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Title: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on March 27, 2011, 03:26:27 PM

Napoleonic soldiers made of original parts is a complicated thing to do. In this thread I want to show my efforts to solve the problem.

First of all French Cuirassiers and Carabiniers:

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 27, 2011, 03:36:45 PM

First thought as I looked on this page... ;D
OMG THANK YOU!!! :o :o :o
Then, OMG, They are beautiful!
Magnificent Job Ralf! :o

I really hope to see more from this thread. ;D

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: Playmoguy on March 27, 2011, 03:36:56 PM

Amazing customs Ralf!!I like the use of the roman helmets!

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: Justindo on March 28, 2011, 04:41:22 AM

Superb cuirassiers, Ralf!  You've made excellent use of the Roman parts and they look magnificent using all Playmobil parts! :)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on March 28, 2011, 05:58:16 PM

Thanks a lot.

Here are some Prussians:

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 28, 2011, 06:19:49 PM

Hi Rlaf,
What hats are you representing with those Prussian infantry? ???
I do not recognize them.

Great figures though! ;D 8)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: Justindo on March 28, 2011, 07:46:21 PM

Excellent looking Prussians, Ralf. :)  Where are the cavalry's torsos from?

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 28, 2011, 08:04:08 PM

Quote from: Justindo on March 28, 2011, 07:46:21 PM

Excellent looking Prussians, Ralf. :)  Where are the cavalry's torsos from?

I believe it is an old Western set.
Yes, here he is: http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-00-5830

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: Justindo on March 29, 2011, 04:40:12 AM

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on March 28, 2011, 08:04:08 PM

Quote from: Justindo on March 28, 2011, 07:46:21 PM

Excellent looking Prussians, Ralf. :)  Where are the cavalry's torsos from?

I believe it is an old Western set.
Yes, here he is: http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-00-5830

Great find, WarriorOfToys! :)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 29, 2011, 04:52:26 AM

Quote from: Justindo on March 29, 2011, 04:40:12 AM

Great find, WarriorOfToys! :)

Thanks, but I already knew about this part from previous searches for it.
It is just not practical for soldiers (in my opinion) because the rest of the figure doesn't really work.
You would have to, as Ralf has done,
Add parts from perhaps multiple other figures.

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on March 29, 2011, 09:27:50 PM

A few soldiers from Nassau.

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 29, 2011, 11:01:02 PM

Very cool! ;D
I did not know people from these regions fought in the Napoleonic wars.
I love your use of the pirate shirt for their uniform. 8)  :o

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: cheng on March 30, 2011, 05:46:06 AM

every set a gem, Ralf  :)

your clever use of only PM parts, especially those old ones we no longer can get our hands on, is really wonderful

...it makes me worry a bit about my customs  :P which are getting further and further from our simple and cute nostalgic playmos (it is this simplicity of the redcoat which attracted me in the first place, having collected plastic scale models for a long time...and you have extended these themes while preserving those properties, das ingenius!)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on March 31, 2011, 06:29:12 PM

Thanks a lot for all your kind words.

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 31, 2011, 07:15:37 PM

Magnificent sets! :o
If these were real I would buy a few... ;D
Let me guess,
The first is either Prussian, or English, correct?
Is the second set French? :)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: Justindo on March 31, 2011, 07:26:58 PM

These new customs are excellent, Ralf!  The hair you chose for the dismounted soldier in Waterloo 8 is spot on! :)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on April 19, 2011, 07:49:24 PM

Hanoverian Infantry, Prussian Landwehr and French Train

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on April 19, 2011, 07:50:08 PM

Adjutants were famous for their colourful uniforms.

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: cheng on April 21, 2011, 03:49:17 AM

ooooh, these are so wonderful, Ralf! I dont know how much shelf-space you have in your home to permanently display all of these
...but I would rather visit your home first than any other Playmobil fair/factory tour if I ever get to go to Germany...and of course if your wife(if youre married) allows!  ;)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: WarriorOfToys on April 26, 2011, 03:09:59 PM

(http://playsued.forumprofi.de/images/smilies/ohnmacht.gif)
Magnificent! I especially like the French Train soldiers. :o

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on April 26, 2011, 05:13:34 PM

@cheng: There is only one rather small shelf where one row of figures per board is allowed to guard the books behind them. The rest is stored in boxes in the cellar. (It#s like the visible part of an iceberg.) But at the end of the year we are (yes, I am married) to a house and hopefully there will be more space to display (and to photograph and show you).

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: cheng on April 27, 2011, 06:00:53 AM

Quote from: specialist on April 26, 2011, 05:13:34 PM

....at the end of the year we are (moving) to a house (we now live in a tree) and hopefully there will be more space to display (and to photograph and show you).

while editing your reply, i was too tempted to 'elaborate' (but will not attempt to write in German in your presence   :D)

thank you Ralf,..and make a corner or a whole room with lots of narrow shelves for your 'hundreds of themes' and make it a shrine, you yourself will enjoy looking at, every morning and before bedtime(if your wife allows)

..but I will need quite sometime to save up for a plane ticket to your country, perhaps you can add a temporary bed in front of your shrine  ;D

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: Justindo on May 08, 2011, 01:03:28 AM

These new creations are all superb, Ralf.  I hope that you will soon be able to display all of your customs. :)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: henry_martini on May 08, 2011, 01:09:55 PM

To the prussian Landwehr: from what I have read and seen they (even being prussians) might look a bit more rag tag, ie. beards in all length, rather old men, in white (ragged) trousers, some barefoot, some seem to have had pikes instead of muskets. Apart from that as always most inspiring sets, if I have not mentioned it yet.  :)

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on July 29, 2011, 12:50:16 PM

A few more soldiers from Prissia and Brunswick.....in "toy-clean" uniforms.

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: henry_martini on August 02, 2011, 09:22:42 AM

Either night or the Prussians will come.

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: specialist on August 22, 2011, 04:12:21 PM

...........................

Title: Re: 100 DAYS
Post by: henry_martini on August 22, 2011, 10:24:52 PM

If there is no historic unit for the last one it has to be invented.  ;D