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

Hi everyone,

Today I’ve posted a small update.  I have managed to find a job outside of the hospitality industry and I am busy acclimatizing to the job.  This doesn’t leave me a lot of time, but I am determined to finish the challenge.

The first up is the Berserker Lord.  I have finished the Lord and I have now to do the wolf. I am taking a bit more time with this, but my photography drains all the colour from the picture.

The next thing I started was the Thrall unit.  I started working on them 4 at a time. The leather stuff will be the same on all the unit, but I will use 4 different colours for their tops and trousers for every 4 miniatures.  This will give me some variety.

I started with the thralls with shields first.

I will try and finish the Berserker Lord this week, so stay tuned.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I have finished my third hearth guard unit today and I have managed to upload the pics.

This gives me several gaming options and choices in Saga and Age of Magic, which I had not previously.

Now I just have to wait till our club opens again ?!

Next week I will try and finish the Berserker Warlord, it might be hard because I have managed to find a new job outside the hotel industry – finally.  It was the hardest and first hit and will be the last to recover.

On the other hand and bright side, I had a lot of time to hobby – which is great.  Nonetheless, I hope you all stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

So over the weekend I spent the time I had preparing the thrall miniatures for painting and working on my 3rd unit of heart guard and the berserker warlord.

I prepared the thralls from Warlord Games for painting.  I will do them up 4 at a time for practical reasons.

In the meantime I started painting up the hearth guard.  As always I start with the heads.  While doing this I also started to work on the warlord head as well.

I will try to finish the hearth guard this week and the warlord next week – work permitting.

Until next week, keep up the great work on the projects, the springtime challenges and your gaming, but most of all stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I have managed to finish my frost giant at last. I put in some extra work on this model because it will be what catches the eye when on the table.

I was going to paint the flesh blue initially, but in the end I opted for normal flesh tones. Instead, I gave the beard and hair a bluish-gray tint.

Also, my photography is not so good and my pics seemed to be drained of all the tones and shading, and I can’t figure out why?  If anyone knows why this happens please let me know.

Next week I will make an effort to finish the unit of hearth guard, but it depends on work.  I also want to try and start the berserker lord.

Until then stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I finished painting up the standard bearer which I converted from a Norman spearman.

I tried to keep the painting  in the same style so they can mesh with the other minis in the warband. I think it is a good tabletop standard.

The flag I found on the internet and printed out.

And that’s all. I hope you like it.

Next week I should have finished the giant and started the four hearthguard.  Until then, stay safe and have fun.

Regards,

NR

Hi everyone,

I have had quite a bit of work thrown my way this week, and I can’t afford not to take it, so I did not have a lot of time to hobby.

Nonetheless, I tried to do the best with the time I had.  I decided to work on the giant, because I figured if I worked a little everyday I could finish it in a week.

I have worked mostly on the body armour and face helmet.  As I have said before, I believe that the eyes are the focus of the face, and the face the focus of the model.  Therefore if the eyes are not right, the face is not right; and if the face is not right the model is off.

I have the arms and legs to paint up, as well as the axe to do.  I also need to add more highlights here and there.

The paint job on the base is also ready.  After I attach the finished giant, I will add some tufts.

I will try to finish the brute by Sunday, and I will make an effort to post.  Until then, stay safe and have fun.

Best regards,

NR

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