An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

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An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Post by Atheling » Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:49 am

Yesterday morning I was up at, 5:30am and taking pictures(!) of a few units of my Norman army, painted 20 odd years ago. The vignettes are more recent, 2019 to be more or less precise. :)

Today at 5:30 am I am starting to post up the pictures and the links. Why? This particular Norman is now 20 years old! It is 20 years ago since I initiated the paint work to get the army ready for games ow Warhammer Ancient Battles at SESWC (South East Scotland Wargames Club). I was to spend the next 11 years at SESWC and many a game of various kinds sit fixed in my memory, but by far the clearest and most popular at the time were those games of WAB. Perhaps because of the right kind of spirit the games were played, perhaps because of the sense of community in the WAB "scene". Most likely both. It is now ten years since my departure from SESWC and time to do a little reminiscing.

A friend asked me to take some scenic pictures of my Normans to send to him and along with the pictures of the vignettes this the primarily what this article is about.

A real trip down memory lane; I can remember feverishly painting my Normans almost like it was yesterday, a copy of the WAB supplement Shieldwall nearby at all times!

This is just a small sample of my rather large Norman army. If anyone is interested in seeing some updated pictures (the only images I have apart from these are very old and substandard) I might go back and do some scenic shots of the whole army.

You can see many more pics on my blog but here are a few sample images to be going on with. Please feel free to pop over to Just Add Water and take a peek if that takes your fancy:
https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.c ... shoot.html


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Post by Leondegrande » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:31 pm

Wonderful, Darrell.
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Post by obriendavid » Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:03 pm

You seem to have added more since I thumped them with my Irish. 😜

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Post by Atheling » Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:40 am

Leondegrande wrote:
Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:31 pm
Wonderful, Darrell.
Cheers mate, getting these out was a real blast from the past :)
obriendavid wrote:
Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:03 pm
You seem to have added more since I thumped them with my Irish. 😜

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Pesky Fianna with their Double Handed Axes! :lol: some great, and more often then not, hilarious times Dave 8)
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Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Post by Glorfindel » Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:33 pm

Excellent painting and terrain work - love the vibrant colours and shield finish.

It may seem strange, amongst so much colour and movement, but one thing that stands out for me is the 'wood effect' on the palisade ! :D sigh I need to get out more...



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Post by Atheling » Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:29 pm

Glorfindel wrote:
Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:33 pm
Excellent painting and terrain work - love the vibrant colours and shield finish.

It may seem strange, amongst so much colour and movement, but one thing that stands out for me is the 'wood effect' on the palisade ! :D sigh I need to get out more...



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I decided to go deep when it came to painting my Grand Manner terrain- with such high quality stuff it would have been rude not to, or is it the OCD again :lol:
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