Various Dark Age figs

[valleyboy]

Have been trying to reduce my leadpile in the few months since the LPL finished. I've finished these since in the past 2 months but need some banners from LBMS as a final touch.
Bit of a mish mash really, I've accumulated quite a bit of stuff over the past 12 months and have added these to my Groping Beast Saxons, Musketeer Miniatures Saxon cavalry and Artizan Arthurians. Not sure where its taking me, too much of the "oh look Shiny" driving my purchasing 

First Groping Beast Plastic Vikings - i quite enjoyed doing these







Some Groping Beast Saxon Ceorls
Did these with a basic colour , washed with GW washes and did a bit of highlighting
Don't think these suit my style and I didn't attempt to paint the eyes which I think is just as well as they are prominent enough already. Didn't really enjoy  doing these





Next some Artizan Vikings that I bought when they had a sale
I've always liked Artizan stuff








a Command base


Now one of each base side by side for comparison



Finally some Blacktree Saxon archers



I've got some Blacktree Saxonophoblians and Vikinolinianittites to paint still along with a box of plastic Saxon Fyrd from WF but I've lost the will to paint dark ages at the moment. Daft thing though I got a few additional Arthurian in the Westwind sale this morning

I should have based things more sensibly I suppose so I could use my Dux Britanniarum rules that arrived this morning... suppose that means I'll have to get more figs then
Can't decide Groping Beast Romano Britsih or the eary Saxons from Musketeer Miniatures

[Poiter50]

Simple - buy both!!  

Love the unarmoured ones, gives me an example to base mine on. Any chance of getting a copy of the pic of the Saxon archers? To poiter50 at gmail dot com . 

[Mason]

Very nice paintwork on those.
They look amazing en masse.
 

I particularly like that command base.
It tells a story all of its own.
Nice.

[CyberAlien312]

Fantastic work. I always love a good viking shield. 

[Blackwolf]

Lovely work!!!

[Captain Blood]

Blimey! You've been busy Kerry!
The GB plastic vikings look really good. Excellent painting. I've never been too taken with these figures, but you're making me reconsider  
The Artizan figures have a more authentic flavour of the Dark Ages to my eye, but they're a bit smaller? But Mike Owen is such a genius at squeezing period character into his figures.
Agree the GB Saxon ceorls aren't such good figures.
But gosh - what an output! That's probably about as many figures as I paint in an entire year!

[valleyboy]

Thanks guys
I suppose I've always been able to churn out a fair no of figures to a reasonable standard - I have to, I'm daft, I have too many projects on the go and I've always been drawn to the masses of figures look

I do like the GB Plastics Richard and hope they will produce some unarmored ones soon. They look fine in a group I think, I found it difficult to get some arms to line up nicely when trying some pose variations but I'm sure you'd have no trouble. To be honest I didn't fuss too much because they were meant to be en masse so I thought it wouldn't show

I may produce more figures than you but I know that even if I more than halved my production I could never match the quality you produce or even have the patience to attempt it

[nevermore]

Done a gud job valleyboy

[redzed]

excellent group of figures

[abu iskander]

Lovely stuff, VB.

[Engel]

Its always so nice to se miniatures in this mass. Great paintjob to.

[Orctrader]

Lovely.  Think the Artizan are the "stand out" figures though.