Just short little post here but wow two in about 24 hours! A record for me! These are some Gripping Beast Crossbowmen painted for Chris A’ Byzantine SAGA warband. Yep Chris wants all the possible options and since I had already done some work on this war-band he commissioned me for these. These are the last of 4-5 extra units I did for expanding the original War-band he bought from Stevie G. It must be up to 12 plus points or more!
I think they painted rather well and hope Chris likes them, but I sure wish he’d let me upgrade them with bow strings and bolts! They would really be an eye catcher on the table!
The figures actually paint up nice and were not to bad flash wise. I didn’t like that there were 12 figures in the unit and only 4 variations to the figure. I worked hard to make them look individual as possible but still have a unified appearance, does that even make sense, you get it, right?
I love the “bowl” haircuts on some of them and I gave a few the “5 o’clock” shadow.
I liked the heads on these guys, some having a distinctly roman look while others more barbarian looking, right for this period at what might be said was the close of the Roman Empire. With my working on the house and finishing up projects preparatory to moving out of state, I have been trying to clear my shelf of partially completed paint projects. Both these last posts were projects off that self, finished yea!
Looking good,Bill! Age of Crusades Byzantines one of the top boards so should be fun for Chris! Plus you can play/proxy them forward and backward into 2 other books so that’s a bonus.
Moving out of state? You wouldn’t be moving to Minnesota, would you? It’s a silly question but I had to check.
Thanks for the feedback Monty, Yea they are a cool warband and I thought about building my own but I have 7 SAGA warband now and don’t play them enough so “do I need another?” will see, I sold off Skraelings, Pagan Rus, and still have another full set of Vikings for a second Norse Gael Warband… I have been looking at a set of rules called IMPETUS 2 that will allow me to use the SAGA mounted figures for bigger battles in a more traditional format (more figures/units)
As for moving, no not Minnesota, although I grew up in northern Illinois and spent all my summers with grandparents near St Paul and love the area. I’m going east of the Mississippi perhaps Tennessee or N Carolina area. Perhaps I’ll see you at conventions!
I’ve been eyeing Asheville NC for retirement. I understand they have a good gaming scene (critical)! Good luck on the big move Bill. Oh and I loved Impetus 1 so I bet 2 is even better!