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Set VK10. 8 Bods, 8 shields (4 Lenticular, 4 flat) 7 different standards. One of the bods is a repeat from the Viking Huscarls with Axes (VK1) I added a shield to the same pose in that set, so in this one he doesn´t get one. I´ve added an Axe left over from one of the other sets to one of the...

A break from D.A.B´s*...Another go at an Airfix WWI tank. I´ve built the Male version (Here) and the Female version (Here) before, but this time it´s in honour of a prolific Model builder and long time member of the Airfix Tribute Forum, who sadly left us this year after a long fight with...

Over at TD they are labelled, VK4 Skirmishers Bow. 8 Bods, two of them repeat poses, 8 shields, 4 curved, 4 flat. I painted the 6 non repeated poses. Close ups The two repeat poses are on the far right. As I written before, repeat poses could be any of the poses shown . I decided not to add...

Set NF12. 8 Bods in 4 poses. As my basic rule is to try and paint only one of any pose unless I can convert somehow (head swop, weapon change etc) I´ve painted the 4 poses in a uniformed look. They are Normans after all but obviously they could be used as soldiery for other armies of the period...

Another batch of Normans from TD. Light (as in wearing no chainmail) crossbowmen NF13 8 Bods in 4 poses, 6 loose crossbows. Continue reading...

Set NF10. As with the light slingers, 8 bods in 4 poses, so again, I´ve painted just the 4 poses. I said way back in 2011, (HERE) there´s no Medieval staff slingers in 1/72nd and in a sense, I´m still right. These are after all, Dark ages Bods, two of them wear the classic norman Nasal Helmet...

I thought the Airfix Golden Hind would have been my last ship build but never say never. The Build The hull and decking fit together easily. I decided to go for the under sail version which meant covering all the oar holes. The covers are tiny and adding them was fiddly to say the...

Set NF7. 8 bods in 4 poses, 4 loose crossbows and 8 loose shields. Rear view. Although they don´t show some form of strap across them suggesting some form of securing the shields I added them anyway. Continue reading...

Actually, it´s the ballista and crew from the 2nd Dark Alliance Corsairs set. The crew. They seem to be a commander and ammo supplier and niether is actually interacting with the Ballista, although the commander can have his left hand put onto the winding gear. The Ballista. It comes in two...

Or, as I prefer to call them, the Purple Pirates. Corsairs set 2 from Dark Alliance, featuring long range weapons. 10 bods and one ballista. Tiny bit of flash. The colour scheme is my own. The set divides up into, 4 Archers, 4 crossbows and a ballista with crew. The Archers The Crossbowmen...

Frank Jackson, his son Frank Jackson Jnr. and his apprentice Frank Smythe, cross the Rhein. On the other bank waiting for them are Norman Clarke, Norman Huds and his son Norman Huds Jnr Continue reading...

During the time of the plague, Death approached a small town. An old man sitting outside the town asked of Death "May I ask, What are you doing here?" To which Death replied, "You may well ask. I have come to collect one person from each house" and he proceeded into town. Later that day...

Second up, the 1st set of Corsairs (Purple Pirates ) from Dark Alliance 12 Bods, flash virtually none to deal with. This lot are expecting a fight and each of them have at least two weapons Maces, axes, swords, boarding pikes, daggers and throwing knives. Close ups Boarding pikes and a...

Merlin and Guinevere. I was going to give Merlin a nag with caparison so I could use his C-o-A , Sable, a fess Argent, 3 owls argent, a made up set of arms but what isn´t about the Arthurians Coats of Arms. Anyway, I decided against it and he and Guinevere are mounted on normally tacked nags...

The second lot of Vikings from the Strelets Stamford Bridge big box set. As noted at PSR, some of the armour is of a later period than The Battle of Stamford Bridge but they are Vikings* and that´s what Counts. 13 bods, two are joined as a pair, tinsy winsy bit of Flash. Not intended for...

One of the "unique" sprues (the Brown plastic ones) from the Stamford Bridge big box set or, as they were later brought out as a set of 4 "normal" sprues in the Housecarls of King Harold M141. 14 bods on the sprue, one of which is a Streltsi Bonus Bod. He does have a dark ages look to him...

14 bods, quite a mix of armour, and weapons. Tiny bits of Flash to deal with, except, one of the spearman´s spear was a bit too covered in Flash, so rather than spend ages removing it, I replaced it. This lot are available as either set M050 (4 sprues) or with the Hastings 1066; Anglo Saxon...

Set M003, the second set from Strelets titelled "Anglo Saxons". The first set (016) which came out a couple of years before this lot, is, IMHO, as titelled Anglo Saxons, a bit of a mess. Not to say they haven´t got a use, a lot of them could easily be employed as medieval levy types. This...

Still in a Dark ages Phase. One of them, the boss, appears to be the Body of one of the Tumbling Dice War of the roses bods with a Viking/Saxon head swop. I don´t know 100% as I got these as part a Job lot. Spears made from florist wire, Shields from various Sources, including Emhar´s Saxons...

Lagertha, Webiorg, Rusla and Hervor. No Bodettes with "big fronts" here. They are wearing protective clothing, mainly chainmail, so the female form would be "suppressed" to a greater degree than protrayed in most "historical" portrayals such as the Vikings series. Ok, they may well have...