Sunday 14 September 2014

Gripping Beast Dark Age bowmen.

Having a lack of Levy type troops for our Saga games and our other Dark Age games I was keen to add to their number. I gained a box of Gripping Beast's Dark Age warriors a while ago and this box  set provided the figures I needed.

Left over from my slow moving Medieval project were a number of arms from the Perry's (Bows and Bills) box set. I have more than enough archers for my Medieval army .

With the help of a sharp knife and some glue I began adding the Perry Medieval archer arms to the Gripping Beast Dark Age warrior bodies.

The only real draw back is that my Dark Age archers are now armed with "long bows". Didn't even occur to me until I had finished the painting!

I have only made 12 figures as archers at this stage. I plan to do another 12 as slingers, straight from the box at some latter time. Can't rush these things!







Dark Age longbows!

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22 comments:

  1. Moiterei_198414 September 2014 at 22:27

    Dangerous looking fellows. Very well done.

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  2. maximex14 September 2014 at 22:45

    Great archers and especially these, old buildings.
    Longbow maintained its leading position in the very very long time, until the 1800s

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  3. Mike14 September 2014 at 22:46

    Superb :)
    I've just dumped left over bits of plastic sprues which I am now regretting...

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  4. Phil14 September 2014 at 22:47

    Splendid! Love these guys, and the buildings and carts too...Great work Rodger!

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  5. Bartek Zynda14 September 2014 at 22:50

    They looks great!

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  6. Neil Scott14 September 2014 at 23:13

    excellent work Rodger, they look great

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  7. Paul Foster14 September 2014 at 23:46

    Fairly fantastic Rodger,

    Nice one.

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  8. The Angry Lurker15 September 2014 at 02:44

    Very nice Rodger.

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  9. DeanM15 September 2014 at 03:11

    They look great, Rodger. Nice sculpts/poses and painting.

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  10. Jonas M15 September 2014 at 05:01

    Great conversion Rodger, looking good.

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  11. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)15 September 2014 at 06:36

    Nicely done on these Rodger!

    Christopher

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  12. The Kiwi15 September 2014 at 12:11

    Excellent conversion work. They look really good.
    cheers

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  13. Paul W15 September 2014 at 13:35

    Great job Rodger! I'm sure you'll get a lot of use out of these, they will be very versatile.

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  14. Battletwin15 September 2014 at 14:03

    Looks great, I too will be buying some Slinger models

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  15. Hobbyworker15 September 2014 at 14:33

    Great work mate.

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  16. Jay15 September 2014 at 15:10

    Very nice. Great conversions. And the pictures are really clear and sharp. (I'm envious)

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  17. Ben Gilmour15 September 2014 at 16:28

    That's a really nifty conversion, Rodger!

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  18. Craig C15 September 2014 at 17:34

    Great work Rodger, excellent conversions

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  19. Barks15 September 2014 at 23:07

    Those are great, I wish GB had given us bows to do that with.

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  20. Scottswargaming15 September 2014 at 23:52

    Lovely work, nice earthy tones

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  21. Silver Whistle20 September 2014 at 19:52

    Great idea, conversion work and painting Roger. May have to copy, as could use these for Dark Ages and Medieval.

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  22. peter11 November 2014 at 07:51

    Who of them is Robin? He must be in there! Great painted figures!

    Greetings
    Peter

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