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Offline Minohtar

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #30 on: May 18, 2012, 01:25:31 PM »
Ha!  Gandalf on Shadowfax - brilliant stuff.  :-*

Offline verd

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #31 on: May 18, 2012, 05:49:45 PM »
Great job on those figures, and excellent photos! Keep it up!

Offline 14th brooklyn

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #32 on: May 20, 2012, 10:19:44 AM »
Lovely stuff!

Not sure if I missed it in the text... Which company are your mounted troops from?

Cheers,

Burkhard

Offline DonVoss

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2012, 09:48:42 PM »
Quote
Gandalf on Shadowfax

We have a winner... :D

@brooklyn
The normans are from conquest miniatures (palstic).

Cheers,
DV

Offline 14th brooklyn

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2012, 02:17:13 PM »
@brooklyn
The normans are from conquest miniatures (palstic).

Cheers,
DV

Great... I was hoping you would say so! I plan to use these for my Normans!

Offline DonVoss

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2012, 02:27:31 PM »
The miniatures look good, but I can't fully recommend them as the lances are way too weak.
Some of them broke up during painting, some on transport. I had to exchange them for handwepons.
But perhaps you are more carefull then me... :D

Another drawback are the teardrop shields. They miss the buckle in the middle. I had painted it, but it was a lot of work... o_o

DV

Offline 14th brooklyn

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #36 on: May 24, 2012, 02:41:09 PM »
Good to know. I would probably replace the lances with metal / brass ones anyway. But the shields might be a letdown. So I might have to take a look at them in the flesh before I buy them after all!

THX,

Burkhard

Offline DonVoss

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #37 on: May 24, 2012, 04:56:34 PM »
The replacement of the lances will be a fiddly job as the lances are cast in the hands (no open hands). So you have to do a very skilled drilljob  on those tiny hands: good luck... ;)

DV

Offline 14th brooklyn

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #38 on: May 24, 2012, 05:12:03 PM »
OK.... I really need to see the, in the flesh then!

Offline DonVoss

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #39 on: May 28, 2012, 01:01:51 PM »
Started a new faction for SAGA: anlgo-saxons. Since they funtion by numbers I opted for a plasticarmy (Gripping Beast, Saxons Thegns).
The miniatures are okay to me, though they are a bit on the small side.

Shields are handpainted, you dont get any shieldtransfers in the box. The shields are in different colours for easier separation of units.
So far are 3 warriors untis done (minus 2 miniatures). 3 units to go plus the warlord... :)



Cheers,
DV
« Last Edit: May 28, 2012, 01:04:15 PM by DonVoss »

Offline 14th brooklyn

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #40 on: May 28, 2012, 03:17:24 PM »
Lovely!!!

Especially like the green dragon!

Seeing them, I would almost like to start an Anglo-Saxon Warband, but I think they are too similar to my Vikings. So the next one will be Normans.

Offline DonVoss

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #41 on: May 28, 2012, 07:05:23 PM »
Thanx, Brooklyn... :)

Did the Warlord and a fourth warrior unit this afternoon.
Still 2 to go... :D



Cheers,
DV

Offline Ray Rivers

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #42 on: May 28, 2012, 07:07:16 PM »
 :-*

That is a fine group of warriors you got there, mate!

Offline Figouze

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #43 on: May 29, 2012, 06:03:12 AM »
Great job and it is a good idea for the colour of the shields...

Offline James Morris

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Re: Don's Dark Ages
« Reply #44 on: May 29, 2012, 06:54:10 AM »
Thank you for posting all these, I really have enjoyed looking at your (growing) collection.  Especially like the great hall model, though it hard to focus on it against that tablecloth!  :)  Very inventive use of the Gandalf model, I am enjoying the conversions too.

 

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