That is a lovely looking army, I would be very happy to have something like that in my collection. The guy you painted them for probably got disenchanted with the rules more than the figures.
They look like DBA basing, which is actually tiresome and pretty dull for Shieldwall warfare. 2 equal sized armies, same troop types, same composition, same deployment becomes a matter of he who rolls + wins.
Vikings are a much more entertaining army under WAB or Saga rules where there is more personality.