Danes

Figures: Wargames Foundry, Gripping Beast, and Black Tree Design
Shield/Standard Decals: Dark Age Design
Painting: Tom O.
Basing: John G.

My Danish Viking army is based on the list available in the Shieldwall supplement to WAB. I enjoyed putting this army together and painting it. The army consists of: 1x22 man Hird unit plus the General and Army Standard, 1x24 man Hird unit, 1x16 man Hird unit, 2x25 man Bondi units, 1x16 man Bondi unit, 37 Bondi archers (usually field less than 20 though), 15 Gestir, and 8 Ulfhednar. I’ve had pretty good luck with the army, but some of that is due to the T4 Hirdmen which are very tough to face (I would have liked to see them portrayed differently, but that is another story). You may also notice that I don’t take any Beserkers…I just don’t like the way they are portrayed either, and instead I take the Ulfhednar which I’ve had really bad luck with.

That said, this army allowed me to use some washes on the hair to get different shades. GW Flesh Wash over light colors up through a medium brown gives a good effect for hair with a “reddish” tone IMO. I also tried something different with the armor. Prime black on the armor, then dry brush GW Chainmail, then go over it with Smoke from Tamaiya…it is hard to tell in the pictures, but this effect is really nice IMO. Previously I had been white priming the armor, painting it with Folk Art Metallic Gun Metal Grey and either washing it or using Tudor “Dip” on it. Lastly, I like the few Dark Age Design decals I mixed in on some shields as well as those I used on some of the flags…good job Tony!

Archerleader.JPG	Archers.JPG	Archers2.JPG	BigAxe.JPG	Bondi.JPG
Bondi2.JPG	GeneralandASB.JPG	Generals Unit.JPG	Gestir.JPG	Gestir2.JPG
Hird 2.JPG	Hird.JPG	Hird3.JPG	TheFallen.JPG	Tinyandfriends.JPG
Ulfhednar.JPG	Ulfhednar2.JPG

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