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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Shirer on 10 May 2015, 08:48:59 PM

Title: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Shirer on 10 May 2015, 08:48:59 PM

Decided I wanted something slightly different for the warlord of my SAGA Anglo-Saxons, so here's my take on Aethelflaed - the Lady of the Mercians. Alfred the Great's daughter is ready to wreak vengeance on the Vikings and Welsh and complete her father's mission of uniting the Angelcynn!


(http://s28.postimg.org/ludsljerh/IMG_1865.jpg)

(http://s12.postimg.org/ooxkhfmcd/IMG_1866.jpg)

(http://s22.postimg.org/lvk1xxkoh/IMG_1867.jpg)

(http://s1.postimg.org/9xiuhjv8f/IMG_1868.jpg)

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: WillieB on 10 May 2015, 09:08:43 PM

Lovely vignette!
Who makes that Aethelflaed figure or is it a scratchbuilt one?

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Captain Blood on 10 May 2015, 09:13:31 PM

Pretty sure she's a GW LoTR Eowyn, Willie. But she certainly makes a great Anglo-Saxon  :)

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Shirer on 10 May 2015, 09:18:36 PM

Quote from: WillieB on 10 May 2015, 09:08:43 PM

Lovely vignette!
Who makes that Aethelflaed figure or is it a scratchbuilt one?

Thanks! As CB says, she's originally an old LOTR Eowyn figure. Her opponent is made up of a Wargames Factory Saxon fyrd body, GB Saxon thegn head and GB Dark Age Warrior shield, with LBM shield transfer.

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Michi on 10 May 2015, 09:31:27 PM

Very, very good!!!

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: WillieB on 10 May 2015, 09:33:25 PM

Thanks very much!

With a slightly shorter sword she'll make a perfect 'warlady' for my Dux Brittaniarum warband.

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Gibby on 10 May 2015, 09:59:16 PM

Excellent! That was my favourite Eowyn figure and she's perfect in this role!

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Romark on 10 May 2015, 10:39:20 PM

Nice work on that diorama  :)

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: rumacara on 10 May 2015, 11:29:43 PM

Lovelly. :-* :-*

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: shandy on 11 May 2015, 08:30:57 PM

Wow, that is a nice vignette, very dynamic composition! Great work, and I really like the figure.

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: wulfgar22 on 11 May 2015, 09:39:15 PM

Brilliant!  :-*

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: pbjunky1 on 11 May 2015, 10:51:23 PM

That's a really nice diorama, I especially like the muted colours you've used.

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: James Holloway on 12 May 2015, 01:48:44 PM

A great image of a fascinating historical character. I'm about to do an Aethelflaed for my Saga army as well!

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Dalauppror on 13 May 2015, 08:52:17 AM

Indeed very nice !

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Dr. Zombie on 13 May 2015, 10:32:04 AM

Now you have made me rush out and buy an Eowin mini >:(

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: wulfgar22 on 13 May 2015, 05:57:24 PM

Quote from: Dr. Zombie on 13 May 2015, 10:32:04 AM

Now you have made me rush out and buy an Eowin mini >:(

 lol Me too!

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Shirer on 14 May 2015, 12:17:10 PM

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! It's a really nice figure - took me a while to find it on ebay!

I've just finished Aethelflaed's adversary, Sorkvir Storm-Crow, who will be leading the Viking assault on Mercia as the leader of my SAGA Vikings.

(http://s17.postimg.org/5if02g6hb/IMG_1882.jpg)

(http://s17.postimg.org/o71n3imrz/IMG_1883.jpg)

(http://s4.postimg.org/hpy78we4t/IMG_1885.jpg)

(http://s2.postimg.org/e1opq9o1l/IMG_1886.jpg)

FOR MERCIA!  >:D

(http://s2.postimg.org/rl5jvz20p/IMG_1887.jpg)

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: wulfgar22 on 14 May 2015, 02:44:56 PM

 :-* Just brilliant!

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: rumacara on 14 May 2015, 05:51:13 PM

Very good. :-* :-*

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Little Odo on 14 May 2015, 09:13:46 PM

Beautiful  :-*

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Shirer on 14 May 2015, 10:57:44 PM

Thanks, guys! Might as well keep posting my Saxons/Vikings on this thread rather than starting another - here are the Viking beserker hearthguard unit.

(http://s29.postimg.org/s6sw7n2pj/IMG_1900.jpg)

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: FramFramson on 27 May 2015, 05:57:23 AM

Love 'em!

Title: Re: The Lady of the Mercians
Post by: Shirer on 28 May 2015, 05:06:24 PM

Thanks!

I've been focusing on terrain this week - building up what will become a Mercian village for my Saga games, and an Arthurian one when I finally get around to some Arthurian Lion Rampant!

Buildings are resin from Gripping Beast. Cheap, good detail, very impressed with them. Also shown are some of my growing ranks of Saxon peasants!

(http://s16.postimg.org/9ptaf9d4l/IMG_1978.jpg)

(http://s15.postimg.org/bmi0ymp5n/IMG_1979.jpg)

(http://s14.postimg.org/fg0bhxogx/IMG_1982.jpg)