When we acquired Dracula in a big lot, I wasn't especially thrilled to get him. But the little purple-haired fanged klicky grew on me, and I decided to incorporate him into my medieval/fantasy theme.
This is the new outfit I came up with:
The armor is as over-the-top as Playmobil makes, which I thought was appropriate for a pompous bloodsucker. And Lisa got a new Victorian Dandy out of the deal.
I toyed with toning down the outfit a bit, but I think the bling suits him.
What do you think? Too much?
Right after Dracula arrived, we received a sun-damaged medieval lady, who became the (previously posted) Vampira:
As we stacked up more and more Ghost Pirate games from PlaymobilUSA I decided to use the extra glowing klickies to augment my coven.
My favorite (although I see in the pic his femur is showing... I'll have to fix that...) is this newborn:
A lot of ghost pirate parts and dog-chewed Mozart hair.
***BTW Is Playmobil delicious to dogs??!?! About 1/4 of the e-bay lots we purchase have at least one piece that's been chewed!! ***
These next guys are the Carpathian Guards. I tried to match their armor to Dracula's: as pointy, scaly, and garish as possible (as my spare parts bin could provide...). Thing is, though, when in full armor the faces are mostly covered. One would expect a vampire warrior to have exposed teeth. Hence the alternate head gear on the 2nd and 3rd guards. The do-rag isn't my first choice, just an improvisation Any suggestions for better helmets?
Here is the whole coven coming awake to prey on passing pilgrims.
No glow-in-the-dark pix yet.....
