Birdie's medieval town and castle

[Wesley Myers]

The jousting sets are quite beautifull, still trying to get the swan tent sometimes but am very happy with the tournament stage of that same batch. great clickies too! The lady in the yellow dress that comes with it has become one of my favorite medieval clickies.

The Schleich medieval tents work well with Playmobil.

[hauden_lukas]

Beautiful! Walls and houses not too big - simply Playmobil!

I like the geese picture!!

Cheers,
HDL

[doug]

You inspire me, Birdie!  Great use of the barn.  Realistic civilians.  Great use of furniture.  (Queen's bed is just fancy enough to be high end medieval, without being anachronistic.  Cool.)


Of the many great castle set-ups  posted lately, this is right up there  HDL's port city. 


Now I need to break out my box of Steck.....

doug

[Tiermann]

The only thing you really need to do a joust is a fence for down the middle. It doesn't have to be the jousting wall, you can use any fence that seems acceptable for the time. While stands and so on are nice you can make do with just a crowd of people.

[Birdie]

Well actually I have jousting walls from set 3287 (which is a bit more recent, I found it in the store I mentioned earlier) and I've got an idea for stand as well, using the basis of the safari building.

But I was looking for a few more figures and knights, and I really wanted this thing:



And the tent that Rhalius suggested 



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Oh goodie, when looking for appropriate sets on Google Images, I just came across this wonderful thread from Tiermann himself:

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=8551.0

--> Now THAT is a tournament   

As soon as my exams are finished (an event which happily co-incides with the playmobil fair LuxoPlaymoDays) I may try to set up a little bit of a jousting tournament for my medieval clickies.

You inspire me, Birdie!  Great use of the barn.  Realistic civilians.  Great use of furniture.  (Queen's bed is just fancy enough to be high end medieval, without being anachronistic.  Cool.)

Of the many great castle set-ups  posted lately, this is right up there  HDL's port city. 

Now I need to break out my box of Steck.....

doug

I know the feeling, doug 
Thank you for your very nice comments!! Though you give me too much credit, because Hauden Lucas's castle is above and beyond, not to mention his harbour city! I think it'll take many many years of collecting before I can attempt at something similar.

About the furniture, it took a long time to decide what I could use and what would be too much. The golden throne was a bit over-the-top, but too nice to pass  If only they'd stop making all the fairy castle furniture in shades of pink, there would be a lot more to choose from. There should be a wooden type four poster bed, for starters. And more cupboards...

[NtannyGavakis]

Hello Birdie,
I saw your diorama twice, I like it very much! There are a lot of details and the work you've done is obvious. I also like your open mind and the fact that you used objects from other periods, nations and cultures with success, e.g the Indian loom.
Congratulations!
I hope to see more of your work soon!

Friendly,
Ntanny

[Rhalius]

Still planning for an upcoming tournament myself, next medieval story is scheduled to have one. Might try making a set up next week to see if I can pull off what I have in mind, or if I need more steck.

[cowabounga]

I can't help it: "You always need more Steck", that's an axiom!
On a side note: Tiermann's (with Martin Milner) and Gis' tournaments are my best memories of Playmofriends community events. I'm preparing a joust diorama for an expo on October, here near Paris, a chance to display maybe all of my Knights of the Golden Fleece!

[Luis]

amazing diorama, Birdie!

[Birdie]

e.g the Indian loom.

Can't take credit for that, it is actually part of the market stall that you can order from Playmobil Direct Service 
But you're right about the mixing and matching: a big part of the fun in diorama making is trying to find solutions with stuff from all sorts of themes.
Thank you for your comments, Ntanny!

And thank you, Luis! 

@ cowabounga: That sounds interesting! Where and when exactly is the expo? We might try to come and see it if it's not too far to drive from Antwerp.

I've got a few days of holiday now, so I think I'll get started on a little tournament scene