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Re: Minifig question.. Swashbuckler?
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Sun, 5 Dec 1999 03:09:36 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Michel Mooser writes:
> Hey all, I just recently came out of my "dark age" and have
> busted out all my old LEGOs and started playing and building
> with them(along with some new small aquisitions).
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> I've also started using some (mostly minifigs) instead of
> lead/pewter miniatures for roleplaying games.
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> I got to thinking, has anyone put together a nice
> 'swashbuckler' sort of fellow? The fancy lad with
> the rapier and all.
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> I cant quite get a good image of what to use and just
> a forestman or pirate doesnt seem right. (though I do have
> them / their parts at my disposal)
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> (I was happy with what I had for a previous character
> who was a priest of death/life basically and ritualistically
> painted his face like a skull, so I gave him a
> skeleton head, black arms, white hands, black legs/belt, chainmail
> armor [well, the silver with the little crosses/plusses you see
> on one of the guys in the fright force[eh, I like those, just
> not the rest of the knights from Fright knights] and a top hat
> for novelty value) Oh, and a Scythe.
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> I was thinking for the swashbuckler probably a brown forestman hat
> w/ a yellow feather(the small one), and either a pirate cutlass or something
> for a rapier (close enough, I suppose. Was looking at hacking apart a lance
> since it had a 'cross guard' of sorts)
> But other than this.. I'm not really sure.. Wish I had a little dagger for a
> main gauche.
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> Any ideas? I hope this isnt (too?) off topic, I guess it
> bleeds into Pirates a bit perhaps(?) but I think it's within the realm of any
> well-rounded castle empire! :)
>
> -Michel
hi, michel ~
welcome back to lego!
i've made a swash-buckler, but used the adventurer's broad-rimmed hat.
garnished with a plume, it takes on a totally different character. these hats
also come in black, now. i used the black one (from #5902, a $2 adv. polybag
set) with a white plume.
your idea for creating a rapier from a lance is quite inriguing... but a
pirate cutlass works well enough. for a small dagger, why not the silver one as
found in underwater sets?
for a torso, i'd suggest the open white shirt/ green vest pirate (as in set
#6250) this head/ face even works for a swash-buckler as well... a black dart
maul cape might be a nice touch...
my dude has some accessories that he carries with him... a black (wild west
bandana, for a disguise), a 1x2 tile/ love letter (from the new belville fairy
tale sets ~so "dangerous liasons"!), and of course, coin of the realm. ;-)
i guess my castle theme swash-buckler is a bit of randy rogue...
a three musketeers castle theme would be ideal! i can picture the tunic pieces
being similar to mini-fig armour elements, with the decor and color of the
horse bardings. the adventurer hats in red and blue would be perfect...and
they'd _have_ to make rapiers then!
later ~ craig~
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| (...) Hi Craig, I'll take this chance to thank you for the reply and mention what a nice page you've got. (It gave me some ideas for one of my miniatures) (...) Hm.. I'll have to keep an eye out for one of those, but I think it looks a *little* off (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Minifig question.. Swashbuckler?
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| Craig, your minifig ideas (as usual) sound great. I've been hankering after the pirate with the white shirt and tan vest for this very use, in order to build the final scene from "The Highwayman"; but he's rather rare, only from 6277 and 6286. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Minifig question.. Swashbuckler?
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| Hey all, I just recently came out of my "dark age" and have busted out all my old LEGOs and started playing and building with them(along with some new small aquisitions). I've also started using some (mostly minifigs) instead of lead/pewter (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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