Recent 1/72 scale barbarians

I am continuing to gradully chip away at the Hordes of the Things barbarian (Viking) army which I want for my projected solo fatnasy campaign. I finally finished up two more warband stands (though I should take their picture from a greater distance...), which puts me close to being able to deploy a 24 point standard Hordes army. When using these figures wih Dragon Rampant, as also planned, two stands are a unit, so I'm still short about 4 stands of a reasonable warband.

I also inventoried the 1/72 fatnasy recently, and came to the conclusion that I could (barely) deploy two armies for the feudal kingdoms on the fantasy map, so I am hoping to put some preliminary games on the table soon.

More painting

With these two, my travel paint kit is temporarily empty of figures. On the left is a Minifigs ME19 Rohirrim lancer, of the topknot variant. I'm trying to work on getting cavalry painted more expeditiously, and this model wasn't too hard. The other figure is almost vintage--it's an unreleased Heritage wizard, available through Mike Thomas's Classic Miniatures. Time to base up this work...

More Vintage Fantasy Figures

I have had some time to work this weekend, and painted the Broadsword P11 ranger swordsman-captain for my Broadsword ranger unit, as well as two vintage Heritage Gondorian citadel guards, original catalog number 1060. Next up is a Minifigs Rohirrim lancer to match the archer from the previous post.

Some recent painting

I was out on a business trip last week with my portable paint kit. Here are a few vintage figures finished and ready for basing.

The Gandalf is a Minifigs ME4. The rather barbaric Rohirrim horse archer is a Minifigs ME20, and the lutenist is a Broadsword P11 ranger. I'm not sure that the lute would be my instrument of choice ranging through the woods, but I like the figure. I have, from the same set, a swordsman/captain and a handful of archers (five, I think), and hope to get them all finished as a little Dragon Rampant unit soon. They'll be scout unit, or, if one thinks of them as elite, a reduced model count bow unit.