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Title: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on February 27, 2010, 22:19:46
Another custom that I made a while ago...
He is my Spartan, an ancient greek warrior trained from just about the day he was born to become the greatest warrior in history!
These mighty warriors were the some of the men that fought at Troy and at the battle of Thermopolie (the famous '300' battle, even though there were other greeks there besides the spartans... anbout 7,000 if I remember correctly. Only on the 3rd day of the battle were there only 300 spartans, and even that is not true as there were 1,000 other greeks with them as well).
I have made a Playmobil version of an old veteran Spartan...
He is a veteran because you can see his helmet is old and has many bumps from swords and spears, but it is still battle ready!
Now for the pics!

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6544/001kq.jpg)

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4425/003li.jpg)

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8921/010ebc.jpg)

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9324/009rzx.jpg)

And with just a quick switcharoo I have an Armored Hoplite...
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4920/001jsi.jpg)

I don't usually cut or paint things... but I was making a movie staring greeks soo... ;D
I hope you enjoy!
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: seawarrior on February 27, 2010, 22:30:03
nice custom, but how did you make the helmet?
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Martin Milner on February 28, 2010, 01:17:44
It is customs like this that make me wish Playmo would get on and make an Ancient Greece theme.
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Gepetto on February 28, 2010, 02:40:00
Nice custom WarriorOfToys, thanks for sharing!  :wave:
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on February 28, 2010, 05:44:47
Quote from: seawarrior on February 27, 2010, 22:30:03
nice custom, but how did you make the helmet?

I took a playmobil sugarloaf helm...
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/618/playmosugarloafhelm.jpg)

Cut up the front with a dremmel tool untill I reached the eye holes...
then cut the nose gaurd down untill it was the lenght I wanted it.

Quote from: Martin Milner on February 28, 2010, 01:17:44
It is customs like this that make me wish Playmo would get on and make an Ancient Greece theme.

You and me both... you and me both...  :'(
But I can make pretty good Masadonians with just playmo parts (no cutting or glueing!).
All I need is for DS to have the parts I need... :P
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Justindo on February 28, 2010, 07:24:25
Very nice Spartan and Hoplite, WarriorOfToys!  I agree with Martin that your customs make me long for a Greek theme.
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on February 28, 2010, 14:10:38
Thank you Justindo!

I forgot to mention a step in my post before on how I made the helm...
To get the feathers I cut a line down the top of the helm with my dremmel
(I love that thing!) and the feathers fit snugly inside!
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: seawarrior on February 28, 2010, 14:53:15
What is a dremel tool? I do all my cutting with an exacto knife, which takes a long time, and I always need new blades
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on February 28, 2010, 16:04:42
Quote from: seawarrior on February 28, 2010, 14:53:15
What is a dremel tool? I do all my cutting with an exacto knife, which takes a long time, and I always need new blades

Well SeaWarrior, you could use an exato knife...
Or you could use a dremmel tool which can be used for multiple things!
Here is a picture of mine...
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5790/002akw.jpg)

And it has lots of tools to do all the different things... This is the cutting wheel I used for the helm,
it is the perfect width and playmo parts will snap in like thay were made to fit there!
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4646/004ix.jpg)

Hope this helps! It is much faster then an exacto knife.
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Klickus Mobilius on March 01, 2010, 06:25:45
Very nice!

I really want to see Playmobil come up with ancient Greeks.

Do you hear us, Playmobil?  WE WANT GREEKS!
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Justindo on March 01, 2010, 06:28:30
You've created a very impressive custom helmet, WarriorOfToys.  Thanks for telling us your secret!

And, yes, we want the Greeks!
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 01, 2010, 13:52:34
Thank you Klickus Mobilius and Justindo!

Quote from: Klickus Mobilius on March 01, 2010, 06:25:45
Do you hear us, Playmobil?  WE WANT GREEKS!

Amen! :prays:
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Richard on March 03, 2010, 14:03:09


That's a very clever custom, WoT!

Love how you made the helmet ...  :clap:

And, I'll echo what y'all have said, "Hey Geobra! How about some Greeks?"

All the best,
Richard
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Martin Milner on March 03, 2010, 14:48:52
Quote from: WarriorOfToys on February 28, 2010, 05:44:47
I took a playmobil sugarloaf helm...
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/618/playmosugarloafhelm.jpg)

Cut up the front with a dremmel tool untill I reached the eye holes...
then cut the nose gaurd down untill it was the lenght I wanted it.

You and me both... you and me both...  :'(
But I can make pretty good Masadonians with just playmo parts (no cutting or glueing!).
All I need is for DS to have the parts I need... :P

Could we see a picture of one of your Macedonians?
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Rasputin on March 03, 2010, 16:23:02
Hello

Great looking custom helmet and the way you described your cutting it is rather a simple creation. I find some of the simplest customs from existing Playmobil parts to be very creative.

Thanks for sharing
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Richard on March 03, 2010, 21:18:56


(http://www.playclicks.com/galeria/albums/userpics/normal_300.jpg)


The 300 Spartans (in Playmobil)


If you haven't seen "Malone's" customs over at the Spanish PlayClicks, click HERE (http://www.playclicks.com/galeria/index.php?cat=10063&lang=english)!

Edit: Corrected typo ...  :-[
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 03, 2010, 21:29:35
Thank you all for the nice replies!
And than you Richard for the link!
Unfourtunatly I do not have a masadonian custom yet... :'(
I need to finish my Roman army,
and I need to DS to restock before I will be able to make my Masadonian custom.

Hope I can show you all soon!
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Giorginetto on March 03, 2010, 22:05:51
Quote from: Justindo on March 01, 2010, 06:28:30
And, yes, we want the Greeks!

Definitely !!! Greek warriors with different helmets , insignia and colours , greek temples , the 12 gods , hercules etc etc etc. Tjat would be quite someting and probably the egyptian, roman moulds  would provide a good foundation for the rest that would be needed for such a range !!!! :love: :love: :love:
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 03, 2010, 22:19:06
Quote from: Giorginetto on March 03, 2010, 22:05:51
Definitely !!! Greek warriors with different helmets , insignia and colours , greek temples , the 12 gods , hercules etc etc etc. Tjat would be quite someting and probably the egyptian, roman moulds  would provide a good foundation for the rest that would be needed for such a range !!!! :love: :love: :love:

Yes yes yes!!! ;D :love:
We want greeks... We want greeks, We Want Greeks, We Want Greeks! WE WANT GREEKS! WE WANT GREEKS! WE WANT GREEKS!!!
Hear us yet Playmobil? :lol:
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: peetje on March 04, 2010, 14:47:11
Nice custom.
I like the spartans.
Troy is my favorite movie.
And 300.

Peter
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 04, 2010, 14:49:55
Thank you Peetje!
Troy and 300? :hmm:
No the greatest movies, historically acurate wise.
Action and stuff is good, but when I watch a movie it has to be accurate.
(Just a little quirk of mine... 8})
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: el jefe on March 04, 2010, 15:14:27
Quote from: WarriorOfToys on March 04, 2010, 14:49:55
Thank you Peetje!
Troy and 300? :hmm:
No the greatest movies, historically acurate wise.
Action and stuff is good, but when I watch a movie it has to be accurate.
(Just a little quirk of mine... 8})
Unfortunately, almost no movies are historically accurate, just the nature of Hollywood.  300 is still a tight movie though.  I would LOVE to see a Greek theme, but would PM put out such a similar theme to the Romans at a time they seem to be phasing them out? I hope. :prays: 
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 04, 2010, 15:46:58
Quote from: el jefe on March 04, 2010, 15:14:27
Unfortunately, almost no movies are historically accurate, just the nature of Hollywood.  300 is still a tight movie though.  I would LOVE to see a Greek theme, but would PM put out such a similar theme to the Romans at a time they seem to be phasing them out? I hope. :prays: 

Gladiator was an ok movie.

You are probably right about the Greeks El Jefe...
Playmobil will probably not put more guys like the Romans in if the Romans didn't do well. :'(
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Richard on March 04, 2010, 18:46:49


Quote from: WarriorOfToys on March 04, 2010, 15:46:58

... if the Romans didn't do well. :'(



But, did the Romans do well or not? Does anyone know how well the Romans sold?

It seems that TRU online sold completely out of their Egyptian stock!

And, with all the Roman "spin-offs", it appears that there were at least twenty-eight different Roman sets ...  :o

see attachment
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Justindo on March 04, 2010, 18:59:05
I thought the Romans would have sold well too, but someone (I forget who) posted somewhere (I forget where) that the Romans did not sell well and he apparently had some inside information from Playmobil.
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Richard on March 04, 2010, 19:10:08


Hmmm ...  ^-^

Sorry to read that, Justindo ... (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/crybaby.gif)

I would have also thought that the Romans would have sold really well ...  :eh?:
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 04, 2010, 19:30:06
It really is a shame,
as they are discontinuing my favorite theme! :'( :'( :'(
Good thing I now have all my Roman commanders that I need,
I can just stock up on legionnaires! 8}
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Richard on March 04, 2010, 19:45:24


Quote from: WarriorOfToys on March 04, 2010, 19:30:06

I can just stock up on legionnaires! 8}



Don't wait too long, WoT!

The only two Roman sets that are left in Playmobil's German website are 7878 and 7879!

see attachments
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 04, 2010, 19:58:19
Don't worry Richard! ;D
The only sets I need now are the "new" specials comming out...
Number 4659 to be exsact.
And since there are still the legionnaires on the German website I can stock up on those at my leisure. :)
I was going to build up a cool Roman city with the colloseum and some houses...
but I am afraid that is no longer possible, :(
unless I get a part time job sometime very very soon... like this week.
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: Klickus Mobilius on March 05, 2010, 09:07:30
Quote from: el jefe on March 04, 2010, 15:14:27
Unfortunately, almost no movies are historically accurate, just the nature of Hollywood.  300 is still a tight movie though. 

This is true.  I love "300" as inaccurate as it is!

How about a movie about the March of the 10,000?  The 1979 cult movie "The Warriors", based on ancient Greek general and historian Xenophon's "Anabasis," is a fun film, but a movie depicting the actual story would be great.

"Oh, Warriors...come out and playaaaayyyy!"
Title: Re: Spartan Custom
Post by: WarriorOfToys on March 05, 2010, 14:25:11
Quote from: Klickus Mobilius on March 05, 2010, 09:07:30
"Oh, Warriors...come out and playaaaayyyy!"

I'm here! :lol: ;D
I agree, 300 was a great movie.
I would love to see other movies like it, even if they are not historical.
I would just explain to everyone how the armor is not correct and stuff...
Which might explain why my family will not see any of those sorts of movies with me! ;D