"PIctish farmstead for Saga" Topic

I have been working, in small increments, through most of the summer on a 15mm Saga project. I had painted up a force of Picts to use against a friend's Anglo-Danes, but when he lost interest in Saga, I decided to put together a force of Vikings, so I could provide both sides at club night.

I don't own much terrain that would be really appropriate for the Viking era, aside from the usual felt forest outlines and stand-alone trees, and I wanted to be able to play some raid scenarios, which require something more than empty forest to raid. Rather than build more scatter terrain to go with my usual setups, I decided it was a good time to do something I've been thinking about for a while: build a proper diorama-style board, and put the sort of time and attention into it that would be wasted on a scatter-terrain board.

It's a good thing I enjoyed the process of building this board, because the question of how much use I'll get out of it, compared to the time I spent building it, is still open. It will see first blood this Friday, though, with a scenario designed specifically for this setup.

More pics at my phlog here: link

Looks great! Amazing detail, especially for 15mm.

Very Nice!!!!

Lovely work, Snod! That will be a treat to play on.

Your opponent will be too busy admiring the scenary to concentrate on your clever tactics.

That is brilliant!

Wow, outstanding work, very impressive!

Thanks for the comments, chaps. I hope to get some more photos of the board in play on Friday. It will be a bit crowded, even at half-scale, with four warbands fighting over it!

Very, very nice!!!

I hosted a game at club night on Friday, using a custom scenario I created for this board.

I posted a brief write-up and more photos at my phlog here: link

Awesome!