Here is the final unit of pagan English for my Dux Bellorum army.
These are a mix of a final Black tree design that I found after I'd painted all the rest ,a couple of Ebay purchases and seven figures from the 1970s that were painted in enamels, Ral Partha and Asgard and were regularly used as characters and non player characters in D&D games.
I've given them a wash ,touched up the metal here and there and painted the flesh in my usual elf flesh which I have almost used up,bit worrying as I think GW stopped making it years ago and I haven't found a good substitute yet!
I've painted the shields to match the rest of the army. They're not terribly kosher as they're mostly Vikings or Varagnians but it uses up some figures that have spent 40 years sitting in various cardboard boxes in various lofts and finishes an army off!
Oh and I know I'll have to finish the sabot bases off at some point!
All the best
Iain
Very cool figures, Iain. Elderly Pagans...very nice! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean! They are both elderly and pagan!
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The figure with the raised shield (overhead) is both nicely posed and unusual. is that by chance as Asgard figure?
ReplyDeleteHi Norm, I don't know, he was part of a job lot of Ebay figures I got,he's actually an archer with an enormous shield which I didn't think worked so I gave him a spear instead, so no clearer!
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These are a bit of a motley crew but I like them!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan! I think I agree with you!
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It warms my heart to see those Ral Parthas (I had the same figs back in the day: the fellows swinging their swords two handed from the waist--vikings, I believe). I'm still painting with enamels, though (never made the transition).
ReplyDeleteI think the Ral Partha figures were some of the best 25mm figures sculpted, lovely details,I have quite a few, mostly renaissance and hope to paint more up in the future! I'm not the biggest fan of white spirits, although enamels have terrific opacity!
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Splendid work Iain, the unit really hangs together well.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Michael!
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Elderly pagan English immediately put me in mind of my father, who thankfully is still alive and in lockdown. Great job, and I was a big fan of the GW Elf flesh until I discovered the Foundry flesh triad, which when combined does not look too dissimilar.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence! Glad to hear your father's well,no doubt preparing for his midsummer festival!
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Really nice. The overall composition is scary!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber! That's good?!
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Excellent unit!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cyrus!
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Top stuff as usual.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark! More hairy dark age types!
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A nice mix of figures and "waste not, want not" as the Victoriand would have said....sanctimonious so and so's that they were!
ReplyDeleteA bastion of Victorian values me! Cheers Keith!
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Nice work!
ReplyDeleteThe pagan pensioners. "Give me that old time religion." ha ha
Thanks Fitz! Yes, just don't get in any wicker men!
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Awesome work!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michal!
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Nice work Iain and good repurposing of Old figures 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt! Good to use up old but decent figures, more on the way!
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Excellent work Iain, and great that you'v managed to repurpose some old models to finish the unit
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave! Nice to find another use for them!
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Good to know you give a chance to such veterans :) Nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dmitry! Always good to have veterans!
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Great looking unit!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Simon!
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Great looking dark age warriors and a witty post title. One day, I’m gonna have to learn who this Ral Partha was, as I see it mentioned so often.
ReplyDeleteGW has always had the worse names for its paint colors. 😀
Thanks Stew! Ral Partha were an American figure company in the late 1970s/80s at the time I thought oh well the US are going to dominate figure design for the foreseeable future, I'm mean there was a small company with a pair of twins in Nottingham but no way would they end up dominating figure design or anything. Don't take my advice about investing in anything, I'm not giving it! GW do have lousy names for paint, oh yes!
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nice job lain a good number of new warriors for your army.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Ronin!
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Great mix of figures Iain, makes for a well animated unit. I think I know a Pagan Pensioner, an old mate from my Hawkwind days!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lee! That would have been the British tribal music period I guess!
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Wonderful to see old figures re-purposed, I think many more of us should dig out older figures and do the same.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking 'rough' unit and the shields are probably suitable for a huge chunk of history.
Thanks Joe! Yes nice wide chunk of time I hope!
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A ragged bunch that looks like they mean business; they didn't get to be elderly lying in bed all day, after all! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter! You don't get old in the dark age warfare business without learning a few tricks!
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Thanks a lot Phil!
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Wizened and pagan to boot! Lovely lot mate and nice to see some old minis getting a new lease on life too
ReplyDeleteThanks Dai! Yes, good to give some old lead a second life!
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