I had a burst of energy to paint all my left-over figures for Saga Age of Vikings. These are joining armies painted ~15 years ago so I had to match my paint style of that time. While painting these, I realized that I had been misinterpreting the Gripping Beast plastic shields as “rimmed” shields. Instead, I think they are meant to represent shield covers stretched over the entire shield front and secured in the back. Armed with that knowledge, I of course absolutely had to repaint all of the shields in my Saga collection! Each shield had the edges painted to extend the colour scheme of the original transfer. Fiddly work but satisfying.
First the new additions: Various legenday warlords, Jomsvikings with and without Dane Axes, Jomsviking Dreng, and assorted add-ons to existing units.
The old figures with repainted shields:
Just for comparison, this is how the shields used to look:
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