My Dark Ages Stuff.....New Viking unit...Updated 6/28

[Madhouse Workshop]

Shields!  A bit of WIP on my paint desk at the moment.  Getting ready to finish off a pretty good batch of dark ages miniatures.  These are a variety some hand painted, some Little Big Men, and some Battle Flag.


Having a bit of fun this morning.

[Argonor]

Marvellous dispaly of shields! 

I don't want to be nitpicking, but a couple of those may violate the forum's rules on use of iconography.

[Madhouse Workshop]

Hmmm.....I think I know what you are referring to. Never gave that a thought as they are not the right colors to me and something that I have seen in Viking historical references.  Those are two of Battle Flag transfers.  I can probably easily paint those into quarters or something.

[Argonor]

Hmmm.....I think I know what you are referring to. Never gave that a thought as they are not the right colors to me and something that I have seen in Viking historical references.  Those are two of Battle Flag transfers.  I can probably easily paint those into quarters or something.

I don't think you need to change them, just avoid showing them (or 'cover' them in an image editor).

I do not doubt that Vikings used the swastika, as it was used all over Europe and Asia down through history, it's just that German law is very strict about symbols used by the nazi regime and organizations (and likenesses thereof). Perhaps ask the moderator before doing anything?

[Madhouse Workshop]

I don't think you need to change them, just avoid showing them (or 'cover' them in an image editor).

I do not doubt that Vikings used the swastika, as it was used all over Europe and Asia down through history, it's just that German law is very strict about symbols used by the nazi regime and organizations (and likenesses thereof). Perhaps ask the moderator before doing anything?

Bwah....just went ahead and covered them.  If anyone is wondering what we are talking about you can see it on the Battle Flag viking transfers.  I should be able to paint match the green and white and modify them.

[Tordenkuglen]

awesome looking shields, if you dont need them you can allways send them to Denmark, Ill use them for sure

[Dr DeAth]

What a great collection

[Madhouse Workshop]

awesome looking shields, if you dont need them you can allways send them to Denmark, Ill use them for sure

Thanks for the compliments.

And Oh I need all of them shields and more.  I some how miscounted and I'm painting more of them this morning.....never done.   

[Gracchus Armisurplus]

See how you've got a little bit of ballooning around the bosses on some of the LBMS decals? If you cut a series of little spokes into the transfer around the boss hole you can minimise that, and if you put some blu-tak (or similar product) into some cling wrap and then use that to press firmly onto the newly applied decal then you'll practically rliminate the ballooning problem altogether. The blu-tak/cling wrap step also helps to seat the decals against any raised shield rims

[Madhouse Workshop]

That's partly why I like to photo things, I'm not using any magnification while painting.  Photos definitely magnify things.  These are not competition pieces so I'm not overly concerned with them, just my tabletop play pieces. 

Actually the Battle Flag transfers are the worse offenders of this than the Little Big Men transfers.  The Battle Flag are traditional waterslide transfers and not sticky back...err....or is it front....err.....well sticky sided.  The LBMS even if not lined up completely right will still stick to the boss. 

I don't work with waterslides often, so I don't bother with decal set and other such stuff, I just use matte varnish on the shield and then overtop of the transfer.

[Gracchus Armisurplus]

Ah, I haven't used the battleflag miniatures myself but have used a lot of waterslides in the past and always use microsol/microset to get them to 'melt' into the detail of the model. The LBMS decals are unresponsive to the microsol so take a bit more prep effort to get right in my experience.

[Zaheer]

Having a bit of fun this morning.

I suddenly want some sweets 

[Madhouse Workshop]

They are like candy.

[Madhouse Workshop]

This is the miniature that kicked off everything for me in the Dark Ages, first test mini for what was to come.



This is one of my latest converted plastic vikings:



I also recently painted up this old Foundry viking.  It is interesting when you compare all 3 of these.  The sculpts are pretty good at showing how things progress in miniatures.




And another of the older Gripping Beasts metal vikings with a weapon change out.


Many more pictures on my blog and few on my Facebook page as well, if you are interested.  As always much more to follow.....

[Hitman]

 

Spectacular looking figures and terrain bases. They are all absolutely top notch!! Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
 
P.S. Want to help me paint mine ()