I’ve posted previously about Creating Custom Duplo Redcoat Figures and Creating Duplo Tall Ships for them to sail on. In those earlier projects, the officer redcoat was one figure where I simply left off the gray tricorn hat (he’s bald!) in order to differentiate him from the rank and file soldiers.
I recently set about making that officer figure a bicorn hat!
The type of bicorn navy hat I was going for (on Hornblower’s head, right).
To start, I began with a pirate captain figure wear hat.
I used a hacksaw to saw off most of the chest/shoulder section.
Once the hat section was removed from the chest section, I used a metal file to smooth out the hat. I saved the chest piece in order to utilize the epaulettes.Next, I colored in the red sections on the hat with a sharpie.
Then, I used gel superglue to attach the hat sideways to the bald officer.
A front view of the officer
Another view of the officer
After letting the glue dry for 24 hours, my sons put him onboard a tall ship to explore the arctic and fight pirates!
Next, I began work on using the epaulettes from the chest portion of the original pirate head piece.
After cutting the black beard off, I used super glue and a clamp to glue the gold epaulettes onto the officer. The way the cut plastic goes around his neck kind of looks like a collar.
After the glue had dried for a few hours, the epaulettes were firmly in place.
The finished product. I will likely make a second front-back bicorn officer as lieutenants, and a side-to-side bicorn officer for captain. They may look good with red capes.
If you’ve done something similar or have other ideas how someone could make a Duplo officer, let me know below in the comments!
on March 15, 2020
