28mm Angry Monks for sale

These angry guys have just gone on eBay, the links below. Dougie
eBay

28mm SAGA Normans Part 4

3 points of Mounted Hearthguard added and my 4 point starter warband complete. Dougie

4 points of Normans

28mm SAGA Normans Part 3

1 point of levy bowman. Dougie

28mm SAGA Normans Part 2

My warlord base finished. Dougie

28mm SAGA Normans Part 1

As I mentioned in a previous post I recently picked up a nicely painted 28mm Norman Warband for SAGA. There were enough mounted figures to form 3 Hearthguard units and have a single mounted Warlord. 2 of the 12 knights were command really, a horn blower and a standard bearer and as I wanted a Warlord base, I got a pack of Perry Norman Knights from thier 1st Crusade range which would leave me with a 3 mounted figure Warlord base, which is what I wanted. Of the 12 levy figs, 3 of them were the Gripping Beast armed monks which are nice but I wanted the 12 as archers so replaced them with 3 generic archer figs which I think are Curteys.
All I've got to do is base them, I use 2 pence pieces for the foot figures, WarBases mdf pre cuts for the cavalry and Warlord stand.  Dougie
3 of the bought painted Levy, I've finished the base on the centre fig.

The 3 replacement bows I painted.

The Warlord stand, all I've done is add a Little Big Men Studios banner.

Blog update

It's been quite a while since I updated the blog, mainly due to my retirement from work and the number and frequency of holidays I've had to take with my good lady and the boys!
Any hoo major building work has commenced at Casa Robinson and it won't be finished till the new year so I'm hopeful of getting more posts on. On the gaming front I've not done a whole lot but picked up a very nice 28mm Norman Warband for Saga and a unit of Late Roman Cataphracts for my Dux Bellorum stuff, the 28mm Modern Afghan Brits are progressing as well.
To kick off with the Normans are very tidily painted but they were on winter snow bases which were nice but wouldn't go with my Vikings so they've been removed. I got sufficient forces to cover a warlord base, 3 units of mounted hearthguards and a unit of levy bowman.
I very very rarely paint mounted figures and I've knocked a couple of Perry Norman Knights up from their First Crusade range, I followed my normal super matt varnish procedure and I'm thinking the horses look quite dull and lifeless, the ones I bought have a bit of a sheen and I'm thinking I like that look better. There's 2 photos below and I'd be interested to know what you folks think looks the best?
First off is my super matt version

Below is the bought version with horse flesh sheen!

Please post your thoughts but I'm heading toward a satin sheen! Dougie

Saga 3pts added

Another 3 points of troops added and starter force now complete. Dougie

Saga

Another set of rules I've had for some time and just getting around to sorting suitable figures! Saga is a very clever set of Dark Age skirmish rules available from Gripping Beast you don't need many figures at all, my 4 point Viking starter warband is composed of a Warlord base and 4 units of Hearthguards, thats only 16 figures!

In this period Gripping Beast are the boys for suitable figures so I pick up a box of their plastic Viking Hirdmen and also a pack of metal Ulfednar Berserkers, well you have to don't you? I also got a banner sheet and shield transfers from Little Big Men Studios now these really set the figures off and are very easy to use. Now on to the Figures! Dougie
The Warlord base, figures from the GB plastic Viking Hirdmen box.

Ulfednar Berserkers, figures GB metals

So all I've now got left are 12 more plastic Hirdmen for the other 3 units and I'm done. At the moment they're primed and based so I should get them finished in the next few days.