2008, 18:43:47 »
mmm - so I should try with less gold and more silvery stuff ... Lets try and get the necessary parts together. I've got a few other ideas as well (thanks to Tiermann) ...

To be continued ...

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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2008, 20:01:50 »
Well, here's the improved version. I decided to seperate the Lord from the others and slide in a fourth member that's only slightly different. So here is the "new" Band of Skeletons:
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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2008, 20:03:36 »
And here's the new "improved" Skeleton King:
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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2008, 20:04:52 »
and just for the fun of it ... here they are all again  :love: ;D
Any comments?

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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2008, 03:37:18 »
I like the shot without the king the best. I really like photos that look black and white but are actually color
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Re: Band of Skeletons
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2008, 07:44:32 »
The King and the others will be used seperately. I will have to take the pictures again - but then with a "removable"  background so that I can photo-shop a bit. The Band will be used for "Band of Skeletons" (in the original "Band of Zombies") and the King will be used for the Character "Skeleton Lord" (originally that was the "Ghoul").
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