Saga Army Showcase: Anglo Saxons

To continue on with my current enthusiasm for Saga (and after finishing my last warband), here is 6 Points worth of Anglo Saxons that i finished today ready to roll out and form up on the battlefield! I took about 4 points (with a little bit extra) worth of these guys from my Impetus collection but to round it out to 6 points without thinning the impetus army too much, I painted up another point of warriors (8 minis) and then another 2 figures in mail. So basically i've ended up with 1 Point of levy and 5 points of Warriors. However I've done it in a fashion were there is a good amount of mail wearing warriors that could easily be separated for a hearthuard unit or two. 

Shieldwall forming up!

 Warlord Stand.

 1 point of Levy armed with spear and shield.

 1 fresh point of Warriors

 Another point of Warriors

 The full 6 points in all its glory!

Most of the miniatures are Crusader Miniatures, they probably suit around 800AD onwards (to around 1066) so middle to late and could easily pull double duty as Anglo-Danes aswell... Mind I'd probably throw in some Dane Axes and possibly a kite shield or two if I went that route.

Cheers for looking, Happy gaming.

Saxon WIP for Impetus

Today I got a bit more work done on my Saxon army for Impetus.
33 more figures have been mounted onto their 120x60mm bases and have had Pumice applied for texture. Over the weekend I'll add  a few coats of paint,flock and tufts to these guys, which will bring my army nearer to completion. I think once these 3 are complete I'll only have about 4 or 5 units to go!

These 3 units will all be part of the Mercian force led by Athelstan's brother, Edmund.

Photos from the Blackberry.

 Close up of a couple of Saxon Ceorls

 

 

Mixed Thegn and Ceorl Unit.

 

 

 

 

Most of the Figures from this batch are from Crusader Miniatures which are all great sculpts, and a treat to paint.

 Sorry about the photo quality, my phone does its best though in the absence of my Wife's camera.

28mm Saxons

The newest recruits to the Saxon army I am building for the Battle of Brunanburh project. It will be our big end of year game.

I painted these guys last night using mainly drybrushing and simple layering (2 layers) with the occasional highlight. I have a large amount of these to paint this year so the aim is to use quick and simple techniques that look good en masse and only going back to correct major botches.. I can live with the small ones and the occasional crazy eyes!

The figures are from Crusader.

Thegn Unit, painted and ready for basing;

These will be based on either 120 x 60mm bases or two 60 x 60mm  bases for Impetus/Basic Impetus. This basing will also let me use them for Piquet.