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Offline Pynedor

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Re: Knights of Malta.
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2013, 20:54:45 »
They look awesome, Erik! :)
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Re: Knights of Malta.
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2013, 13:49:44 »
Nope.But I stubbornly refuse to use non-Playmobil parts, stickers, paint or other materials while customizing, so this earlier (black) version of the Maltese (Hospitaller) knights was the best I could come up with. :)

Fair enough. That book's great, incidentally.

I wish PM made more of these historically correct knights instead of the stupid fantasy Game of Thrones third rate rejects it peddles nowadays.
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Re: Knights of Malta.
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2013, 17:47:01 »
I understand why you added the shoulder belt, but like HDL said, it hides the cross. Otherwise, these customs are great, the morion fits these legs which are more from the Renaissance era than high middle ages. And the presence of the handgun dates these knights in the 16th century as well. Nice use of parts.

I concur completely with the above.
I'd change 1 more thing: if you have black shoulderpads, I'd use those instead of the metallic ones.

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Re: Knights of Malta.
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2013, 12:35:22 »
Another idea would be to use a ruff (one of those clown-type collars) for some of the knights. It was very popular at the time. And the old rifle from the old arab special makes a good stand-in for an arquebus.
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Re: Knights of Malta.
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2013, 17:44:11 »
I used these collars for my Papal guards and a platoon of Spanish pikemen!!! :)
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