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An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:17 am
by Atheling_2006
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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Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:50 am
by Count Belisarius
Wow. Very nice

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:11 am
by grizzlymc
An army of Norms, heavens preserve us. They are most tasty.

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:49 am
by goat major
They are totally lovely - magnificent painting top marks !

I must admit I was nervous about the possibility of early morning photos of Norman

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:55 am
by Shahbahraz
Top stuff. As usual, inspirational and depressing at the same time. ;)

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:56 am
by Willz the Wargamer
Stunning figures, thanks for posting.


Willz.

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 12:46 pm
by Vintage Wargaming
goat major wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:49 am They are totally lovely - magnificent painting top marks !

I must admit I was nervous about the possibility of early morning photos of Norman
Ah, that explains it. I was looking for the vacuum cleaner.

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:21 pm
by Essex Boy
Good 'eavens! They're all very nice.

Iain

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:40 am
by valleyboy
Yes excellent and at an opportune time giving encouragement when I'm looking at Footsore Normans

Re: An Early Morning Norman Scenic Photoshoot

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:16 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Aren't Victrix about to extend their range as well? And I think someone else just launched a KS......