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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Jodee Benavides on 27 November 2014, 08:44:31 AM

Title: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Jodee Benavides on 27 November 2014, 08:44:31 AM

Redone plastic toys...not quite done but enough to show they work well.

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Engel on 27 November 2014, 09:54:41 AM

Looks nice.

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Grimmnar on 15 March 2015, 06:41:58 AM

Quote from: Jodee Benavides on 27 November 2014, 08:44:31 AM

Redone plastic toys...not quite done but enough to show they work well.

Hungry hungry hippos. :-)
What line of toys they from? Plastic like model kits or plastic like the Safari stuff you get at hobby stores?

Grimm

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Slayer on 15 March 2015, 08:29:05 AM

1 of those hippos would look great water lined

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Chuckaroobob on 15 March 2015, 02:48:30 PM

The first rule is never get between a hippo and the river!

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Valerik on 15 March 2015, 04:53:17 PM

Quote from: Slayer on 15 March 2015, 08:29:05 AM

1 of those hippos would look great water lined

Indeed!!

Please share the source for these with us!!

Here's hoping they're disgustingly cheap from a local US discount outlet I've overlooked...

Valerik

"There's death a dozen times over, down the river..."
Mr Charles Allnutt, Esq.

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: wulfgar22 on 15 March 2015, 06:31:21 PM

Yeah...they're a perfect scale for 28mm, by the looks of it. Most of the toy animal ranges I've seen (Schleich and Papo) tend to be too large so I'd also be very interested in the make!

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: War In 15MM on 15 March 2015, 06:46:48 PM

I used those same animals when I did my 28mm Dark Africa collection.  In fact most of the animals I used were discarded toys I found cheap at my local swap meet and repainted.  Good stuff.  Richard

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Jodee Benavides on 15 March 2015, 09:05:00 PM

Some of these are from this...

http://www.sears.com/toys-r-us-animal-planet-big-tub-of/p-SPM8457839711

The others are from Walmart.

Jodee

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: War In 15MM on 15 March 2015, 10:24:33 PM

I cut some of my hippos off at waterline, and I'm pretty happy with the outcome.  You can see them in pics 94-98 of my Darkest Africa Gallery at www.warin15mm.com/28MM-African-Adventure-Gallery.html

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: Jodee Benavides on 16 March 2015, 02:26:49 AM

Richard,

Who made the flying pelicans and the sitting toucan?

Jodee

Title: Re: plastic hippos & rhinos
Post by: War In 15MM on 16 March 2015, 04:58:43 AM

The flying birds are just some pieces I picked up at the swap meet in a stall that sells oriental potted plants...  the birds are some of the decoration that they place around the base of the plants along with little ceramic boats or bridges.  The birds are plastic on wire... I repainted them.  The seated birds I used in the gallery are by Brigade Games.  They are from Brigade's Caribbean Empires line of figures (BG-CEA001 Caribbean Parrots & Idols).  I think I found them because LAF's Hammers used them in one of his postings.  Richard