This week I've been chipping away at the next unit of Fireforge knights, but also managed to finish a unit of Gripping Beast Sons of Death (Gall-Geidhill) for SAGA. These feature as a unit of Swords for Hire in the rules, but I mainly got them because I like the sculpts (by Bill Thornhill). One of the nicest things about Bill Thornhill's sculpts is the way the right hands come as a separate piece holding a weapon, rather than the less convincing open hands of most of the earlier Gripping Beast figures.
Since they are supposed to be a unit of mercenaries I gave them a consistent colour theme on the shields. Most of the designs are supposed to look pretty Norse, with a few nods to some Irish Celtic influence.
I'm looking forward to using these in SAGA. in particular, they should scare my Breton nemesis quite a bit. Heh.
Very nice unit ! Good paint job, especially on the shields !
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Excellent!! Love the handpainted shields too!!
ReplyDeleteThese shields are outstanding! Great work !
ReplyDeleteLove 'em mate - another triumph!
ReplyDeleteYou are making it rather intimidating to try and keep up with the 'no shield decal' challenge!!!
I love the colors you used on the shields - I'm like you and prefer to hand=paint my shields. And you are right, the sculpts are great.
ReplyDeleteFantastic painting Dux! The shields are awesome!!
ReplyDeleteThey look awesome Dr Dearn. I'd loved to have faced off against if it weren't for the distance.
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