Painting historical minis with janus1004
Gripping Beast slingers for Saga 2.0
Completed twelve slingers intended for Saga, plastic minis from Gripping Beast. Tried to use muted colours and spent some extra time on the faces, which was a lot of fun. All skin done with Scale 75 paints.
Great work! So being slingers, I’m assuming these are deployed as skirmisher troops in front of a main body?
Many thanks! Indeed, these would normally be comparably fast (and fragile) troops used to scout and skirmish in front of the main force.
However, under the Saga rules they are classed as levies so are rules wise more static yet fragile, almost like massed Dark Ages bow.
Big fan of muted colours on levy troops – I normally try and differentiate warriors from hearthguard with the addition of spot colours as elite troops would have had better access to expensive dies and cloth. Fantastic paint job, and loving the faces – really puts my god-awful work to shame!