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Offline Knightmo

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Armored Samorai
« on: November 05, 2006, 17:15:08 »
Hi all.

Finally finished my armored samurai. Well...as finished as I have the patience for, anyway. He is all playmobil except the plastic panel I used for most of weave portion of armor and the cresent. The weave pattern was done on the computer. Learned a lot of things not to do on future customs. He's way too fragile and and chipped and smeared in spots because he fell apart so may times and I just couldn't fix everything. But I'm relatively happy with how he turned out. :)

--oh darn, I just noticed the weave pattern turned out wavy on the pic. It doesn't really have waves on those parts. I'ts my bad photography :P
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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2006, 18:16:39 »
Hi Knightmo.

Wow, what a cool figure!  Great attention to detail.  I really like the sandals and the armor.  ( I was wondering how you were going to do that.)

Way to go son :yup:

Dadmo
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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2006, 20:45:36 »

Hello, Jimmy ...

Finally, finally someone has made a real Playmobil Samurai !!!

I just hope that the folks at Playmobil see him and realize that we all want a Samurai army!

If you haven't already, please post your beautiful figure over at GW-PC, so that they all can drool over him.

MAGNIFICENT FIGURE ...  :wow: ...  :wow: ...  :wow: ...  :wow: ...  :wow:

Thanks for sharing!

All the best,
Richard


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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2006, 02:43:13 »
Excellent custom, and don't worry about the wavy lines as they're almost certainly the result of the photographic process rather than an error by you.
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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2006, 21:47:42 »
WOW! :o

This is an incredibly intricate and beautiful custom! And very unique too. :D
 
Well done, Knightmo! :)9

Just wondering...
How did you create the part of the sandal that goes around the samurai's ankle?
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The white painted feet combined with the sandals would also look great on a Japanese geisha! 8-)

I really like all the neat little details on this figure. Thank you for posting the pics here. :)
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Offline Knightmo

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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2006, 22:11:03 »
Thank you ;D

I posted him on GW-PC. I'll post better pics over there to show as much detail as possible(and all the little flaws I was trying to hide in this pic :P).

The sandal straps are made from Cleopatra's bracelet and two little ties from the beard of the pirate special. I cut the bracelet in two pieces to make the ankle wraps.

The ties on the upper armor is also from that pirate beard.

I was using the housing to to the motor-boat engine for the crescent and could have for the flat pieces of armor, but my idea's changed mid-project and I ran out of boat engine. ---speaking of which, does anyone know of a good source of plain flat playmobil plastic so I can make truly 100% playmobil custom stuff in the future?

-Jimmy :)
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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2006, 22:31:34 »

Quote from: Knightmo on November 07, 2006, 22:11:03
--- speaking of which, does anyone know of a good source of plain flat playmobil plastic so I can make truly 100% playmobil custom stuff in the future?

Hello, Jimmy ...

Have you looked at any of Playmobil's System-X building pieces (walls in particular)? You can order all of them separately from Direct Sevice.

All the best,
Richard


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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2006, 00:12:31 »
Thanks Richard.

I guess I assumed The walls would be too thick, but I should give them a look see.
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Re: Armored Samorai
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2006, 02:33:06 »
That is an awesome custom! I love it!

And the waviness has nothing to do with your photography - it is called a "moire pattern" which is a result of digitizing the image.
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