Thursday 12 July 2012

A small hird, really small


I just finished some more of Gripping Beast excellent plastic hirdmen. Heavy armored and armed these boys are ready to go Viking.
Slowly slowly my hird is growing.








I mixed in some parts from the `not so good´ wargames factory Viking box, a head and some arms and shields to add some more variety.
The chainmail didn´t turn out that good, it could need a wash or so. The shadowing effect on the spears and axes does not look as I intended. But they will do, there’s plenty of other miniatures that screams for some paint. 
Atleast some of the handpainted shield turned out good.

2 comments:

  1. Looks bloody good to me! Try painting the mail black or really dark brownish black, then giving it the lightest drybrush.

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  2. Thanks Mitch.
    Now that I come to think about it, you are absolutely right. Chain mail is not all shimmery metallic but rather grayish with just a touch of metallic. I will definitely try that on next batch of Vikings.
    Thanks again.

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