Saga – My Normans

I finally got some Norman hearth guard with swords and shields.

If i had held out another few months perhaps i could have gotten some plastic Normans from a handful of decent companies if all the rumours be true. I wasn’t not know that and the Wargames Foundry minis i have settled on will match my Foundry spearmen just fine.

This fella has rudimentary club but the others have swords and i will get around to them.

Very basic job, but i am happy enough with it.

Finally getting back to my last few Norman infantry.

Been busy on other projects.

Saw a design similar to this on a basic Google images search against ‘Norman Shield Designs’.

Ruined it a touch by trying to weather up the shield, but generally happy with the freehand effort.

Finished these 6 archers.

Will get some pics of the full 12 levies together soon.

Have been leaning on grey and pale coloured clothes and will carry this through on my remaining 5 or 6 Norman warriors that I haven’t quite finished yet. (more freehand shield painting… Mmmm…)

Primed and based some archers in order to play a game, but getting around to painting them now.

Played Saga second edition for the first time.

Was worried about the changes to the warlord, but still having ‘determination’ and ‘we obey’ and having the extra attack dice (8 attack dice for the warlord is pretty special) changed my opinion.

The refined fatigue system and the new battle boards were really fun to use. I also liked that as you lose strength of a unit (less than 6 levies, less than 4 warriors left) that unit no longer contributes to your dice pool for your battle board.

I lost as usual. I allowed my opponent to use my Normans and I had Vikings. I have never beaten Normans yet.

Great fun all the same. (Thanks Daniel Halliwell for the game.)

Will keep painting, but due to work commitments won’t be back at the club all of August. 🙁

Got a game on Monday. Might finally get around to playing the second edition rules this time.

Evidence that a deadline can have a positive impact on a project without it causing any stress. ?

This Norman archer should have been dead from the savage wound, but is clearly made of sterner stuff.

The head is from the 20th century (Bolt Action German SS sprue) but I hoped that a vicious scar might drag him back to the Dark Age. (I know scars aren’t era exclusive, but felt that the neat side parting hair cut was dominating the piece)

No one will notice but me on the table top, no doubt. Lol.

After all this am I less likely to call him Hans than Pierre? Still not sure, but this was great fun to attempt.

Might see if I can imitate pockmarked skin at some point in the future.

I got distracted by some modern miniatures purchases for Last Days Zombie Apocalypse. And I have been working a lot so hobby took a back seat.

My Facebook page is almost up to 300 members at this point and realised that I would never maintain that without some more content and effort on my part. It started as basically a blog but I have enjoyed the interaction with Dark Age history enthusiasts and Saga fans that you don’t get from just posting in a blog. It would be a shame to let that slip away, so I finally got something painted and will try to keep that up.