Durins Bane Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Hey I was wondering if anyone knows if there are any simple sailors uniform decals or custom figs out there. I took a look through the decal index but didnt find an just wearing a workshirt or shortcoat. im looking for GAOP figs that could pass for sailors actual work wear. I work in fleshy only so, I thought I might throw that bit in aswell. Quote
Grimmbeard Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 I'm not sure of any decals. For my regular sailors I use the striped torso from the classic pirates sets. But since you only use fleshy figs, this torso from set 3817 flying Dutchman might work. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=973pb1045c01 Quote
Durins Bane Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 Thank you, but to my knowledge they didn't wear stripes. Oh well Ill keep looking! Quote
kurigan Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Who didn't ware stripes? It might be helpful if you offered a target time frame, nation or function (e.g. Naval, merchant, fisherman). Lots of sailors through time the world over wore stripes, often because striped fabric was cheap and available. I made my own, for my early 19th century flee (many with stripes), but they are for yellow figures. Quote
Durins Bane Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 From my research they didn't wear the stereotypical striped shirts.. Quote
Admiral Croissant Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 There could be useful ones among the Prince of Persia theme or Pirates of the Caribbean. Captain Blackmoor has made some nice decals too (most of them for yellows though), and I have made a few decals of Master and Commander characters (one of those crewmembers, William Warley, did wear a striped shirt by the way). But now you say so, there aren't that many ordinary sailor decals, especially for fleshies. So if someone feels the urge to make them, feel free to do so! Quote
Durins Bane Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 There could be useful ones among the Prince of Persia theme or Pirates of the Caribbean. Captain Blackmoor has made some nice decals too (most of them for yellows though), and I have made a few decals of Master and Commander characters (one of those crewmembers, William Warley, did wear a striped shirt by the way). But now you say so, there aren't that many ordinary sailor decals, especially for fleshies. So if someone feels the urge to make them, feel free to do so! Thank you! Those are nice, but that is about 100 years after the time period i'm trying to aim for! Quote
kurigan Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Thank you! Those are nice, but that is about 100 years after the time period i'm trying to aim for! Well I did ask you that question. Now truth is, seaman's fashions didn't change a whole lot for a few hundred years as they arose from necessity. The Admiral's figures with their great coats may be just a bit specific to the 19th century, but honestly wouldn't stand out all that much on a Brittish man-of-war, from the early 18th. When I get back to my computer I can share some of mine and you can decide if they are to your liking. If you can use a program like Illustraitor though, making your own ,or just changing colors for your fleshies wouldn't be difficult at all. Sounds to me that what your looking for is very simple, solid colors and such. No sense making a new post. Here is an image, not to scale. I blew up the originals in Photoshop to better see the details. Is this something more like what you were thinking? Edited January 25, 2013 by kurigan Quote
Durins Bane Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Thank you so much! That's much more along the lines of what im looking for!! just a little editing Thank you guys! Quote
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