Viking Warriors with Shields

February 09, 2022

After an interminable wait, both the Little Big Man Studio transfers and Victrix dark age plastic shields became available, allowing me to bring the initial 5 points of my Viking warband’s troops to completion.

The quality, ease of application and finish of the LBM transfers cannot be over-stated.

*Viking Warrior with Two-handed Axe (Foundry)*

Mounted Wood Elf Lord

February 02, 2022

A classic 1980s mounted wood elf hero, sculpted by Jes Goodwin and painted for a friend, that brings back fond memories of Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd ed. rulebook battle shots.

*Mounted Wood Elf Lord (Citadel Miniatures)*

Crown of Command Revisited

December 08, 2021

Another trip down ‘Eavy Metal memory lane hosted by Joshua Van Zane of the Crown of Command, in which Neil reflects on the fragility of the times, Torben needs a bed and I, succumbing to my cups, lose the power of (coherent) speech.

*Torben Schnoor and Mark Jones hard at work, Games Workshop Design Studio, Nottingham, circa 1996-7*

Crown of Command Interview

November 04, 2021

Joshua Van Zane of Section 9 Studios and The Crown of Command Podcast recently invited my erstwhile ‘Eavy Metal Team colleague, Stuart Thomas, and I to reminisce about our days at the GW Studio in the 1990s.

Aside from the rose-tinted trip down memory lane and occasional insights into fin de siècle Studio life, it was also a great opportunity to have a decades overdue catch-up.

*The ‘Eavy Metal team and terrain makers, Nottingham, England, circa 1995-6*

Viking Warrior 1

June 15, 2021

Now that Victrix have finally restocked their Dark Age shields, I’ve placed an order and can crack on with my warband’s next unit of eight Viking warriors (for another point’s worth of troops), this time clad in light armour and/ or shields.

First up, a doughty looking individual sporting some classic ‘hairy breeches’ and a wolf pelt cloak.