Viking duel

Colonel Kilgore · September 24, 2022, 10:30:20 AM

All this talk of Carolingians had me returning to the Viking Duel gazette from The Mill to dip my toe into the period.

I found the PP Viking figures (I didn't use the special gamette figures for this, as I have other plans for them) fun and easy to paint. The shields - despite using transfers - were a little trickier...

I'll write this all up for The Mill in November, but for now here are the finished figures:

Simon

Sean Clark · September 25, 2022, 12:41:38 AM

Very nice work Simon. You have a lovely clean style of painting that suits Martins figures perfectly.

The only question I have is why we dont see more of your lovely work!

martin goddard · September 25, 2022, 07:52:55 AM

Very nice Simon. Ready for WWW by the looks of it.

martin

Leman (Andy) · September 25, 2022, 09:07:13 AM

Very nice work Simon.

Colonel Kilgore · September 25, 2022, 09:27:41 AM

Thanks chaps, and yes - ready for WWW.

The reason you don't see more of my stuff, Sean, is that real life sadly has an annoying habit of getting in the way. Those 4 figures are the sum total of my output for the last 4 months...

Something will clearly have to change!

Simon

Sean Clark · September 25, 2022, 11:42:25 AM

Yes, real life can impinge om us at the most incovieniant of times. I often find the less I paint, the less I WANT to paint. The more I paint, the MORE I want to paint. It's a funny old thing.

But those are 4 figures to be proud of for sure.

Colonel Kilgore · September 25, 2022, 12:33:24 PM

Very good Sean, I'm with you on the painting motivation cycles.

The other dynamic when you're not painting much is, I find, the desire to make what little you do do that much better. I haven't done highlights for years, but indulged myself on these. And they weren't event wearing uniforms - whatever was I thinking?

Simon

Anatoli · September 25, 2022, 02:34:29 PM

This is a very beautiful paint work !

Really terrific ! Nice choice of colours... I like them very much !!

Smiley Miley 66 · September 25, 2022, 05:02:21 PM

I want to get some Vikings on top of everything else !
Very impressive Simon.
Miles

Colonel Kilgore · September 25, 2022, 05:38:10 PM

Thanks both. I do find the choice of colours troublesome whenever I start something new, and it can take a while to hit on an appropriate "theme", particularly for irregular troops. I'm fairly happy with these and will build on these themes when I do get around to the Viking horde.

But I may do Carolingians first - those new shields do look rather easy to paint!

Simon