tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73508841481930665682024-02-19T01:34:53.828+00:00Wolves on the TideVarious hobby projects!JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-425237075335611422020-12-01T21:14:00.008+00:002020-12-10T21:10:58.308+00:00Scale comparisons: Perry, Northstar, Warlord, Games Workshop, Gripping Beast<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />So, as I mentioned in my previous, rambling post, I have a pile of unused models to repurpose into a Border Princes themed army. I'll base the unites around the 4th and 6th editions of the Empire rulebook, with a bit of 'counts-as' action as needed.<p></p><p>After raiding my bitz box and mountain of partly built kits, I found I had models from the following kits to try out:</p><p>Warlord Games: </p><p>So how do they scale up alongside eachother?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvkARW4qrc8y-JWwhyphenhyphenDXFVh59ZhRNNZWiV6dzSgXTTCJXqXgAzoAPEKvL2G4jn7Ki2Q1q1JUNQVN0GB1ypo2H4m4GQvT8nrEBrWqUf0Ds-4N4PA2aogDJqeNelM_6WF9s1EIqz57s7q9M/s2048/5D5EC342-00CF-4FF3-AF8C-39E11B23597C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvkARW4qrc8y-JWwhyphenhyphenDXFVh59ZhRNNZWiV6dzSgXTTCJXqXgAzoAPEKvL2G4jn7Ki2Q1q1JUNQVN0GB1ypo2H4m4GQvT8nrEBrWqUf0Ds-4N4PA2aogDJqeNelM_6WF9s1EIqz57s7q9M/s320/5D5EC342-00CF-4FF3-AF8C-39E11B23597C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p>Here we have a GW plastic Bretonnian (one of the best kits they ever made, an older GW plastic halberdier, a French Agincourt foot knight by Perry, an older GW champion with a hammer, a Warlord Games Landsknecht pikeman and finally a GW mordheim/free company dude with a crutch. </p><p>As you can see, with the Warlord and Perry miniatures retaining their foot plates, the models are quite similar heights, or are even slightly taller. I expected this as the GW heroic scale is less about height and more about girth. Which is definitely clear when comparing the width of the models. The Perry footknight is somewhat skinnier while the warlord pikeman seems almost adolescent compared to the free company trooper. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbLRIv-_QiNr9O9Ft7i4a1OHCNqVSN2tE4htp7Fm1_FKPDR9GtQtY92hQjspCtJzQbVn7LW0Nc4g9hc7U-3OrOwi9acT37YJUSAK_v3R0LxCjOOykUEJW93Xb-qJpLt99QRURlckCVUHF/s2048/0F54A9EA-2A8D-4EE1-99C7-10E85A335B3B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbLRIv-_QiNr9O9Ft7i4a1OHCNqVSN2tE4htp7Fm1_FKPDR9GtQtY92hQjspCtJzQbVn7LW0Nc4g9hc7U-3OrOwi9acT37YJUSAK_v3R0LxCjOOykUEJW93Xb-qJpLt99QRURlckCVUHF/s320/0F54A9EA-2A8D-4EE1-99C7-10E85A335B3B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p>Here the Perry footknight is alongside the GW champion and what I believe is a Northstar/ Frostgrave adventurer armed with a two handed axe. He is leaning forward while lunging so seems a bit shorter, but is somewhere between the two scales, arguably closer to the GW scale. I’ll look at this more in a later post as I’m surprised how much the scale differs between the Perry and Northstar.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFcRyV0sw4bL9vnMq4STm4P1zGZpbk0KJFVC8gXw_nlNYcO2rpGGUxMxZFgdfZ3SpdWym15C3kmuEjt4armPC_OlGY41mZWabrXytqadktEFZYhPFqAN3Zi71ZyR7xlAECCLsr49TVVCR/s2048/C8703D5D-90D0-49A5-919A-72DEBF9092A4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFcRyV0sw4bL9vnMq4STm4P1zGZpbk0KJFVC8gXw_nlNYcO2rpGGUxMxZFgdfZ3SpdWym15C3kmuEjt4armPC_OlGY41mZWabrXytqadktEFZYhPFqAN3Zi71ZyR7xlAECCLsr49TVVCR/s320/C8703D5D-90D0-49A5-919A-72DEBF9092A4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Finally we have some of the same guys again, with two extras. Gw halberdier, warlord pikeman, GW empire spearman, Bretonnian halberdier, perry footknight and what is actually a Warlord Games Bolt Action Russian with arms and head from the Frostgrave adventurers kit. Out of all of them the model that I think fits in least is the Empire spearman. He just looks too chunky IMO. Good job that seeing as I just bought some more Warlord and Perry! Managing to get 144 brand new Landsknecht for under £60 was just too good an offer to miss.</p><p>Onto missile troops:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20jLbAdKZ9mSfNFxStqMryB8VQBTcbTkhF4xOnqQhKxRwrue3X3j-7YGnOCgOxRbAVoM2p1DFH2fdySrsSU3F824wxYXYNx4MUI8HmD3Ioh7-Sg3IKKPaGNDBSG2OYqNB-XSnXP3gb4fx/s2048/51E37726-2BF1-4DDA-A346-69420625522C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20jLbAdKZ9mSfNFxStqMryB8VQBTcbTkhF4xOnqQhKxRwrue3X3j-7YGnOCgOxRbAVoM2p1DFH2fdySrsSU3F824wxYXYNx4MUI8HmD3Ioh7-Sg3IKKPaGNDBSG2OYqNB-XSnXP3gb4fx/s320/51E37726-2BF1-4DDA-A346-69420625522C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Here is a Warlord Landsknecht handgunner, old plastic Bretonnian plastic bowman, the same in metal, a Perry English man at arms bowman and a frostgrave adventurer armed with a bow. The same scale differences persist here, with Northstar once again looking a little out of place due to the squatting pose. Maybe it’s a Slavic bowman. Cheeki. I like the Landsknecht gunner v much but I’m not sold on the Perry bowman. I might re-equip him and opt for a different range for archers. Possibly fireforge. <div><br /></div><div>My hot takes from stage 1 of the scale comparisons: </div><div>GW are the basis for the comparisons, but even they aren’t consistent between editions and iterations. One state trooper (hammer champ) is closer in scale to the Perry than the GW spearman. Why GW decided fat heads and big hands is the way to go I’ll never know. Gah. </div><div><br /></div><div>Warlord’s Landsknecht are stylistically similar to Empire, but are much skinnier and overall rather ‘petite’. I think I can deal with that for the price and option to get plastic boxed sets of handgunners, crossbowmen, pikemen, halberdiers, two handed swordsman and even spearmen with a little snippy snippy of the pikemen.</div><div><br /></div><div>Perry are closer in size to Warlord’s, which comes as little surprise due to both being historical 28mm ranges made by guys who make and play miniature wargames together. I’m interested to see if the rest of the Perry miniatures are as lanky as the ones compared here. I’d rather not have to remove their footplates to make them look less lanky, so might compare others with footplates next time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Northstar/Frostgrave guys seem kinda short and dumpy but that might just be the posing of the guys I selected. I need to do some more research!</div><div><br /></div><div>Final thoughts: </div><div><p>Will they look weird combined in one unit? Without doubt. </p><p>Will they be usable in separate, distinct units of their own? The jury’s out on that one. I hope so. </p><p>Will I be using historical miniatures because of the lower cost, bigger range and non-heroic scale? Well, what do you think? </p><p><br /></p><p>That’s it for stage 1 of the scale comparisons. Expect many more as I unearth more kits amongst the mountain of sprues! </p><p><br /></p></div>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-164276687880713822020-12-01T15:27:00.002+00:002020-12-03T11:47:36.091+00:00Back again... again! This time with WHFB Empire- kind of!<p>Like most fun things that get juggled during adulthood, this blog fell to the wayside as I finished uni, started work, emigrated, started a family and so on. 7 years since my last post.... but I'm back!</p><p>The madness of 2020 has given me a little time to reconnect with the hobby of my youth and so here I am yet again. Hurrah! </p><p>And this most recent foray into miniature gaming is not the ‘Dark Ages’/ Early Medieval gaming that I was so interested in previously. I still have them all, occasionally still paint a few of them and even more rarely get to play a game with them, but for now my attention has shifted onto something from much earlier in my hobby journey: Warhammer Fantasy! But, with a twist.</p><p>Sadly, Age of Sigmar does not tick any boxes for me. I want it to; I truly wish it did, but the theming and lore (or lack thereof) is just something I cannot get into. Plus, it lacks the simple joy of having a solid block of Empire greatswords slamming into the side of your mate’s clanrats, causing you to chuckle with maniacal glee and them to reconsider their life choices.</p><p>So, with that in mind I found some *ahum* totally, definitely, absolutely legit and fully allowed *ahum* pdf copies of the old army books and rulebooks online to peruse and reaccustom myself with and before long I was decided: I must start an army! My Dwarf and Empire armies of yesteryear have mostly been sold off to fund other projects and I was left with just a ragtag assortment of minis that I'd designated as adventurers in Frostgrave (great game!) or other fantasy RPGs. The thought of buying new GW products to use for this project made me shudder. The cost, the lack of variety and the gradual realisation that I don't like GW's giant hand n head n comedy sized gun ‘heroic scale’ left me with a few options to explore.</p><p>The most viable of them was to put some of the Warlord, Fireforge, Northstar and Perry plastic kits to good use. I'd bought a few of the pike n shotte, frostgrave and medieval plastic kits to use as adventurers in other games, so had a bunch of guys to start with. They're cheap, suitably armed, offer kit bash opportunities, are easy to build and are *mostly* consistent in their scale. I say *mostly* for reasons later discussed.</p><p>Back to army planning, I thought straight up Empire seemed a bit contrived with the range of gear my models are wearing, so I started to think about other options. I toyed with Tileans, Estalians and even human-only Sylvanians but in the end decided to go with a force of mercenaries hailing from..... The Border Princes! Truly a sandbox of Old World opportunities if ever there was one.</p><p><br /></p><p>A part of the Old World map that is populated by humans, containing Empire, Bretonnian, Tilean, Estalian and other human factions that have either gone rogue, are on some special mission or have gone a bit mental sounded like the perfect spot to create a thematic human army that mixes elements of all those factions, while being something distinct and of itself. That way, I can use a wide range of historical figures alongside some fantasy elements. Winner winner Border Princes dinner.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, on to the project!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-38241490837203340612013-07-26T18:17:00.001+01:002013-07-30T09:20:39.894+01:00O Lord protect us from the fury of the Northmen<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I wanted some figures with a bit of story behind them to go along with my standard Vikings, so took at look at the fabulous figures over at Gripping Beast and grabbed their VIG11 Save us O Lord set containing a praying monk, a viking axing the monk and carrying a torch, a viking carrying a chest and a viking with a torch and a hapless dog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DibZLzVUTpfUjBGSKdOmpZAoaiVCZDuoEnXpZaQ_9zG7MHusqe_kGtI4MzWb2RSY4fv_G6jaPvIUbY6c0XQqyS8opbqNL520wKNAviaYoiJmMdMNOWAXDgtAYfL2MXOd6ONUaSqsP3F0/s640/blogger-image-819466131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DibZLzVUTpfUjBGSKdOmpZAoaiVCZDuoEnXpZaQ_9zG7MHusqe_kGtI4MzWb2RSY4fv_G6jaPvIUbY6c0XQqyS8opbqNL520wKNAviaYoiJmMdMNOWAXDgtAYfL2MXOd6ONUaSqsP3F0/s640/blogger-image-819466131.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These superb figures scald up perfectly amongst the rest, which is no surprise as most of mine are the gripping beast plastics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The monk in this set then spurred me on to a new idea- a scenario for Saga in which rival war bands compete to kill and enslave as many of the the Lord's flock as they can, all the while trying to show their fighting might in true Viking fashion. The scenario "Bash the Bishop" will be up soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So these are the monks that I have gathered so far:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Gripping Beast CIV1- Monks parading cross</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXzLXPsT0bCmGgXHLhZsz7-1ti7VavVUr6r_8O5ho36kVlPpf5hKGCd5QO7KAajo-L5ouyDWxhsY37O4MaV3GsvyVHzU0NEceQHVfQ7GemZRy2b5bzdXM4iR7BhyiFXW8M0MqgEbUeAmN/s640/blogger-image-1058052204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXzLXPsT0bCmGgXHLhZsz7-1ti7VavVUr6r_8O5ho36kVlPpf5hKGCd5QO7KAajo-L5ouyDWxhsY37O4MaV3GsvyVHzU0NEceQHVfQ7GemZRy2b5bzdXM4iR7BhyiFXW8M0MqgEbUeAmN/s640/blogger-image-1058052204.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So thats a vicar looking guy, two cowled monks and a monk carrying a holy cross.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The next set was CIV7 - defenders of the faith</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOyBwtRx1NjVD-2Sj6rR4lahM1rmcSWiRgAXCg3Vyi8QAL5ro645sO-6Zgnm7IUxK6HPD4PXJKIGwv7Qk5W40B4GpDmvBWkRHxPhXMaJVAAnLegRrn9XmvRHHGMlWDr4i0S-UH8fFTUCY/s640/blogger-image-976991898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOyBwtRx1NjVD-2Sj6rR4lahM1rmcSWiRgAXCg3Vyi8QAL5ro645sO-6Zgnm7IUxK6HPD4PXJKIGwv7Qk5W40B4GpDmvBWkRHxPhXMaJVAAnLegRrn9XmvRHHGMlWDr4i0S-UH8fFTUCY/s640/blogger-image-976991898.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This contains a senior monk in a chainmail hauberk, a hooded monk drawing a knife from his robes and two junior monks in fighting poses. Two swords, an axe and three shields are supplied to arm your holy warriors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The final Gipping Beast set I got was the CIV4-Bishop and attendant</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnbzY0z8EwGY1gOM84rJlevhahbJ9TG6Uzs_UYHUJbiPTFLkQ3eRumEPtLo1mW5MztYL1p4l0x8auvIRQmi-YhR01HJ9ieJ5HNj_4OTpIsqgcd1XShoBasgW4udmE0XD1CdO2MtiX6HzG/s640/blogger-image-191934922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnbzY0z8EwGY1gOM84rJlevhahbJ9TG6Uzs_UYHUJbiPTFLkQ3eRumEPtLo1mW5MztYL1p4l0x8auvIRQmi-YhR01HJ9ieJ5HNj_4OTpIsqgcd1XShoBasgW4udmE0XD1CdO2MtiX6HzG/s640/blogger-image-191934922.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This set was a pair and included the Bishop, his crook, and his attendant who looks particularly shady and greedy, with his hood up and gripping his Bible close.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also bought some figures from Redoubt Enterprises. I had only recently heard of this company but I am really impressed by what I recieved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In their RX28 pack, which can be found in the renaissance extras, you receive 9 monks- one of which is a dead casualty. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2qEaUQ5nJjI4NKvC1w8o2LVcc43OMfS0V6NBJKS1zcf0i4fgiMErt9neDaT9exn7rsVWgiuiOMYiAp5H7GcjQtrPIH32YfAuCLcTtF33ZoVhovxSbw-CQ4WrdPBb-6ZF4nKLcvE9irG9/s640/blogger-image--1099011805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2qEaUQ5nJjI4NKvC1w8o2LVcc43OMfS0V6NBJKS1zcf0i4fgiMErt9neDaT9exn7rsVWgiuiOMYiAp5H7GcjQtrPIH32YfAuCLcTtF33ZoVhovxSbw-CQ4WrdPBb-6ZF4nKLcvE9irG9/s640/blogger-image--1099011805.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These come in a range of poses- one is carrying a cross staff, one is kneeling, one is carrying a candle, one a box etc. the detail is amazing across the lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They are slightly larger than the gripping beast monks but are still realistic when ranked up or in a large rabble.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRjhg-rBJACxCR3F5fpqqI8hx3Gob6nypRRR4U3KSyI8Uc5AIoYF2EUaLS9pcZ90vSPGdOcESHyTvIn5XpE0b895WBdWXjnnRMyFpT0p7YLE4zy5zoExbNt3g5TeSmVx-ahJ3-tAia_Ei/s640/blogger-image--1127871205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRjhg-rBJACxCR3F5fpqqI8hx3Gob6nypRRR4U3KSyI8Uc5AIoYF2EUaLS9pcZ90vSPGdOcESHyTvIn5XpE0b895WBdWXjnnRMyFpT0p7YLE4zy5zoExbNt3g5TeSmVx-ahJ3-tAia_Ei/s640/blogger-image--1127871205.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Obviously if you alternate between redoubt and gripping beast you get an unatural crennalated effect...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GkOI3Jf7eUrthMDb6bfxP2fcNjrwD-zXLSq_-hn5_Tt0WbzEPSruzGLMZvYii6slFrJ8nZKa00UStKZtfQ2O3vzVAk8EtB6PBJQ4YETt0z_mR7whrhibk_gTYemCPJc1l-R4uONX_nXm/s640/blogger-image-1789193784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GkOI3Jf7eUrthMDb6bfxP2fcNjrwD-zXLSq_-hn5_Tt0WbzEPSruzGLMZvYii6slFrJ8nZKa00UStKZtfQ2O3vzVAk8EtB6PBJQ4YETt0z_mR7whrhibk_gTYemCPJc1l-R4uONX_nXm/s640/blogger-image-1789193784.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">....but as you can see here they mix well in large groups.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tV3j7b-btjOt0ONOYNx1qSJcYQI4M3FKRaNismOTgKCQ4BfsPdTuu0SoE6A6BfFvlHSjcIc_fvMWETxr5G0BURZfR5r4vLy3N1QC2961aMK4zefVIPkxE0NyUYCZRBDrM3QkOBWS2yeG/s640/blogger-image--1943930303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Tell him Mr Odinson sent you and expect a cheeky discount.</div><div><br></div><div>It's the Perry Minaitures 1300-1700 Medieval Cottage set. Yes thats a bit later than the Viking era but take a look, this could represent a Saxon homestead ripe for a ruddy good pillaging as long as you don't get all that caught up on medieval architecture and spend more time doing important things like rolling dice and killing Bretons. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMSXYtKxdClei-L-snGjmWdGZ2SHhHzvueHS4Aq0L7N72MAKZmtTPpgyljjd80um7Bp5YDXcuwyv7sl5O9kNCA3Sx4dB5GNnZa2WolBV08nD1dZb6fCLnL3A5Hqks50OTrGUuO8pcHqzy/s640/blogger-image--1549462918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMSXYtKxdClei-L-snGjmWdGZ2SHhHzvueHS4Aq0L7N72MAKZmtTPpgyljjd80um7Bp5YDXcuwyv7sl5O9kNCA3Sx4dB5GNnZa2WolBV08nD1dZb6fCLnL3A5Hqks50OTrGUuO8pcHqzy/s640/blogger-image--1549462918.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoJJkmb7USrcd4UwQsioLGENHjRGoVoB0Gv5SUT44WRVbqurMPGmcLn3ZIVI0HEDAGy3ihxNxieiPFwMnrVF8ncUqDWct2rGse0hxgmUEBC7uri66uOAMu2E-881GtPi1MF5kwrIyb63X/s640/blogger-image-927799698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoJJkmb7USrcd4UwQsioLGENHjRGoVoB0Gv5SUT44WRVbqurMPGmcLn3ZIVI0HEDAGy3ihxNxieiPFwMnrVF8ncUqDWct2rGse0hxgmUEBC7uri66uOAMu2E-881GtPi1MF5kwrIyb63X/s640/blogger-image-927799698.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When i opened it up i was surprised to find something extra that I hadn't known was coming when I placed the order.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADApz4Jk3lWKGZkVVwmL3Wu2A18LwY4WO5Z5dbiVgVsJ0BCnca1iJr7UekpmQGb3LKyHB_DZOFeyVmQ4nGcXrlXlOtGhu7Y5CTg42shNsfXt09iJ7LY7ca13cshSaQefb4zN9NPuN1HzN/s640/blogger-image--1013349666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADApz4Jk3lWKGZkVVwmL3Wu2A18LwY4WO5Z5dbiVgVsJ0BCnca1iJr7UekpmQGb3LKyHB_DZOFeyVmQ4nGcXrlXlOtGhu7Y5CTg42shNsfXt09iJ7LY7ca13cshSaQefb4zN9NPuN1HzN/s640/blogger-image--1013349666.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">You get the building parts as expected: 2 gables, 2 sides, 2 roof parts,a door and an optional smoke hood for 1600 onwards, and even a little shelter for animals/ tools BUT you also receive a wattle fence sprue that is ideal for creating animal pens, makeshift defences or even just plain fencing to break up open expanses of fields.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">First thing I did was cut off the sides and gable ends as these would obviously be the main frame of the building. The corners of the building have slight male and female parts which needed filing to join up but this wasn't any major stress. Hopefully you see what i mean here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDm6ShjYp1srnxKrcLEIp3jkOGaSwIC3D1-4pVYYfYLwZirRTpMOzHFR7vXXZgY7DDxchyOCxiTWpAXVE45UId34zGBNmlNnD0Y0nN88SGFf8ExGMRUzz8Q9woIOSQueP3_wIQudp8d7h/s640/blogger-image--1191206623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDm6ShjYp1srnxKrcLEIp3jkOGaSwIC3D1-4pVYYfYLwZirRTpMOzHFR7vXXZgY7DDxchyOCxiTWpAXVE45UId34zGBNmlNnD0Y0nN88SGFf8ExGMRUzz8Q9woIOSQueP3_wIQudp8d7h/s640/blogger-image--1191206623.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But within 2 mins all was sorted and they easily got to this stage:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jf4NwXqU16FEqDBZ7fNjH_09hPBlKVWxJFAM8XdgJv5R2X1z-16JwPxGu9jBTborNaSmxd1-WFFtBi7gqc28IDLt4T8O8FVUzIBSGkjC2vOENTlzVTXPDEv6nZOblP-yMbMKBAtvy51M/s640/blogger-image-359969248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jf4NwXqU16FEqDBZ7fNjH_09hPBlKVWxJFAM8XdgJv5R2X1z-16JwPxGu9jBTborNaSmxd1-WFFtBi7gqc28IDLt4T8O8FVUzIBSGkjC2vOENTlzVTXPDEv6nZOblP-yMbMKBAtvy51M/s640/blogger-image-359969248.jpg"></a></div>Lovely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The roof slots on and glues at the middle nice and easily, with the roof peak being sealed with one long thatched section. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And in no time at all you reach this stage:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYeGJX3zLUArlBbgUT7TjJaCoCTbI4NRwxNRtHAj0SXl7KaQpi3gUcAXo4-HkPeKHk4UCFT6qdkf40oY7a88ATUBONNiaORD-Tp6l8I8hmi3yv_Csslm3XyiHfLRG_eTamJxuADE-2f_Z/s640/blogger-image--560460875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYeGJX3zLUArlBbgUT7TjJaCoCTbI4NRwxNRtHAj0SXl7KaQpi3gUcAXo4-HkPeKHk4UCFT6qdkf40oY7a88ATUBONNiaORD-Tp6l8I8hmi3yv_Csslm3XyiHfLRG_eTamJxuADE-2f_Z/s640/blogger-image--560460875.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The doors were nice and easy to whack on. Each door has 2 parts- a frame and an actual door.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvk20Y6UBrlPy7-nK151m9AZtsQTR5fkGE2etwv2c4fwaix-CWUkrpWSK3qVxDbx1ozzMUUnaA8yeJ61NbLXBJ2QGs_frDpLZQYNN9rGFQC6KoHOHxeyDGqhL0eGkjO5Q6S129AE6IlGcC/s640/blogger-image-2126033520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvk20Y6UBrlPy7-nK151m9AZtsQTR5fkGE2etwv2c4fwaix-CWUkrpWSK3qVxDbx1ozzMUUnaA8yeJ61NbLXBJ2QGs_frDpLZQYNN9rGFQC6KoHOHxeyDGqhL0eGkjO5Q6S129AE6IlGcC/s640/blogger-image-2126033520.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DDsIjGCmdembV8aJdbdI-wiINLBGmtW9cJCkZWM7p9sR7UFnm2kZOjYNT26qYXGc8Y4l_y_4EH36Zp72szGFL3OmoqO0fEbURVtVGMhYTGjcsYurmuRebtoknVYR4Ivbq1JtWK9BqUp_/s640/blogger-image--643286096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DDsIjGCmdembV8aJdbdI-wiINLBGmtW9cJCkZWM7p9sR7UFnm2kZOjYNT26qYXGc8Y4l_y_4EH36Zp72szGFL3OmoqO0fEbURVtVGMhYTGjcsYurmuRebtoknVYR4Ivbq1JtWK9BqUp_/s640/blogger-image--643286096.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They glue on the inside of the building- perhaps would have been easier to do before constructing the main body but atleast now they can be hinged and move around during games to show occupation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrlc-Qctt2DN0g-kIlJezgb18eBHHO0l5WPRiNFzffaL1nwud64Yxq3sZzg95d0SOcvLhgzMkzDGf8PxB2ufZ9GYiagrJJlxVRE7ene66pFkQmGMVwFNMX-NxS26ksfVkRDtdVGATCrZL/s640/blogger-image-537379380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrlc-Qctt2DN0g-kIlJezgb18eBHHO0l5WPRiNFzffaL1nwud64Yxq3sZzg95d0SOcvLhgzMkzDGf8PxB2ufZ9GYiagrJJlxVRE7ene66pFkQmGMVwFNMX-NxS26ksfVkRDtdVGATCrZL/s640/blogger-image-537379380.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The finished door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Aaaaand the constructed building, along with some Gripping Beast raiders. And an unfortunate monk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeI7OKd9xNb9i8Rsmr4ZFmw6Q035eLUyGXuV8Apl1_xYCo8FdzOWVIbej8MYB0EwZY9bnlPApURqBM5WH9g91FK7im189N_DkgZh4_x4zyyTNtlqKa5w8p_zpC5OMJpmFK0Dq8p6ssppG/s640/blogger-image-66521818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeI7OKd9xNb9i8Rsmr4ZFmw6Q035eLUyGXuV8Apl1_xYCo8FdzOWVIbej8MYB0EwZY9bnlPApURqBM5WH9g91FK7im189N_DkgZh4_x4zyyTNtlqKa5w8p_zpC5OMJpmFK0Dq8p6ssppG/s640/blogger-image-66521818.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Awesome set, nice and affordable, easy to construct and good to scale and suitable for a range of historical eras.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Will definiately be buying more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-3601264676045960902012-08-01T11:09:00.002+01:002012-08-01T11:09:43.359+01:00Pegasus Hobby 28mm small stone cottage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Just wanted to share this awesome product that my bro over at <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pegasus-Hobbies-28mm-Small-Stone-Cottage-Warhammer-Historical-Saga-Scenery-/271027554095?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3f1a80472f#ht_1178wt_862">Famous Gaming</a> has now got in stock.</div>
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Its perfect 28mm scale and ideal for a dark ages houses and hovels.</div>
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It comes pre-painted in the box- grab a few of these and the slightly larger one and you're well on your way to having a dark ages town ready for a fierce game of Saga or WAB:shieldwall.</div>
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They're made of resin and seem pretty hard wearing. The paintwork is applied well and from handling doesn't appear to be likley to flake off. I'd add a wash to the straw roof just to bring out some extra detailing but all in all well impressed with these buildings!</div>
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<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-67014466803923388492012-07-26T23:24:00.000+01:002012-07-26T23:24:24.929+01:00Wargames Factory Viking Bondi- unboxing, review and sprue inspection<br />
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This review is for the Wargames Factory Viking Bondi set</div>
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I got mine through <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a> , they may still have some in stock I'm not sure.</div>
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They glue together easily and look great. The scale is just right & mixes well with other ranges. The detailing is spot on and easy to paint even for someone with two left hands, like me.</div>
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I've used this kit before and found it to be great so I got another, lets look inside.</div>
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You get 8 of the body sprues and 4 of the characteristics sprues, and they all stack neatly, hurrah!</div>
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The torsos and legs come joined in 4 different poses. That doesn't sound a lot seeing as there's 32 of them but with a bit of ingenuity you can arrange them in a rank and you'll never even notice. The torsos come 'unarmoured' in cloth/ leather with great detailing. The heads go on into sockets in the traditional way, allowing for a great range of movement, although a few do require a bit of trimming along the neck to sit well.</div>
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There are a tonne of arms to allow you to pose your men however you want, some are even included to be used as archers in action poses. Nice to have that for a change. </div>
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The way you distinguish between the armies is by use of their special army sprues, as shown below!</div>
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So on this sprue you get all the heads, shields, weapons and special bits you need to make your miniatures into Vikings. NB: This same sprue comes with armoured and unarmoured Vikings!</div>
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In the bottom right of the left hand sprue, just below the shields is a pair of arms to be used to hold a two handed axe. This great feature saves you from so much fiddly glueing, lifesaver. You also get a pair of bows, spears, a horn, some quivers and a selection of weapons. The Viking sprue has 2 big axes and a few more spears whereas the Saxon sprue has a dragon banner.</div>
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They don't come with bases but for their price it's no biggie to go and buy bases separately. If buying online I recommend <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Famous-Gaming/Bases-/_i.html?_fsub=3250066012&_sid=985621552&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322">Famous Gaming</a> for cheap renedra bases.</div>
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Detailing & sculpting: 8/10- barely any mould lines, good detailing, poses are ok but could be more dynamic and hair could have more texture to it.</div>
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Scaling: 9/10- scale well with most other 28mm ranges, could be slighty chunkier but overall good.</div>
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</center><center>Young and alone on a long road,<br />Once I lost my way:<br />Rich I felt when I found another;<br />Man rejoices in man,</center><center>A kind word need not cost much,<br />The price of praise can be cheap:<br />With half a loaf and an empty cup<br />I found myself a friend,</center><center>Two wooden stakes stood on the plain,<br />On them I hung my clothes:<br />Draped in linen, they looked well born,<br />But, naked, I was a nobody</center><center>Too early to many homes I came,<br />Too late, it seemed, to some:<br />The ale was finished or else un-brewed,<br />The unpopular cannot please,</center><center>Some would invite me to visit their homes,<br />But none thought I needed a meal,<br />As though I had eaten a whole joint,<br />Just before with a friend who had two</center><center>The man who stands at a strange threshold,<br />Should be cautious before he cross it,<br />Glance this way and that:<br />Who knows beforehand what foes may sit<br />Awaiting him in the hall?</center><center>Greetings to the host,<br />The guest has arrived,<br />In which seat shall he sit?<br />Rash is he who at unknown doors<br />Relies on his good luck,</center><center>Fire is needed by the newcomer<br />Whose knees are frozen numb;<br />Meat and clean linen a man needs<br />Who has fared across the fells,</center><center>Water, too, that he may wash before eating,<br />Handcloth's and a hearty welcome,<br />Courteous words, then courteous silence<br />That he may tell his tale,</center><center>Who travels widely needs his wits about him,<br />The stupid should stay at home:<br />The ignorant man is often laughed at<br />When he sits at meat with the sage,</center><center>Of his knowledge a man should never boast,<br />Rather be sparing of speech<br />When to his house a wiser comes:<br />Seldom do those who are silent Make mistakes;<br />mother wit Is ever a faithful friend,</center><center>A guest should be courteous<br />When he comes to the table<br />And sit in wary silence,<br />His ears attentive,<br />his eyes alert:<br />So he protects himself,</center><center>Fortunate is he who is favoured in his lifetime<br />With praise and words of wisdom:<br />Evil counsel is often given<br />By those of evil heart,</center><center>Blessed is he who in his own lifetime<br />Is awarded praise and wit,<br />For ill counsel is often given<br />By mortal men to each other,</center><center>Better gear than good sense<br />A traveller cannot carry,<br />Better than riches for a wretched man,<br />Far from his own home,</center><center>Better gear than good sense<br />A traveller cannot carry,<br />A more tedious burden than too much drink<br />A traveller cannot carry,</center><center>Less good than belief would have it<br />Is mead for the sons of men:<br />A man knows less the more he drinks,<br />Becomes a befuddled fool,</center><center>I-forget is the name men give the heron<br />Who hovers over the fast:<br />Fettered I was in his feathers that night,<br />When a guest in Gunnlod's court</center><center>Drunk I got, dead drunk,<br />When Fjalar the wise was with me:<br />Best is the banquet one looks back on after,<br />And remembers all that happened,</center><center>Silence becomes the Son of a prince,<br />To be silent but brave in battle:<br />It befits a man to be merry and glad<br />Until the day of his death,</center><center>The coward believes he will live forever<br />If he holds back in the battle,<br />But in old age he shall have no peace<br />Though spears have spared his limbs</center><center>When he meets friends, the fool gapes,<br />Is shy and sheepish at first,<br />Then he sips his mead and immediately<br />All know what an oaf he is,<br />He who has seen and suffered much,<br />And knows the ways of the world,<br />Who has travelled', can tell what spirit<br />Governs the men he meets,<br />Drink your mead, but in moderation,<br />Talk sense or be silent:<br />No man is called discourteous who goes<br />To bed at an early hour</center><center>A gluttonous man who guzzles away<br />Brings sorrow on himself:<br />At the table of the wise he is taunted often,<br />Mocked for his bloated belly,</center><center>The herd knows its homing time,<br />And leaves the grazing ground:<br />But the glutton never knows how much<br />His belly is able to hold,</center><center>An ill tempered, unhappy man<br />Ridicules all he hears,<br />Makes fun of others, refusing always<br />To see the faults in himself</center><center>Foolish is he who frets at night,<br />And lies awake to worry'<br />A weary man when morning comes,<br />He finds all as bad as before,</center><center>The fool thinks that those who laugh<br />At him are all his friends,<br />Unaware when he sits with wiser men<br />How ill they speak of him.</center><center>The fool thinks that those who laugh<br />At him are all his friends:<br />When he comes to the Thing and calls for support,<br />Few spokesmen he finds</center><center>The fool who fancies he is full of wisdom<br />While he sits by his hearth at home.<br />Quickly finds when questioned by others .<br />That he knows nothing at all.</center><center>The ignorant booby had best be silent<br />When he moves among other men,<br />No one will know what a nit-wit he is<br />Until he begins to talk;<br />No one knows less what a nit-wit he is<br />Than the man who talks too much.</center><center>To ask well, to answer rightly,<br />Are the marks of a wise man:<br />Men must speak of men's deeds,<br />What happens may not be hidden.</center><center>Wise is he not who is never silent,<br />Mouthing meaningless words:<br />A glib tongue that goes on chattering<br />Sings to its own harm.</center><center>A man among friends should not mock another:<br />Many believe the man<br />Who is not questioned to know much<br />And so he escapes their scorn.<br />An early meal a man should take<br />Before he visits friends,<br />Lest, when he gets there,<br />he go hungry,<br />Afraid to ask for food.</center><center>The fastest friends may fall out<br />When they sit at the banquet-board:<br />It is, and shall be, a shameful thing<br />When guest quarrels with guest,</center><center>The wise guest has his way of dealing<br />With those who taunt him at table:<br />He smiles through the meal,<br />not seeming to hear<br />The twaddle talked by his foes.</center><center>The tactful guest will take his leave Early,<br />not linger long:<br />He starts to stink who outstays his welcome<br />In a hall that is not his own.</center><center>A small hut of one' s own is better,<br />A man is his master at home:<br />A couple of goats and a corded roof<br />Still are better than begging.</center><center>A small hut of one's own is better,<br />A man is his master at home:<br />His heart bleeds in the beggar who must<br />Ask at each meal for meat.</center><center>A wayfarer should not walk unarmed,<br />But have his weapons to hand:<br />He knows not when he may need a spear,<br />Or what menace meet on the road.</center><center>No man is so generous he will jib at accepting<br />A gift in return for a gift,<br />No man so rich that it really gives him<br />Pain to be repaid.</center><center>Once he has won wealth enough,<br />A man should not crave for more:<br />What he saves for friends, foes may take;<br />Hopes are often liars.</center><center>With presents friends should please each other,<br />With a shield or a costly coat:<br />Mutual giving makes for friendship,<br />So long as life goes well,<br />A man should be loyal through life to friends,<br />To them and to friends of theirs,<br />But never shall a man make offer<br />Of friendship to his foes.</center><center>A man should be loyal through life to friends,<br />And return gift for gift,<br />Laugh when they laugh,<br />but with lies repay<br />A false foe who lies.</center><center>If you find a friend you fully trust<br />And wish for his good-will,<br />exchange thoughts,<br />exchange gifts,<br />Go often to his house.</center><center>If you deal with another you don't trust<br />But wish for his good-will,<br />Be fair in speech but false in thought<br />And give him lie for lie.</center><center>Even with one you ill-trust<br />And doubt what he means to do,<br />False words with fair smiles<br />May get you the gift you desire.</center><center>To a false friend the footpath winds<br />Though his house be on the highway.<br />To a sure friend there is a short cut,<br />Though he live a long way off.</center><center>Hotter than fire among false hearts burns<br />Friendship for five days,<br />But suddenly slackens when the sixth dawns:<br />Feeble their friendship then.</center><center>The generous and bold have the best lives,<br />Are seldom beset by cares, ,<br />But the base man sees bogies everywhere<br />And the miser pines for presents.</center><center>The young fir that falls and rots<br />Having neither needles nor bark,<br />So is the fate of the friendless man:<br />Why should he live long?</center><center>Little a sand-grain, little a dew drop,<br />Little the minds of men:<br />A11 men are not equal in wisdom,<br />The half-wise are everywhere</center><center>It is best for man to be middle-wise,<br />Not over cunning and clever:<br />The fairest life is led by those<br />Who are deft at all they do.<br />It is best for man to be middle-wise,<br />Not over cunning and clever:<br />No man is able to know his future,<br />So let him sleep in peace.</center><center>It is best for man to be middle-wise,<br />Not over cunning and clever:<br />The learned man whose lore is deep<br />Is seldom happy at heart.</center><center>Brand kindles brand till they burn out,<br />Flame is quickened by flame:<br />One man from another is known by his speech<br />The simpleton by his silence.<br />Early shall he rise who has designs<br />On anothers land or life:<br />His prey escapes the prone wolf,<br />The sleeper is seldom victorious.</center><center>Early shall he rise who rules few servants,<br />And set to work at once:<br />Much is lost by the late sleeper,<br />Wealth is won by the swift,</center><center>A man should know how many logs<br />And strips of bark from the birch<br />To stock in autumn, that he may have enough<br />Wood for his winter fires.</center><center>Washed and fed,<br />one may fare to the Thing:<br />Though one's clothes be the worse for Wear,<br />None need be ashamed of his shoes or hose,<br />Nor of the horse he owns,<br />Although no thoroughbred.</center><center>As the eagle who comes to the ocean shore,<br />Sniffs and hangs her head,<br />Dumfounded is he who finds at the Thing<br />No supporters to plead his case.</center><center>It is safe to tell a secret to one,<br />Risky to tell it to two,<br />To tell it to three is thoughtless folly,<br />Everyone else will know.</center><center>Often words uttered to another<br />Have reaped an ill harvest:<br />Two beat one, the tongue is head's bane,<br />Pockets of fur hide fists.</center><center>Moderate at council should a man be,<br />Not brutal and over bearing:<br />Among the bold the bully will find<br />Others as bold as he.</center><center>These things are thought the best:<br />Fire, the sight of the sun,<br />Good health with the gift to keep it,<br />And a life that avoids vice.</center><center>Not all sick men are utterly wretched:<br />Some are blessed with sons,<br />Some with friends,<br />some with riches,<br />Some with worthy works.</center><center>The halt can manage a horse,<br />the handless a flock,<br />The deaf be a doughty fighter,<br />To be blind is better than to burn on a pyre:<br />There is nothing the dead can do.</center><center>It is always better to be alive,<br />The living can keep a cow.<br />Fire, I saw, warming a wealthy man,<br />With a cold corpse at his door.</center><center>A son is a blessing, though born late<br />To a father no longer alive:<br />Stones would seldom stand by the highway<br />If sons did not set them there.</center><center>He welcomes the night who has enough provisions<br />Short are the sails of a ship,<br />Dangerous the dark in autumn,<br />The wind may veer within five days,<br />And many times in a month.</center><center>The half wit does not know that gold<br />Makes apes of many men:<br />One is rich, one is poor <br />There is no blame in that.</center><center>Cattle die, kindred die,<br />Every man is mortal:<br />But the good name never dies<br />Of one who has done well</center><center>Cattle die, kindred die,<br />Every man is mortal:<br />But I know one thing that never dies,<br />The glory of the great dead</center><center>Fields and flocks had Fitjung's sons,<br />Who now carry begging bowls:<br />Wealth may vanish in the wink of an eye,<br />Gold is the falsest of friends.</center><center>In the fool who acquires cattle and lands,<br />Or wins a woman's love,<br />His wisdom wanes with his waxing pride,<br />He sinks from sense to conceit.</center><center>Now is answered what you ask of the runes,<br />Graven by the gods,<br />Made by the All Father,<br />Sent by the powerful sage:<br />lt. is best for man to remain silent.</center><center>For these things give thanks at nightfall:<br />The day gone, a guttered torch,<br />A sword tested, the troth of a maid,<br />Ice crossed, ale drunk.</center><center>Hew wood in wind-time,<br />in fine weather sail,<br />Tell in the night-time tales to house-girls,<br />For too many eyes are open by day:<br />From a ship expect speed, from a shield, cover,<br />Keenness from a sword,<br />but a kiss from a girl.</center><center>Drink ale by the hearth, over ice glide,<br />Buy a stained sword, buy a starving mare<br />To fatten at home: and fatten the watch-dog.</center><center>Trust not an acre early sown,<br />Nor praise a son too soon:<br />Weather rules the acre, wit the son,<br />Both are exposed to peril,</center><center>A snapping bow, a burning flame,<br />A grinning wolf, a grunting boar,<br />A raucous crow, a rootless tree,<br />A breaking wave, a boiling kettle,<br />A flying arrow, an ebbing tide,<br />A coiled adder, the ice of a night,<br />A bride's bed talk, a broad sword,<br />A bear's play, a prince' s children,<br />A witch' s welcome, the wit of a slave,<br />A sick calf, a corpse still fresh,<br />A brother's killer encountered upon<br />The highway a house half-burned,<br />A racing stallion who has wrenched a leg,<br />Are never safe: let no man trust them.</center><center>No man should trust a maiden's words,<br />Nor what a woman speaks:<br />Spun on a wheel were women's hearts,<br />In their breasts was implanted caprice,</center><center>To love a woman whose ways are false<br />Is like sledding over slippery ice<br />With unshod horses out of control,<br />Badly trained two-year-olds,<br />Or drifting rudderless on a rough sea,<br />Or catching a reindeer with a crippled hand<br />On a thawing hillside: think not to do it.</center><center>Naked I may speak now for I know both:<br />Men are treacherous too<br />Fairest we speak when falsest we think:<br />many a maid is deceived.</center><center>Gallantly shall he speak and gifts bring<br />Who wishes for woman's love:<br />praise the features of the fair girl,<br />Who courts well will conquer.</center><center>Never reproach another for his love:<br />It happens often enough<br />That beauty ensnares with desire the wise<br />While the foolish remain unmoved.</center><center>Never reproach the plight of another,<br />For it happens to many men:<br />Strong desire may stupefy heroes,<br />Dull the wits of the wise</center><center>The mind alone knows what is near the heart,<br />Each is his own judge:<br />The worst sickness for a wise man<br />Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.</center><center>So I learned when I sat in the reeds,<br />Hoping to have my desire:<br />Lovely was the flesh of that fair girl,<br />But nothing I hoped for happened.</center><center>I saw on a bed Billing's daughter,<br />Sun white, asleep:<br />No greater delight I longed for then<br />Than to lie in her lovely arms.</center><center>"Come" Odhinn, after nightfall<br />If you wish for a meeting with me:<br />All would be lost if anyone saw us<br />And learned that we were lovers."</center><center>Afire with longing" I left her then,<br />Deceived by her soft words:<br />I thought my wooing had won the maid,<br />That I would have my way.</center><center>After nightfall I hurried back,<br />But the warriors were all awake,<br />Lights were burning, blazing torches:<br />So false proved the path</center><center>Towards daybreak back I came<br />The guards were sound asleep:<br />I found then that the fair woman<br />Had tied a bitch to her bed.</center><center>Many a girl when one gets to know her<br />Proves to be fickle and false:<br />That treacherous maiden taught me a lesson,<br />The crafty woman covered me with shame"<br />That was all I got from her.</center><center>Let a man with his guests be glad and merry,<br />Modest a man should be"<br />But talk well if he intends to be wise<br />And expects praise from men:<br />Fimbul fambi is the fool called "<br />Unable to open his mouth.<br />Fruitless my errand, had I been silent<br />When I came to Suttung's courts:<br />With spirited words I spoke to my profit<br />In the hall of the aged giant.</center><center>Rati had gnawed a narrow passage,<br />Chewed a channel through stone,<br />A path around the roads of giants:<br />I was like to lose my head</center><center>Gunnlod sat me in the golden seat,<br />Poured me precious mead:<br />Ill reward she had from me for that,<br />For her proud and passionate heart,<br />Her brooding foreboding spirit.</center><center>What I won from her I have well used:<br />I have waxed in wisdom since I came back,<br />bringing to Asgard Odrerir,<br />the sacred draught.</center><center>Hardly would I have come home alive<br />From the garth of the grim troll,<br />Had Gunnlod not helped me, the good woman,<br />Who wrapped her arms around me.</center><center>The following day the Frost Giants came,<br />Walked into Har's hall To ask for Har's advice:<br />Had Bolverk they asked, come back to his friends,<br />Or had he been slain by Suttung?</center><center>Odhinn, they said, swore an oath on his ring:<br />Who from now on will trust him?<br />By fraud at the feast he befuddled Suttung<br />And brought grief to Gunnlod.</center><center>It is time to sing in the seat of the wise,<br />Of what at Urd's Well I saw in silence,<br />saw and thought on.<br />Long I listened to men<br />Runes heard spoken, (counsels revealed.)<br />At Har's hall, In Har's hall:<br />There I heard this.</center><center>Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel:<br />You will fare well if you follow it,<br />It will help you much if you heed it.</center><center>Never rise at night unless you need to spy<br />Or to ease yourself in the outhouse.</center><center>Shun a woman, wise in magic,<br />Her bed and her embraces:<br />If she cast a spell, you will care no longer<br />To meet and speak with men,<br />Desire no food, desire no pleasure,<br />In sorrow fall asleep.</center><center>Never seduce anothers wife,<br />Never make her your mistress.</center><center>If you must journey to mountains and firths,<br />Take food and fodder with you.</center><center>Never open your heart to an evil man<br />When fortune does not favour you:<br />From an evil man, if you make him your friend,<br />You will get evil for good.</center><center>I saw a warrior wounded fatally<br />By the words of an evil woman<br />Her cunning tongue caused his death,<br />Though what she alleged was a lie.</center><center>If you know a friend you can fully trust,<br />Go often to his house<br />Grass and brambles grow quickly<br />Upon the untrodden track.</center><center>With a good man it is good to talk,<br />Make him your fast friend:<br />But waste no words on a witless oaf,<br />Nor sit with a senseless ape.</center><center>Cherish those near you, never be<br />The first to break with a friend:<br />Care eats him who can no longer<br />Open his heart to another.</center><center>An evil man, if you make him your friend,<br />Will give you evil for good:<br />A good man, if you make him your friend"<br />Will praise you in every place,</center><center>Affection is mutual when men can open<br />All their heart to each other:<br />He whose words are always fair<br />Is untrue and not to be trusted.</center><center>Bandy no speech with a bad man:<br />Often the better is beaten<br />In a word fight by the worse.</center><center>Be not a cobbler nor a carver of shafts,<br />Except it be for yourself:<br />If a shoe fit ill or a shaft be crooked"<br />The maker gets curses and kicks.</center><center>If aware that another is wicked, say so:<br />Make no truce or treaty with foes.</center><center>Never share in the shamefully gotten,<br />But allow yourself what is lawful.</center><center>Never lift your eyes and look up in battle,<br />Lest the heroes enchant you,<br />who can change warriors<br />Suddenly into hogs,<br />With a good woman, if you wish to enjoy<br />Her words and her good will,<br />Pledge her fairly and be faithful to it:<br />Enjoy the good you are given,</center><center>Be not over wary, but wary enough,<br />First, of the foaming ale,<br />Second, of a woman wed to another,<br />Third, of the tricks of thieves.</center><center>Mock not the traveller met On the road,<br />Nor maliciously laugh at the guest:<br />Scoff not at guests nor to the gate chase them,<br />But relieve the lonely and wretched,</center><center>The sitters in the hall seldom know<br />The kin of the new-comer:<br />The best man is marred by faults,<br />The worst is not without worth.</center><center>Never laugh at the old when they offer counsel,<br />Often their words are wise:<br />From shrivelled skin, from scraggy things<br />That hand among the hides<br />And move amid the guts,<br />Clear words often come.</center><center>Heavy the beam above the door;<br />Hang a horse-shoe On it<br />Against ill-luck, lest it should suddenly<br />Crash and crush your guests.</center><center>Medicines exist against many evils:<br />Earth against drunkenness, heather against worms<br />Oak against costiveness, corn against sorcery,<br />Spurred rye against rupture, runes against bales<br />The moon against feuds, fire against sickness,<br />Earth makes harmless the floods.</center><center>Wounded I hung on a wind-swept gallows<br />For nine long nights,<br />Pierced by a spear, pledged to Odhinn,<br />Offered, myself to myself<br />The wisest know not from whence spring<br />The roots of that ancient rood</center><center>They gave me no bread,<br />They gave me no mead,<br />I looked down;<br />with a loud cry<br />I took up runes;<br />from that tree I fell.</center><center>Nine lays of power<br />I learned from the famous Bolthor, Bestla' s father:<br />He poured me a draught of precious mead,<br />Mixed with magic Odrerir.</center><center>Waxed and throve well;<br />Word from word gave words to me,<br />Deed from deed gave deeds to me,</center><center>Runes you will find, and readable staves,<br />Very strong staves,<br />Very stout staves,<br />Staves that Bolthor stained,<br />Made by mighty powers,<br />Graven by the prophetic god,</center><center>For the gods by Odhinn, for the elves by Dain,<br />By Dvalin, too, for the dwarves,<br />By Asvid for the hateful giants,<br />And some I carved myself:<br />Thund, before man was made, scratched them,<br />Who rose first, fell thereafter</center><center>Know how to cut them, know how to read them,<br />Know how to stain them, know how to prove them,<br />Know how to evoke them, know how to score them,<br />Know how to send them" know how to send them,</center><center>Better not to ask than to over-pledge<br />As a gift that demands a gift"<br />Better not to send than to slay too many,</center><center>The first charm I know is unknown to rulers<br />Or any of human kind;<br />Help it is named,<br />for help it can give In hours of sorrow and anguish.</center><center>I know a second that the sons of men<br />Must learn who wish to be leeches.</center><center>I know a third: in the thick of battle,<br />If my need be great enough,<br />It will blunt the edges of enemy swords,<br />Their weapons will make no wounds.</center><center>I know a fourth:<br />it will free me quickly<br />If foes should bind me fast<br />With strong chains, a chant that makes Fetters spring from the feet,<br />Bonds burst from the hands.</center><center>I know a fifth: no flying arrow,<br />Aimed to bring harm to men,<br />Flies too fast for my fingers to catch it<br />And hold it in mid-air.</center><center>I know a sixth:<br />it will save me if a man<br />Cut runes on a sapling' s Roots<br />With intent to harm; it turns the spell;<br />The hater is harmed, not me.</center><center>If I see the hall<br />Ablaze around my bench mates,<br />Though hot the flames, they shall feel nothing,<br />If I choose to chant the spell.</center><center>I know an eighth:<br />that all are glad of,<br />Most useful to men:<br />If hate fester in the heart of a warrior,<br />It will soon calm and cure him.</center><center>I know a ninth:<br />when need I have<br />To shelter my ship on the flood,<br />The wind it calms, the waves it smoothes<br />And puts the sea to sleep,</center><center>I know a tenth:<br />if troublesome ghosts<br />Ride the rafters aloft,<br />I can work it so they wander astray,<br />Unable to find their forms,<br />Unable to find their homes.</center><center>I know an eleventh:<br />when I lead to battle Old comrades in-arms,<br />I have only to chant it behind my shield,<br />And unwounded they go to war,<br />Unwounded they come from war,<br />U unscathed wherever they are.</center><center>I know a twelfth:<br />If a tree bear<br />A man hanged in a halter,<br />I can carve and stain strong runes<br />That will cause the corpse to speak,<br />Reply to whatever I ask.</center><center>I know a thirteenth<br />if I throw a cup Of water over a warrior,<br />He shall not fall in the fiercest battle,<br />Nor sink beneath the sword,</center><center>I know a fourteenth, that few know:<br />If I tell a troop of warriors<br />About the high ones, elves and gods,<br />I can name them one by one.<br />(Few can the nit-wit name.)</center><center>I know a fifteenth,<br />that first Thjodrerir<br />Sang before Delling's doors,<br />Giving power to gods, prowess to elves,<br />Fore-sight to Hroptatyr Odhinn,</center><center>I know a sixteenth:<br />if I see a girl<br />With whom it would please me to play,<br />I can turn her thoughts, can touch the heart<br />Of any white armed woman.</center><center>I know a seventeenth:<br />if I sing it,<br />the young Girl will be slow to forsake me.</center><center>I know an eighteenth that I never tell<br />To maiden or wife of man,<br />A secret I hide from all<br />Except the love who lies in my arms,<br />Or else my own sister.</center><center>To learn to sing them, Loddfafnir,<br />Will take you a long time,<br />Though helpful they are if you understand them,<br />Useful if you use them,<br />Needful if you need them.</center><center>The Wise One has spoken words in the hall,<br />Needful for men to know,<br />Unneedful for trolls to know:</center><center>Hail to the speaker,<br />Hail to the knower,<br />Joy to him who has understood,<br />Delight to those who have listened.</center><br />
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In the 1970's this poem was used to form the Nine Noble Virtues by the Odinic Rite and the Asatru Folk Assembly:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Truth</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Honour</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Fidelity</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Discipline</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Hospitality</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Self Reliance</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Industriousness</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Perseverance</li>
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Strength is better than weakness</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Courage is better than cowardice</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Joy is better than guilt</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Honour is better than dishonour</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Freedom is better than slavery</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kinship is better than alienation</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Realism is better than dogmatism</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Vigor is better than lifelessness</li>
<li style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ancestry is better than universalism</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Never to make wrongsome oath: for great and grim is the reward for the breaking of plighted troth.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">To deal not hardly with the humble and the lowly.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">To remember the respect that is due to great age.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">To suffer no evil to go unremedied and to fight against the enemies of Faith, Folk and Family: my foes I will fight in the field, nor will I stay to be burnt in my house.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">To succour the friendless but to put no faith in the pledged word of a stranger people.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">If I hear the fool's word of a drunken man I will strive not: for many a grief and the very death groweth from out such things.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">To give kind heed to dead people: straw dead, sea dead or sword dead.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">To abide by the enactments of lawful authority and to bear with courage the decrees of the Norns.</li>
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A lot of wisdom in these words, and even though these are almost as old as the first written Bibles, the message is much more clear and more readily applied to modern life. Plus now im free to covet my neighbour's ass as much as I please.</div>
</span></center>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-31210361999851868282012-07-05T14:31:00.001+01:002012-07-26T13:48:52.880+01:00Warlord Games plastic Celtic Warriors- unboxing, review and sprue inspectionThis review is for the Warlord Games Celtic Warriors boxed set<br />
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Bought two of these in the past when my army was originally going to be a WAB celtic warband many moons ago. I think they make great bondi, thralls and beserkers for your viking armies though. </div>
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You get these adhesive shield covers to apply to shield faces for easy and speedy decoration. Nice celtic patterns but would also suit Dark Ages armies.</div>
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This is the standard sprue, flipped so you can see both sides. As you can see torsos and legs are separate allowing for loads of combinations. You get 10 torsos per sprue- 2 of which are in chainmail with an awesome mail collar. The detailing is great and very little clean up was needed before putting the kit together. The torsos come with arms already attached, and most already have weapons in their hands. The hnds can be swapped for gripping east plastics vikings very easily and look great as simple conversions.</div>
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The heads glue on to flat plateaus just above their adams apples. They do combine with the gripping beast heads and bodies with a bit of work but its not a perfect mix and tbh you get a lot of heads with both sets so theres no need to go swapping around.</div>
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Along the bottom of each sprue you get your weapons and shields. They combine perfectly with all other 28mm ranges, which is ideal! Nice mix of shield shapes too. </div>
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This is both sides of the upgrade sprue. Unfortunately I took a few guys off here before photographing it, but that shouldn't get in the way. Its almost identical to the standard sprue but this one has a command section where the heads usually are. </div>
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Instead of heads you get a choice of two pagan banner poles, a large carynx war horn on the shape of a boar, two severed heads, a decorative bird and a mane of hair to attach to your leader. The detailing on the standards is great- the boar even has celtic tribal patterns on it. As my army are pagans they fit right in.</div>
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There are no bases supplied but check out <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a> for all your basing needs. They've got everything you'd want, as long as it's in stock!</div>
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So for your money you get 40 multipart posable figures, with a range of weapons, shields and heads and an upgrade sprue. They mix well with other 28mm ranges and although they are designed to be celtic they make perfect thralls, bondi or fyrd. With some minor converting they could also make great beserkers as quite a few of them are half dressed.</div>
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Detailing & sculpting: 9/10- barely any mould lines, great detailing, but lack of poses and joined arms.</div>
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Scaling: 9/10- scale well with most other 28mm ranges, could be slighty chunkier but overall good.</div>
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Ease of construction: 10/10- incredibly easy to build.</div>
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Value for money: 9/10- 40 men in a box is great, although id like to see more upgrade parts!</div>
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Over all: 44/50 - pretty good!</div>
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This review is for the Conquest Games plastic Norman knights set</div>
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This was the first time I've seen inside this box- I've not handled conquest figs before but after hearing good things I gave them ago, and I'm glad I did!</div>
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Although I dont play Normans and dont really like the Norman feel of things, I got these to represent Saxon cavalry or knights brought over form the continent as mercenaries.</div>
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You get 12 cavalry for your money, pretty good value and really nice figs. Thats one commandsprue and 3 standard sprues. You actually get 15 bodies and 12 horses to allow for a bit of variation amongst the unit.</div>
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Heres the sprues:</div>
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This is the 'command' sprue. Comes with a banner arm, horn arm, a stick- not sure why youd go to war with a club when youre a knight but yes a stick, and some sword and spear arms. You also get a choice of round or kite shields which is a nice touch.</div>
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The three torsos are a mix of what looks like chain, boiled leather and quilted leather to give some variation between figures. No heads on this sprue but theyre found on the standard sprue.</div>
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The arms on most, if not all, join just below the elbow. This gives great joins which stick well and look durable but doesn't allow as much free positioning as I'd have liked. You can still get good poses out of them if you fiddle, I would've just preferred a bit extra freedom. </div>
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Over all the scale works well with other ranges, once ive built a few ill add them to the scaling post from yesterday. Their weapons and bodies match up well with other ranges- shame they've been designed so the components don't mix as theres some cool bits on the gripping beast sprue id love to add to these guys.</div>
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All in all, a good set of plastic cavalry. Not too expensive and scale up well with other 28mm dark ages miniatres. Shame they have incompatible components as kitbashing these would be awesome, but their price and the fact theyre all plastic make up for it in my opinion!</div>
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Detailing & sculpting: 9/10- barely any mould lines, good detailing, but lack of poses and joined arms.</div>
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Value for money: 8/10- cavalry are always pricey and i felt these weren't too badly priced, although for the money I would expect more spare parts, alternative helmets and maybe a few axes. Having 15 men and 12 horses seemed strange too, rather lose the 3 spare bodies in exchange for a conversion section. But then again these are the only dark ages cavalry in plastic of this quality on the market, and compared to metal figs are pocket money.</div>
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This review is for the Wargames Factory Viking Huscarls set</div>
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You get 32 multipart, highly detailed figures for your money. And tbh these aren't ever very expensive. I got mine through <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a> , they may still have some in stock I'm not sure.</div>
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They glue together easily and look great. The scale is just right & mixes well with other ranges. The detailing is spot on and easy to paint even for someone with two left hands, like me.</div>
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The torsos and legs come joined in 4 different poses. That doesn't sound a lot seeing as there's 32 of them but with a bit of ingenuity you can arrange them in a rank and you'll never even notice. The torsos come in chainmail with great detailing. The heads go on into sockets in the traditional way, allowing for a great range of movement, although a few do require a bit of trimming along the neck to sit well.</div>
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There are a tonne of arms to allow you to pose your men however you want, some are even included to be used as archers in action poses. Nice to have that for a change. The arms are chainmail to the bicep and then cloth the rest of the way. Great detailing.</div>
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The way you distinguish between the armies is by use of their special army sprues, as shown below!</div>
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You get a mixture of armoured and unarmoured heads, including the factually inaccurate but iconic double horned helmet! Real nice mix of very detailed heads. You also get 8 shields per sprue, so enough to go around the entire set.</div>
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In the bottom right of the left hand sprue, just below the shields is a pair of arms to be used to hold a two handed axe. This great feature saves you from so much fiddly glueing, lifesaver. You also get a pair of bows, spears, a horn, some quivers and a selection of weapons. The Viking sprue has 2 big axes and a few more spears whereas the Saxon sprue has a dragon banner.</div>
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They don't come with bases but for their price it's no biggie to go and buy bases separately. If buying online I recommend <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Famous-Gaming/Bases-/_i.html?_fsub=3250066012&_sid=985621552&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322">Famous Gaming</a> for cheap renedra bases.</div>
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Detailing & sculpting: 8/10- barely any mould lines, good detailing, poses are ok but could be more dynamic and hair could have more texture to it.</div>
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Scaling: 9/10- scale well with most other 28mm ranges, could be slighty chunkier but overall good.</div>
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Amount of bits: 9/10- loads of bits, spare heads and BOWS which are really appreciated. 28mm plastic bows are golddust.</div>
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Ease of construction: 10/10- incredibly easy to build. Having joined legs and torsos was handy.</div>
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Value for money: 9/10- the boxes dont cost the earth and for your money you get enough to start a saga warband or have a chunky regiment for wab/ fog</div>
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Over all: 45/50 - a mighty fine score!</div>
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They glue together easily and look great. The scale is just right & mixes well with other ranges. The detailing is spot on and easy to paint even for someone with two left hands, like me.</div>
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In the bottom right of the left hand sprue, just below the shield is a pair of arms to be used to hold either a dragon banner or a two handed axe. This great feature saves you from so much fiddly glueing, lifesaver. You also get a pair of bows, spears, a horn, dragon banner, some quivers and a selection of weapons.</div>
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They don't come with bases but for their price it's no biggie to go and buy bases separately. If buying online I recommend <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Famous-Gaming/Bases-/_i.html?_fsub=3250066012&_sid=985621552&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322">Famous Gaming</a> for cheap renedra bases.</div>
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Detailing & sculpting: 8/10- barely any mould lines, good detailing, poses are ok but could be more dynamic and hair could have more texture to it.</div>
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Scaling: 9/10- scale well with most other 28mm ranges, could be slighty chunkier but overall good.</div>
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Amount of bits: 9/10- loads of bits, spare heads and BOWS which are really appreciated. 28mm plastic bows are golddust.</div>
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Value for money: 9/10- the boxes dont cost the earth and for your money you get enough to start a saga warband or have a chunky regiment for wab/ fog</div>
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Over all: 45/50 - a mighty fine score!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luckily, in no way did they disappoint!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You get 44 plastic figures in the box, FORTY FOUR.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> That's enough to give a GW CEO a heart-attack.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're spread over 4 standard sprues and 2 command sprues. Let's take a look.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You get a tonne of stuff with these kits. The Saxon kit doesn't have quite as much as the Viking one, but you do get a lot more spears, which makes them perfect for shieldwall arrangements.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bodies and weapons are a bit bigger than most other 28mm scale figs but its a minute difference that is within the realms of possibility. In the real world everyone is a different height and weapons are all different sizes, that's part of realistic gaming, so I welcome the difference. Check one of my previous posts for a scale comparison of these against other figs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saxon and Viking side by side flipped. Notice the Vikings have much more in the way of axes and swords whereas the Saxons have majority spears. Helmets are also very different.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Same shields as the Viking set- round with bossed centres. Shame there's no kite shields included but not the end of the world.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The heads are glued on to a flat plateau neck with the join just above the Adam's apple. This makes a really solid and easy joint without any faff trying to get the heads to fit in place. It does unfortunately also make it hard to mix these torsos with other model ranges but theres enough heads in here to have plenty of options so I wasn't fussed. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> They're also in the perfect positions to form a shieldwall- a major bonus over warlord games ad wargames factory whose figures are in more combat based poses.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Detailing & sculpting: 8/10- few mouldlines in places but over all really good and easily trimmed, great detailing on all hair, beards etc, weapons look great and chainmail is spot on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scaling: 8/10- Bit chunkier than most other brands but mix in ok. Weapons are slightly chnkier than wargames factory but can still be mixed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amount of bits: 10/10- an insane amount of bits! check the pics- you get a tonne of stuff!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ease of construction: 10/10- incredibly easy to build. Having joined legs and torsos was handy, and arms go on easily. Neck joined heads are easy and still allow for posing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Value for money: 9/10- bit pricey compared to other sets but youre getting 44 men- thats a saga warband or for wab/fog either one massive regiment or two regular regiments. Awesome.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So for your money you're essentially getting two regiments or one huge one if you play WAB, or a whole warband if you're playing SAGA. Plus a tonne of stuff for a bits box. AND bases included. The models themselves are of a very high quality, with excellent sculpting and manufacturing. They barely needed trimming before being built, hardly any mould lines at all!</span></div>
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This review is for the Viking Hirdmen box.</div>
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This is the first time I've seen inside the new Gripping Beast Plastics boxes. I've liked their metal models for a long time but these new figures a bit of an unknown entity so I wasn't sure what to expect.</div>
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Luckily, in no way did they disappoint!</div>
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You get 44 plastic figures in the box, FORTY FOUR.</div>
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They're spread over 4 standard sprues and 2 command sprues. Let's take a look.</div>
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Okay so first thing I thought was check out all the extra bits they give you! You get enough spears on each sprue to arm 5 guys with spears and the rest with hand weapons. Or with a bit of chopping, enough to arm everyone with hand weapons. Theres also the option for left handed weapons and a 2 handed mega- axe. The arms are in poses that you'd actually use, which is a nice change to some GW kits.</div>
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The bodies and weapons are a bit bigger than most other 28mm scale figs but its a minute difference that is within the realms of possibility. In the real world everyone is a different height and weapons are all different sizes, that's part of realistic gaming, so I welcome the difference. Check one of my previous posts for a scale comparison of these against other figs.</div>
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This is the reverse of the above sprue. You can see the facing of the shields- standard round with a bossed centre, spot on for Vikings.</div>
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The heads are glued on to a flat plateau neck with the join just above the Adam's apple. This makes a really solid and easy joint without any faff trying to get the heads to fit in place. It does unfortunately also make it hard to mix these torsos with other model ranges but theres enough heads in here to have plenty of options so I wasn't fussed. </div>
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Torsos and leg are joined but are in a range of 5 poses so they don't look too static when ranked up.</div>
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They're also in the perfect positions to form a shieldwall- a major bonus over warlord games ad wargames factory whose figures are in more combat based poses.</div>
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4 come with Mjolnir hammer amulets and one comes with an iron cross necklace.</div>
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Saxon sprue on the left and Viking sprue on the right- can you spot the differences?</div>
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Saxon and Viking side by side flipped. Notice the Vikings have much more in the way of axes and swords whereas the Saxons have majority spears. Helmets are also very different.</div>
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Both sides of the command sprue. You get two torsos, a wolf cloak, a runic sword, a warhorn, shields, single bladed sword and two cool heads. No banner but Vikings weren't that keen on them so it's really no great loss.</div>
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The kit also includes bases! Definite tick for that! Theres a nice selection too, theres 20mm and 40mm squares and then 100 x 20 , 60 x 20 and 40 x 20 strips. So no matter how you want to base them you're covered.</div>
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Detailing & sculpting: 8/10- few mouldlines in places but over all really good and easily trimmed, great detailing on all hair, beards etc, weapons look great and chainmail is spot on.</div>
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Scaling: 8/10- Bit chunkier than most other brands but mix in ok. Weapons are slightly chnkier than wargames factory but can still be mixed.</div>
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Amount of bits: 10/10- an insane amount of bits! check the pics- you get a tonne of stuff!</div>
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Ease of construction: 10/10- incredibly easy to build. Having joined legs and torsos was handy, and arms go on easily. Neck joined heads are easy and still allow for posing.</div>
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Value for money: 9/10- bit pricey compared to other sets but youre getting 44 men- thats a saga warband or for wab/fog either one massive regiment or two regular regiments. Awesome.</div>
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Over all: 45/50 - a mighty fine score!</div>
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So for your money you're essentially getting two regiments or one huge one if you play WAB, or a whole warband if you're playing SAGA. Plus a tonne of stuff for a bits box. AND bases included. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The models themselves are of a very high quality, with excellent sculpting and manufacturing. They barely needed trimming before being built, hardly any mould lines at all!</span></div>
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Awesome kit, will be investing in more!</div>
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The postman delivered a tonne of things I'd ordered through my bro over at <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Famous-Gaming">Famous-Gaming</a> today. </div>
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Pretty exciting haul!</div>
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I'll go through the sprues in detail in seperate posts. There's figures from Gripping Beast, Warlord Games, Wargames Factory and Conquest Games. The bases are all renedra and the spray paint is army painter matt black.</div>
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These figs are almost all boxes I've used previously so I can demo scale for these easily.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">These are the bases i use on my figs. Theyre made by Renedra and are the 100x20mm strips, the 20mm squares and the 25mm round. I got mine through </span><a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Famous-Gaming/_i.html?_nkw=renedra&submit=Search&_sid=985621552">Famous Gaming</a><span class="Apple-style-span">- they're cheap and will always combine postage! </span></div>
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So heres my first rank of men we'll be looking at. We have from left to right:</div>
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warlord games celt, wargames factory viking with germanic celt head, warlord games celt, wargames factory saxon, warlord games celt.</div>
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Heres the same rank with the addition of a Games Workshop Warrior of Rohan. Hes on a much thicker base and still stands a head below the warlord games celt. A few people out there say Rohhirrim make great figs for 28mm saxons. Maybe- if you have a gap in a rank to fill and they're all you have to hand but to be honest they'd look like shortarses compared to any army they faced so I wouldnt be keen. Ive got one or two amongst my army just to stop me losing them but, yeah, regiments of them look tiny. May work better as larger 25mm saxons but I think GW have intentionally made them difficult to scale up against other ranges.</div>
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As you can see all scale up well together, minus the rohan guy who once again looks too small to come and play war. The GBP guys are a bit on the chunky side but make great hearthguard or character bodyguards if fielded en masse or when mixed into mixed ranks just look like slightly taller and burlier men. The GBP do have thicker weapons than warlord and wargames factory but they are still largely interchangeable and work well side by side. So thats 3 providers that all work well together, result.</div>
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Close ups on the rank above, in different configuration. Can you see what I mean about the chunkier GBP figs. I think they still look fine though, especially as so many are squatting to create a shieldwall.</div>
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Comparison with some warhammer fantasy empire- empire are quite a bit larger than everything, except perhaps the GBP saxon next to the priest. I may base up a saxon on a fantasy base and see how they compare to the empire free companies- could be a cheap way of building up a WFB Norse army!</div>
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Another rank, yes i made a booboo and used the same head twice! GBP ranks up fine with warlord games figures as you can see. A more dynamic pose may have done him more justice but thats all i have for now.</div>
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The first 2 units painted!</div>
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Bowmen are a combo of wargames factory celts, ancient germans and viking bondi while the armoured infantry are a combo of wargames factory viking huscarls, saxon thegns and ancient germans, and warlord games ancient celts. </div>
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So this is an update on my ongoing dark ages village project. Looking for a Scandinavian theme pre 1066 so lots of bare wood and thatch. Ive painted a few of the buildings from part 1 but also added in a few more recent builds. Check them put :)</div>
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Thatch detailing- not bad for scourer pads, chopsticks and some cheap paint!</div>
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Grainstore on stilts- stops pesky vermin getting in and the harsh winters ruining your goods!</div>
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The first two buildings I made- chopstick free but look fine alongside the other buildings.</div>
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Hi, been a while since my last post but been mad busy with work and both my cameras have been playing up. Booo.</div>
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Buttttttt I have had time to finish some of the buildings I've been working on, and start a few more besides. Yayyyy!</div>
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So check out a few updates that I'm making. I've split them up for easier viewing :)</div>
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All painted models coming up are painted using these paints</div>
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I also use this spray to undercoat all of my buildings and scenery projects. Its from Poundland and funnily enough costs a pound! It can destroy detail if youre not careful and go in too close with a heavy finger, but with a few light coats it works out fine. Its also ideal for the thatched roofs where you need deep coverage so may need to do repeated sprays.</div>
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After a birthday meal at Yo!sushi I have gained a tonne more chopsticks so thought I'd give another building a go.</div>
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You guessed it- I'm using chopsticks, foamboard, clippers, a craft knife, hot glue gun and some wire. And a cutting mat, always use this if your mum/ partner has a tablecloth. No matter how tacky it is.</div>
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Basing materials supplied by <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a>, check them out!</div>
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The walls were made from some mis-cut bunker sides my brother made for his sets on <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Famous-Gaming?_trksid=p4340.l2563">Famous Gaming</a> Check it out, sells cheap modelling supplies! </div>
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The sides were covered as standard- chopsticks roughly cut for a rough hewn look. Added a snow shelter over the door from the tips of chopsticks and a foamboard offcut. The roof is again two mis-cut sheets, standard foamboard cut by you will work just as well.</div>
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Scourer thatch was starded as per normal, see older posts for a detailed demo. Basically cut to length, split down the middle to thin them, rough them up and overlay them for a realistic look.</div>
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It was then glued to a base, sand was glued on (from famous gaming), undercoated black and left to dry.</div>
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Side by side with another building.</div>
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Scales up perfectly!</div>
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Great build from scrap lying around my house :D</div>
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<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-64558323996254246912012-07-04T18:19:00.002+01:002012-07-05T14:33:52.479+01:00Building a Viking / Saxon Grainstore for 28mm Dark Ages Wargaming<br />
This tutorial is how to make a Scandinavian grainstore- perfect for Vikings or Saxons!<br />
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The methods used on this build are very similar to previous builds so check them out for a more detailed explanation of certain techniques.<br />
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Basing materials supplied by <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a>, check them out!<br />
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Part 1: Materials- Some foamboard, some plastic chopsticks, a craft knife, hot glue gun, ruler and pencil. A sheet of foamboard about A4 size should suffice, I used scraps but you'd have leftovers if you bought an A4 sheet from a shop.</div>
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The foamboard was cut to give a bevelled base and the 4 walls of the building</div>
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I then cut a door from the odd shape left from cutting the two triangles and glued this on. Then I built a frame around the door and a ledge, using the rectangular chopstick ends. I also started to glue the upright chopsticks in place. These were cut into to give a rougher hewn appearance, see my older posts for more on this :)</div>
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I then paired up 10 of the rectangular ends and glued them to the base. These provide the stilts that the building will stand on.</div>
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Tadah! I didnt glue the building on top so it is able to be moved for storage etc. Two beams were added to the roof for extra support and to look fancy. Coming along nicely.</div>
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The roof was made from strips of scouring pad cut and overlaid. Rough them up for a more authentic thatch look.</div>
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After this point more steps were added using the rectangular ends and a chopstick beam frame was added under the building to stop it sliding when placed on the stilts. Then it got undercoated in black spray paint </div>
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The whole thing got painted in burnt umber brown acrylic paint- few coats for the chopsticks and light coats for the roof.</div>
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The roof then got further coats of country maple acrylic to add some highlights.</div>
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It then got a pretty thick brushing of golden brown acrylic- but not completely covering the previous 2 brown layers.</div>
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The base was painted in a similar way- sprayed black, painted with burnt umber, dry brushed with country maple and tan.</div>
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As the pic above shows it works out nicely for scale and is a pretty unusual model- not many people seem to make grainstores for their 28mm. All in all very happy with this build :)</div>
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So as I'm not working today and don't feel like approaching any of my uni work I thought I'd crack on with my attempt at making a 28mm viking village.</div>
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This is the progression from yesterday's posts- I'm working pretty quick on this project.</div>
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If you intend to follow the Jarl's longhouse build, pre-warning you that you'll be needing to eat a lot of asian cuisine.</div>
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Basing materials supplied by <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a>, check them out!</div>
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The Jarl's Longhouse pre-paint looks like this:</div>
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So Part 1: some wicker style fencing & updates from yesterday!</div>
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The kit needed: trusty glue gun with something to stop it dripping on that lovely tablecloth, some chopsticks from Yo! sushi, a length of cut hardboard, some old broken headphones, some wire, clippers and a stanley knife.</div>
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Cut the wire and headphone leads into strips to represent wicker and other bendy boughs from trees and arrange them between the chopstick posts. Add some hot glue here and there to get it to stick together. Trim off any excess glue with the clippers or knife</div>
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Then based it in with PVA glue, an old crappy brush and a basing mix of different sand grains, old plaster bits and small rock particles. All are available at Famous Gaming on eBay, check out their rubble mix, its awesome. Also based everything from yesterday, and added some fine sand to the walls of the buildings to allow for a plaster effect.</div>
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I then moved on to gluing down the thatch roofs form yesterday. I mixed about 70% pva glue to 30% water and put it into a mister bottle, the kind that hair dressers and gardeners use and sprayed it across the roof. You could use pva and a brush but this method is a hell of a lot faster. WARNING: Do this outside unless you like glue EVERYWHERE.</div>
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I like the buildings I made yesterday but I couldnt help thinking they were a bit peasanty and i really needed to get to work on something substantial for my Jarl and his Huscarls to call home.</div>
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For this build I used: hot glue gun, scissors, craft knife, scourer pads, a ruler, a cut rectangle of hardboard as a base, 4-8 pins, lengths of 5mm foamboard offcuts and LOADS of chopsticks. </div>
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I used about 35 chopsticks in total. They're the kind you get from Yo!Sushi and Wagamama's, the nice thick ones not the thin crappy ones Tesco give you with their second rate sushi. I hoard these and have finally found a use for them! If like me you go mad for asian cuisine and like log buildings, give yours a wipe and pocket them for later- they only go in the bin otherwise!</div>
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On to the construction- The side walls were 4.5cm high and 16.5cm long and the gable ends were 9cm wide and 10cm high to the apex. This was partly dictated to by figure scale but mostly down to what was available in my pile of offcuts.</div>
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I then cut the chopsticks to the correct lengths, trimmed them up to make them look for 'loggy' and hot glued them to the face of the foamboard. The overlaps were intentional to allow for a few interlocking sections later on. Notice the red blotches? Yeahhhhh stanley knives are sharp.</div>
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So this continued around the sides, adding glue to the joining areas and leaving the pins in for extra security. I then added two panels for the roof, cut to size. This allowed me to hot glue a chimney made from the square end sections of the chopsticks to the roof. I also used the square ends to add a door frame to the front. The logs down the sides and back were less uniform that the ones on the front on purpose, i wanted a more realistic patchwork kind of look. </div>
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For the thatching I cut the scourer into strips the length of the roof before carefully peeling the strips in half. Also note the extra row of chopsticks on the roof as beams? The scourer fit perfectly with their addition and I dont think they look too out of place.</div>
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I then continued layering until i reached this point, looks pretty good to me! Satsuma.</div>
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The village so far! Once its dried fully: painting!</div>
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I'm reluctant to decide upon which army they are just yet- they are looking to be either Kent or Wessex English Saxons or Danish Vikings but either way they're a scandinavian warband looking to cause trouble. </div>
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Theyre designed to be used with the Warhammer Ancient Battles: Shieldwall supplement.</div>
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The figures are a combination of warlord games celts and wargames factory ancient germans, celts, vikings and saxons, with one or two gripping beast metal figs. The scale is almost identical between models and they rank up well side by side. Hopefully I'll be adding in some gripping beast saxon thegns in a fierce shieldwall formation, they seem to be very similar in scale too. I wanted some of the celtic and germanic elements in the army as this is meant to represent an early scandinavian army, and be used in games in both Scandinavia, England and Europe. Its a toss up between the ordered saxons or the slightly more unpredicatble and chaotic vikings. ATM the saxons are winning in my mind but heyho.</div>
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Originally they were a welsh celtic warband for the Age of Arthur supplement, but the total lack of armour in the army was driving me crazy and as my own beard grew thick and untamed I felt the call of the vikings. I'd like to think ive modelled them in such a way that I can still field a large amount of my army as a celtic force if it was required.</div>
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My army is made up of:</div>
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a general on foot (gripping beast king penda)</div>
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a army standard bearer on foot (gripping beast king penda's banner)</div>
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a pagan priest/ druid (radagast the brown from the GW LotR range)</div>
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That's it for characters at the moment but i intend to be adding a few more in soon.</div>
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62 infantry in light armour with a mixture of hand weapons, shields, spears and double handed axes</div>
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92 infantry in cloth (no amrour) with a mixture of hand weapons, shields and spears</div>
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16 skirmishing archers on round bases in war of the ring movement trays</div>
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16 skirmishing slingers (if playing certain armies) on round bases in war of the ring movement trays</div>
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14 skirmishing javelin throwers on round bases in war of the ring movement trays</div>
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The entire army is mounted on Renedra bases, a mixture of 20mm x 20mm squares, 20mm x 100mm strips and for skirmishers 25mm round bases. </div>
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Basing materials supplied by <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a>, check them out!</div>
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I still have about 40 unarmoured infantry to make into bondi & thralls or ceorls & geburs, bringing the total to at least 240 men. Not a bad start!</div>
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Characters- usually mixed into the army units, Penda and Radagast in a large chunk of Thegns or Huscarls works nicely!</div>
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Time for some much needed painting!</div>
<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940460131706454631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350884148193066568.post-14338349131706903712012-06-11T19:24:00.001+01:002012-07-05T14:34:57.240+01:00Dark Age Buildings for 28mm wargaming- Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey, so for this post I'll be showing some of the buildings I've been working on for my 28mm dark ages wargames. </div>
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Theyre a mix of wattle & daub, log and thatch buildings made to represent scandinavian buildings from around 900AD</div>
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Unfortunately I hadn't taken any pics of the work in progress to get to the stage the models are at in the first pictures, but I'll cover them in a later post :)</div>
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Both the main shell of the buildings and the bases are made form 5mm foamboard. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">These are actually scraps left over from my brother's Warhammer 40,000 bunker set he sells at</span> <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/x-famous_gaming-x/?_trksid=p4340.l2559">Famous Gaming</a> (check him out!)<span class="Apple-style-span"> but can be bought at most craft and modelling stores. They're cheap enough online too.</span></div>
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The building is a gable ended long house with vertical sides at about the same height as a figure. The door may look small, but you wouldn't want big doors in the freezing north! I added some beams to the roof for support and to give it a more scandinavian feel. The card on the foamboard was peeled off so a rough plank pattern could be ethed in around the model.</div>
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This is the equipment and materials needed for the roofing: hot glue gun, scissors, scourer pad without sponge and a building without a roof</div>
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The scourer sheets were 4 for 99p in a local discount store- a great bargain and addition to any scenery maker's workshop! These ones were thick enough to be peeled in half to allow for extra layers and wispy bits to create realistic clumps. Also helped to fill all the pesky holes.</div>
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Then add hot glue to the vertical side and the cross beams and layer on the scourer trips. Once both sides were layered and dry, I thought it looked like it needed some kind of ridge beam to contain the thatch so I added a few spare foamboard rods and chopped into them a bit to turn them into planks.</div>
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This is a triangular house. Judging by a few sources these seemed a popular structure in the dark ages, as people would store their possessions in the corners and then sleep up against them. Would also be a good foodstore.</div>
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I began trying to thatch it with the tufts cut form the shower scrubber used in the crop field build- What a ballache! Definately worth switching to the scourers!</div>
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Finally, this is the beginning of a corral or vegetable patch to go with the buildings. Its just a section of 5mm foamboard, cut with a bevel edge and some cocktail sticks chopped and hot glued in. Soon to be based and either filled with modelled veg or some pigs. On the hunt for some cheap small farmyard animals!</div>
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Okey doke so this is the second part of the post following my attempt at making a crop field for my 28mm dark ages gaming. After making the crop tufts earlier, I then went to my nan's for a cuppa and found she was throwing out some horrendously tacky placemats. Horrendously tacky placemats ideal for turning into scenery bases! So I'll be using one of them for this build, along with the tufts from before. Theyre about 6mm thick, fine corkboard with a card backing so shouldn't warp but are easy enough to get through.</div>
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So I switched to this much more robust stanley knife. The rectangles at jaunty angles on the board were from me testing the size of unit bases against the whole mat to check whether it would be worth making one huge field, but I decided that that would be just too big for realistic gaming. I then marked out two rectangles and cut into them. If you use a similar material for yours dont expect to get through it in a single cut, I repeatedly scored mine with quite a bit of force before I got through.</div>
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Until it reached this stage.</div>
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I hate scenery with a 'step'. What crop field has a neat step up all around it?? None Ive ever seen. So i added a rough bevelled edge around the perimeter with my craft knife.</div>
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I then remarked the size of two unit bases- one 100mm x 80mm renedra movement tray, and one war of the ring infantry movement tray full of archers. its important to mark down the size of your units or else you cant fit them in- it may seem obvious but so many people make these mistakes!</div>
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Both pics show some of my vikings sat happily amongst the crops ready to strike!</div>
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Hi there! This is the first of many posts I'll be making to document my recent foray into the world of Dark Age wargaming in 28mm.</div>
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In this first one ill be showing the beginning stages of a field of crops ill be using during my games. </div>
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They also make awesome tufts of long grass for individual placement on scenery and bases.</div>
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It's a really simple build, using minimal equipment, materials and skill.</div>
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^ This is everything I used. So that's a pair of modelling clippers, a hot glue gun with a few spare glue rods, an old scrubbing brush from the shower that had seen better days (dried out) and some of the paper backings from sticky labels. The cutting board was just so I didn't wreck the tablecloth.</div>
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I wanted to make some crop- like pieces to later glue on to a board to make a simple corn field.</div>
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Gradually working my way through the scrubber.</div>
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After experimenting I found that cutting the bristles off before adding glue was a nightmare and they flew everywhere, so opted to add glue to the tops of the bristle clumps in strips making it a great deal easier.</div>
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Its ok to be liberal with the hot glue, you need to make sure the sides get coated to stop the bristles coming loose and going everywhere. It doesnt matter if a bit gets on the sides as it wil be painted as wet mud and any thick glue clumps at the base will be disguised with sand later.</div>
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Smooth the back of the sticky label over the glue while it is still warm to give it a flat base. This will make it much easier to glue on our board later.</div>
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Peel back the paper and cut off the clumps either in strips, groups or singly. If you've missed any parts add a blob more glue- its worth checking! Gently rub the clumps to remove any stray bristles and keep the loose ones for later.</div>
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This is the finished product ready for applying to the board to make a field. The one on the left is left straight and the one on the right has been bent carefully for a more wild, realistic look.</div>
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This shows how many tufts I made from under half the scrubber. The bottom left shows 2 cut bails i made from putting a small dab of glue on either end then wrapped a thin piece of wire around the centre.</div>
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Will be posting again soon for the next stage!</div>
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