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Offline tonguello

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #50 on: August 09, 2011, 15:00:08 »
What about the hunter's hat? With little modification it works great.

here is a link to a custom I made last year. Hope it helps.

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=5579.0
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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #51 on: August 10, 2011, 00:47:58 »
What about the hunter's hat? With little modification it works great.

very nice tonguello!
for a moment I thought PM did make an aviator's goggles  ;D
no milliput for me for now :P

and I have very full shelves and I often cause some to novedive to the floor...any glued part would fly off on impact (one of the reasons why I stopping plastic scale modelling)
oh, tonguello if you dont mind me being honest...for a moment, your aviator's hat looked very disturbingly WW2 japanese :P

still, its a beautiful custom!  :love:

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #52 on: August 10, 2011, 02:27:10 »
oh, tonguello if you dont mind me being honest...for a moment, your aviator's hat looked very disturbingly WW2 japanese :P
still, its a beautiful custom!  :love:

 :'( she is supposed to be Amelia Earhart  :'(

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #53 on: August 11, 2011, 14:26:36 »
Hey!
I've been trying this (among other stuff, see my latest posts):









I'm not sure what th black part on top of the head band was (on cheng's pic), so I figured it was just the soldier's hair...
It can be improved. I used Plastiline, so I can modify anything on this sketch before I make another with resin.
Any comment would help!

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #54 on: August 11, 2011, 19:07:18 »
Is the first time I have read this thread....and was immersed in a feeling of frustration looking for a solution with the original parts  :'(
Finally, I see this pics of Arnaud and I think.....Long live the resin!! The custom alive!! ;D

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #55 on: August 12, 2011, 02:08:13 »
HEEYYY! fantastic, cowabounga-arnaud!!
this is a great way to collaborate in such challenging situations!!

youve got the angle and fitting right!  ;)
and youre right about the hair (it doesnt look quite like hair in the photos because i suspect they could have fixed false hair in front but there's a samurai bandana on their foreheads to keep their hair neatly out of the way.

and keeping with our oversized klickies' heads, your rear bund is agreeably high. (Excellent work! I must echo what malone just said!)

but I've been researching and asking myself whether the hat is actually just a soft form(cloth) over their top knots (in which case, we should make them narrower and follow the contour of a top knot unlike the actor who might have no top knot inside but suppored by a mass produced empty and exaggerated cardboard mound :P)
what is your opinion about my theory?

arnaud, how about using the 'tighter' Roman hairpiece if you can extend a longer and tighter/closer fitting chin strap (they still look good with the straps untied like an aviator who has unstrapped his cap)  :)

and my dear malone,
I'm so touched about your frustration looking for a solution with original parts...youve already  made everything possible with your skillful moulding capabilities and yet you still share our desire for original parts wherever possible! 

 

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #56 on: August 12, 2011, 05:22:12 »
Hi Cheng.... :love:
Alwais is possible I prefer original parts.
If tomorrow Playmobil make Greeks (for example)....I take my moulds and throw them away. ;D

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #57 on: August 12, 2011, 05:37:43 »
and Javi-Malone,
if tomorrow you mould Japnese heads, I will have to chop all my samurai heads off  ;D

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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #58 on: August 13, 2011, 10:41:37 »
Actually, I do think these were made of cloth (felt or leather, maybe?) and not hard metal. I didn't know about the hair knot but I guess it explains the strange shape. I'll make it narrower, then. The chin strap will be very hard to make in Plastiline, no matter the hair piece I use.
Another problem to solve before the mass production phase!  :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: my first (Chinese) Han soldier
« Reply #59 on: August 14, 2011, 02:13:47 »
mass production Arnaud??  :P
so not so tall either...just to cover an imaginary topknot  :)
are there anybody out there interested??  ;D
it doesnt have to end with narrow chin straps...i mean just a longer broad taper hanging down loose...not wrapped around chin!  ;)
if youre mass producing, i'm not going to reshape any remale klicky's head cover  :love: