Archers becoming Conquistadores

[playmofire]

Very neat customs and verry smart looking.  They could also be Swiss mercenaries.

As for boots, coloured leather boots were worn in the 16th century.

[rms008]

thats quite nice i like it

[doug]

Good use of parts.
 I thought of the Swiss guard too.

 Add a Klicky Pope in there.....

doug

[Justindo]

Great looking customs, Erwin!  The black boots look so much better than the original color.

Just out of curiosity, Erwin, how many different countries do you have representing your Age of Sail collection and does it span a number of centuries?  For example, my focus is 18th century Britain and France, but I do have some 17th century Spanish and English soldiers.

[cheng]

As for boots, coloured leather boots were worn in the 16th century.

meaning green or red even I suppose....maybe for elite troops or special positions like officers or musicians? (I'll stick to black/brown for the masses)
and all along I thought maybe Geobra was just being colourful for kids...

[Hadoque]

As for boots, coloured leather boots were worn in the 16th century.

yes, but in this case I just didn't like the boots' colour in combination with the colours of the pants (and the rest of the original figure)

[Hadoque]

Just out of curiosity, Erwin, how many different countries do you have representing your Age of Sail collection and does it span a number of centuries?  For example, my focus is 18th century Britain and France, but I do have some 17th century Spanish and English soldiers.

Well, it's mostly the same with me:
* main focus of my collection & customs of soldiers (land and sea forces) = 18th century, England  and France.
* main focus of my pirates collection & customs = 17th and 18th century
(btw, historically the big period of pirates ended in the early 18th century)
*smaller focus of my collection & customs = the discovery of America, thus late 15th till mid 16th century
*very small focus = 17th century musketeers and French King Louis XIV's Court

So, my military ships and their klickies are mostly used/customized for England, France and Spain and settings between 1492 (discovery of America by Columbus) and 1805 (Seabattle of Trafalgar).
My pirates and privateers fluctuate within this timeline; f.e. I've two 5135-ships (called "Walcheren" and "Vlaenderen") which are equipped as Dutch privateer-vessels of ca. 1628  (Piet Heyn and his privateers conquer the Spanish Silverfleet). I'm also working on Sir Francis Drake's ship "Golden Hind". Drake was a famous 16th century English privateer, serving under queen Elisabeth II.

[playmofire]

yes, but in this case I just didn't like the boots' colour in combination with the colours of the pants (and the rest of the original figure)

Well, I can't argue with that! 

[Justindo]

Well, it's mostly the same with me:
* main focus of my collection & customs of soldiers (land and sea forces) = 18th century, England  and France.
* main focus of my pirates collection & customs = 17th and 18th century
(btw, historically the big period of pirates ended in the early 18th century)
*smaller focus of my collection & customs = the discovery of America, thus late 15th till mid 16th century
*very small focus = 17th century musketeers and French King Louis XIV's Court

So, my military ships and their klickies are mostly used/customized for England, France and Spain and settings between 1492 (discovery of America by Columbus) and 1805 (Seabattle of Trafalgar).
My pirates and privateers fluctuate within this timeline; f.e. I've two 5135-ships (called "Walcheren" and "Vlaenderen") which are equipped as Dutch privateer-vessels of ca. 1628  (Piet Heyn and his privateers conquer the Spanish Silverfleet). I'm also working on Sir Francis Drake's ship "Golden Hind". Drake was a famous 16th century English privateer, serving under queen Elisabeth II.

Thanks for explaining all your interests, Erwin.  Your varied collection of customs sounds magnificent and from what I've seen of it, it most certainly is!

[Pynedor]

That does sound like a cool collection, Hadoque. I'm interested to see more of it.