Saga – My Normans

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About the Project

I started collecting miniatures for Saga and looked for the cheapest way in possible, because I wasn't sure whether the game would be for me. I have since fallen for the game and the painting of Dark Age miniatures and branched away from my original collection of Saxons & Vikings and into Normans. I have a Facebook page that helped me stay motivated and painting my collection regularly. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1748859648777691/ Even with this in place, I wanted to share my collection on the new Beasts of War format and have yet to quite finish my full 6 points of Normans, so wanted to share my planned purchases and my progress in painting them. Also check out my other Saga projects at https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1216340/ (Vikings) and https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1245542/ (Anglo-Danes / Saxons)

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Jun 20 2018

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I had already purchased some Black Tree Designs Saxons by this point in my Saga collecting journey. Most of the feedback was that these were not excellent sculpts, leading to relatively average paint jobs and I think I agree. People liked my effort on their shields and bold colour choices, but the lack of detail did hamper my efforts. The price of the BTD minis was excellent at the time, but having looked deeper into the available companies and sculpts I do wish i had been less intent on getting the cheapest miniatures and taken the time to save a few more pounds and invested in nicer models.

My first Norman purchase was from a sale on at Wargames Foundry Miniatures. Norman Spearmen with kite shields. They are definitely plump and heroic scale, they are fairly old sculpts but i really liked some of the fun facial expressions and poses. I felt that these were a step up in quality compared to my Saxons. I wasn’t sure that i really liked the Conquest Games plastic Normans infantry I had also looked at. There are some lovely Footsore Miniatures for a great swathe of Dark Age factions now, but at the time some of these weren’t released yet. I am still ultimately happy with my choice even with the extra ranges available today.