THE NORSE : PRESENTATION

 A few weeks already that the Norse army is painted, with delay here is a general presentation, I will come back then with a series of more precise articles on certain elements of the army.

A group view before painting!

Review of each unit.

The main army colors are pale blue and pale yellow, seen on the clothing of Huscarls, Norse Warriors and bowmen.

Pale blue

- base VMC972 light green blue - GW Nuln oil wash - lighten with a mixture of VMC972 + VMC 918 ivory - keep adding VMC918 to highlight once or twice more

Pale yellow

- base VGC097 pale yellow - GW Nuln oil wash - lighten with a mixture of VGC097 + VMC 918 ivory - keep adding VMC918 to highlight once or twice more

Soon, other recipe examples !

NORSE ARMY LIST

The first real post on the Norse army, finally.

Rather than starting from the existing list in V3 (see White Dwarf # 107 UK), I preferred to make an adaptation for the V6 / V7, my favorite versions in terms of ease of play.

So, with that in mind, I worked from the mercenary list, the cult of Ulric, and a very functional list, searchable at LE VERRAH RUBICON DE VERENA, a French site full of resources.

http://verrahrubicon.free.fr/

The objective was to make the list stick with my collection ... and here is the result (sorry, in french only. All comments welcome!).

I think I can hardly reach 1500 points with this list, but it is not necessarily a problem. My goal is not to represent a Large Norse Army, rather a small strike force.

Now the first painted figures ! With a few archers, and the beginning of the Huscarls.

If I rather like the color scheme, it is clear that my painting method is too slow. I open a test phase (airbrush, white undercoat ...) to try to "revolutionize" my habits ...!

Iron Orc Chieftain

A new strong recruit for the Iron Orcs range !

The Chieftain :

A huge guy as you can see !

Available on Knightmare miniatures :

https://knightmareminiatures.com/product/iron-orc-chieftain

MORE BATTLE CHARIOTS

First post of the year ... Happy new year to all ! ... Better than 2020? We will see...

I ended the year by completing two more goblin battle chariots.

My army of goblins is almost complete. I should paint a snotling pump wagon, some snotlings bases, and a unit of half-orcs ....

However, I am thinking of alternating painting sessions with a whole new project ... a Norsca army!

Some models are old citadel references (the vikings and barbarians) still available at Wargames Foundry.

I have to think about the color schemes, the banners ... and the army list (V6 / V7). I'm thinking of mixing between the cult of Ulric list and a simple but effective list available on the excellent french site "LE VERRAH RUBICON DE VERENA"

http://verrahrubicon.free.fr/

GOBLIN BATTLE CHARIOT

One of the most emblematic units of the goblins army : the battle chariot !

 

 

All the details are on the essential site "the stuff of legend" : 

 

http://www.solegends.com/citmd/md6gbc/index.htm 

I believe it is the first box "Regiments of renown / Machineries of Destruction" that I had, a gift of about thirty years ago. I was lucky some years ago to find another mint box on ebay, when prices weren't crazy.

I started this war chariot at the beginning of the year then the health crisis was a long painting break for me.

Then I resumed painting by finishing (?) the regiments of goblins. It was time to get back to this one. Knowing that I would like to paint at least 2 more. I also have a snotling pump wagon to paint. Enough to constitute a force composed only of everything that gallops !

A small focus on the shield

• Shield

-  Shapping the forms with a mix of VMC military green and VMC ivory

-  Higlighting by adding more and more VMC ivory

-  Some shading with washes of VGC beasty brown and GW reikland flesh wash

I think soon (well, not so soon...) to alternate the painting of the goblins with other army projects.

Some clues about upcoming projects :-)

Goblin regiments

Full army photos are very difficult to take.

In the meantime, some photos of regiments, somewhat finalized.

Not very innovative, another standard drawn from illustrations from a book in the "Sorcery!" series.

Not entirely convinced by this standard (from orcs & goblins army book), to replace perhaps.