| EricThe Shed | 13 Jan 2019 5:02 a.m. PST |
Hot on the heels of my completed Norman Army comers my Saxon Army – these two have taken the best part of nine months to paint and I am very relieved they are almost all finished Lots of pictures on the blog
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More soon… |
jurgenation  | 13 Jan 2019 5:59 a.m. PST |
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| Huscarle | 13 Jan 2019 6:40 a.m. PST |
Very impressive, but they still look more like a Viking army to me; too many beards. The Bayeaux Tapestry only shows 1 or 2 Saxons with beards, all of the rest have moustaches or are clean-shaven. I guess beards could have been more popular in the old Danelaw regions, so perhaps a Northumbrian army or one led by Canute? My other quibble is why do manufacturers not correctly show the Housecarles using their left-handed swing for their danish axes to strike their opponent's unshielded side? I think even GB have only 2 figures using the left-handed swing. |
| skipper John | 13 Jan 2019 6:51 a.m. PST |
HOT DANG!! That's a bunch of Saxons! Huscarle don't be such a downer… Could you do what he's done? I sure couldn't. |
| EricThe Shed | 13 Jan 2019 7:00 a.m. PST |
Huscarle Thanks for your input – the Saxon Army will also be used as Vikings – so that way get two bangs for my buck ;-) |
 aegiscg47 | 13 Jan 2019 7:15 a.m. PST |
Always refreshing to see large armies on the tabletop in this day and age of the hobby. Well done. |
| rustymusket | 13 Jan 2019 7:50 a.m. PST |
I am overwhelmed by the size of the forces! Thanks for posting. Makes my 100 figure Arthurian army seem puny. |
| Legends In Time Skip | 13 Jan 2019 8:20 a.m. PST |
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| Cooldude | 13 Jan 2019 9:46 a.m. PST |
Always impressive stuff Eric! I have no idea how you are able to get through such a vast number of figures in a relatively short period of time. Really amazing stuff. I always look forward to your blog updates and really appreciate you sharing. Thanks and have a great week! |
| Pauls Bods | 13 Jan 2019 10:46 a.m. PST |
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| IronDuke596 | 13 Jan 2019 11:11 a.m. PST |
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| mghFond | 13 Jan 2019 11:50 a.m. PST |
Now that looks like an army! |
| wrgmr1 | 13 Jan 2019 1:55 p.m. PST |
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| Leadjunky | 13 Jan 2019 2:40 p.m. PST |
Very impressive collection. Didn't know about a left handed swing. It does make tactical sense though. Great job and I am sure a lot of hours of dedicated painting. Can't wait to see them posted in some battle reports. |
 BigRedBat  | 13 Jan 2019 2:49 p.m. PST |
Most impressive- a whole lot of painting! |
 Herkybird | 13 Jan 2019 3:28 p.m. PST |
Its always a relief to finish an army, I am sure you will get many hours of fun playing with them! |
| Fish | 13 Jan 2019 3:36 p.m. PST |
Sheeet! That is a lot of Saxons! |
| EricThe Shed | 14 Jan 2019 12:22 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys…the first battle wont be until the spring but looking forward to it already |
| Major Function | 14 Jan 2019 2:41 a.m. PST |
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| Spooner6 | 14 Jan 2019 8:13 a.m. PST |
That is impressive. You will have to post game pictures to show off both armies. I agree with Aegisgc47, I enjoy seeing the big armies. Chris |
| EricThe Shed | 14 Jan 2019 11:05 a.m. PST |
Thanks Guys – for some strange reason I started building big armies about five years ago. Each year I try to add another to the list – so far Ihave done Crusades, English Civil Wars, Napoleonics & Colonial (sudan & zulus)… I have worked out the optimum number of troops (28mm) I can field on each side is about 500-600 aside and then the table starts to become crowded. Watch out on the blog for the next project (actiually there are two in the pipeline |
| Mkultra99 | 14 Jan 2019 11:18 a.m. PST |
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| EricThe Shed | 14 Jan 2019 12:03 p.m. PST |
at the moment we need to decide between Hail Caesar and To the Strongest – going to playtest both in the next few weeks to see which will work for the really big game |
| Louie N | 14 Jan 2019 7:20 p.m. PST |
Awesome Congrats. So many beards! |
| Must Contain Minis | 14 Jan 2019 9:39 p.m. PST |
What a nice looking army. Congratulations! |
gets medieval.
