Thursday 11 December 2014

From IanW - Black Tree and Gripping Beast Vikings (30 Points)

Just a small group of 28mm figures to prove I can do something a little larger than 6mm. These are for my Saga army that I play with my eight year old son, he is painting his own Anglo-Danes.


First up the leader of my warband, we have them on larger bases than the rest so they stand out. My son has two men and a Great Dane dog (his idea) but I just had space for this big chap so added a rock to the base.


I wanted him to be extra bright so went a little OTT with the colours but I am OK with that. He is Gripping Beast Viking Hero and as such sold as a single figure.


My original plan was to add this figure to the base, another GBM but one of the plastics and as he would not fit on the base I just slapped him on his own 2p base. So he will have to join one of the units I am building up.



The shield has a Little Big Man transfer on it so is much better than the freehand I have done on the following figures. The detail on the figure is great and I don't see any reason to not use plastics in your forces.



Onto the Black Tree guys and these four slingers will finish off the levy unit I was fielding with only eight figures. These are brighter than the bow troops and look better for it. I do like the Black Tree figures and think they are easily overlooked.



I still have plenty of Black Tree figures prepped and ready to go including about twenty more Vikings so these are not the last of these Danes you will see. These get me 30 points making me over 100 in the first week and ahead of schedule for my target, lets see if I can keep it up.


From Curt: Wonderful work Ian. I think it's great that you and your boy are getting into SAGA together - get them hooked while they're young!  I also like how bright these fellows are, in fact I think your warlord could easily moonlight as a superhero with that cloak. :)  
These six men of Scandinavia will give Ian 30 points. Well done!

17 comments:

  1. Very nice. And note that the top painters all work in 6mm to hone their skills :)

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  2. Lovely work on these Danes :)

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  3. Excellent. Always good to see Dark Ages for Saga. Great to have a gaming kid as well. cheers

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  4. Smashing work Ian. Love the bright colours. Very much like I paint mine. Congrats on having a gaming buddy in the family too :-)

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  5. a very good job, but the shields, I think, require little elaboration

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    1. Your the prick who had a go about the Russian T34's, thought I smelt your putrid smell elsewhere you tit

      Ian

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  6. Nicely done. Steady with that purple it would be incredibly hard to dye that colour which marks the leader as VERY VERY wealthy! But as they are for gaming and not the museum who cares.

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  7. I love that first fellow with his boar spear and sword. I love the purple (though Clint is right) and red together it looks great.

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  8. Very nice! I tend to be a little more simplistic for my saga chaps, but these brighter colours really pop and will look great on the table.

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  9. Very nice work! The first fellows violet tunic came out great.

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  10. Thanks guys, I knew about Purple but could not resist as he is supposed to be the top boy. I also felt simple shields for the levies, better for the quality though.

    Ian

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  11. Lovely colors all around! As for the purple, hey, the guy's a Viking--clearly he just stole it off some prince or abbot that he killed in an earlier raid. ;)

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  12. Great colours; the figures looks really well!!!

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  13. Really fine figures - the colours add so much, especially to the slingers.
    I love the fact that you play Saga with your son and wish you both many happy years of gaming together.

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  14. Great job Ian. I especially like that they are for you to game with your son.

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  15. I never spotted these the other day.

    Looking good and I like the bright colours you've used.

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