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Re: Accessories from other themes...
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:04:54 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Bill Farkas wrote:
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> > I've been inspired, recently, by many original creations to experiment with
> > mixing parts from other themes to create unique characters and/or armies.
> > I'm hoping to get some feedback about the appropriateness (is that a word?!)
> > of using the following items with the castle theme - let me know if any of
> > these would be egregiously out of place or improper due to time period,
> > etc.:
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> > 1. I was thinking of using the black samurai helmets on some of the Fright
> > Knights figs - the grey and dk grey are usable too, but I like the black.
> > 4. Is anyone using the samurai body armor for non-ninja knights?
>
> Whenever I have skeletons running about, they for some reason tend to be
> wearing the dark grey samurai helmets and samurai armor. It makes them look
> quite a bit more menacing than just having naked skeletal warriors running
> about. It's also nice that they're wearing armor that's very different from
> the regular Castle guys - makes them seem like they're from a different time,
> wearing the armor they were buried with...
Hey Cool! Mind if I snitch that idea? ;)
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> Other accessories from non-Castle that work well: my Royal Herald (which I
> will put pictures of up shortly) uses a RK King body with a blue cape, the
> Samurai Swordsman's head, and a blue bandanna on top - it sort of looks like
> one of those medieval floppy hats. He's also carrying a WW bugle.
My Heralds use King Leo's body and wear the peasant coif. They are also
equipped with WW Bugles.
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> The Bat Lord looks far more menacing when you put a Stingrays head on him.
> I've got 4 and I plan to use them in upcoming Castle setups as some sort of
> inhuman race.
Never tried that one, but Darth Maul's head looks really evil in that helmet.
The eyes almost look like they're glowing. :)
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> I've made a sort of spear/lance thing for one of my Dragoons (not pictured
> though) out of a black antenna, a lightsaber handle, and an Aquazone harpoon.
Too bad they don't make silver light sabre blades or antennae. That'd be cool
on your lance.
Jeff
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