Category: Early Medieval Period (Dark Ages)

  • Viking Warband

    Viking Warband

    This week I continued to work on my 1015 project and was able to paint 30 Vikings to a tabletop standard – in other words, they look great from 3 feet away. The figures are from Wargames Foundry and have been in the paint queue for way too long. I’ll be using the Captains and…

  • Viking Archers

    Viking Archers

    In the battles of early medieval Europe, archery is seldom mentioned unless by some fluke an important nobleman had the bad luck of being severely wounded or killed by an arrow. The main reason was that while almost anyone could use a bow, so few were skilled with it. So, the bow found its primary…

  • Northmen and Barbarians (NSFW)

    Northmen and Barbarians (NSFW)

    Once again, a post has the NSFW, Not Safe for Work, rating because one young lady is topless. The ancient writers tell us that women in battle would expose a breast to allow men to know that she who could bring life into the world could also take it out. The probable truth is that…

  • More Shieldmaidens

    More Shieldmaidens

    Finally finished the Bad Squiddo Shieldmaidens I had purchased a year ago. The Berserkers are sold in a pack and the heroines are sold individually. There are still several figures in the range which I do not own, maybe someday. Berserkers The Heroines Summary With the completion of these 9 shieldmaidens, the total number of…

  • Shield-Maidens

    Shield-Maidens

    Months ago, I purchased the Shieldmaiden Warband bundle and a few extra figures from Bad Squiddo games. I just finished painting the two packs of Warriors with Spears. I really like the way they turned out and fit well with figures from Wargames Foundry and Artizan Designs. Ready to play some Great Hall Burning from…