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Author Topic: My SAGA begins - 23.12.: Berserkers!  (Read 15780 times)

Offline aircav

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2017, 02:07:22 PM »
Nice  8) 8)

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2017, 09:32:37 PM »
Great painting and very cool terrain in the background. I especially like your work on the shields, the freehands are very well done. With the project being related to your reenactment representation, do you have a model that's representing you or very similar to your kit? I coudn't resist doing that when I first built a set of the Gripping Beast platic Hirdmen ;)

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2017, 09:06:09 AM »
Glad you like them, aircav and Neunfinger  :)

Not really, Neunfinger - but the guy with the 2handed Spear on the left in the first picture comes very close  ;)

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2017, 12:40:39 PM »
Glad you like them, aircav and Neunfinger  :)

Not really, Neunfinger - but the guy with the 2handed Spear on the left in the first picture comes very close  ;)

Why Gotlanders, if I may ask? Do you have a particular interest in the area? :)

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2017, 01:10:15 PM »
Presumably because of Beowulf?

"I've come to kill your Monsta!"

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2017, 02:02:22 PM »
Presumably because of Beowulf?

"I've come to kill your Monsta!"



I don't think you can with any certanity equate geats with goltanders, however flattering the thought is to us who live here. But that is of little importance, Utgaard. I am not out to undermine your project. :)

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2017, 02:14:14 PM »
Ah, I appear to be getting Götaland and Gotland muddled up. I refuse to accept responsibility, it's their fault for having such similar names.


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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2017, 02:20:27 PM »
Ah, I appear to be getting Götaland and Gotland muddled up. I refuse to accept responsibility, it's their fault for having such similar names.



Yes. And we are very sorry for the confusion (taking full responsibility for this mess as I happen to be a Göt living on Gotland).

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2017, 02:51:49 PM »
Oh this is easy - I was active in Reeanctment for many years and I tryed to represent a Gotland warrior.
I used Lena Thunmark-Nylén´s outstanding 7 volumes "Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands", together with a book about the famous picture stones as a basis for my equipment, that I built then mostly be myself.

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2017, 04:59:25 PM »
Cool project.  Those shields are awesome.

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2017, 07:37:59 AM »
Thank you  :)

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #26 on: December 13, 2017, 05:56:44 PM »
Not really, Neunfinger - but the guy with the 2handed Spear on the left in the first picture comes very close  ;)

Ah, the good old leather gambesons, I still have one of those tucked away. Started to ignore too many hits in it, because it was so thick :D

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2017, 07:28:39 AM »
Oh, you would be glad about the thickness in Huscarl battles like in Neustadt-Glewe, or if you have to fight against the Russians or Poles in Moesgard, or say in Wolin  :D

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #28 on: December 14, 2017, 07:51:56 AM »
We train in Huskarl regularly and I've participated in a couple of battles in Ibbenbueren, Vechta, Schlotzau and bigger training sessions around Germany over the last four years and aside from a couple of bruises I've always been fine in Motocross-protection and chainmail or lamellar. I was going to participate in Glewe last year, but had to cancel due to injury. From what I've been told by the friends who went that year and this again I'll pass though, just heard of too much recklessness and unnecessary injuries.

But I'll try not to derail this further and look forward to seeing more of your painting :D

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Re: My SAGA begins - Update 9.12: More Warriors for my Gotlanders
« Reply #29 on: December 19, 2017, 05:58:59 PM »
The next Point for my Gotlanders - the first 4 Hearthguards, all 4 Figures are from Gripping Beast.

If playing my Gotlanders as Anglo-Danes (so I can use Daneaxes) there will be 2 units of Hearthguard, 6 Figures with normal weapons and 6 more with the mentioned Daneaxes.

Accordingly, here are the first 4 Guards with normal hand-weapons and shields; as with all my SAGA-Figures before: all shields are freehand.



« Last Edit: December 20, 2017, 06:28:33 AM by Utgaard »

 

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