Wednesday 6 January 2016

From AlanD - 28mm SAGA Scots (103 points)


My Scots warband for SAGA needed a few reinforcements, So today's entry consists of a unit of warriors and one of levies (20 figures in total, so worth a nice hefty 100 points). All the figures are Gripping Beast. Here they all are.


First up, the warriors. As always, the shields are all hand painted, because that is how I roll. Decals schmecals. I also tried to do tart up their tunics with checks and stripes, stopping just on this side of sanity.


Here's one of my favourite figures of all time, photographed from Odin's point of view.



Then there are the 12 levy archers, but nobody cares about them, right?




Finally, and not for points, here's a Chronomancer and Apprentice for Frostgrave. As a few other Challengers have pointed out, one of the nice things about the Challenge is getting our kids interested and involved. My 9 year-old Valkyrie is pretty interested in Frostgrave, and painted up these lovely figures from Northstar. She did the basic block painting, I tidied them up, did some detail and made the bases.


More Scots Alan? There's an ongoing theme here and it isn't camels thankfully! These are nae so wee as we've seen before from you but every bit as good. Hand painted shields and tartans are indeed enough to drive a man to the edge of madness but it's more than worth the effort. I was going to suggest you receive a few extra points for the that but I'm more impressed by your use of the word "schmecals", an ancient Gallic term which roughly translates as "Argh, my mind canna handle this!". 100 points of minis and another 3 for the schmecals. Well done! Cheers, Millsy.
PS. Your little Valkyrie is clearly a lady of some talent. A wonderfully deep red matched with contrasting whites is a bold and effective choice!

20 comments:

  1. Speaking as a man with some small experience in the tartaned maniac department, I can say that these braw laddies are the business, alright! Well done, especially on the shields!

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  2. Alan
    Great figures and great job in the shields an plaids. I'm also a convinced hand painted shield looney. Well done.
    Peter

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  3. Stunning work on those shields. Your daughter also has great painting skills!

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  4. A grand collection ..nicely done Dux

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  5. Holy schmecals, that's some great detail work on those shields! Great work! Always nice to see the next generation getting involved in painting, too--thanks for sharing that.

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  6. Hand painted shields???? ~#!@#!@!!! I mean, well done...

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  7. Nicely done Dux; great work on the shields :)

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  8. hand painted tartans AND shields? You have my utmost respect! Lovely looking figures.

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  9. Terrific! The shields are specially good.

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  10. These are great, shields and tartan. Top effort

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  11. Good stuff, that posing guy is really cool.

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  12. Those are awesome! Definitely my inspiration for when I get some 28mm Scots to paint!

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  13. I do think your shield patterns are getting better and better each time. Lots of work on them and also the tartan. Excellent work. cheers

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  14. Fantastic work, as always. Reminds me of another thing I was going to press myself to do more. Freehand shields. I love Valkyrie's work. I was going to have my boy paint along with me this challenge. It hasn't happened so far.

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  15. Magnificent sheilds and plaids, Alan! Great looking troop! Your little valkyrie wields a wicked brush like her old man too! ;)

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  16. Stunning work Alan. Your freehand brushwork continues to amaze (those celtic knots, wow). Also, its fantastic to see your daughter involved in the Challenge again this year (I remember the Viking cake from last year!). That one Scot whose shouting somehow reminds me of 'Braveheart'.

    'Freedom!!' Oh, get stuffed Mel...

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  17. Just stunning, especially the work on those shields

    Ian

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  18. They look stunning Alan! The shield work and basing really makes them stand out! Good timing, considering your warband had a few positions open up recently :) Well done to your daughter too!

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  19. Having been painting shields this week as well, those are excellent work! Don't forget that the Scots would make great henchmen for your Frostgrave forces too ;)

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  20. Love them shields!! Keep it up!

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