A few pictures of my Baggage and objectives for Saga.
The baggage I picked up second hand at a show (Derby worlds) for a very reasonable price of £1.00 each. Good to get these painted and based at last. (Photos do not seem to do these justice, there is a lot more detail than they show)
The sceenario objectives are just plastic barrels from renedra.
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Wednesday, 2 January 2019
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Saga
Saga. A nice simple title for this post. I thought I would list up what I have got painted and based (and played with) for Saga. I shocked myself with how much there actually is.
Scot/Irish (and Welsh) Type Figures
Warlord - Foot
8 Hearthguard - Foot/spears
6 Hearthguard - Foot/Daneaxes
2 Curaigh - Foot/Javelins
8 Hearthguard - Mounted(can also be used as Curaigh/Warlord)
32 Warriors - Foot/Spears
8 Wardogs
12 Levy - Foot/Javelins
Viking Type Figures
Warlord - Foot
8 Hearthguard
8 Beserkers
12 Hearthguard (Daneaxe armed)
16 Warriors (spear/javelins as required)
24 Levy (Bows)
Anglo Type Figures
Warlord Daneaxe
Warlord Sword (Hereward the Wake)
Warlord Axe (Aelfred the Great if I remember rightly))
12 Hearthguard Daneaxe
4 Hearthguard Spear
24 Warriors(Plastic GB)
12 Levy Slings(Plastic GB)
Spanish/Breton Type Figures
Warlord Mounted
Warlord Mounted
Warlord Mounted
8 Hearthguard Mounted
24 Warriors Mounted
8 warriors Foot
Byzantine Force
Warlord mounted
8 Hearthguard mounted with Spear
4 Hearthguard mounted with Bow
8 warrior with Spear
8 Warrior with Bow
Swords for Hire
8 Steppe Nomads
12 Angry Monks
8 Flemish Mercenarys (Plastic - Conquest Games with GB big plastic spears)
Bard on foot (Scot/Irish Themed)
Norman/Frank/Crusader Types
Warlord Mounted
8 Hearthguard Mounted (plastic)
Scot/Irish (and Welsh) Type Figures
Warlord - Foot
8 Hearthguard - Foot/spears
6 Hearthguard - Foot/Daneaxes
2 Curaigh - Foot/Javelins
8 Hearthguard - Mounted(can also be used as Curaigh/Warlord)
32 Warriors - Foot/Spears
8 Wardogs
12 Levy - Foot/Javelins
Viking Type Figures
Warlord - Foot
8 Hearthguard
8 Beserkers
12 Hearthguard (Daneaxe armed)
16 Warriors (spear/javelins as required)
24 Levy (Bows)
Anglo Type Figures
Warlord Daneaxe
Warlord Sword (Hereward the Wake)
Warlord Axe (Aelfred the Great if I remember rightly))
12 Hearthguard Daneaxe
4 Hearthguard Spear
24 Warriors(Plastic GB)
12 Levy Slings(Plastic GB)
Spanish/Breton Type Figures
Warlord Mounted
Warlord Mounted
Warlord Mounted
8 Hearthguard Mounted
24 Warriors Mounted
8 warriors Foot
Byzantine Force
Warlord mounted
8 Hearthguard mounted with Spear
4 Hearthguard mounted with Bow
8 warrior with Spear
8 Warrior with Bow
Swords for Hire
8 Steppe Nomads
12 Angry Monks
8 Flemish Mercenarys (Plastic - Conquest Games with GB big plastic spears)
Bard on foot (Scot/Irish Themed)
Norman/Frank/Crusader Types
Warlord Mounted
8 Hearthguard Mounted (plastic)
8 Hearthguard Foot/Daneaxe (Plastic)
8 Warriors Foot/Crossbows (metal)
8 Warriors Mounted (plastic)
8 Warriors Foot (plastic)
12 Levy with Bow (plastic)
8 Warriors Foot/Crossbows (metal)
8 Warriors Mounted (plastic)
8 Warriors Foot (plastic)
12 Levy with Bow (plastic)
Arabic Figures
Warlord Mounted on Camel
Warlord Mounted on Horse
4 Hearthguard Mounted with Bow
4 Hearthguard Mounted
24 Warriors
That is it for now, a total of 389 figures so far....
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Saga - Plastic Archers
Time for one of my infrequent posts. I know, but I have so much going on at the moment, the blog takes a bit of a back seat.
In my quest for something cool to paint, I have been converting a few plastic bowmen for use as archers in Norman/Carpetian Frank/Crusader armys for Saga. I really am surprised a company has not cottoned on to the fact that people want archers in plastic yet. there is a serious dearth of these. Still, with a little ingenuity I have created my own.
Parts are Conquest Games plastic Infantry, with a few arms from their mounted sprue, with Games Workshop bows and quivers out of my bits pile.
I took bows from the Militia sprues that GW make for their Empire army (and also released as Mordheim adventurers), and trimmed the hands off. These were then glued in the open right hands from the conquest games mounted sprue, and also the open left hand from the infantry sprue (this one is part of the greataxe pair). Quivers are a mix of types, no idea which range, though possibly undead? I shaved them a bit to remove the usual skulls GW love, and shaped the backs to fit better. Job Done...
I am actually really pleased with how these have turned out, and they have painted up well. I have twelve in total, with 4 painted so far.
In my quest for something cool to paint, I have been converting a few plastic bowmen for use as archers in Norman/Carpetian Frank/Crusader armys for Saga. I really am surprised a company has not cottoned on to the fact that people want archers in plastic yet. there is a serious dearth of these. Still, with a little ingenuity I have created my own.
Parts are Conquest Games plastic Infantry, with a few arms from their mounted sprue, with Games Workshop bows and quivers out of my bits pile.
I took bows from the Militia sprues that GW make for their Empire army (and also released as Mordheim adventurers), and trimmed the hands off. These were then glued in the open right hands from the conquest games mounted sprue, and also the open left hand from the infantry sprue (this one is part of the greataxe pair). Quivers are a mix of types, no idea which range, though possibly undead? I shaved them a bit to remove the usual skulls GW love, and shaped the backs to fit better. Job Done...
I am actually really pleased with how these have turned out, and they have painted up well. I have twelve in total, with 4 painted so far.
Whilst I am posting, I have also been sorting some mounted guys for these too. Here is a couple of pictures.
Note the shields are hand painted, and thy came up rather nicely considering I think.
Let me know what you think, Cheers, John.
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Saga C&C Spanish
Here I show something I have been working on for the last 10 months. Some Spanish for the forthcoming next release of the Saga expansion Crescent and Cross. Note that although the bases are painted, they are still awaiting grasses. I shall get these at Salute when I have the chance to find appropriate colours "in the flesh" rather than on the internet screen.
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Ok on to the pictures - First a group shot, showing the whole warband.
Next we have two shots of the warband leaders.
Here are the hearthguards of the army. There are actually 9 of these, as I made a dedicated banner bearer for use when I require it. The Flag itself is made from a hand painted post-it note and plenty of varnish...
Lastly two of my warrior units, 1 on foot, and 1 of the 3 mounted units (the others are visible in the army shot but the pictures blurred to much to show)
Cheers, John.
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Saga Event Terrain
Well I have got enough terrain pieces done for 10 tables for the Saga event I am running.
Looks quite impressive altogether, covering a 4' x 3' cloth.
Proof they say is in the picture. Also note the 10 holy icon pieces are there too, tucked on on edge.
I also have been working on 2 Mounted Curaigh for my Saga Irish warband. One of the guys has had his paint finished. Sadly the shield does not look in the photograph anything like it looks in real life. It really looks good in the flesh, but looks total pants in the picture, oh well...
Looks quite impressive altogether, covering a 4' x 3' cloth.
Proof they say is in the picture. Also note the 10 holy icon pieces are there too, tucked on on edge.
While I was there, I see the figures I have been working on slowly for a while have snuck into shot.
Some Gripping Beast Spanish - So far I have 5 points finished ready for Saga. I like these a lot, and they have turned out rather well I feel.
I also have been working on 2 Mounted Curaigh for my Saga Irish warband. One of the guys has had his paint finished. Sadly the shield does not look in the photograph anything like it looks in real life. It really looks good in the flesh, but looks total pants in the picture, oh well...
Well that has kept me pretty busy for a while. Onto the next 8 more Spanish light horse, and the other Curaigh tomorrow I guess (when his GS hair sets)
Cheers, John.
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Saga Event Turn Counter
As some of you may know, I am organizing a Saga tournament on 26th April at Canterbury University.
More details can be found here if you are interested - Click Here
Any way, for this event I have been very busy of late making a lot of terrain bases up for the tables. I have managed to make enough scenery for 10 tables now, plus the extra odds and ends for the specific scenarios which I also created for the event.
Something I did want to do though was create a prize I could give out, and I wanted it to be a little different from the normal stuff that tends to be given at these events. So I have the idea to create something for the player that has killed the most members of his opponents warbands over the day. So I present the most bloodthirsty award -
More details can be found here if you are interested - Click Here
Any way, for this event I have been very busy of late making a lot of terrain bases up for the tables. I have managed to make enough scenery for 10 tables now, plus the extra odds and ends for the specific scenarios which I also created for the event.
Something I did want to do though was create a prize I could give out, and I wanted it to be a little different from the normal stuff that tends to be given at these events. So I have the idea to create something for the player that has killed the most members of his opponents warbands over the day. So I present the most bloodthirsty award -
The figure spins around on a pin to denote the turns of the game. Normal Saga games tend to have a 7 turn maximum hence the specific numerals chosen. Based on a 50mm x 50mm base.
I will try for a better photo when lighting improves, as there is a subtle blood effect on the left hand area that is hard to make out in this one, but overall I am very pleased with how this came out.
Cheers, John.
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Dark age figure scale picture in 28mm
Here is a picture of some of the different figure sizes available for the dark age lines now. Maybe someone will find it useful -
Manufacturers are from left to right -
Gripping beast plastic on a GW base (to allow compare to the Bretonian on same base size)
Games Workshop plastic Bretonian (old one piece pose) on GW base.
Gripping Beast Plastic on Renedra base
Gripping Beast metal on Renedra base
Conquest games plastic on Renedra base
Westwind metal on Renedra base (with GB head grafted on)
Crusader metal on Renedra base
Artizan metal on Renedra base
Manufacturers are from left to right -
Gripping beast plastic on a GW base (to allow compare to the Bretonian on same base size)
Games Workshop plastic Bretonian (old one piece pose) on GW base.
Gripping Beast Plastic on Renedra base
Gripping Beast metal on Renedra base
Conquest games plastic on Renedra base
Westwind metal on Renedra base (with GB head grafted on)
Crusader metal on Renedra base
Artizan metal on Renedra base
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Activity unabated
Well the cold front is just hanging back making the garage still bearable at the moment down here in Kent.
Still getting Saga games in with my friend David on Monday nights, so the die are still a rolling, which is great. Very good warm up for the Wyvern Wargames Saga tournament we are going up to at the end of February too. Had a great time there last year, so am looking forward to this a lot. We also get to make a pit stop at Gripping Beast HQ, so I expect an empty wallet may be heading my way .... and if I don't clear it there, I have a trip to the Cavalier show on the Sunday to totally finish me off. A whole weekend of gaming goodness, lord knows how I snuck that past the wife.
In other news I also announce a day of Saga Goodness myself and my good friends of the Friday Night Fire Fight Club are putting on in Canterbury on Saturday the 26th of April 2014.
More details of this can be found here -
http://studiotomahawk.freeforums.org/canturbury-kent-saturday-26th-april-2014-t4415.html
With this in mind I have been beavering away making some rocky ground markers for the terrain on the day.
Simple idea - a flat marker board or cloth goes down with moveable rock pieces to show what it is.
Easy in use and to build - here is what I have so far - also on show are two of the markers for one of the missions (Holy Icon) I am making too.
Still getting Saga games in with my friend David on Monday nights, so the die are still a rolling, which is great. Very good warm up for the Wyvern Wargames Saga tournament we are going up to at the end of February too. Had a great time there last year, so am looking forward to this a lot. We also get to make a pit stop at Gripping Beast HQ, so I expect an empty wallet may be heading my way .... and if I don't clear it there, I have a trip to the Cavalier show on the Sunday to totally finish me off. A whole weekend of gaming goodness, lord knows how I snuck that past the wife.
In other news I also announce a day of Saga Goodness myself and my good friends of the Friday Night Fire Fight Club are putting on in Canterbury on Saturday the 26th of April 2014.
More details of this can be found here -
http://studiotomahawk.freeforums.org/canturbury-kent-saturday-26th-april-2014-t4415.html
With this in mind I have been beavering away making some rocky ground markers for the terrain on the day.
Simple idea - a flat marker board or cloth goes down with moveable rock pieces to show what it is.
Easy in use and to build - here is what I have so far - also on show are two of the markers for one of the missions (Holy Icon) I am making too.
A good start, few more bits required though.
While I am at it, here is a shot of the rest of the painting bench. An army slowly being worked up there for Saga (if you ignore the Vikings lurking in the middle, and the 8 scot levy javelin men, and the 4 conquest platic flems I am making). Guess what it is....
Finally, a picture of two old plastic GW Bretonian bowmen. I said I would show someone on a forum how I painted mine, to make them more generic looking for many games, so here they are. Very nice figures for silly cheap costs these, hard to not recommend them really.
Cheers, John.
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Latest Saga terrain items.
Well these are specifically for Saga, although as usual I have kept them pretty generic so they are usable in many games. I apologise for the normal poor quality of the photos compared to others fine efforts, but they seem to show it off well enough.
I have included a conquest games plastic figure for some sense of scales. Hello to Bob, the epic Flemish mercenary.
First we have an update to my field, I have shown this before, but now we have the addition of some haystacks to dress it a little. They were from some childs playset, and fit nicely.
I always leave the scatter objects fully removable so they can be moved around at will, and are more for the visual than actual game play (this is as in Saga, for something like Empire of the Dead they would be as situated of course during the game).
Next up we have my new and improved rocky ground. Again we have moveable rock pieces, for the ease of game play in various systems. First picture is rocks on, second picture the rocks are on the side to show what I am babbling about.
Next we have my newest addition, a swamp. Nice and simple one this. The wet land is just blue paint, washed over with green, then a gloss varnish to give it the wet look. It came out rather well.
Finally, a shot of some trees on my generic wood area bases. The trees I was given yesterday, so the bases have just been textured and await painting when dry. Also included are my three Baggage pieces as they where about when I took the picture.
Most of the bases for these are cork tile. cut to shape with scissors, sanded smooth then textured with pumice stone mix. Flock was added in stages with pva glue, to avoid any chance of warping. Once everything has dried, they become very solid.
As I keep the items on top removable, it also means they can be used as more forest bases too in games where heavy woodland is appropriate.
I have included a conquest games plastic figure for some sense of scales. Hello to Bob, the epic Flemish mercenary.
First we have an update to my field, I have shown this before, but now we have the addition of some haystacks to dress it a little. They were from some childs playset, and fit nicely.
I always leave the scatter objects fully removable so they can be moved around at will, and are more for the visual than actual game play (this is as in Saga, for something like Empire of the Dead they would be as situated of course during the game).
Next up we have my new and improved rocky ground. Again we have moveable rock pieces, for the ease of game play in various systems. First picture is rocks on, second picture the rocks are on the side to show what I am babbling about.
Next we have my newest addition, a swamp. Nice and simple one this. The wet land is just blue paint, washed over with green, then a gloss varnish to give it the wet look. It came out rather well.
Finally, a shot of some trees on my generic wood area bases. The trees I was given yesterday, so the bases have just been textured and await painting when dry. Also included are my three Baggage pieces as they where about when I took the picture.
Most of the bases for these are cork tile. cut to shape with scissors, sanded smooth then textured with pumice stone mix. Flock was added in stages with pva glue, to avoid any chance of warping. Once everything has dried, they become very solid.
As I keep the items on top removable, it also means they can be used as more forest bases too in games where heavy woodland is appropriate.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
If Baldrick was an architect.......
Now I had a thought, one of those "cunning plan" moments. Even better, I have actually carried it out.
I play a LOT of SAGA. Most of my terrain set up is geared around this, but I still try to keep it generic enough that I can use it in the myriad of other games I do play.
I had two small buildings I picked up at Salute last year (2012) and a larger one I created myself as I could not find a larger one to compliment the two small ones at an appropiate price (cheap cheap cheap). I bought these mostly for use with Saga, but they work well as small barns/huts/etc etc in other systems. I did want to put a base on them though as they are resin, (and wood blocks for the homemade) just to help preserve them.
This is where the Baldrick moment comes in ----
As you can see I cunningly made the bases at exactly VS from all the building edges. Saga players will hopefully know then what this Lazy Boys visual aid is for (and that it saves a lot of faffing with measurements on occassion), but for other systems they are just a base. Win Win for me I think.
Cheers, John.
I play a LOT of SAGA. Most of my terrain set up is geared around this, but I still try to keep it generic enough that I can use it in the myriad of other games I do play.
I had two small buildings I picked up at Salute last year (2012) and a larger one I created myself as I could not find a larger one to compliment the two small ones at an appropiate price (cheap cheap cheap). I bought these mostly for use with Saga, but they work well as small barns/huts/etc etc in other systems. I did want to put a base on them though as they are resin, (and wood blocks for the homemade) just to help preserve them.
This is where the Baldrick moment comes in ----
As you can see I cunningly made the bases at exactly VS from all the building edges. Saga players will hopefully know then what this Lazy Boys visual aid is for (and that it saves a lot of faffing with measurements on occassion), but for other systems they are just a base. Win Win for me I think.
Cheers, John.
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
The 55th Foot, Civilian Pirates and Hereward
I have finished painting a few more bits (excepting base work...), Mostly M&T, namely the 55th Foot.
Quite pleased with these, they have a look about them I am happy with, and they blend rather well with my existing forces. We have two units of 8 Light infantry and an Officer.
Quite pleased with these, they have a look about them I am happy with, and they blend rather well with my existing forces. We have two units of 8 Light infantry and an Officer.
I have also finished off 3 Pirates that I am going to use for civilians in M&T. I rather enjoyed painting these a lot, and they broke the Unit painting up well. I think I may have to invest in a few more of this line of figures sometime. A very characterful bunch.
Finally, I got busy with Hereward the Wake, a special character figure for Saga.
I got a little fancy (for me) with this chap in places, but like how it has come out. I think when he is based it should really bring the colours, and detailed paint areas out well. Also note i used a Crusader (manufacturer) shield on him as it comes with the hand strap.
Cheers, John.
Edits in - I have just been looking back at the pictures. I really don't think they do my models any justice lol. They look so much better in real life. Just thought I would mention it.
Monday, 8 July 2013
Latest painting news
No pictures as yet, but lots of progress has been made on the painting front over the weekend.
One unit of 8 British Lights are finished.
The other unit of 8 British Lights has 6 models done, and just 2 remaining to do.
The 3 Pirates/civilians are now done too, breaking up the monotony of the units pleasantly.
I also did a figure for Saga between a few too, Hereward the Wake. Very pleased with how this guy has come out. 16 plastic crusader miniatures foot are starting soon as Flemish Mercenarys to go with him.
Dark Heresy Roleplaying tomorrow night, but i think I am free on Wednesday to try and get some photos.
I will post a couple of pics from my old stuff as it has not featured on my blog, and it is always cool to add a few things to actually look at.
Cheers, John.
One unit of 8 British Lights are finished.
The other unit of 8 British Lights has 6 models done, and just 2 remaining to do.
The 3 Pirates/civilians are now done too, breaking up the monotony of the units pleasantly.
I also did a figure for Saga between a few too, Hereward the Wake. Very pleased with how this guy has come out. 16 plastic crusader miniatures foot are starting soon as Flemish Mercenarys to go with him.
Dark Heresy Roleplaying tomorrow night, but i think I am free on Wednesday to try and get some photos.
I will post a couple of pics from my old stuff as it has not featured on my blog, and it is always cool to add a few things to actually look at.
Heres a few bits from my Malifaux collection (I must reshoot these sometime, As my camera skills have improved a bit from when I took these pictures).
First some Ronin. I think these are some of the best figures from the Malifaux line.
Then we have Bishop. I love the hair on this guy.
Finally we have Misaki. This was my first (and only) attempt at wet blending. I think it came out quite well.
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