SotHT: Stairs 'Primed'.

I attached the constuction to a block of wood, using 'sticky-tack', and pulled out my dark brown artist's acrylic paint to get the whole thing sealed/satiated with paint before I start using my expensive model colours.

And, yes, it is still wet in that picture!

GB Dark Age Warriors WIP 5

Slapped a bit of filler on the bases today.

During the process, I managed to ruin the plastic tube containing the filler (it is like a large toothpaste tube), squeezing it too tight at the middle, so the back end popped open, spilling some of the stuff onto my apron (which I, luckily, had remembered to don).

I put the broken tube in a plastic bag, and sealed it with a rubber band, after adding a few drops of water to keep the filler moist.

SotHT: Stairs Based!

After playing around with Gripping Beast plastics for a couple of days, I decided to glue the metal base to the stairs, after all.

GB Dark Age Warriors WIP 4

My in-laws left early this afternoon, so I managed to pull some stuff back out and assemble the swordsman and the spearman.

Using the helmeted head with the big beard, I should have fixed the shield in place before the head, as the shield couldn't get a snug fit.

Note to self:

Dry-fit parts before deciding which combinations to use!

Next step for these is putting some filler on the bases.

GB Dark Age Warriors WIP 3

Some progress.

The helmeted head is from the Viking Hirdmen set.

Dark Age Warriors WIP 2

Got up at 1.15 p.m. so I thought I would continue working on this little batch of plastic men.

There are five minis per sprue, which is a manageable number to do in oine go - I just have to wait for the glue to dry afte attaching the bodies to the washers.

I am doing this batch with mixed weapons, as I intend to initially use them as a small group from a settlement nearby the village of our RPG characters, coming to steal supplies in the night.

I plan to use a helmeted head from the Viking Hirdmen (there are plenty of extra heads in all the sets, which is absolutely great!) set on a guy with a sword, to mark him as leader (and freeman; the others could, theoretically, be thralls).

I am thrilled about the legio possibilities for using these minis, and I think shall get quite a few done over the next couple of weeks!

Dark Age Warrior WIP

I was sleeping until 4 p.m. after working last night, and the afternoon was dry and sunny, so I decided to spend the rest of it in the garden, digging up some of the last potatoes (they seem to be quite all right, although they have been in the ground all winter).

I managed to start prepping and assembling my first Dark Age warrior, after pondering a bit about what size washer to base them on (I really could have used a 21 mm or 22 mm washer, but they do not seem to be available here in Denmark).

I opted for 20 mm, which requires some of the integral base be cut away, but 'levy' infantry like this should not have too prominent bases, I think.

I shall finish this one and do a couple more tomorrow afternoon/evening.