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  • Pilgrims of the first Crusade

    Pilgrims of the first Crusade

    With the publication of SAGA Crescent & Cross plans erose to beef up my Norman SAGA armie with some Crusader elements. First addition are the pilgrims. I have chosen to paint armed and umarmed pilgrims and some models from other blisters of the Perry Crusader range. It was important to me to depict them as strange group of people with various backgrounds including some, who own at least a shield and a spear and some who just carry a sleeping bag or some wealthier guys who actually want to see Jerusalem. All should look somewhat fanatic as they were.

    First Crusade Pilgrim miniatures painted by Tankred

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  • Norman conquering infantry for SAGA

    Norman conquering infantry for SAGA

    Norman infantry conquering England. Perry Miniatures painted bei Tankred

    I rebased these norman infantry with kite shields in order to build the backbone of my SAGA warband. Unfortunately the battleboard focusses on bowmen and cavalry, what a pity that I have so much spearmen. But on the other hand I have beautiful miniatures to take pictures with.

    During finalizing these miniatures the worst case of all painters took place: I took by accident the paint can instead of the varnish can. After that mistake I reduced the brown spray with Acetone and q-tips. It worked quite good, surely because I had varnished the models years before. But try if you managed to make that mistake, too.

    The fortified farm house are from Hudson & Allen, I purchased them via EBOB miniatures. They were designed for scotish highlands but I think they also fit perfect for 1066. I painted the model in order to have a backdrop for the pictures and to have a dark medieval feeling on the battlefield.

    I added pale static grass to the roofs. This came out very good, if you ask me. I tried cocos fabric with another roof, but these are far to thick although the color looks excellent.

    All spears are made from Flexi Pikes.

    Norman crossbowmen, Perry Miniatures painted by Tankred

    The crossbowmen were painted this year in order to play SAGA. I did them in a hurry, but they came out not too bad.

     

  • Norman Knights

    Norman Knights

    Norman Knights miniatures by Perry Miniatures, painted by Tankred, SAGA
    Norman Knights charging.

     

    At the Beginning of the year I played SAGA with Wraith and really liked it. This was an excellent excuse to paint some more of the Norman knights. These models are part of my basing nemesis. Initially they were based for Warhammer Historical, but I did not really fell in love with either the basing and the system. Now I painted them including a model which depicts my Alter Ego Tankred of Tarent with some modifications to make him a knight from Silicy.

    The first three SAGA games with my Norman Warband were great fun and I will add some more pictures of the warband in the near future.

    Norman Knights miniatures by Perry Miniatures, painted by Tankred, SAGA

    I did not post for ages. There was a lack of hobby time and I was unwilling to take pictures until some additions to the picture scenery were made. Frank Becker did inspire me very much to change the picture style a little bit and these are the two first pictures looking a little bit more like paintings. However I think I will try much more to make the pictures a story of their own.

    Tankred´s photo setup for miniature pictures

    For those of you interested in setups I added this picture of my desktop. The idea of adding grass elements to the front was taken from Frank Becker.

  • Norman Spearmen First Crusade

    Norman Spearmen First Crusade

    These Norman Spearmen are my first attempt in painting for medieval 15mm wargaming. I did already paint Perry Spearmen for WAB, but to be honest the game does not interest me enough to get motivated. The look of WAB is not interesting enough for me, because I have a very visual approach to the gaming rather than mere gaming.

    A very good wargaming friend of mine, Frank Bauer, did recommend Field of Glory a lot. Since I share a lot of attitudes toward the hobby with him and learned a lot of about wargaming from him, I bought FoG quite a time ago. Moreover I had the chance to play FoG twice. One game with Mikko in our Frankfurt am Main based gaming club, one with Frank. Both games were excellent and interesting, and maneuvering was far more important than army lists, which is very important for me.

    After the first game with Mikko I spontainously bought some 15mm Normans since Mikko has several muslim armies available. The first crusade is very fascinating for me, which can be seen at my nick name.

    In the first run Neldoreth inspired me with his Norman minatures to buy Khurasan miniatures, later I got to know Legio Heroica, an italien miniature designer at the Field of Glory Wiki, which is also a great place to surf at. The Legio Heroica models are really outstanding and they were a big fun to paint.

    The models were based with rare earth magnets in plastic card, so that the bases are not very thick. Moreover I added steel spears from another manufacturer and added some Khurasan round shields in order to have the look of early Crusader forces.

    The Flags were designed by me using a computer and printouts. They are based on a illustration in „Norman knights“ by Osprey Publishing showing flags of the famous Bayeux tapestry, which I gladly were able to see with my own eyes severel years ago.