TBC's SAGA Project, NEW My Irish Mounted Irish Command units are finished!

[Too Bo Coo]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys!  He's my favorite mini in the set so far, and the fact that he has Fenris at his side, I think I'll write up a short 'Special Character' for him to house rule. 

Now onto the last 2 points!  Then Normans and Anglo-Danes.  (Which its the other nice thing about SAGA, I'll need to paint a more or less full 6 points for the Normans, but as to the Anglo-Danes, I'll just paint up a new Warlord and some Hirdmen.  The Warriors and Levy can be used from the Viking set! 

[Groove51]

Goofed around learning the rules today with Za Zjurman and Groove51 and it was unanimously a fun game to play, losses aside

Goofed around? I'll have you know I take losing very seriously indeed! It was such a nice game that all our goofing made to us forget to take pictures. Next time TBC, next time.

[Za Zjurman]

Goofed around? I'll have you know I take losing very seriously indeed! It was such a nice game that all our goofing made to us forget to take pictures. Next time TBC, next time.

Maybe we should read the rules next time Groove 

I thoroughly enjoyed myself last saturday gentlemen. Cathal O'Conner will have his revenge 

[Too Bo Coo]

Maybe we should read the rules next time Groove 

I thoroughly enjoyed myself last saturday gentlemen. Cathal O'Conner will have his revenge 

I would highly recommend reading the rules!  

And I would think you mean it will be Cathel O'Conner II

[Too Bo Coo]

Goofed around? I'll have you know I take losing very seriously indeed! It was such a nice game that all our goofing made to us forget to take pictures. Next time TBC, next time.

I have no doubt the Turkish Horde will give me a might thrashing on the next engagement!  Bloody horses!

[Too Bo Coo]

For my fine adversaries



Cheers!

(Dont laugh, it's how we all learned X-Wing )

[Too Bo Coo]

I thought it was time to throw a 'group shot' up of my first 4 points.  I have point 5 halfway finished and then the last of the gang to be done!

[Nysse]

Great looking group! Especially the bases are very well done!

[Too Bo Coo]

Great looking group! Especially the bases are very well done!

Thanks for the compliments!

The bases are very easy to do.
1) Brown base
2) Dry brush a Middle Brown and then with the brush wet start using an Ivory. The exact colors for these first two steps dont matter much, just as long as they are pleasing, contrast well with each other and you use them consistently for all the bases.
3) Superglue some GF9 Summer Flock in patches but covering most of the base, this gives a nice 'mossy' look
4) Smaller patches of Summer static grass to mimic patches of longer grass
5) Just add a few pleasing tufts, bushes, etc and any other artifacts that make  sense.

It's SUPER easy, but I think the real trick is to use flock and static grass together and of a slightly different shade.

Oh, and I use this for the static grass:

[Too Bo Coo]

Some terrain pieces I've made. 

These two can be used for Difficult Terrain and Impassible Terrain



These two woods areas are Difficult Terrain

[Too Bo Coo]

I decided that since Robert's army is Irish, that I'd place the Village of Wyr Skruud on the Green Isle.  I goggled Irish snakes and they had this beautiful bright green one...  And of course the gratuitous dead soldier and horse....
The top two boards are made with Woodland Scenics rock molds.  The putty was a 5 min gray that was SUPER hard and kept great detail.  I find this mold to be a great way to test different types of putty.  I'll buy more of this stuff, cheap and very good detail!

I have two more forest boards to make and just the last three buildings to paint up. 

[Mitch K]

Some terrain pieces I've made. 

These two can be used for Difficult Terrain and Impassible Terrain



These two woods areas are Difficult Terrain

LOVELY STUFF! You have been a busy boy, haven't you?

I was thinking I needed to revamp some of my terrain pieces - now I know I do!

[Too Bo Coo]

Thanks Mitch!  

This was also a test ground for my new stamps from Happy Seppeku.  So the same stamp that I used for the ivy on my houses, has a mold for a bunch of tree roots and stumps.  So I wait until the greenstuff JUST sets and then mold it around the plastic tubing I use as tree bases.  The trees I bought on ebay from china, I like the wire and foam jobbies.  

The skeleton is from the Pirate stamp along with the horse head and the spear and shield are GB.  The snake comes from the Swamp stamp with the roots and ivy.

All in all, very happy with how they came out and I think 4 boards should be more than enough.

[Mitch K]

Thanks Mitch!  

This was also a test ground for my new stamps from Happy Seppeku.  So the same stamp that I used for the ivy on my houses, has a mold for a bunch of tree roots and stumps.  So I wait until the greenstuff JUST sets and then mold it around the plastic tubing I use as tree bases.  The trees I bought on ebay from china, I like the wire and foam jobbies.  

The skeleton is from the Pirate stamp along with the horse head and the spear and shield are GB.  The snake comes from the Swamp stamp with the roots and ivy.

All in all, very happy with how they came out and I think 4 boards should be more than enough.

Quick question mate: what size are these boards?

[Too Bo Coo]

Quick question mate: what size are these boards?

I think I can do better than that, a total group
 shot of Vikings and Wyr Skruude