Spring Clean Challenge – Where wolf’s ears are, wolf’s teeth are near! – Volsunga Saga

Hi everyone,

It was a busy weekend, so I did not get much painting done, but I did make sometime to work on my standard bearer.

You might remember this guy from last post.  It was a Norman spearman that I converted into a Viking bannerman.

I use mostly ‘greenstuff’ and magic sculpt, but I do use milliput on occasion (but mostly for filling gaps and terrain).

Transforming the model did not take much.  I had to change the head naturally, but I also needed to convert the trousers.  I also had to remove the sword which was placed under the mail in the Norman, since Vikings never wore swords this way (at least to my knowledge).

I then added a cape and a few accessories, like braids, pouches and knives.

I now have a unique model – excelsior!

I will try to post again this week.  I will probably post an update, since I don’t think I will manage to finish anything this week.  I will have to see.

Until next time stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I only had time to do some preparatory work today, but at least I have everything ready to paint up for the weekend.  I just have to choose what to paint.

The first work I did was to prime the giant and add sand and gravel to the bases of the giant and the warlord.  When the sand and gravel dried I also primed these too.

The next unit I worked on were the hearth guard.  I cleaned them up, glued them to their bases, pinned the shields on and added sand and gravel to the bases. Then I primed them up.

The two models with axes were supposed to have spears, but I wanted all my hearth guard to have hand weapons.  So I found two old Grenadier elven axes and I cut them up to look like Viking axes and glued them on.

While I had my prep groove on, I fixed a problem with two of my Viking women warriors.  These two had different sized spears which really annoyed me.  So I decided to correct the length.

The last model I started to work on is the standard bearer.  I don’t have anymore Vikings holding spears, so I took an old Citadel Norman model and an extra Viking model in order to convert them.  I did not have time to do much, but I will do some more work over the weekend.

That’s all for this week.  I will post again some time next week – probably Tuesday. Until then, stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

With another quiet day I managed to finish the hero/lieutenant model I was working on.  In fact, as I was taking the pictures,  the glue under the tufts was still drying.

I wanted to paint the hero in an opposite tone to the wizard.  While the wizard was dark and dirty, I wanted the hero to be more colorful and affluent.

It was the rock outcrop made from cork that I enjoyed building and painting the most though.

I also like the quick weathering on the bottom of the cape.  I did this with glazes of beige and sand colors dried with a hairdryer.

I am not sure if I will post more this week.  Maybe some prep work.  Well until next time, stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I have finished the wizard  or priest.  It took me one day of painting.  I am trying to make them a bit better that the troops but since they are wargaming minis I don’t wont to go overboard.  Trust me, I can go overboard quite easily.

Overall I think I have captured the character of the model and achieved a good standard that is better than most of the force.  He is a darker, ominous type so I wanted to go with black and dirty brown.

I can’t wait to get him on the table a start zapping with ‘not so much magic’ 😉.

On Thursday or Friday I will have finished hero (Gunner) on the rock outcrop and I will post forthwith.

Until then, stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I managed to transfer my pics of the assembled vikings and the Berserker Warlord for my force.

The warlord took up the most time as I had to sculpt in the lower body part and saddle + dressings with green stuff.  TBH, it is a pleasure doing this for Kev Walker’s barbarian.  I just hope I did it justice.

Regarding the other models, I still have to do a bit of work here and there – like straightening the hero on the base and work on the seam lines of the werewolves that popped out after priming.

Next week I hope to present the first painted minis. Until then stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

As part of my SCP, I have decided to add a fantasy warlord to my mythological/fantastical Vikings. Part of my personal rule is to use only minis from my collection.

So I wanted my Warlord to ride a beast and I had just the figure – a Fenris type wolf from the Heroclix range.

I also had an old Grenadier Barbarian riding a great cat and a just as old Harlequin Barbarian.

I cut the barbarians in half, and I took the bottom half of the rider and the top part of the bear-clad barbarian. The cat will be used for a future project. I also had to cut out a part of wolf in order to fit the warlord.

I will post more tomorrow, but I forgot to transfer the pics from my camera.  Until then stay safe and have fun.

Best regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I finished putting together the two characters for my force.  A lieutenant or hero and a priest or wizard depending on the setting. I will probably start painting these up first.

The rune stone on the priest was a scenic piece from the old Warlord Fantasy Mass Battle game system.  I have had this for over 20 years. I finally found a good use for it.

The hero is a Saga character called Gunnar from Gripping Beast. I took off the base and constructed a cork base.

I am now working on the warlord on beast which I will post on Thursday or Friday.

Until then, stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

Over the weekend I managed to put the werewolves together which I will use as creatures.  I bought these babies from the first or second Kickstarter from TTCombat.  They had an offer of 6 for the price of 3 – i.e. two of each.  They were being offer at a discount vis-a-vis the retail price at the time.

I have to say that I really like these models and I give them an ‘A‘ for concept and design, but a ‘B-‘ for casting. Two of the models came with big air bubbles on their snouts, the one on all fours had very ill fitting parts and most had broken parts (which I blame the packaging and postal service for in equal measure.

I needed four for the unit, so I took one of each of the three different models and another of the models with the air bubble snout (which I cut up and reposition slightly to add diversity).

Hopefully I will post more tomorrow night.  Probably the characters.  Until then stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

So I started putting the fantasy element of my force together.  I’m doing this so I can start playing Age of Magic with my Vikings.

I have started with a frost giant from Reaper Miniatures.  It was a very simple build with little need for filling.  I did some base work with cork to give it that craggy nordic mountain look.

So that is all for this week. Sometime next week I will post the werewolves.  Until then stay safe and sane and …have fun.

Best regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

Several yeas ago, I painted up 6 points of Vikings for Saga 1st edition. With the advent of Saga 2nd edition and Age of Magic, I want to expand my force to take advantage of the extra options in the army lists.

Below are the forces I want to paint up, but I have one self-imposed rule.  I will only use miniatures I already have in my collection.  I don’t wont to buy anything new. So here we go:

• One monster – probably a titan like a frost giant.
• One unit of creatures – these will be large werewolves.
• One priest/wizard character.
• One standard bearer.
• One lieutenant/champion on foot.
• One warlord on a beast.
• One more unit of hearth guard.
• One unit of thralls with bows.

With the parameters of the project established, I will start by assembling some of the fantasy elements in order to start playing as well.

So I hope to post some of the first pics of my new mini within the week.

Until then, stay safe and have fun with your projects,

NR