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Offline Hadoque

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Don Quijote de la Mancha
« on: July 08, 2016, 00:44:08 »
Cervantes´ Don Quichot (Quichotte/Quixote/Quixote) & Sancho Panza

I thought of asking Arnaud for a customized helmet but decided in the end to use the most suitable original Playmobil one available.
As Sancho is usually potrayed as a short fat guy and the Don as a tall fellow, I used dwarf-legs on Sancho to emphasize the hight-difference between the two.
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 05:23:48 »
The figures are spot on, Hadoque, just as they should be.   :wave:
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2016, 06:35:56 »
Absolutely brilliant Hadoque. This is the best of the DQ customs I have seen. GNOMES ARE U WATCHING.

My goodness if this does not become an actual set my faith in Homo sapiens may begin to wobble ever so slightly.
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2016, 07:22:35 »
Very nice. :)
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2016, 09:29:30 »
Thanks  :)

Here a photo from a slightly different angle and with natural lighting, looks a bit better I think...

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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2016, 10:34:34 »
so recognizable that even a more accurate hat would not make any difference...well done! :)
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2016, 11:35:39 »
Fantastic!
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2016, 11:47:03 »
Great.
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2016, 19:47:29 »
Looks wonderful Erwin. It's one place where I think i would prefer the old style horse and donkey over the newer styles. Just feels like it should be more traditional - they should have made this set decades ago.
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Re: Don Quijote de la Mancha
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2016, 23:06:49 »
Quote from: Tiermann on July 08, 2016, 19:47:29
It's one place where I think i would prefer the old style horse and donkey over the newer styles.

You mean generation 1 or 2?

I´ve considered gen. 1 but decided to go with the latest gen. 3, I don´t like the gen. 1 donkey very much (it´s legs are too fat ihmo).
Horses from gen. 2 I find unsuitable here as those look/are smaller, more like mules I think. (In case of a medieval battle or tournament one must do with gen. 1 or 2, as there are no gen. 3 horses yet with the right gear) And the gen. 2 donkey has a fatter "torso" then the gen. 3, personally I prefer the latter for usage together with horses...
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