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

[Too Bo Coo]

Too right, syrinx0!

TBC: Stop it, ya sick puppy!
 

[Captain Blood]

Really like that conversion with the great axe. Nice work 

[Too Bo Coo]

Really like that conversion with the great axe. Nice work 

Thanks Capt!  I thought it would be more involved, but once I was able to drill through the GB hand without a problem, it practically solved itself!

[Too Bo Coo]

Ok, got another Dane Ax Huscarl done.  The plastic Thegns are really easy to convert.

[syrinx0]

It's a really nice club.  The meeting place is very nice, and about 2 streets away from my flat which is super convenient! Nice group of guys and some ladies and a huge variety of things to play.  Yesterday there was Hail Caesar, SAGA, WHFB, x-wing and a few board games and bookshelf varieties as well.

That sounds like a nice group! It's hard to keep that much variety active in a club.

[Too Bo Coo]

That sounds like a nice group! It's hard to keep that much variety active in a club.

To be honest, I think there was such a need locally for this type of a thing, that people have become quite hungry to meet and game.  In fact, while it's officially a once-monthly club, we're already opening up a second day each month to make it biweekly.  I'm thrilled.  And I have to say, the location is great.  We have a nice bar, small kitchen, the drinks and such are subsidized and the snacks are part of the entrance fee.  2 euros goes a loong way

I'm well on my way to making my force good for dual roles, Anglo-Danish and Viking, to give me more variety at play.  Seems like lots of folks are eager to play SAGA.

[Too Bo Coo]

I was able to get the first point of Huscarls with Dane Axes done.  The GB plastic set is very easy to work with.  But there were a couple of pits in the castings, which is surprising, I thought Rendera was a first grade caster....  No worries, still plenty of parts to use.

So here first are the last two Huscarls alone.  I still need to green stuff some fingers on the one on the right for his right hand.  But the glue needs to dry first.



And this is the entire first point together, and I started to paint one for a test scheme.


As always, comments and critiques are always welcome!

[Mason]

Brilliant, mate.
 

I have some of those plastics and am really looking forward to working with them.
Even more so after seeing what you are doing with them.
 

[Hu Rhu]

Excellent conversions.  If I didn't already have my dane axe armed Huscarls from Gripping Beast I would have followed your example.  However my SAGA gaming partner has just got some plastic Saxons,  so I shall be showing him your work.

[Too Bo Coo]

Thanks for the kind words guys!  As I said, they were SUPER easy to do!

[Too Bo Coo]

Excellent conversions.  If I didn't already have my dane axe armed Huscarls from Gripping Beast I would have followed your example.  However my SAGA gaming partner has just got some plastic Saxons,  so I shall be showing him your work.

My advice to your friend would be to drill holes in the hands of the arms first, I use a straight pin to get a center point.  Then I glue the arms on, wait 12 hours.  I cut the hands on the figure.  I think it's much easier to see where the correct cut should be .  I made the mistake and cut one hand before gluing it on.  With a little work I could have salvaged it, but I pried off the arm and replaced it with a new one.  Then cut once dry and got it right. So far I havent had to do too much extra work to get it straight.  It also helps to super glue one hand on the ax shaft before plastic gluing the other.  That's really all there was to it.  The mini's themselves are really nice, and I've never had any prejudice against plastics.  I'm no expert by any measure, but with a decent paint job I think they look great on the table.  I've been happy at least .

[Gibby]

Those Dane Axe Huscarl conversions are amazing! 

It just goes to show how much can be done with plastics. Very nice painting as well!

[Mitch K]

Thanks for the kind words guys!  As I said, they were SUPER easy to do!

Easy to use, super versatile (even more if you mix between sets!) and in your hands, fantastically effective. If GB want some free advertising, direct 'em to this thread!

[Too Bo Coo]

Thanks guys, but I must confess that it was more serendipity than anything else.  I had a whole bunch of WFB hands, that are too big, all lined up to replace the GB ones.  Only at the last moment I thought to try drilling the GB hands. But I think the real trick is cutting the arms after being glued on to the body, I've never done that before and it worked very well to get the cuts lined up correctly.

Cheers!

[Too Bo Coo]

First half point painted up