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Title: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 06, 2021, 11:01:49 AM
This is a solo skirmish using a ruleset from Two Hour Wargames. It was short, bloody and fun. Full AAR in my blog: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2021/12/vikings-versus-anglo-saxons.html (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2021/12/vikings-versus-anglo-saxons.html)

A teaser:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--5DmloUspko/Ya0I31bwHaI/AAAAAAAAM7Q/QPPLwQPchGYSpg4raFYLNqX-urDQO8kFACNcBGAsYHQ/s2544/IMG_9133_Fotor.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m0eFmgAJ-Lo/Ya0I35c8XHI/AAAAAAAAM7U/ikQNje08ipwadhyPYLrxlw1uN0-ioPIbQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_9134_Fotor.jpg)

Cheers,
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: crafty on December 06, 2021, 11:14:46 AM
Nice to see 1/72 figures getting some love. Your figures look great, the colours just jump out, hard to believe they're not 28s.
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 06, 2021, 11:18:15 AM
Nice to see 1/72 figures getting some love. Your figures look great, the colours just jump out, hard to believe they're not 28s.
Thanks for your kind comment. The truth is I'm rediscovering my love for 1/72 scale, where it all began, and I'm getting back my hobby's mojo again.
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: fred on December 06, 2021, 12:35:30 PM
Great looking figures. They are very nicely painted, and look a lot more dynamic than the 1/72nd Airfix and Matchbox figures I remember from a long time ago!
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 06, 2021, 12:50:30 PM
Great looking figures. They are very nicely painted, and look a lot more dynamic than the 1/72nd Airfix and Matchbox figures I remember from a long time ago!
Definitely, you could say 1/72 is living now its golden age with the huge variety of periods and the excellent quality from houses like Zvezda or Italeri.
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: Patrice on December 06, 2021, 04:51:11 PM
Nice figures and overall effect!  :-* 

1/72 plastic seems much more inspiring these days than it was some years ago.
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 06, 2021, 05:07:52 PM
Nice figures and overall effect!  :-* 

1/72 plastic seems much more inspiring these days than it was some years ago.
Yes, there's been an improvement. Cheers  :)
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: Pan Marek on December 06, 2021, 08:17:36 PM
I agree, they look great.  I'm looking to paint some 1/72 plastics myself. 
What do you prime with?
May I assume you paint with acrylics?
And, what do you seal with?

Thanks!
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 06, 2021, 08:27:25 PM
I agree, they look great.  I'm looking to paint some 1/72 plastics myself. 
What do you prime with?
May I assume you paint with acrylics?
And, what do you seal with?

Thanks!

First of all I rinse them with soap for dishes and warm water, then I prime them with Vallejo white surface primer on brush as I read on the Reaper forum that soft plastic don't do well with sprays. I use Vallejo acrylic paints and seal them with one spray coat of Vallejo satin and then another with Vallejo matt varnish.
Cheers,
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: Pan Marek on December 08, 2021, 04:27:29 PM
Thanks!
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 08, 2021, 05:03:50 PM
Thanks!
You're welcome
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: Atheling on December 09, 2021, 06:19:36 AM
Interesting stuff re: painting soft plastics.

I remember the days of painting my Airfix models just to have the paint peel off almost as soon as I started to play with them!  lol

I wasn't laughing at the time  :'(
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 09, 2021, 06:10:16 PM
Interesting stuff re: painting soft plastics.

I remember the days of painting my Airfix models just to have the paint peel off almost as soon as I started to play with them!  lol

I wasn't laughing at the time  :'(
Nowadays most soft plastic is not so soft and bendy. Zvezda, Italeri, Emhar and a few ones are releasing excellent and quite hard miniatures, and if you do as I said above you shouldn't have any peeling off. Cheers,
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: Mr. White on December 10, 2021, 04:49:09 PM
I've become a big fan of 1/72 this past year so I love seeing more working in that scale.
Great stuff!
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: blacksmith on December 10, 2021, 06:40:24 PM
I've become a big fan of 1/72 this past year so I love seeing more working in that scale.
Great stuff!
I can recommend you to visit this forum about 1/72, great comunity: http://bennosfiguresforum.com/ (http://bennosfiguresforum.com/)
Cheers,
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: Mr. White on December 12, 2021, 01:55:24 PM
I can recommend you to visit this forum about 1/72, great comunity: http://bennosfiguresforum.com/ (http://bennosfiguresforum.com/)
Cheers,

Is that where the 1/72 community centers around? I don’t find too many 1/72 blogs out there. There are some great ones, but not a lot
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: swiftnick on December 12, 2021, 02:23:07 PM
The guild was a great 20mm community. Not sure where that community resides now.
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: crafty on December 14, 2021, 12:15:02 PM
I can recommend you to visit this forum about 1/72, great comunity: http://bennosfiguresforum.com/ (http://bennosfiguresforum.com/)
Cheers,

Thank you for that link. 1/72 plastic is my preference for wargaming, so I'm always on the hunt for manufacturers & product announcements.

The bigger manufacturers like Italeri, Zvezda and Pegasus are easy enough to get here in Oz...but PSC, Mars, Red Box etc are difficult to source here, and seem to be snaffled up quickly once the few online retailers source them. It can be a little difficult if you're interested in gaming & modelling conflicts outside the scope of WW2. Having said this, I do enjoy the 'hunt' for figures.

I've been thinking about starting a ECW collection in 1/72 plastic...but I think it's gonna be a non-starter until there are some decent re-issues.

All the best.
 
Title: Re: A bloody skirmish between 1/72 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Post by: Mr. White on December 14, 2021, 02:12:20 PM
I also enjoy the hunt for 1/72 options. With 28mm there are so many choices, I would find myself agonizing over what decision to make. With 1/72, anything I come across feels like a little victory.

@crafty - I'm not sure if you're interested but zvezda also has a really great line of Samurai that are plentiful on ebay and a low price. I bought two boxes of each of their samurai sets so i can have two forces at 1/72. Then I picked up some sohei style monk warriors and artillery from Red Box.

The one box I'm really tracking down, and can't find anywhere except a gouger on ebay, are the Zvezda Hundred Year's War English Infantry.