300 Spartans -120mm fig
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I love ancient warrior. This time I've picked Verlinden 120mm "Spartan Warrior" resin figure (kit #0943).
Overall the kit spread into head with helmet, horsehair, arms, torso with body armor, legs and the his weapon of sword, scabbard, shield with left forearm moulded on... All are separate components which attached to resin casting blocks.*The sculpting of this figure is not the best but OK to me, but it has a splendid pose.
Now the head, which I totally dislike the original kit (pic A & B). It's totally out of proportion and "deform"... (pic C).
So my first attempt will be rebuild a new head to replace it. I'm building the Greek Helmet base on the images from the internet. Chosen a spare head from Dragon 1/16 scale "German Grenadier East Prussia" (kit #1616). Using this as basic shape, I used thin aluminium sheet (from hardware shop) and epoxy putty to scratchbuild the Greek Corinthian design. Wire was glue on the edge then. The detail "eye-brow" design was add on with thin roll of putty. Finally cutting .03mm plastic card and form the helmetcrest and glue on top of the helmet.
I've sand off some od the detail of the Dragon's head, especially the ears and the hair to fit the new helmet. Reformed the neck to suit the facing position. Detail beard and mustache*was added with putty. The head and helmet was put together for test fit.
The following steps will be the unique horsehair. As you can see in the picture, the original horsehair from the kit supposed to be in the "facing" position. Furthermore the kit's part is "ugly". I've decided to scratchbuild the whole thing. I used an old phone card to cut the basic shape for the horsehair. Then putty was added on section by section, scribing lines to form the detail.
Completed scratchbuild helmet with the replacing head in test fit shot
SHIELD's SURFACE:
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It's a pity verlinden didn't do much research on this figure... the kit comes with a scrbed "V" sign on the shield surface. which is an incorrect "Lambda" (inverted V = ^) sign. I've tried fill them up with putty but it didn't turn out well... This leads me to cover them with thin layer of putty which I've found out have the advantage of adding battle damage on the bronze surface shield. Now with the new "blank" surface, I've a choice of decoration on my hand... heheh BUT a problem too whether to choose the Lambda sign (unique Spartan sign) or some nice colorful design??? Any idea on the design, guys??
SHIELD's BACK:
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The forarm of the left hand was moulded holding the shield in one piece and with no detail. I've look thru' the net and found out that there happens to be some "lacing" tied around the back of the shield. I've use twisted wire and putty to add these detail.
The "grip" moulded on the holding hand was no good. So I've cut them out and drilled hole thru' the fist. Inserted a short twisted wire as the replacement.
SANDALS:
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OK, this is an additional item. U can see on the box art that the kit moulded bare footed. Indead I did come across images and articles on the net of Greek warrior fought bare footed. Maybe it's just me.... I just cannot take the fact that a fully armoured warrior bare footed... heheh. Unless he's fighting on aboard of a "Trireme" (battleship) in a naval battle??
That's all for now...
Enjoy and comment pls.
CPTan
I love ancient warrior. This time I've picked Verlinden 120mm "Spartan Warrior" resin figure (kit #0943).
Overall the kit spread into head with helmet, horsehair, arms, torso with body armor, legs and the his weapon of sword, scabbard, shield with left forearm moulded on... All are separate components which attached to resin casting blocks.*The sculpting of this figure is not the best but OK to me, but it has a splendid pose.
Now the head, which I totally dislike the original kit (pic A & B). It's totally out of proportion and "deform"... (pic C).
So my first attempt will be rebuild a new head to replace it. I'm building the Greek Helmet base on the images from the internet. Chosen a spare head from Dragon 1/16 scale "German Grenadier East Prussia" (kit #1616). Using this as basic shape, I used thin aluminium sheet (from hardware shop) and epoxy putty to scratchbuild the Greek Corinthian design. Wire was glue on the edge then. The detail "eye-brow" design was add on with thin roll of putty. Finally cutting .03mm plastic card and form the helmetcrest and glue on top of the helmet.
I've sand off some od the detail of the Dragon's head, especially the ears and the hair to fit the new helmet. Reformed the neck to suit the facing position. Detail beard and mustache*was added with putty. The head and helmet was put together for test fit.
The following steps will be the unique horsehair. As you can see in the picture, the original horsehair from the kit supposed to be in the "facing" position. Furthermore the kit's part is "ugly". I've decided to scratchbuild the whole thing. I used an old phone card to cut the basic shape for the horsehair. Then putty was added on section by section, scribing lines to form the detail.
Completed scratchbuild helmet with the replacing head in test fit shot
SHIELD's SURFACE:
-----------------
It's a pity verlinden didn't do much research on this figure... the kit comes with a scrbed "V" sign on the shield surface. which is an incorrect "Lambda" (inverted V = ^) sign. I've tried fill them up with putty but it didn't turn out well... This leads me to cover them with thin layer of putty which I've found out have the advantage of adding battle damage on the bronze surface shield. Now with the new "blank" surface, I've a choice of decoration on my hand... heheh BUT a problem too whether to choose the Lambda sign (unique Spartan sign) or some nice colorful design??? Any idea on the design, guys??
SHIELD's BACK:
--------------
The forarm of the left hand was moulded holding the shield in one piece and with no detail. I've look thru' the net and found out that there happens to be some "lacing" tied around the back of the shield. I've use twisted wire and putty to add these detail.
The "grip" moulded on the holding hand was no good. So I've cut them out and drilled hole thru' the fist. Inserted a short twisted wire as the replacement.
SANDALS:
--------
OK, this is an additional item. U can see on the box art that the kit moulded bare footed. Indead I did come across images and articles on the net of Greek warrior fought bare footed. Maybe it's just me.... I just cannot take the fact that a fully armoured warrior bare footed... heheh. Unless he's fighting on aboard of a "Trireme" (battleship) in a naval battle??
That's all for now...
Enjoy and comment pls.
CPTan
diosytexas
Well-Known Member
Great Stuff And Well Done On A Nice Figure. Thanks For Making The Effort. Dave.
Carlo Giovanni
Well-Known Member
Great!!
megroot
A Fixture
Good work.
And you did the shield in the correct position. It is the Lambda sign so it is this way and not upside down as the original
marc
And you did the shield in the correct position. It is the Lambda sign so it is this way and not upside down as the original
marc
tonydawe
A Fixture
Hi cptan,
Well done. The figure has turned out so much better with your modifications. The photos are great and make him look very realistic.
Cheers
Well done. The figure has turned out so much better with your modifications. The photos are great and make him look very realistic.
Cheers
M
Mark S
Guest
Nice conversion work,well done.
davidmitchell
A Fixture
Great improvement on original!!!
David
David
Theodoros
A Fixture
CptΑΝ, Very Nice And Accurate Tranformation ! Well Done.
John Bowery
A Fixture
Cptan,
This came out very nice,
Cheers
John
This came out very nice,
Cheers
John
Jeff T
A Fixture
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Excellent job Cptan!
Great looking figure, love the painting of it, especially the weathering and battle damage.
Beautiful!
Cheers,
Jeff.
Excellent job Cptan!
Great looking figure, love the painting of it, especially the weathering and battle damage.
Beautiful!
Cheers,
Jeff.
Gummisheep
Active Member
Lol nice scratch build.....you pulld out the maximum from this old veteran figure.
Great work....
Great work....
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