This is the second delayed post from last week, 20 Anglo-Danes to fight against previously painted Norman adversaries, of these 10 are the double handed axe armed Housecarls.
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| All 20 of the completed Anglo-Danes |
To be added to these - hopefully later this week will be 20 more figures, mostly additional Housecarls to form the basis of the Anglo-Dane elites at Hastings for my 1066 Project.
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| 10 Housecarls - plus one! All these figures are Victrix |
These figures were based and then primed with silver paint, prior to a dark wash to help pick out the figures' details- ready for later painting.
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| Close up on 6 of the Housecarls, third from left is standing sharpening his axe |
Most of these figures are high status individuals so I have tried to reflect this in their dress and the use of cloaks and furs to help them stand out. Many of the figures are Victrix and as such have a distinctive feel to them when compared to the Gripping beast figures I have for the rest of the Anglo-Dane Army.
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| Another for Victrix Housecarls. I broke the axe shaft for the guy on the right so now he is relegated to using a hand axe and demoted from the Housecarl gang! |
After the application of colours suitable for their varied clothing, a number of different coloured washes were applied to add shading and again pick out detail.
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| 5 Wargames Factory (now Warlord Games) figures 'upgraded using spare Victrix parts - heads, weapons etc |
Matt Varnish was applied before basing in my usual manner.
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| Final four figures, a Victrix Earl on left, three more 'upgraded' Wargames Factory figures, slinger on right and clubman second right |
