Who says that six-pack looks plastic? Fan recreates Poldark with Playmobil figures - even taking photos in the actual locations

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A Poldark fan painstakingly recreated well-known scenes from the hit BBC show - with tiny Playmobil figures.

Leon Hickmott, a Playmobil collector, spent hours carefully researching and planning each shot before taking his characters on location to take the perfect photo.

Against the stunning backdrop of the Cornish coastline, the 40-year-old was able to capture some of the drama's most distinctive scenes - including Ross Poldark's return to his father's mine and some of his first romantic moments with Demelza.

He even recreated Poldark's steamy skinny-dipping scene - which sent pulses racing when it was aired earlier this year. 

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Steamy: Poldark sent pulses racing when he stripped off to take a dip, left, and the Plamobil figure does his best to capture the magic, right

Rippling abs: The brooding leading man cracks a rare smile as he shows off his shirtless torso, left, as the scene is recreated in plastic, right

Giddyup! Even Poldark's faithful steed - who some viewers called the real star of the show - made his appearance in Mr Hickmott's creations

On location: The Playmobil collector spent hours researching the landmarks featured in the show, including Wheal Coates mine, pictured

Mr Hickmott, 40, who lives in St Columb, Cornwall, said: 'I guess the idea came to me while watching the first episode. As I watched the show I realised I could recreate some of the scenes in the actual locations they were filmed.

'I set about planning the shots, researching the filming locations and buying a few new Playmobil figures to get the correct or closest possible to the period costume. It's a love story at its core and I guess I am a bit of a romantic.'

The scenes took up to four hours to set up, and Leon says he usually spends another few hours painstakingly checking through the photos editing them to make sure they are picture perfect.

He said: 'The first shots of Ross and Demelza went really well. I was stoked with a few of them so from then on I decided to try to hit as many of the locations from the show as possible.

Seaside shots: After painstakingly setting up each shot to make it as accurate as possible, Mr Hickmott spent hours editing the photographs

Romantic at heart: Mr Hickmott said the idea to recreate the Poldark scenes came to him as he watched the first episode of the series

Following: The scenes have already found some famous fans, with Beatie Edney, who plays kitchen maid Prudie regularly tweeting pictures

'I am amazed I actually got any shots from Wheal Coates tin mine as it was blowing a hooley and I had trouble standing. But somehow I managed to a couple of shots I was quite happy with.'

Mr Hickmott's scenes have already found some famous fans, with Beatie Edney, who plays kitchen maid Prudie regularly tweeting pictures of his creations.

And he said that he is not done with his creations. 

Mr Hickmott added: 'I didn't make it to all of the filming locations while this series was showing due to the weather and fitting it in around my real job, but I plan to do more for next year's Poldark.

'There may well be some scenes of other TV shows coming up; one friend keeps suggesting Downton Abbey - we'll see.' 

More to come: Other TV shows, such as Downton Abbey could also be given the Playmobil treatment, Mr Hickmott has hinted

Period pieces: In order to make his creations as true to life as possible, Mr Hickmott bought new figures wearing period costumes, left

Collector: The 40-year-old, pictured in front of some of his Playmobil figures, travelled to different parts of Cornwall to take the photographs