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Title: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 23 March 2015, 02:15:18 PM
For our club project Håtunaleken – extensively reported on by my good mate Dalauppror, both here and on his own blog (http://www.dalauppror.blogspot.se/search/label/Håtunaleken) – I have painted up the host for the (current) king himself, Birger Magnusson.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mjsv4NZZ77c/VQ7W6BqmttI/AAAAAAAABTw/09IVJBh8Zts/s600/Hatuna1-1.jpg)

This is a 12 point "half retinue" for Lion Rampant, as we decided it would be easier for people to join the project if they didn't have to paint a full 24 points retinue from the start. My host consists of a unit of foot serjeants lead by the king, and a unit of knights.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xynoZMa8j0s/VQ7XQULq_tI/AAAAAAAABUQ/NADWkxkAbx8/s600/Hatuna1-6.jpg)

The models are all from Gripping Beast and very nice indeed!

More pictures, together with some background for this fascinating period in Swedish history, can be found on my blog:
http://conflictofinterests.blogspot.se/2015/03/hatunaleken-host-of-birger-magnusson.html (http://conflictofinterests.blogspot.se/2015/03/hatunaleken-host-of-birger-magnusson.html)
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Post by: Engel on 23 March 2015, 02:33:13 PM
Cracking stuff Jonas.

Allways nice to see more Scandinavian knights.  :D
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Atheling on 23 March 2015, 03:13:43 PM
Lovely work Jonas  8) 8) 8)-

Hope to be down there to see them!  :)

Darrell.
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Post by: olyreed on 23 March 2015, 03:45:51 PM
Outstanding.. :-*
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Post by: comet5 on 23 March 2015, 04:01:12 PM
Lovely!  I especially like the checkered horse.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 24 March 2015, 07:33:38 AM
Cheers everyone, much appreciated!
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: tomrommel1 on 24 March 2015, 07:37:26 AM
looking very good indeed
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Post by: Nysse on 24 March 2015, 09:47:02 AM
Excellent work! The shields and the flag are very well done. Some pretty impressive freehanding.
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Post by: Malamute on 26 March 2015, 02:25:05 PM
Lovely figures ;D
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Captain Blood on 26 March 2015, 08:31:57 PM
Beautifully sharp painting  :)
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Dalauppror on 29 March 2015, 08:25:21 AM
Exellent paint work Jonas

It will be a joy to see them on the gamingtable later today !

Best regards Michael
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 28 April 2015, 07:31:25 AM
Hi again!

Thank you for all your kind words.

The king Birger Magnusson has not been idle since we last saw him. He has now rallied some allmoge, i.e. yeomen, to his cause. These particular fellows are armed with a nice mix of shooty and stabby things.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LGMFKvEmKhE/VT4MyfmU98I/AAAAAAAABVY/fsAZEFckXco/s600/Allmoge1.jpg)

The miniatures are a mix of Black Tree Design and Curtey's with the odd head swap.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O-Fuwoilwro/VT41P48v3AI/AAAAAAAABWA/qCW5h_7xIS4/s600/Allmoge2.jpg)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3q0cuWIUYL4/VT43NY4BnoI/AAAAAAAABWQ/UaDhnOpVxPA/s600/Allmoge6.jpg)

As usual, there are more pictures on my blog:
http://conflictofinterests.blogspot.se/2015/04/hatunaleken-allmoge-for-kings-host.html
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Dalauppror on 28 April 2015, 09:13:57 AM
Exellent paintwork matey !
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Atheling on 28 April 2015, 09:19:00 AM
Really lovely work!!  :-*

Darrell.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Little Odo on 28 April 2015, 08:56:50 PM
These are great - the blue on those yeomen contrasts nicely with the more earthy greens and browns
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: tomrommel1 on 29 April 2015, 09:20:39 AM
lovely :-*
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 29 April 2015, 09:21:16 AM
Thank you very much indeed everyone! :)
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Post by: Hammers on 29 April 2015, 09:27:41 AM
Lovely. Which club is this, Jonas?
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 29 April 2015, 09:32:19 AM
Lovely. Which club is this, Jonas?


Cheers Hammers!

The club is Little Wars Stockholm, the same club as Dalauppror is a member of. Ping me if you're in the area and are interested in a game!
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Hammers on 29 April 2015, 11:30:58 AM
Cheers Hammers!

The club is Little Wars Stockholm, the same club as Dalauppror is a member of. Ping me if you're in the area and are interested in a game!

I certainly am. As you , perhaps, can see, I am in Visby, but I am in Stockholm quite often. I'll try to get in touch next time.

Hammers/Peder
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: tancrede on 29 April 2015, 12:25:18 PM
Very nice painting !
The brown/green colors fits really nice with the colorful shields.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Hupp n at em on 01 May 2015, 02:20:35 AM
I'd seen some of these before on Dalauppror's blog before, but I hadn't realized they were your's, very nice figures Jonas!
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: archiduque on 01 May 2015, 02:37:50 PM
Excellent work!!! ;)
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 16 June 2015, 03:25:11 PM
Time for some more additions to Birger's host. I've given the king a bodyguard of foot knights to put him in the front line instead of hanging around way back with the serjeants. This slight rejigging of the force meant I had to add two more serjeants and four foot knights.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5osg5TnluC8/VYAunN-8ZbI/AAAAAAAABXo/v3tIGc3TPlc/s600/Hatuna_MAA_1_2.jpg)

The miniatures are once again from Gripping Beast with two headswaps for the serjeants (as I don't like duplicate models in such a small army). The new heads are from Curtey's – very nice stuff!

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DOXlT5Hh1iY/VYAuttVyu4I/AAAAAAAABXw/b5MZJ5i7iSs/s600/Hatuna_MAA_2_2.jpg)

The lions on the shields are overpainted transfers. Yes, I'm a cheater. ;)

You can find a couple of more pictures on my blog:
http://conflictofinterests.blogspot.se/2015/06/hatunaleken-all-kings-men.html
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Matakakea on 16 June 2015, 05:08:54 PM
Cheat away my friend. I won't report you  :D
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Engel on 17 June 2015, 07:16:47 AM
Really nice work Jonas.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: tomrommel1 on 02 July 2015, 02:24:23 PM
nice
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 08 August 2015, 10:03:01 AM
Hello everyone and thank you for your kind words!

Time for the final unit for king Birger's host, a small unit of bidowers.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cmkp7V3ndtA/VcXDp2s54jI/AAAAAAAABao/RZbH_RJCRhk/s600/Hatuna_Bidowers-1_1.jpg)

The miniatures are Black Tree Design Anglo-Saxons with a couple of the heads swapped for West Wind ones.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JoJK-x0TBGI/VcXD7-OlKfI/AAAAAAAABbA/6t1DBHv3PWE/s600/Hatuna_Bidowers-4_1.jpg)

You can find some more pictures on my blog:
http://conflictofinterests.blogspot.se/2015/08/hatunaleken-bidowers-for-king-birger.html (http://conflictofinterests.blogspot.se/2015/08/hatunaleken-bidowers-for-king-birger.html)

I'll post some pictures of the whole host when I've sorted them out.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: tomrommel1 on 13 August 2015, 04:12:06 PM
 :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 31 August 2015, 08:40:01 AM
I couldn't resist arranging the whole force for a group shot:

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SwsQtACNFME/VeBOeOq6JrI/AAAAAAAABb8/2hZA0fmL8Oo/s600/Hatuna_Full-1_bkgr.jpg)

Some close-ups and more historical background can be found on my blog:
http://conflictofinterests.blogspot.se/2015/08/hatunaleken-full-host-of-king-birger.html
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Vanvlak on 31 August 2015, 08:48:11 AM
Very nice - I'm new at this Lion Rampant business, and these are very inspiring  8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Hammers on 31 August 2015, 08:51:06 AM
Ruddy gorgeous.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Mason on 31 August 2015, 09:17:13 AM
Just discovered this wonderful thread and it full of wonderful figures.
 :-* :-*

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Post by: Atheling on 31 August 2015, 09:46:10 AM
Really lovely work Jonas- you have a talent with the brush!

 :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

Darrell.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: wulfgar22 on 31 August 2015, 09:57:58 AM
Impressive retinue! Love the colours!  :-*
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Post by: Jeff965 on 31 August 2015, 11:41:31 AM
Nice to see the army complete and how you brought it all together, lovely brushwork as well.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: JonasM on 01 September 2015, 01:13:51 PM
Thank you very much everyone!  :D

Really lovely work Jonas- you have a talent with the brush!
Cheers Darrel! That certainly means a lot to me, coming from a great painter such as you.
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: tancrede on 01 September 2015, 03:03:33 PM
Lovely work !
The bright and clean color scheme looks really great...  :-*
Title: Re: Håtunaleken – The Host of Birger Magnusson
Post by: Atheling on 02 September 2015, 10:15:13 AM
Thank you very much everyone!  :D
Cheers Darrel! That certainly means a lot to me, coming from a great painter such as you.

Thank you too! There are plenty on the forum with far more talent than me!!

Darrell.