Saga Age of Crusades Question

[ulverston]

Hi,

A long time ago I half watched someone alter some Gripping Beast figures into some eastern european pagans. I was painting at the time and didn't pay enough attention as to who made the video and what he was actually doing. Was this a fever dream or does this video actually exist? My Google searches are turning up some very interesting results but very little related to wargaming!
Thanks for any pointers-its a strange world out there.

[frank xerox]

Gripping beast make Baltic pagans; could it be those? They would make decent Slavs. Or stick some Byzantine style shields & heads onto their plastic dark age warriors…
Not heard of your fever video, sorry.

[ulverston]

Thanks Frank (fever video-like that). I'm pretty sure the guy converted some dark age cavalry and warriors, its a few years ago and the video may have been removed now... I hadn't realised Gripping Beast did Pagans so I will have a look but I was hoping to keep almost everything plastic due to cost.

[ulverston]

Well that took some finding! It was actually on the excellent The Activation Phase Youtube channel. If anyone has done this conversion I would like to see it, as a mere mortal I am hesitant to start.

[Mikai]

That looks like an interesting conversion.

[...] as a mere mortal I am hesitant to start.

Feel brave to start. Kitbashing is very funny. I have still my conflicts with the Greenstuff but it's getting better with more trials 

[Ogrob]

I made some slightly less involved and less historically accurate conversions by combining Victrix Pagan Rus and Norman Cavalry kits:



Edit: Oh, and I guess they in fact ride Perry horses. I must have used my Victrix horses elsewhere.....

[ulverston]

Oh Ogrob they are nice. I have the greenstuff on standby but have only ever filled gaps with it. I see what people can do on here and despite a lifetime of wargaming can feel like a newbie.