Saga Normans speedpaint
Infantry finished
When I’m batch painting I tend to go in sets of 20. Luckily this army has just 20 infantry in it, 12 levy archers and 8 sergeants with crossbows. Contrast went on first, then simple block colours for the armour, skintone, leather and bows.
Final stage is Strongtone Dip that I brush on and get some good control of the wash effect to add some definition to the sculpted details on faces and creases. Also makes them look a bit dirty which suits this setting. After about 48 hours a layer of Dullcote spray to matt the excessive shine and done. I really like the effect from the contrast, it has worked very well and by not drawing any attention elsewhere on the models the effect comes through better imo.
Meanwhile, here is a progress shot for the cav:
Norman Sergeants progress shotYou can see in the background the banners. They are LBMS transfers that I put onto some thin card and then folded around the banner pole and stuck with slightly watery PVA that was allowed to soak into the card for a minute or two before sticking the sides together. This makes the banner very maliable and I concertina it into ripples, the trick is not to get any actual folds in it, sharp angles don’t look very naturalistic. They are then dried and hold their new shape quite well as you can see.
Those infantry are looking great, nice job.
Thank you. I’m really pleased with how they look, particularly given how little effort was involved. I almost feel guilty about it, almost.