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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> Ahoy
>
> Taking a break from the Grande Armie of the South Pacific, I came up with
> some highlanders as guards for the Brikkish Embassy in Port Brique.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/highlanders2.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/highlanders4.jpg
>
> The kilts are a bit too short, but using 1x1 bricks (rather than 2 2x1
> plates made the kilts too long, or the figs too tall, depending on how much
> leg they showed).
>
> The torsos are printed on a good quality printer and glued on, and impress
> me for quality and speed over the hand drawn alternative, and for cost over
> purchasing real guard/soldier torsos.
>
> Hats are two-tyre busbies (what else?). If anyone has ideas about bagpipes
> for minifigs, I'd be most interested.
>
> Of course, with this new found (to me) technology, I couldn't resist adding
> a few more to the Grande Armie, and running short on most soldierly supplies
> now, I built up a few engineers...
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/engineers5.jpg
>
> Cheers
>
> Richie
Nice job Richie,
The kilts look really nice!
Tom
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