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Re: Shifty soldiers with dodgy shakos...
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 23:24:15 GMT
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Aha! Shifty!

The only Shifty I've found is of the black-and-gold sort -- found those a
few years ago, and since the box showed them as regular red and white, I
bought about 15 sets (little two-fig ones at a dollar store). Oh well -- so
much for throwaway redcoats... but I will have a look around for more now
that I see real redcoats.

Well, your shakos came out far better than my miserly attempts. I haven't
spent much time with sculpey of late (*shakes fist at pile of books*) but
soon I'll have time again to give it a go. I'll look forward to seeing how
your refinement of the process goes.

Good stuff (again)!

Kenneth Tam



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  Re: Shifty soldiers with dodgy shakos...
 
(...) I purchased mine at a market stall. Most of the boxes weren't sealed, so I checked all the pirate sets (and one or two others) to see which torso designs were included. The stall holder didn't mind too much, but his level of annoyance (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Shifty soldiers with dodgy shakos...
 
Ahoy! I've recently experimented with creating shakos out of sculpey. I am not entirely displeased with the results, and I have a few ideas on how they could be better produced. What better way to showcase dodgy shakos, than to put them on Shifty (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)  

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