More Middle Earth, Saga, and herds of animals!

 So being an avid cyclist (not your go out and ride around the block type, you know those dudes that dress up in spandex and look like pro racers but aren't😉) it happens that this can cut into my painting time. When you go out and ride around 2 hours and beat yourself up, you don't really like sitting down to paint much after that.

Why am I saying this? This past month has been a little odd. My wife and I were given a gift by our grandchildren in the form of an RSV type cold. It hit my wife harder than me, but we were both laid low for two weeks because of it. I being a smarter than average bear stayed off the bike to allow my body to recover. But when I got better I made a decision that benefitted me in more ways than one. I decided to stay off the bike for another two weeks. 

Man I am so happy I did. I hadn't realized how hard I had been pushing my body, and I started to feel better than I have in a long time. I am back on the trainer now and slowly building myself up, but I haven't felt this rested in a long time. The other super cool benefit was I painted my ass off.

In those two weeks I have painted 18 mounted Huns, 6 Warg riders, 4 stands of various herds for gaming with as objectives, and three objective markers. I also popped off 12 foot off their bases that a friend gave me a few years back and remounted them and completed the bases the way I like. I also stripped 8 Cavalry I got from same friend and redoing their bases to match my Huns I am painting up.

So all in all I have been highly productive, feel well rested, and ready to get that Hun army completed for Saga so I can start kicking some Saga butt!

So here are a few snaps of what I've worked on.

[above are my six Warg riders, I didn't go all out fancy, I just wanted them game standard so I can play Age of Magic (Saga ruleset) or Middle Earth Strategy Battle game]

[above are the foot figures I got from my good buddy Skip and remounted and flocked, paint job is his]

[above are three objective markers I need for some scenarios in Saga]

[above are two stands of Sheep herds from back in the period and I painted these not to be fancy but functional for scenario objectives for Saga]

[Finally same as above but pig herds from back in the day]

I realized after painting these four stands of animals that I will need two more, grrrr. Normally each player needs three, but I know my fellow players will never get around to doing so, so I will have to.

Well as always thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Kevin