Saga - My Vikings
Differentiation
I still had the problem that warriors and hearthguard models looked too alike in my force. Though I loved the variety of my shield designs, I realized that if I gave my hearthguard the same shields as the warlord that they had sworn to protect, that this would make it more obvious that they were his bodyguard. I painted these models with that in mind and i will be picking another 4 of my Gripping Beasts miniatures, 4 that I like the shield designs the least on, to have the same red, black and white design.
I also saw a part of a weekender with BoW Lloyd showing off his Saga Rus archers hobby efforts. He had removed the chain mail by simply filing the chainmail sculpting off of their arms and painting them as normal sleeves. Genius!? I think so. Thank you @lloyd
Not sure I will go back and do the same for all my warriors, but is definitely food for thought and would help define which troop type is which.
The other defining factor for my Vikings was my basing. I decided that one guy with a sword and shield can often look like any other guy with a sword and shield so went for the storming up the beach look. The Vikings are obviously most famous for their raiding, so for all my Vikings I have the front half of the base being grass and rocks and the rear half being sand.
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