Started painting for this

mellis1644 · August 21, 2019, 04:35:33 PM

Well it's taken a while but my paint brush has finally started work on some figures for Vikings - well really a Dark age period gaming in general. The first lot are not PP mini's - but I have some of those in the pile to do.They are based in the typical ancients style - so they will be good for DBA, Art de la Guerre etc. But they will work for many other sets like Vikings and Hail Ceasar..

At the moment I am thinking of using 2 physical bases - one behind the other, to be a single Vikings base. That would make them 40mm wide and either 30 or 40 mm deep - a bit bigger than the one stated in the rules but I think it will work. I want the effect of a decent sized forces and that basing should give me a decent number of figs on the table.

I have started with 30 standard 'heavy spear bases' - so 120 figs. I'm not the best painter but I try. Here are the lot of them so far:

I have various buildings, ships and other things to do as well... You can see more pictures and comments here: https://mellis1644.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/dark-ages-heavy-foot-spearman/

martin goddard · August 21, 2019, 04:54:10 PM

That looks good. A hostile looking bunch.

Leman (Andy) · August 21, 2019, 06:13:57 PM

both shieldwally and threatening - excellent!

mellis1644 · August 27, 2019, 02:08:46 AM

Got the Saxon Leader bases now done (not the general though) - these will be elite heavy foot in other games.

I'm kind of ignoring the standard/recommended basing for Vikings and going to use the 40mm wide as a standard with loads of figs. I hope it will look good at the end of the day. See here for more pictures: https://mellis1644.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/dark-age-elite-heavy-foot/

Leman (Andy) · August 27, 2019, 12:30:24 PM

Well it is a battle game, not a skirmish.

mellis1644 · September 03, 2019, 08:03:05 PM

Done some more of these. This should easily cover my armored troops and there are some berserker bases to boot.

The full post is here: https://mellis1644.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/dark-age-heavy-foot-swordsman/

martin goddard · September 05, 2019, 08:46:38 AM

Let us know how they fight in the first game. With identifiable leader bases they can often develop a "character". Of course I make sure that unit has plenty of armoured bases along with matching it with weaker opponent units. Perpetuates the wonder.

I do enjoy the longships game a lot, albeit that is of course very biased

mellis1644 · November 03, 2019, 01:06:54 AM

I'm onto the 'medium foot' for this project now, which will be the Unarmoured troops in Longship's games. I have 34 DBA style bases (40 x 20 mm bases) done so far - don't worry there are more to come.

I may be going a little over the top for this but we'll see. Not sure if I will use 1 or 2 bases for a single Longships base. Here is a picture of all apart from the 'berseker bases' which were in the front of the above shot.

I am happy how these have come out. I think there are a few PP figs in the mix but it's hard to say really as I have a load of different figs for this game...I have enjoyed painting them though even though I'm far from the best painter in the world.

More pictures on my bog https://mellis1644.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/dark-ages-medium-foot-swordsman/.

Leman (Andy) · November 03, 2019, 07:48:17 AM

They look to be able to do the business to me.

Sean Clark · November 03, 2019, 09:09:34 AM

Mellis,

Thanks for the offer of pictures on your bog. Whilst tempting, I'll stick with visiting your blog

Leman (Andy) · November 03, 2019, 02:58:50 PM

$:-\$ oh dear.

mellis1644 · April 14, 2020, 04:14:36 PM

Well I slowly continue to paint up bases for this project. I have my first set of loot bases done - sheep and slaves for the raiders. I know there are some PP figs in this mix but not sure which ones.

These are not PP ones though:

You can see more photo's here: https://mellis1644.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/dark-ages-baggage-and-spoils-of-war/

Antioch (Bob) · April 14, 2020, 04:54:29 PM

Mellis

Very nice.... another set of rules i may have to look at... seems to be played quite a bit & everyone seem sto be having a lot of fun. Thanks for the pictures.... the livestock look quite fun to paint.

Bob

Radar · April 14, 2020, 05:31:57 PM

They all look rather splendid. Been thinking about Vikings for a couple of hours. Might be because The Longships has just been on BBC2. Quite an amusing film, once you get past the Vikings who don't wear trousers, wobbly swords, Richard Widmark escaping from a Moorish prison by jumping in the sea then washing up in a Scandinavian fjord. Plus Leonard Rossiter as a beastly Persian soldier whipping the Viking prisoners..

Colonel Kilgore · April 14, 2020, 10:01:29 PM

Quote from: Radar on April 14, 2020, 05:31:57 PM
They all look rather splendid. Been thinking about Vikings for a couple of hours. Might be because The Longships has just been on BBC2. Quite an amusing film, once you get past the Vikings who don't wear trousers, wobbly swords, Richard Widmark escaping from a Moorish prison by jumping in the sea then washing up in a Scandinavian fjord. Plus Leonard Rossiter as a beastly Persian soldier whipping the Viking prisoners..

The rules are just as fun as the film, if slightly more historically accurate

Simon