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Sunday, 3 November 2013

Back to the Dark Ages. The Normans.


On Friday I met up with a fellow wargamer for the first time. Dave G works at the same location as my wife and lives just a couple of miles down the road. I have always had to travel a fair way to game with friends, so gaming at Dave's made a refreshing change. Fortunately we both collect similar periods and on Friday Dave hosted a Saxon v Norman game using the excellent Hail Caesar rules. I was so inspired with the game, that I went home and dug out some of my old Dark Age collection for a photo shoot.

The first batch of pictures show the interior of a building by Grand Manner, this has loads of little detail inside for painting. The building and figures I painted quite a few years ago and are Gripping Beast, Perry Miniatures and Wargames Foundry.  .  




 


 
I sold most of my Normans including all my cavalry a few years ago but I still have these and I may be tempted to build it back up again.

 






Last but not least, I will give you a little taster of a future post of my  Age of Arthur collection.


 
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27 comments:

  1. Sam Wise3 November 2013 at 14:42

    Wow!!!
    I like a lot !
    The figures, the sceneries, buildings .... are perfect !
    My preferred picture is the first one : very "movie-style" !
    ... and I'm waiting for more Age of Arthur!

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  2. The Dark Painter3 November 2013 at 15:30

    Um!... I'm just anxious for watching your arturian minis :-)

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  3. Cyrus3 November 2013 at 15:32

    Brilliant Normans, Arthurians and buildings Pat! HC always seems to give a fun, fast and satisfying game in my experience.

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  4. Scottswargaming3 November 2013 at 15:50

    Great looking stuff Pat, HC is a fine ruelset.

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  5. James Fisher3 November 2013 at 17:26

    Magnificent photographs Pat. They really emphasis the great looking figures!

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  6. Carlo3 November 2013 at 20:01

    They look fantastic Pat - great figures and the building details are superb.

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  7. DeanM3 November 2013 at 20:11

    Fantastic opening shot! All the images and figs are first-rate.

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  8. Furt3 November 2013 at 20:55

    Impressive Pat! That hall looks amazing!

    Frank
    http://adventuresinlead.blogspot.com.au/

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  9. Rodger4 November 2013 at 00:43

    Excellent photos Pat! Haven't tried HC yet, but it appears to be pretty good!

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  10. Paul´s Bods4 November 2013 at 03:15

    Bloody lovely!!!!!!!

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  11. Dalauppror4 November 2013 at 04:34

    Truly stunning pictures Pat !!!

    Looking forvard to see more of your Arthurina minis.

    HC are realy nice rules ! I´m running a HC game at the club tonight, it will be some Baltic Crusades:)

    Best regards Michael

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  12. DaveD4 November 2013 at 08:18

    Lovely stuff Pat

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  13. Moiterei_19844 November 2013 at 08:18

    Simply stunning. Your Normans are inspiring and I'm looking forward to see some more Age of Arthur stuff.

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  14. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)4 November 2013 at 09:22

    Wonderful figures and photography as usual Sidney! I for sure would love to see you delve further into the Dark ages as that's one of my favourite periods.

    Christopher

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  15. Phil4 November 2013 at 09:36

    Fantastic figures and pictures, great work!

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  16. Juan Mancheño4 November 2013 at 10:40

    Fantastic minis. The painting work is wonderful!

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  17. Paul O'G4 November 2013 at 11:54

    Wonderful pics of great minis and terrain! That Hall puts all my own terrain to sham :-)
    Looking forward to seeing more of your Arthurians IDC too

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  18. Silver Whistle4 November 2013 at 12:23

    Thanks chaps.
    Pat.

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  19. Michael Awdry4 November 2013 at 12:25

    Out-bloomin-standing! That first shot is just tremendous!

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  20. Vinnie5 November 2013 at 02:53

    Another stunning game with beautiful figures and terrain.

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  21. Stuart S6 November 2013 at 11:03

    Great looking paint job Pat, truly inspiring..
    Cheers
    Stuart

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  22. Stefan (aka. Monty)7 November 2013 at 01:49

    Very nice figures, Pat.
    The shields look excellent and the photos are pure eye candy once more.

    Cheers
    Stefan

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  23. Monty9 November 2013 at 14:53

    Superb! Every picture is a story.

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  24. Unknown14 April 2014 at 14:32

    hi great job!
    I used to know the guy who owned griping beast, before he sold it, and he gave me the original green stuff fig of the Norman in the first picture.

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  25. Silver Whistle15 April 2014 at 09:04

    Thanks again chaps.
    Michael, that is going back a few years, I am trying to think of the name of the company that he started after GB, was it Vendall Miniatures?

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  26. Silver Whistle15 April 2014 at 09:05

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  27. Unknown6 June 2014 at 14:29

    yes I think it was. Vendel was sold to a US company later, I think?

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