Just spent about an hour reading this -- what a fantastic thread.
Thanks - it has been put together over a long time!
You should do more of your so called speed paintig. It looks great!
Thanks, it is definitely the way to go for painting larger warbands/army units, to get a sizeable force ready for the table within a sane time frame.
I expect to paint 2½ points more of warriors this way (I have ½ point's value in my Blood Eagle warband), then, depending on how long it took me to get the warriors done, either layer-paint some hearthguards, or use a similar approach (I am trying to get 6 points ready before March 11th, and then
maybe participate in a little gathering/tournament at Rogue Trader Copenhagen (if I can get in on some car-pooling). Lots of maybes, but on all accounts I am determined to get a 6 points warband ready for SAGA and AFS, then, if I can still stand the sight of Dark Ages minis, maybe expand the force into a 24 points skirmish level army for God of Battles (Blood Gorged Vikings and/or Thousand Tribes).