Well, it has been a bit of a long job, mainly because I really wanted to do these lovely figures justice, but I have now finished them. I have enough for a Saga Viking warband, with some optional changes to the basic band.
Anyway, here are the final sets of figures. First, here are 12 archers, who will be classed as bow-armed Levies for Saga;
Next, eight unarmoured Warriors with axes;
And finally, eight unarmoured Warriors with spears;
Obviously, I will be fielding these as Vikings, but they could also serve as Anglo-Danes or Jomsvikings (without the archer levies).
Regarding the colour palette I used, once again, I wanted to keep a few unifying touches, therefore, the spear-armed shieldmaidens have predominantly black and yellow shields and the ones with axes have shields that are mostly red and black. I also kept to a basic set of three or four main colours for the clothing and I did a fair amount of dry-brushing to tone down the brightness of their appearance. I think that this has worked pretty well, they are not too subdued overall, but they are reasonably understated.
Now they are finished, I have a game of Saga arranged for next Sunday at the club.
These will also find a place in my Dragon Rampant plans for 2019.
Beautiful. You did a really good job on the shields!
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ReplyDeleteLovely looking warband Carole :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I am really looking forward to getting them onto the table next Sunday.
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