Tag: Vikings

  • WHAT – Urd and Brimir’s Hold

    WHAT – Urd and Brimir’s Hold

    Campaign Preparation Characters The characters were created the normal way characters are created in WHAT (Warrior Heroes Adventures in Talomir) with two exceptions. Since this is the tale of two sisters, Urd and Tofa, I decided to give Tofa a single Star Power die, and I eliminated Alignment all together. Though we as humans often…

  • January 2025 Wrap Up

    January 2025 Wrap Up

    As January comes to an end, it’s time to look at what I got done hobby wise and plan what I would like to get done in February. I didn’t get to play any games, though I put into motion games and campaigns to play later in the year. Here’s what I’m working on, I…

  • Last Painted Figures of the Year

    Last Painted Figures of the Year

    I came nowhere near my goal, it was very ambitious, in painting figures for the year. The reason for that is simple, I still think I can do everything I could when I was thirty. However, a body that has finished seven decades of life and then some, tends to laugh at what I think…

  • 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…