Custom minifigs based on the Movie '300'
About this creation
This is my version of the Spartan King Leonidas and his 300 soldiers (at 1/10th scale), this is also my first attempt at creating a custom torso graphic and applying decals.
The graphic was created in Corel Draw 12 and is based heavily upon the Lego Batman Killer Croc torso. This is version five of the torso with the other four being unacceptable for a number of reasons. I am in the process of discussing having the torsos silk-screened by some art students at the local college; and if this works, then I will remove the decals (I haven’t Future Waxed them yet) and have them painted.
The armour is obviously from Brickforge . I ordered one of each bronze and black to see which I liked better. I really wanted to use the bronze; however, when I looked at the two I just had to go with the black. The bronze is an excellent colour, but not for me.
I also have an appropriate number of their falcatas in black, but am still working on how to make a sheath for these fine weapons. The problem is the shape of the blade and the handle, which have been playing havoc with my efforts so far. As you can see Leonidas has his falcate across the back of his hips – this was an accident, but has led me down a new path with respect to sheath design.
Leonidas is also the only minifig Spartan in my collection to wear vambraces. They limit the movement of the arms, and I am not sold on their look in this application. In addition, the extra dollar per minifig would drive the cost of these little guys above $7us each. But I may still go for them as they do breakup the all yellow arms – time will tell.
The capes are from C.A.B. Customs . They are of top quality, and are indistinguishable from the Lego originals. Could almost make one wonder if all the capes out there are legit; alternately, maybe this guy is a supplier for Lego. Not that I care, his capes are brilliant.
So, the story (300 is a film adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller):
King Leonidas gathered 300 of his best warriors, those that had already sired male sons, to fight the Persian King Xerxes and his army of over a million. Leonidas leads his troops to the narrow cliffs of Thermopylae (the Hot Gates) to protect Sparta from the Persian hordes.
They managed to sting the Persian army and even managed to make Xerxes himself bleed, but they died to the man (except for Dilios who was sent back to Sparta to tell their story). Dilios leads the Spartans back to war with the Persians in the Battle of Plataea – a year later.
I am planning to work on the cliffs of Thermopylae at some point, but I have to get some studying done, and my daughter wants to build a new castle for her armies. One of the burdens of parenthood that I gladly embrace every day of my life.
Obviously, not all the parts are from Bricklink , but you should still go check the place out – it is a treasure of pieces and parts that one just can’t live without. Take a look you won’t be disappointed.
www.leejones.ca


The decal
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October 17, 2012 |
wow really cool
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June 22, 2012 |
oh,i put 5 stars. oops, i meant 100 stars! |
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June 22, 2012 |
In this case, shouldn't we say Doc of the Day? Nice to see you at the top of the home page again - MOCpages can always use some good PR! |
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June 22, 2012 |
Congrats on MOTD! These figs are really cool! |
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June 22, 2012 |
MOTD again! Shame I missed out on the Spartan collectable when it came out. Oh well. Actually this entire setup reminds me of the premise of the parody Meet the Spartans with stylish armor, painted on abs, and 30 men multiplied with green screen :P |
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June 26, 2011 |
This is Spartaaaaa!!! |
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May 14, 2011 |
Wasn't Leonidas Athenian? Anyways, this is really cool! |
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March 27, 2011 |
make some Persians and do the battle of Thermopylae. |
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November 15, 2010 |
Im proud to be greek and i think u just did my ancestoers justice |
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November 13, 2010 |
I like bronze better but i respect your choise good job! |
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send me a messade at dsorgi405@gmail.com if i can buy it from ebay |
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March 16, 2010 |
i will pay u 10 dollars for all of those and put it on ebay if i can buy it |
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| brandon emmert January 12, 2010 |
neat, we are learning about sparta and the spartans in history class. |
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OBI KENOBI January 12, 2010 |
awesome man and nice helmet and chields |
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January 12, 2010 |
Congratulations on MOTD (weird, I thought I already commented on this...) |
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I have to admit,thats pretty good for a book based on an R-Rated movie. |
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January 12, 2010 |
Yes! I love it! This is great! Im gonna work on making a stopmotion of the Slow motion part where Leonidas kills all those persians in... well slow motion. These are spot on. Thank you so much.
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January 12, 2010 |
WOW very nice job! They look fantastic. |
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January 12, 2010 |
Thermopylae is one of the classic examples of military duty and valor. I believe you have done it justice with this Moc. Sparta was the most warlike of the Greek city-states but they were also one of the most honorable. 5 out of 5 from me. |
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January 12, 2010 |
This is Madness!
5/5 smilies |
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January 12, 2010 |
This is Madness!
5/5 smilies |
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January 12, 2010 |
Madness? This is MOCpages!!! Seriously though, neat army! |
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January 12, 2010 |
great warrior these spartans (the movie is cool though exaggarated, in compare to the real sparta)
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This is trully awesome but if you cared to ind the details so much (which is very admirable) you could've noticed that only Leonidas had that brush above his helmet and you could've done their sgn on the shield. You know that sign that looks like letter A. But other than that it is perfect! |
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January 9, 2010 |
hey awesome customs, I like that movie very much, I especially like helmets and shields =) |
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I made it |
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October 10, 2009 |
Quoting Owen Williams
My goodness thats expensive I mean im a BF member and I get orders and Wow did you get this in one bulk buy???
More or less in one shot, but this isn't even the half of it. |
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October 9, 2009 |
My goodness thats expensive I mean im a BF member and I get orders and Wow did you get this in one bulk buy??? |
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July 29, 2009 |
"THIS - IS - SPARTA !"
Very nice. I have been to Thermopylae btw, and there is a cool statue to Leonidis there which I should have a photo of. If I find it, I will post it just for you mate. Great stuff. |
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June 21, 2009 |
Very nice! |
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April 6, 2009 |
AMAZING! |
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THIS has been what I have been searching for for many ages! Glorious work, man! I would have used bronze instead of black, though.
THIS..IS.. SPAAAAARTA!!!!! |
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January 28, 2009 |
I love 300! And it's better legofide |
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What's the helmet called on Brickforge? |
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January 12, 2009 |
kool |
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quoting Bob Joe
0 1in 1997 a girl called lauren was walking through the forest and then she just disappeared. No one ever found her until 2000 when a young girl called Mary found her body and markings on her chest saying: I wasnt' pretty enough and now that you have read this she will appear in your mirror saying you're not pretty enough and kill you. By the way the girl called mary<3 died shortly afterwards. To be saved, paste this to five other bands. This is true. Now that you have started reading this, please do not stop. This is so scary. Post this on 5 pages in 143 minutes. When you are done, press F6 and your crushes name will appear on the screen in big letters. This is scary because it actually works btw great moc. |
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December 15, 2008 |
This is sparta!! haha, cool stuff ;) |
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Commander: CT-65/91-6210 (Deviss) December 3, 2008 |
Now THAT is awsome! |
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October 25, 2008 |
excellent work, you should make the battle at the end of the movie . that would freaking awesome |
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September 29, 2008 |
Very good but when I go to bricklink, most of the stuff is overpriced. Hey check out my Terminator. |
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September 21, 2008 |
SPARTANS TONIGHT WE DINE AT OLIVE GARDEN!!!!! |
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September 4, 2008 |
Messenger -This is blasphemy! Madness!
Leonidas -Madness? This. Is. SPARTA! *Kick*
Messenger -WWHHHEEEEEEEE!!!
lol I love that movie an i love this creation... if only you had the money for all 300...
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but 1/10th is cool with me |
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July 13, 2008 |
PERFECT!!!!!!! the decals are awesome . they look just like the real spartans |
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May 31, 2008 |
Choose your words carefully for they may become a sent review... Nice work Doc. ~ Chris. |
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May 25, 2008 |
TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HECK! haha i love that spoof 300 PG version check it out on youtube...anyway nice! good job even though 300's story is not true hardly at all... |
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May 22, 2008 |
COOL! Next I think you should build a Persian army for them to fight. I also think you should build the Hot Gates. |
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April 30, 2008 |
First of all thats frickin sweet I have never seen lego spartans. And to the person named Joey. You call him a freak and tell him he needs a hobby...maddness thats what this website was made for people who have these kind of hobbies! I for one love Legos to! But other than that great job! |
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April 25, 2008 |
AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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April 24, 2008 |
awesome, how u make the helmets, man? i rly like the design and the over-all colour of it, but i think mabes flesh wud be better colour poss?
i wanna know (plz review my stuff in return) jay |
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April 8, 2008 |
spartans tonight we dine at birger king! |
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March 13, 2008 |
omg i lov those could i maby buy one ?? if not i still love them |
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February 5, 2008 |
Sweet, check out my soldier, i used Brickforge too, the decals are awsome and please tell me whered you get those capes?
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January 31, 2008 |
Yay! Finally some Spartans that don't have the word "Halo" in front of it. These are very good, nice MOC. |
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January 8, 2008 |
That's pretty cool, but only Leonidas should have a crest. |
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January 2, 2008 |
the decals are pretty awesome, and i am digging the weapons and shields (thanks for the review) |
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November 4, 2007 |
The 300 spartans were defending Greece from invasion because they may have intervened in a battle and so persia attacked, but was beaten at Marathon, causing persia to launch another attack this time by land |
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October 28, 2007 |
Great bunch of Spartan soldiers. These really make me want an old Roman and/or Greek theme from Lego. These look good enough to be from an official Lego theme. Great job! |
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October 11, 2007 |
Id feel left out if i didn't say it...THIS IS SPARTA!!!! Wow that felt good! THIS IS SPARTA! THIS IS SPARTA! THIS IS SPARTA!!!! Man thats fun! Anyways nice army Lee, would be nice to see them in action. |
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October 5, 2007 |
GIVE THEM NOTHING.... TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING!!! SPARTA!!!!!! |
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October 3, 2007 |
This isn't madness...THIS IS SPARTA!
Loden Cullar-Ledford said:
un-armoured, buffed out, sweaty men wearing metal thongs...WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
It's how it should be! There suposed to be un-armoured. They're Spartan's, they're suposed to be buff. They wore thongs in the movie and real-life. They're in battle, duh they're sweaty. He did great...all though the armour shoulda' been bronze... |
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Dude were did u get the spartain guys review one of my guys back plz cause i relly want some of those guys
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September 25, 2007 |
I'm not usually into customs, but I must admit that these are superb. Can we expect to see a scene recreation soon? |
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September 25, 2007 |
You've done it again! What a great, custom army. |
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September 24, 2007 |
this is just to tempting...
THIS IS SPARTA!!!
good job! bronze would have been more
accurate, but you could just say that the
shields and helmets r iron or something.
PS. come check out my mocs if u got time |
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September 24, 2007 |
i wish i had them |
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September 24, 2007 |
That's quite an expensive army. Why not use bronze for the equipment? |
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September 24, 2007 |
THIS IS SPARTA!!! pretty cool |
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September 24, 2007 |
They look cool in the phalanx, would be even better to see them in action. |
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September 24, 2007 |
Great job could you email me the decals. |
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September 24, 2007 |
nice, but i think they need bronze helmets and shields. |
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September 24, 2007 |
Very good :D looks nice. come and see my mocs |
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