Here are the next trio of “Book Two”s Vikings. As you may have guessed, following the stuff I do en masse, like the chainmail – I tend to paint, and especially complete them in duos and trios based on a similar palette. While it might give these three guys a superficial feeling of being overly red-blue while together, once they’re all mixed in together with the other Viking models, it’s all much more varied.

But yeah, they do look very blue-and-red when presented like this…

And the shields. The one shield that appears to have a Union Flag design on it wasn’t originally planned to appear that way. The pattern I was copying had much narrower white borders and really didn’t have the appearance of the UK flag, but when you’re hand painting onto a tiny 25mm-scale shield, getting those white lines thinner while still remaining distinct is a little difficult. Having completed it, it took enough effort for me to give it the old “ah well, it was tricky enough to do and it looks decent, so it stays!”

The next three models of “Book Two” of my Vikings. Once again these are from Wargames Foundry‘s, rebadged 1986 Citadel F8 Vikings. I’ve actually painted the duplicated axemen before, painted back in March/April, I guess the fact that he’s a dupe explains why Cannon was happy to pass the model on.  Hopefully I’ve made the three of them look at least a little distinct from one another when they get used on the table.

Once again, nothing too outstanding, though the drive to keep using unique shield designs on these figures is keeping me on my toes…