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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Showcase: Saga "Steppe Nomads"

A few weeks ago an old friend and I made a trade. I picked up these 8 painted Steppe Nomads that he had gotten in a trade with someone else. He has a whole army already and didn't need them so offered them to me. Hey how could I refuse? I have so much crap to paint it's not funny. I was pleasantly surprise when they arrived. They look pretty good. So whoever you are out there that painted these, nice job!

I received them unmounted and non-based, so the first thing I did was get my handy pin vise out and went to work drilling and then pinning the riders to their mounts. Glued them on the bases and did the flocking etc. and presto change-o! I now had 8* nicely mounted Steppe Nomads to add to my Rus Prince warband. 

So I present my Steppe Nomads:

* = Skip, Skip, Skip. What am I going to do with your sudden bad memory. 8 shooters Skip, not 12;)


Cheers
Kevin

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  1. Steve WilliamsFebruary 24, 2017 at 4:08 AM

    Nice! I like the basing - very verdant.

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    1. KevinFebruary 24, 2017 at 12:00 PM

      Thanks Steven, they match the basing of the rest of my Rus Prince warband, tried to give them a spring/summer steppe look.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  2. PrufrockFebruary 24, 2017 at 7:28 AM

    Very nice! Energetic figures, great basing, and your painting top notch as always!
    Cheers

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    1. KevinFebruary 24, 2017 at 12:01 PM

      Howdy Aaron, only the basing was done by me. These figures where painted by someone else, but thank you just the same. Whoever painted these did a great job.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  3. SkipFebruary 24, 2017 at 8:29 AM

    "verdant" what is "verdant" Steven, I had to look that one up. Well said!

    8 not 12 shooters... well, it certainly seemed like 12 when I had to box them. They look pretty dang good too! Kev..... they got eyes!!!!!

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    1. KevinFebruary 24, 2017 at 12:03 PM

      Ahh, I see you looked at the very fine print! Glad to see at least your eyes are not failing you. I don't normally paint eyes because it makes stuff this scale look to doll like. But these aren't bad. I can live with them, and they are an excellent addition to my warband that I don't have to paint.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  4. SkipFebruary 25, 2017 at 8:19 AM

    Kev wrote;
    * = Skip, Skip, Skip. What am I going to do with your sudden bad memory. 8 shooters Skip, not 12;)

    (Only 8 you say? Dude... you paid for 12)

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    1. KevinFebruary 26, 2017 at 1:12 AM

      Doh! This means you have to buy breakfast at CincyCon now;)

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