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Saga. Hospitallers for Age of Crusades

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I painted these up for a Saga Mead Hall Age of Crusades event in November. They are 3d prints with a very basic paint scheme. Undercoated white and then contrast red and black paint. For the black dudes I did the whole mini in black and then dry brushed on silver and added leather straps. For the red guys I did the metal parts in contrast black before adding steel. The horses were a doddle to paint as there are only a few legs, ears and noses to do. Most are contrast brown, but I added a few black and white or grey. I finished off with some mighty brush decals, a bit of sand on the base and some tufts. I used metal spears on some of the vertical weapons. The printed lances were surprisingly durable. I use lucky varnish ultra Matt on the fabric areas and humbrol gloss on the metal parts. STLs are from Black Knight miniatures. I made some specific fatigue tokens from Medbury miniatures praying knights. This is a very basic Hospitaller force of 24 Hearthguard knights and a leader. I shoul
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Saga - Anglo Saxon levy archers

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If you play Saga and you play Anglo Saxons, you know that your warband is levy hevy! A full six point warband is 72 figures and a Chieftain. I have 72 levy, but I don't have any archers. My AS force is composed entirely of Tanatus miniatures, so for a unit of archers I needed more. Tanatus is no longer a going concern, so I had to ask about to see if anyone had any spare figures in their lead pile. I managed to scoop a few old figures from various corners of the world, in that pile were enough archers to create one Saga point.  Here they are, ready to ping projectiles at the foes of Britain. I used a limited pallet of muted colours, hopefully suitable for the dark ages.  All based on a UK penny.
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Blooded sludger - Chieftain with bolt pistol and powersword

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Another recruit to my Chirton Maggot sludgers kill team. The new rules edition dispenses with a 20 figure roster, so I can now make up all the variants I want and take them with me.  The Chieftain is an able melee figure, the chainsword hitting on 3's and doing decent damage and the bolt pistol also does reasonable damage. With the KT3 restriction on plasma (you can only take 1 plasma weapon with blooded) it means the chieftain is less likely to be running a plasma pistol. The figure is from Knucklebones and so is the horse skull. The powersord is a GW chaos weapon.
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Forbidden psalm warband spell caster

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 This is another Knucklebones STL. Their stuff is really redolent of classic metal minis. I am enjoying the Knucklebones patreon.
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Wendigo

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Forbidden psalm features a bunch of awesome monsters, this is one of them. It's a 3d print, I added a few bits on the base and printed it at 60% as it's massive.
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Forbidden Psalm warband "Silent Deff"

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Here are ll five members of my warband for Forbidden Psalm. They have recently been seen conversing with the mad wizard and are known to be career criminals.  They are lead by the fearsome and miserable Mickey the Lich, who clutches a tome of deadly spells he stolle from the dead hands of a notorious mage who was prone to evil misdemeanors.  Second in command is Slippery Sid, shifty and sly, a knife weilding, pistol shooting scumbag. For heavy duty protection Mickey employs the rather nasty Franc the Stick and his spikey stick. Skulking in the background are two generic henchmen; Henry Hench and Crouchie.
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A small pond

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There's a pond deep in the woods, the locals say it's dangerous. No one goes there. There's no fish in it, it stinks, and a filthy mist floats above it like mould on old bread. Legend has it that an afanc lives in it, there are bones and turds that speak of a carnivorous beast, but no one has been foolish enough to hang around and see what lives there. No one has seen it, at least no one who's seen it has ever lived to tell the tale.  Beware the afanc. Beware the afanc pond. The pond was made from XPS foam to create the contours, this was stuck on a mounting board base. The XPS was coated with a PVA and exterior filler mix, with a bit of black craft paint in it, so if it chips there wont be white bits. I then painted it up and added sticks, rocks, tufts and a bit of leaf litter. The resin is just some two part crystal clear stuff from ebay with a bit of green ink in it. Mounting board can warp if it gets too damp, I tend to liberally coat both sides with watered down PV
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