Is it Just Me?

[WarriorOfToys]

I’d like to build a ASW Confederate army, but with modern(ish) gear.

Yes... a civil war army is on my list aswell actually...
But only if one of my other Friends starts collecting one of the sides.

[Jimbo]

I think an ACW army would be cool. I have been studying that part of
U.S. history as of late...very interesting...and sad.

I think a small southern army would be fun to put together considering the
variety of uniforms the south had.

Jimbo
 
 

[WarriorOfToys]

I think an ACW army would be cool. I have been studying that part of
U.S. history as of late...very interesting...and sad.

I think a small southern army would be fun to put together considering the
variety of uniforms the south had.

Jimbo
 
 

Well the North didn't have much of a Uniform system either did they?

[Ali Baba]

My goal is not really historical accuracy. Like Gis I'am now working within a D&D environment.

But how historically accurate do you want to be? The standard Egyptian soldiers have bronze age weapons and the romans iron age weapons. The arena was for gladiator games and not for chariots. For that they had a hippodrome.

Where are the bagage trains for the armies? Why are there more police cars, ambulances and firemans vehicles that there are regular cars?

I'm satisfied with 3 feet accuracy. It has to look good from 3 feet.

[Bolingbroke]

I try to go for historical 'accuracy' too, but it's a bit sad in a way, because when we were children it didn't really matter whether pot helms had already been invented, or whether legionnaires held their scutum in their left or in their right hand   Your imagination goes, once you're past a certain age. When I was 8 or 9 my parents gave me the PM fire engine with the ladder, and I could transform THAT into a spaceship or a pirate ship, depending on whatever scenario I fancied on that particular day. *gets misty eyed*

At the moment I am trying to customise some knights from the early crusades, but what I would really like to do is a set of soldiers from the Great Siege of 1565. But since I only use PM parts, it's a bit hard. After the Templar and the Teutonic Knight, PM should start thinking about a St John's Special (hopefully armed with an arquebus), don't you think?

[WarriorOfToys]

My goal is not really historical accuracy. Like Gis I'am now working within a D&D environment.

But how historically accurate do you want to be? The standard Egyptian soldiers have bronze age weapons and the romans iron age weapons. The arena was for gladiator games and not for chariots. For that they had a hippodrome.

Where are the bagage trains for the armies? Why are there more police cars, ambulances and firemans vehicles that there are regular cars?

I'm satisfied with 3 feet accuracy. It has to look good from 3 feet.

The three foot rule works well.

[WarriorOfToys]

I try to go for historical 'accuracy' too, but it's a bit sad in a way, because when we were children it didn't really matter whether pot helms had already been invented, or whether legionnaires held their scutum in their left or in their right hand   Your imagination goes, once you're past a certain age. When I was 8 or 9 my parents gave me the PM fire engine with the ladder, and I could transform THAT into a spaceship or a pirate ship, depending on whatever scenario I fancied on that particular day. *gets misty eyed*

At the moment I am trying to customise some knights from the early crusades, but what I would really like to do is a set of soldiers from the Great Siege of 1565. But since I only use PM parts, it's a bit hard. After the Templar and the Teutonic Knight, PM should start thinking about a St John's Special (hopefully armed with an arquebus), don't you think?

Crusades!
What a great era to customize from...

The St. John special would be cool.

[Ali Baba]

Crusades!
What a great era to customize from...

The St. John special would be cool.

I find the crusades a very tempting subject too. But there should be more oriental-arab sets. How a about some 1001 night sets? Sinbad the sailor? An arabian nights palace? Alladin and the Djinn? Great stuff for kids, great stuff for customizers!

[Wolf Knight]

I find the crusades a very tempting subject too. But there should be more oriental-arab sets. How a about some 1001 night sets? Sinbad the sailor? An arabian nights palace? Alladin and the Djinn? Great stuff for kids, great stuff for customizers!

Now you're talking Ali Baba!!!
Yes!! I would love to see such sets made by playmobil!!!

[Justindo]

Being completely historically correct with Playmobil is an issue I've been wrestling with for quite some time, and while I'd like to be as accurate as possible, sometimes it's easier and more fun not to be.

For example, my Egyptian army includes cavalry, which the ancient Egyptians didn't really have, and some of the klickies I'm using for their enemies have iron armor and weapons, which wouldn't have been historically correct either.  Also, I'm using my Egyptian army to fight my Romans but I'm calling them Meroians, which would have been historically correct, except that Meroians would have had iron arms and armor, but mine don't.  I've decided I can live with these anachronisms.

My French army and redcoat officers are basically historically correct, but my redcoat soldiers are not.  I'm trying to represent the period from the Seven Years War through the American Revolution, but the redcoat soldier's double-breasted tunics are from the Napoleonic period.  I can live with this, but if the new redcoat blister pack materializes, I'll probably replace the double-breasted soldiers with them.

Like others have mentioned, Medieval fighting men from the early 12th Century are quite different from their early 15th Century counterparts.  While I think all my Medieval men look pretty good together, if one looks closely and knows armorial evolution, there are some major problems with my klickies, as I have Crusaders wearing chain mail and Norman helmets holding classic shields next to knights wearing full plate armor and basinets holding Norman shields!  I try not to get too bothered by it.

With my Romans, I'm fortunate in that they could work from a little before 40 AD until almost 200 AD, which is the period I'm aiming for.