Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar - El Cid

A few extra shots I took of my El Cid model this morning.

Again, as mentioned in my previous post today, this sculpt is the Bee's knees. Can't wait to storm the tabletop and roll horribly with this guy leading the charge..

Pretty sure Im done painting and sporadically posting for the year so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Cheers to all who've stopped by to check things out this year and all the best for 2017.

Saga Spanish Update #3 - 4 Points Complete!

Done! 4 Points Spanish Warband ready for SAGA: Crescent and Cross

I've hit my amended target to get these guys ready for the tabletop before Christmas. As a little bonus I added in the amazing El Cid figure from Gripping Beast. Its an amazing sculpt by Angel Terol, and is easily one of the best historical miniatures I've had the pleasure of throwing paint at.

The Warband consists of;

Warlord 

8 Caballeros

8 Mounted Jinetes

12 Levies w/ bow.

So here we are, the full 4 points following the mighty Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar into battle!

El Cid.

Jinetes

Keen as a bean to get some games in with these guys while I'm on holidays.

Cheers.

Saga Spanish Project Update #2

Here we are! Back with another update on my Spanish Saga Warband project. Well, things didnt exactly go to plan. I was hoping to smash out atleast a unit every week or so but as usual, life does life and wargaming went to the back of the line. Anyway, I'm on holidays now and have managed to finish off 8 Mounted Caballeros (hearthguard). I had started these sometime in November so they didnt take too much more to get over the line.

 As usual with Gripping Beast, nice clean sculpts make for easy work.

I've now just got 8 Mounted Jinetes (warriors) and the Warlord to go. I've already started the horses so will hopefully have the whole 4 points tabletop ready by Christmas!

Saga Spanish Project Update #1.

So after winning a 4pt Spanish starter set at the QNK's premier event's Saga tournament I thought i might as well pull my finger out and throw some paint at 'em!  I'll try and get the whole 4 points complete over the next few weeks. This is no easy task at my place with full time work, spending time with Wifey, and full time Dad duty to 4 kids (quite happily) taking up the bulk of my time. Nontheless I'm determined to get this little project done in a timely manner. 

I've got a couple of tournaments coming up in the next few months so this will give me another Warband to add to my repertoire. Though i'll probably have to grab a couple more figures to round it out to 6 or 7 points worth.. More choice is always a good thing!

 I've taken the easy road and started out with the 12 Levy Archers. Pretty clean sculpts and nice and easy to pop the bow in place. The rest of the Warband from the box comes mounted so i'll have to get my horse painting cap on from way back when i painted up some mounted figures to add to my Welsh. Should be fun.