SAGA Normans and End of SAGA Month

I just finished 12 mounted Norman hearthguard, a mounted warlord, and 8 dismounted warriors for SAGA. I am adding some bow armed levies and crossbow-armed warriors as well when I return home.
Today is the last day of SAGA month. I finished a 37 man Anglo-Dane warband and this 21 man force of Normans. Not bad for a short month especially when I had to leave for 6 days for a conference.
I'm done with the Dark Ages for now. I'll be adding to my Dystopian Legions FSA army and starting a new faction for Hordes next.

SAGA-Normans WIP

I started my second warband for SAGA after finishing my Anglo-Danes--Normans. Pictured here are 12 mounted hearthguard and the warlord with sword. I am also going to paint an 8 man dismounted warrior unit. Normans really need combined arms to be effective, but I am going to wait and get some bow-firing levies and and some warriors with crossbows when I return home. I should have these mounted figures done in 3-4 days and will hopefully start the dismounted warriors this month.

Anglo-Danes For SAGA

My Anglo-Danes have two 8 man units of warriors, one 12 man unit of levy archers, 8 hearthguard with Danish axes, and a warlord also equipped with an axe. I am waiting until I return to flock the melted snow bases and apply decals to the shields which I am leaving primed black for now. I am going to take a couple of nights off then start my Normans. I have enough figs for a mounted Norman warlord, 12 mounted hearthguard, and one unit of dismounted warriors with swords and spears. Once I get home I am adding bow-armed levies and a unit of Flemish warriors armed with crossbows. I read that the Normans are a challenge to play since charging units are fatigued automatically so I may add a standard bearer as well.

It will be interesting to see how the Normans tackle an all-infantry warband especially Scots with spears or Anglo-Danes with axes.

 

 

SAGA Update--Anglo-Dane Archers

SAGA month continues as I put the finishing touches on these archers tomorrow. Next it will be on to the two units of warriors in the background and then 2 units housecarlswith chain mail and Danish axes. I am going with a mixed snow-grass base since it is supposed to represent Northern Europe and Britain. I need to brush up their faces and add some detail to the bows and quivers and then apply an inkwash.

SAGA Anglo-Danes WIP

This is my first batch of models for my SAGA Anglo-Dane warband. Models are unarmored Saxons from the wargames factory "Hammer of the Gods" series. I'll prime tonight and hopefully start painting tomorrow.
I have one 8 man group of levies armed with bows and 2 8-man groups of warriors. I will be using Conquest Games Norman infantry as hearthguard since some of them are covered in chainmail and can be equipped with double-handed Danish axes.

February 2013-- SAGA Month

Happy Belated 2013! After taking January off to travel home, I have returned to my undisclosed location with two boxes of plastic 28mm models and my SAGA rulebooks. Work has already started on Anglo-Dane, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman warbands so when I return home this summer the Dark Age battles will commence. I will be spending the whole month of February and part of March putting together over 100 levies, warriors, hearthguard, and a couple of warlords for this great game.

When You Decide to Get Serious with WWII Tactical Wargaming...

Even though I haven't had much time to play in the last couple of years, I still love ASL. Multiman Publishing has just announced that the long awaited Pacfic War expansion Rising Sun is now almost available for pre-order.This picture of the box cover was briefly posted on their website but is not quite ready to go full speed. I suspect they want to make sure it is ready to go to production since traditionally ASL products only take a few days to reach their publishing number. This combines the two older products Code of Bushido and Gung Ho into one giant box full of PTO action. This product gives you the complete orders of battle for the Japanese, Chinese, and USMC along with an updated chapter G (PTO special rules). Rising Sun comes with 32 scenarios plus a mini-campaign not found in the original two products.