The Dragon People

[Toby]

I paint up til 8, plus Hayley was out last nightm, is out tonight and tommorrow morning so I've got a fair bit of free time to get it all done.

[Toby]

1st unit of Hirdmen is complete and looking pretty good. Below is a rubbish picture so you'll just to trust me that they look ok!



General - 200 -Undercoated & based
ASB - 100 - undercoated & based
3 Beserkers - 54 - Complete!

24 Hirdman, 8 Sp, 2 DHW, FC - 371 - 13 painted 11 undercoated & based
24 Hirdman, 8 Sp, 2 DHW, FC - 371 - Complete!
25 Bondi, FC - 190 - Complete!
10 Bondi, Bows - 70 - Not even owned!
10 Bondi, Bows - 70 - Not even owned!
9 Thralls - 36 - Complete!
9 Thralls - 36 - Complete!

[Toby]

Choo Choo! The painting express has arrived at finished-ville!

Yep thats right boys and girls my 15oopt ary for Cold Steel in January is completely painted up! The weekend saw me polish off the second Hirdman unit and both bsb and general including basing! Slight fly in the ointment is the 20 bowmen, but I dont own these and there's not much I can do about that. Still the force is done and now I can turn my attention to my Macedonians.

General - 200 -Complete!
ASB - 100 - Complete!
3 Beserkers - 54 - Complete!

24 Hirdman, 8 Sp, 2 DHW, FC - 371 - Complete!
24 Hirdman, 8 Sp, 2 DHW, FC - 371 - Complete!
25 Bondi, FC - 190 - Complete!
10 Bondi, Bows - 70 - Not even owned!
10 Bondi, Bows - 70 - Not even owned!
9 Thralls - 36 - Complete!
9 Thralls - 36 - Complete!

[Sedge]

Well done Toby. Always nice to see an army get finished. Thats almost a habit now, what with your Dark Elves as well. I'm very good at getting to 90% but always struggle with the last bit.

[Toby]

Well I have one unit of Bondi that will need painting up and a hero model and I'll have 2000pts complete of Vikings, but they can wait for a while.

[Toby]

After a bit of a root around inmy myriad of boxes and crates of stuff, I came across some old custom built mvement trays origionally done for my Orcs. Well after a bit of cutting, sticking and flocking I've re-sized them, tarted them up and mow have three funky looking movement trays for the Vikings going to Cold Steel!

I'll just add that Having this painted army in front of me, complete with decent movement trays really gives me a sense of completion and a job well done. The painting isn't the best standard by a long way, but the models form their units well and the army as a whole looks very good and ties together nicely without being too uniform. Doing the movement trays has helped add the finishing touches and in contrast to past armies, I felt I wanted and needed to do them, to complete the army, not just 'oh that'll do'.

Next on the list is to make and paint up a piece of baggage!