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Leonidas 75 mm Alexander Miniatures
488 - 480 BC
75 mm White Metal
Sculpted by: Nino Pizzichemi
Painted by: Jaume Ortiz
Number of parts: 5
When i saw this figue some 45 days ago here on PF i knew that i wanted this figure. Maybe some fashioned Leonidas but it can give me some fun.
The casting is superbe.. A little clean up, and fitting is easy.
Short history of Leonidas:
Leonidas was a king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas II of Sparta, who was believed to be a descendant of Heracles. He was one of tree brothers.
His name was raised to heroic status as a result of the events in the Battle of Thermopylae.
In 480 BC, Leonidas went to Thermopylae with 300 of his personal guard, all with sons to carry on their names, where he was joined by forces from other Greek city-states, who put themselves under his command to form an army 7,000 strong. This force was assembled in an attempt to hold the pass of Thermopylae against hundreds of thousands of Persian soldiers who had invaded from the north of Greece under Xerxes I. Leonidas took only his personal guard, and not the army, because Spartan religious customs forbade sending an army at that time of year. In addition, the Oracle of Delphi had foretold that Sparta could be saved only by the death of one of its kings, one of the lineage of Heracles.
Leonidas and his men repulsed the Persians' frontal attacks for the first two days, killing roughly 20,000 of the enemy troops and losing very few of their own.
On the third day, a Malian Greek traitor named Ephialtes led the Persian general Hydarnes by a mountain track to the rear of the Greeks. At that point Leonidas sent away all Greek troops and remained in the pass with his 300 Spartans, 900 Helots and 700 Thespians who refused to leave. Another 400 Thebans were kept with Leonidas as hostages. The Thespians stayed entirely of their own will, declaring that they would not abandon Leonidas and his followers.
The little Greek force, attacked from both sides, was cut down to a man except for the Thebans, who surrendered. Leonidas was killed, but the Spartans retrieved his body and protected it until their final defeat. Herodotus says that Xerxes ordered to have Leonidas' head cut off and put on a stake and his body crucified. This was considered sacrilegious.The tomb of Leonidas lies today in the northern part of the modern town of Sparta
the kit come's in a carboard box with some egg shaped foam at the bottom and top and to the both sides.
Unfortunally with this package the spear was allready curved.
here you see the pieces into the box,
The pieces unpacked: the figure Leonidas
the cloak
the shield and crest
the arm with spear: the shield arm and the dagger.
Now, i'm hope to finish this figure before the AMSS show in april. Looking forward to paint him.
Marc
488 - 480 BC
75 mm White Metal
Sculpted by: Nino Pizzichemi
Painted by: Jaume Ortiz
Number of parts: 5
When i saw this figue some 45 days ago here on PF i knew that i wanted this figure. Maybe some fashioned Leonidas but it can give me some fun.
The casting is superbe.. A little clean up, and fitting is easy.
Short history of Leonidas:
Leonidas was a king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas II of Sparta, who was believed to be a descendant of Heracles. He was one of tree brothers.
His name was raised to heroic status as a result of the events in the Battle of Thermopylae.
In 480 BC, Leonidas went to Thermopylae with 300 of his personal guard, all with sons to carry on their names, where he was joined by forces from other Greek city-states, who put themselves under his command to form an army 7,000 strong. This force was assembled in an attempt to hold the pass of Thermopylae against hundreds of thousands of Persian soldiers who had invaded from the north of Greece under Xerxes I. Leonidas took only his personal guard, and not the army, because Spartan religious customs forbade sending an army at that time of year. In addition, the Oracle of Delphi had foretold that Sparta could be saved only by the death of one of its kings, one of the lineage of Heracles.
Leonidas and his men repulsed the Persians' frontal attacks for the first two days, killing roughly 20,000 of the enemy troops and losing very few of their own.
On the third day, a Malian Greek traitor named Ephialtes led the Persian general Hydarnes by a mountain track to the rear of the Greeks. At that point Leonidas sent away all Greek troops and remained in the pass with his 300 Spartans, 900 Helots and 700 Thespians who refused to leave. Another 400 Thebans were kept with Leonidas as hostages. The Thespians stayed entirely of their own will, declaring that they would not abandon Leonidas and his followers.
The little Greek force, attacked from both sides, was cut down to a man except for the Thebans, who surrendered. Leonidas was killed, but the Spartans retrieved his body and protected it until their final defeat. Herodotus says that Xerxes ordered to have Leonidas' head cut off and put on a stake and his body crucified. This was considered sacrilegious.The tomb of Leonidas lies today in the northern part of the modern town of Sparta
the kit come's in a carboard box with some egg shaped foam at the bottom and top and to the both sides.
Unfortunally with this package the spear was allready curved.
here you see the pieces into the box,
The pieces unpacked: the figure Leonidas
the cloak
the shield and crest
the arm with spear: the shield arm and the dagger.
Now, i'm hope to finish this figure before the AMSS show in april. Looking forward to paint him.
Marc
