So I got a box of plastic multipart vikings from Hammer of the Gods The Dark Ages line. It's a nice plastic kit from Wargames Factory that will make 32 figures with plenty of options between spears, axes, swords, bows, and shields. There are only 4 body options in the box, but plenty of head and arm choices that you can still easily avoid models looking repetitious.
The first order of business was to assemble three archers to finish off the 12 man unit of bondi archers. This gives me a full point of missile troops for my Vikings Warband.
Next up was 8 more warriors for the fourth and last point of my starter warband. The first unit is mainly spears with a couple axes and swords mixed in. I did this unit as half axes and half swords. I'll have my Warlord, a unit of Hirthguard, 2 units of warriors, and the unit of bondi archers. Should give me plenty of bodies and a good mix of troops for learning the game with. Painting still continues plus I need to get the newly assembled models primed.
The other thing I'm excited about is that a while back I worked out a deal with a fellow out of the Vancouver area to get some BattleTech models painted. I've never been able to paint white models, much less attempt white models with a camo aspect to it. In the original CamoSpecs book for BattleTech there is a 20th Arcturan Guard mech in a snow camo scheme that I've always loved so that's what he's doing for me.
This is the command lance of the 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 20th Arcturan Guard. He's currently working on the Alpha Lance and I've got the other two lances to ship to him in the near future. This will make a nice change of pace unit from my Eridani Light Horse, though with the Lyran mindset, I think it still qualifies as a scout battalion.
Command LanceMajor Victor Waering, Company CO, Battlemaster
Captain Oliver Maulthier, Company XO, Atlas
Lt. Petra Collier, Zeus
Lt. Richard Fischer, Thug
Alpha LanceLt. Gregory Mannstein, Fafnir
Emily Sydon, Novacat
Wilhelm Rache, Fafnir
Kevin Scopes, Mauler
Beta LanceLt. Alois Hennessy, Battlemaster
Charles Korolev, Stalker
Katherine Baniche, Stalker
Eddard Wolcott, Atlas
Charlie LanceLt. Heather Reed, Orion
Todd Lloyd, Zeus
Brian Showforth, Blackjack
Elliot Borodin, Hunchback
That's all for now and next week I'm hoping to post up progress on how the painting is coming on the Vikings. I also need to show the US Army troops that I've picked up for Bolt Action as well. See you all next time.
