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Journey to my first tournament – Mortem et Gloriam – 2023-04-01/02 Roll Call 2023 – 28mm Magna – VIKINGS on TOUR!!!
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About the Project
Rob talked me into doing this, what have I done!!!! Rob ‘suggested’ we go to a Mortem et Gloriam tournament, have the rules but haven’t had a go of it yet, thanks Covid!!! Have a 6 point Viking Saga (Gripping Beast plastic) force that I was in the process of updating with a force of Vikings from Victrix to re-do my Saga army. Cue the purchase of two more Victrix Viking sets, Dark Age archers (need archers) and Ancient Gallic Cavalry to convert to Vikings on horses. Hmmm what started off as a conversion project has really taken off. The force needed to attend is 8000 pts, which roughly equates to 8 Cavalry, 72 (now 64) Huscarls, 72 (now 80) Hird and 42 Archers give or take. Also needed to source sabots bases to base the forces, went back to the Legend John Banks on Facebook. John does amazing work with MDF and he sorted me out with bases, lots and lots of bases – 60mm x 6omm – mix of 4, 3 and 2 man bases. Mortem et Gloriam (MeG) uses bases (Unit groups – TUGS, UGs and SUGS (I think :/)) as the method of controlling the armies, the bases are set at specific sites and so you can uses models of any size. In this case the bases are set at 60mm x 60mm. So went with sabots. And then! Rob said we had to do a camp bases 3 times (frontage) the size of the Unit bases – 180mm x 120. So off to find some minis to build a mini diorama ?
Related Game: Mortem Et Gloriam
Related Company: The Plastic Soldier Company
Related Genre: Historical
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2023
This Project is Completed
Shields, so many shields
Shields, lots and lots of shields
more wyldwood, such a great contrast paintTime to Flock - flocking the sabots (well static grass but flocking is way more fun to say)
The Flock Box, great piece of kit. But you have to be careful, cause it will zap you if you're not careful. 
Mid progress shot
Hmmm, think I got too much static grass
The Huscarl (Sixteen bases, four minis to a base) and Hird (Twenty bases, four minis to a base) bases are done
Archers (Six bases needed, did eight, three minis to a base), Skimish Archers (Twelve needed, did fourteen, two minis per base) and Cavalry (Three needed, did five, two minis per base) all done 
that will do, nice snug fit, bit of clean up to doDoing the trim on the shields
So many still to do, once they're all done I have the joy of cleaning up my crappy painting prior to applying the shield designs. Losing the will to live.... Still so much to do
Leadbelcher nice dark iron colour - this now here because Tim (Sundancer) gave out about it being the first image
Time for a wash/dip - Army Painter Soft Tone
Started Sunday, first batch
Using Army Painter Soft Tone, was going to dip but too many minis to be done and it's too messy (lack of confidence on my side as well) so painting it on
You need to do this is a ventilated space (which, the idiot that I am, did not - still fuzzy)
Batch 1 of 3
Batch 2 of 3 - All done, 12 Horse (riders still to be done), 42 Archers and 72 Hird (again I'm an idiot needed 80 but on have 72 so 8 Huscarls with be demoted to Hird)
Batch 3 of 3 - Still to be done, 72 Huscarls, 8 Riders, Camp and Warlord. Then all need to be flocked. This all needs to be done by Thursday afternoon fly out to Luton for Roll Call on Saturday and Sunday
On the last leg, flocking the bases
Just a sample, a few Archers
Flock box of death, this hurts when it zaps youQuick preview of a final Hird base
All the Hird (72) are done, Cavalry (8) - done, Archers (24) - done. Still to be based Huscarls (72) and Skirmish archers (24) all need to be done today, then done!
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