Sea raiding Saxons!

Not much to report....

2008-10-24T12:09:00.000-07:00

Well a little bit. I can see a chance of making a start on these chaps in the near future & that.

Idea is to have a £35 per month budgie & paint any items purchased before getting anymore. Ideally within the month so the army continues ata decent rate. Now i could dive in& do all the characters & stuff first but that can be where the tedium demon gets you. I find it best to do the rank & file first & get it out of the way whilst enthusiasm is still high.

So first up for ordering via GBGHQ is a unit of Geoguths at £24. Makes sense to go for the unit deal & save the money. Plus saves me fretting over unit compo. I'l let CoS & the Lord worry about that.

Total purchase this month then is £24, plus 2 LBM tranny packs. With the postage at £3 I came in £2 under budgie at £33. I'll carry that £2 over to next month as I am sure I' ll need it at some point.

Just got to wait for the shineys to arrive......

Pips
Dave

2008-09-16T23:39:00.000-07:00

Well revisiting the list the first thing that pops out (oooer) is that I need toshave orf 23 points to be within my 1500 pointsies.

Oh & Ed's power of love.. erm, power of 3 rool thing clearly states I should have 9 skirmishers not 8.....

What I will probably do is work out what characters go with which unit & take a rank & file fig out of the equation to keep the unit looking tidy innit.

Suggestions always welcome.

Pips
Dave

The beginning

2008-08-04T22:23:00.000-07:00

The third Saxon army here at EVM towers follows on from The Mighty Mercians circa C11th ish & Wulfhere's Pagan Horde of some time earlier. With the release of the all new singing & dancing GB Saxons by the Soapster, the opportunity to field a slighty different army, was too good to miss. These are the buckler wielding, non shieldwall forming, very early Saxon horde raiding along the Saxon shore & that. It should also spur me on to do the "Arthurian" Romano Britt Ekland army I have had knocking about for some years. In a further bid to "make it so" I'll mostly be reading "T'Warlord Chronicles" by big Bernie C. & taking the sage advice of Da Beast & associated chums.

The list was stolen from Beast chum Tony & all credits & or blame are his alone. Honest. I am too lazy to do my own list & this one looks just fine to represent what I want to do..

So here's the list - tadarrrrrr

Tony’s Sea Raiders

1 1 Atheling Army General @ 187 187
Hail of Blows; Loyalty; Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear; Javelins;
Light Armour; Buckler

1 1 Thegn @ 67 67
Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear; Javelins; Light Armour; Buckler

1 1 Scop @ 68 68
Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear; Javelins; Light Armour; Buckler

17 17 Gedriht @ 321 321
Leader; Standard; Musician; Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear;
Javelins; Light Armour; Buckler

1 1 Atheling @ 112 112
Javelin Hurling, Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear; Javelins; Light
Armour; Buckler

11 11 Gedriht @180 180
Leader; Standard; Musician; Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear;
Javelins; Buckler

1 1 Thegn @ 67 67
Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear; Javelins; Light Armour; Buckler

24 24 Geoguth @ 183 183
Leader; Standard; Musician; Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear;
Javelins; Buckler

24 24 Geoguth @183
Leader; Standard; Musician; Hand Weapon; Throwing Spear;
Javelins; Buckler
183
16 16 Picts @ 115 115
Leader; Standard; Musician; Hand Weapon; javelins

8 8 Skirmisher @ 40 40
Hand Weapon; javelins

105 figs 1523

Comments, as ever, are welcome.

Pips
Dave