Some more Banners for my Vikings.

So I have some new bannerman.  The first one is an old Saxon Miniatures now part of Warlord Games with a LBMS massive banner.  

I really enjoyed painting this figure.  Very awesome miniature to paint.

Wow this new update to Blogger royally sucks.  Not enjoying attempting to post things on it.  It is like a heaping pile of dung, to say it mildly.  Anyways back to the miniatures....

And then there is this guy.  This is a metal miniature, cannot remember from who, but its sporting a conversion with a plastic Gripping Beasts viking head.

A Viking by Saxon and Saxon

Now that's a confusing title eh?

 Yep.  A Viking warlord by Saxon Miniatures now Warlord Games.  Fun pose on this one.  I did not like Colin's hand on this one though, so I chopped it off and put a Gripping Beast Plastics hand on it instead.

 This is a close up of one of my Gripping Beast Saxons.  I do like the heads on these miniatures.

 My standard blues and leather.

Viking Swordsman and Converted Dane Axes...

 This is one of the former Saxon Miniatures' Viking Warlords, now a Warlord Games model.

 I have two versions of this model.  I think its a semi-cool looking model, but its to linear.  The second model I'm likely going to at least bend the shield arm.

 I needed guys with Danes Axes, now I have a bunch.  A variety of pieces used in making these guys.  The one on the left has a Gripping Beast (GB) Plastics body with arms from Wargames Factory models that Warlord Games now owns and produces.

 The next one is a GB Viking with a Dark Ages head.  The next one in blue is a body from Wargames Factory with GB arms and a GW Empire Flaggelants head, and then the standard GB.

Once again....you know it....more to follow.

VIKINGS!!! Another Painted Group

 I definitely churning them out.  This one is kind of a unit, definitely not in a finished deal as I have some cool models in the back for fillers.

The front rank though is quite cool.  The first guy is a converted Warlord Games Barbarian, next to a Saxon Miniatures Warlord.  Two cool poses.

The downed character is Old Glory Miniatures.

 The above 3 front rankers have a good dynamic with them.

 Again you see me putting cool poses at the corners.

 Big dane axe guy below and a close up of the eye candy wounded model

 The Berserker and one of the cooler GBP's.

I miss Saxon Miniatures....

 Another painted warlord from Saxon Miniatures.  Yea I know they are now part of Warlord Games, but is that a good thing?  Will they ever have Colin sculpt some more miniatures?

But anyways, this is a cool miniature and fun to paint. 

 Nothing special on the shield painting.

I love the drawing of the sword.

A variety of Dane Axe Miniatures Painted

 I've been painting away on various minis that I have lying around.  I have a bunch of Dane Axe and Berserkers modeled up.  The one above is a Gripping Beast metal.  The one below is a Saxon Miniatures now part of Warlord Games.

Then this one below is a conversion using of a defunct War Games Factory miniature, now also part of Warlord Games, converted with Gripping Beast parts.

As always more to come.....

First of the Saxon Miniatures models

 This is one of the metal Viking warlords from Saxon Miniatures.  I really like these miniatures and have a couple of batches of them, both of the Viking and Saxon variety.

 This is a fun pose from the front.  I tried a little bit of freehand on the shield.

I have a couple more of this figure and will end up converting them.

A new Arthurian...

This is another Arthurian miniatures from Saxon Miniatures.  Kind of a cool looking miniature.  I did convert it slightly with a plastic spear from another kit.

As with the other Arthurians that I have painted, I think the heads are a little on the large size.

 Other than that the miniature is very nice, and paints well.  Arthurians are really not something that I'm interested in, so this miniature is going up on eBay for sale as well. 

As always much more to follow....the Saxons from the previous post have cleared the WIP desk, and been replaced by another batch.

Saxon Miniature's Saxon Warlords Review

 I love the viking warlords that Saxon Miniatures has.  Having started painting my Saxon army, I decided to pickup their Warlords to add a bit more character to the army.

 This is a pretty cool selection of miniatures.  Not all of them are pictured as I pulled out three of them to add to my crusaders army as they look more Norman like with kite shields.

I really like the poses on these, some are dynamic, some are majestic.  Details are sharp and crisp.  There is not a lot of flash on the miniatures.  The only things that are kind of rough are the ones with the capes.  The capes requires sanding, filing, and scraping to smooth out the casting.  Other than that I think they will paint quite well.  As you can see, I don't really like metal spears, so I switched those out using some left overs from the Gripping Beast plastics.

The one above and to the left is King Alfred.  Pretty neat miniature.

So how do the models look when compared to other manufacturers:

Below left to right:  Saxon Mini, Perry crusader, Saxon Mini, Conquest Games Norman, Foundry Viking, Perry Mini.

 Below:  Foundry Viking, Saxon Mini, and Gripping Beast Metal

Below, left to right: Perry crusader, Saxon Mini, Conquest Games Norman, Foundry Viking, Saxon Mini

 Below, left to right:  Gripping Beast plastic Viking, Saxon Mini, Perry crusader, Saxon Mini, Conquest Games Norman.

 Below:  Gripping Beast Viking, Saxon Mini