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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2008, 20:03:06 »
Hi Pyrrhus,

great customz love your new style weapons !! This Aztec weapons are a great idea !

Can you make a little bigger size pictures ?
I want to see some more details of your Ninja. Love this small sword.

@Martin: great Ninja !! are the Sword at the backside ?

I love this Playmo Asian !!  :love:

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2008, 20:59:35 »
Hi, Bogro and Customizer! thanks for the words.
I attach close-up of the Aztec macana (later of the ninja katana).

The ninja katana was made not from a Playmobil original piece, but from a plastic piece which I "eroded" (sorry about the bad use of the English - Bogro, ¿cómo se dice "lijar" en inglés?) to have the shape of the sword edge-bearing part, with a thin splint-like part where the handle and crossguard were inserted. The handle was made of the hollow splint of a candy. The crossguard was made with the part of a cklicky with a hole that grabs the legs piece, eroded also to make it round.

Sorry about speaking in Spanish to Bogro (you are Spanish, no?), it's just that I do not know the traslation of some of the next words and do not have a dictionary here.

A la macana la hice con el mástil de la bandera portátil de viejos mercenarios alemanes renacentistas o soldados unionistas, cortada, y le pegué a los lados trozos cortados de esa especie de "espaditas" que suelen usarse para mantener juntas las partes de un sándwich (no sé si allá se usan), pero que no vienen en los sets de Playmobil. A cada trozo de espadita le lijo uno de los filos, por el cual lo pego al trozo de mástil. El pegamento que más uso es cianoacrilato, pero tiene el problema que cuando se seca deja unos colores feos alrededor de donde fue pegado, a veces se lo puede sacar raspando.


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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2008, 21:10:34 »
sorry about the bad quality of the photos

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2008, 21:44:26 »
The atlatl (dart thrower) is really nice too, this is the first time I've seen anyone do one for Playmobil.

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2008, 21:50:32 »
thank you for telling me the name with which it is known in English, Tiermann. It was made with a mutilated spoon (I cutted off the lateral borders of the spoon) and a shortened "Indian" spear.

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2008, 22:23:03 »
stone axe

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2008, 22:30:28 »
Hi Pyrrhus,
Great custom figures, and the weapons are very original.  Great job! :yup:
I really like your catapult, mind if I try making one?
Best regards,
Jimbo
 
 

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2008, 22:36:15 »
Thanks Pyrrhus.

(allthough I am actually Dutch  ;) )
But I can follow your instructions ... a bit  :-[

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2008, 22:46:38 »
ooops, sorry Bogro about the error... I will traslate that tomorrow.
Hi, Jimbo, this torsion catapult was made of wood, and is inaccurate, but here I attach a real version of the Roman torsion catapult.

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Re: Some of my rudimentary customizations
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2008, 22:53:11 »
I wrote a letter to Playmobil about making a Greek-Hellenistic line, and I there adjuncted my idea about how a Greek catapult (that is not a torsion catapult as those of the Romans) should be made. I think a torsion catapult may be made in a similar way.

I attach here the proposed guidelines:

http://gardenwargaming.playclicks.com/forum/index.php?topic=1097.0

If you are interested in making catapults, please send me an e-mail to pyrrhus@live.com.ar and I can send you some info as pdfs.
Good luck
Pyrrhus.