The everything miniatures wargaming thread

[Jacob]

Oooh... thanks for the tip. Added to my list.

[The Brain]

Finished some Viking archers. So now a basic Viking warband is done as well.



Since Normans, Saxons, and Vikings look not completely dissimilar I have marked the bottom of the bases of all models with a sharpie S for Saxon etc. Of course if they look the same it doesn't really matter, but I like to know what they're supposed to be without having to think.

[Caliga]

Never opened this thread before.  Wow, nice job guys. 

I'd like to get into miniatures gaming but I don't know if I will be.... er, allowed to take up all the space.

[The Brain]

Never opened this thread before.  Wow, nice job guys. 

I'd like to get into miniatures gaming but I don't know if I will be.... er, allowed to take up all the space.

If you were allowed, what kind of miniature gaming would it be?

[PDH]

Never opened this thread before.  Wow, nice job guys. 

I'd like to get into miniatures gaming but I don't know if I will be.... er, allowed to take up all the space.

My eyesight for this went about a decade ago - too much masturbation I guess...or not enough.  I live vicariously through this thread.

[Caliga]

If you were allowed, what kind of miniature gaming would it be?

I like your Viking/Saxon miniatures.

[The Brain]

If you were allowed, what kind of miniature gaming would it be?

I like your Viking/Saxon miniatures.

Flattery and dodge? You'll go far, son.

But seriously, cool and thanks.

[The Brain]

Some Viking reinforcements. These are all V&V Miniatures. They are great sculpts, a better painter would do them justice in a way I cannot. My only nitpick is that the shieldmaiden's feet are as big as the men's. My guess is the sculptor used some feet he had around ("feet is feet").

[The Brain]

I couldn't resist this Odin figure from Footsoore Miniatures. I like the portrayal of the Weary Wanderer leaning on his spear, an old man but still tall and powerful. I'm not a huge fan of the eyepatch, an item that isn't associated with Odin, but I suppose it's a way to make obvious in 28mm scale that he has only one eye. I noticed after taking the pic that he had lost some paint on his spear and pants during basing, so I've fixed that. I added the wolves from Warlord Games. They have gotten a very basic even grey fur, because I'm not gonna attempt to paint realistic fur.

The reason I painted him is that I have a vague idea of having religious effects available to the warbands, different for every religion, and all illustrated by some kind of model to put on the table. Possibly bought as a Stratagem, or maybe "summoned" by a religious model (priest or similar). The Vikings could for instance get an Odin Is Watching effect, maybe a random combat bonus that is likely to be positive but can be negative since Odin is fickle and is collecting warriors for Valhalla. So you place Odin somewhere on the table to remind you of the effect. If I'm feeling really granular the effect could in theory have different strengths illustrated by the number of wolves (0-2) also present. In a historical setting the religious effects can be considered purely psychological, but in a low fantasy setting the effects could conceivably get more fantastical.

[The Brain]

The start of an Irish warband. These are V&V Minis.

The Irish are likely to be called on to Count As Scots or whatever if the need arises. Unless I spot some cool figs of course...

[Jacob]

Nice as usual

You decided against shield transfers on the Irish / Scots/ Scots-Irish?

I've slowly been painting a few more minis. I'll share when I reach a decent number (and get around to take photos).

[The Brain]

Yeah, Little Big Men don't do transfers for V&V Minis (yet...?). And the Irish aren't known (to me) for any special shield design that you feel honor-bound to represent. And as a virtue out of necessity a lack of transfers makes the figs a bit more generic and thus more flexible (when you don't paint intricate stuff by hand which I don't). If I really wanted to I could try to find some transfers (for other figs) that fit some of the shields okayish, but I decided against this.

Share when you're comfortable.

[The Brain]

Some Irish slingers, and a priest. The priest is from Stronghold Terrain, but my impression is that it's a Brother Vinni sculpt (sold legally by Stronghold). I decided not to include his flowing cape.

[The Brain]

Some more Irish. I now have a basic Irish warband finished as well. Nice.

I glued a piece of metal under the base of the standard bearer for better balance. He could stand up without it, but better safe than sorry. The resin figures are very light.

[Syt]

So apparently this was a necessary clarification?

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/19/the-imperium-is-driven-by-hate-warhammer-is-not/

(all emphasis theirs)

The Imperium Is Driven by Hate. Warhammer Is Not.

There are no goodies in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

None.

Especially not the Imperium of Man.

Its numberless legions of soldiers and zealots bludgeon their way across the galaxy, delivering death to anyone and anything that doesn't adhere to their blinkered view of purity. Almost every man and woman toils in misery either on the battlefield – where survival is measured in hours – or in the countless manufactorums and hive slums that fuel the Imperial war machine. All of this in slavish servitude to the living corpse of a God-Emperor whose commandments are at best only half-remembered, twisted by time and the fallibility of Humanity.

Warhammer 40,000 isn't just grimdark. It's the grimmest, darkest.

The Imperium of Man stands as a cautionary tale of what could happen should the very worst of Humanity's lust for power and extreme, unyielding xenophobia set in. Like so many aspects of Warhammer 40,000, the Imperium of Man is satirical.

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