Round 8 - Normans vs. Argonauts

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[Oldgamer]

This one was a very tough choice indeed, both are superb.

[Charlie_]

Both great entries. I'm gonna give it to the Normans, because the wonderful shields and the backdrop do it for me!

[Captain Blood]

Both excellent. At first I was seduced by the brilliance of Michi's Norman shields - such glorious freehand patterns and colours, and lovely lovely scarring and weathering.
But then I was won over by the wonderful subtlety of Orctrader's blacks, whites, metallic and flesh tones, and that lovely velvety finish 
But you couldn't really put a fag paper between these two in terms of quality - very different techniques, but I'd be delighted to have either of these sets of miniatures in my collection.

[valleyboy]

The good Captain has summed up the attributes of both these entries more eloquently than I could have.
Lovely entries both

Michi please could you tell me about the tufts - are they homemade or bought and if so what size please?
I'd like to be able to get decent sized pieces of long grass like this

[Mister Rab]

Blimey, this is about the fourth match-up in a row this round where I've seen the first and thought "ok, that one", then scrolled to see the second... Seems like everyone has really upped their game for this round. So many beautifully painted and staged miniatures!

[Michi]

Michi please could you tell me about the tufts - are they homemade or bought and if so what size please?
I'd like to be able to get decent sized pieces of long grass like this

These are NOCH 07133 assorted tufts in different shades. The fibres are around 4-6mm, I guess.
http://www.jb-webshop.de/Noch-07133-Grass-tufts-field-plants

[barbaric splendor]

Very hard to choose on this one! The shields on the Normans are amazing  though! Then again, so are the Argonauts...

[McMordain]

  Ok, so a cointoss again. Both of these are amazing.

[nikko]

Two superb entries !!! 

I like superb norman shields and excellent paintjob on Argonauts.... difficult to choose...

Nikko

[Orctrader]

Nice work on the Normans' Michi.  Love those shields!   

[Private Snafu]

Both lovely, the Argonauts are very cohesive.