Nev's Wargaming

I have been continued work on my SAGA warband and have completed two and a half hearthguard. The going is slow, mostly because I hate painting metal surfaces such mail jackets and weapons and I much prefer painting cloth and wood. I found the models to be painted to an adequate tabletop standard, they're certainly up there with my better models. I am halfway there to one point of SAGA forces.  I had a go at using proper highlighting methods rather than the drybrush method I normally use, I used one of the Gripping Beast models to try the method out; it has been too long since I have added to my painting skills. The highlighting was a success and it added depth to the model and brought it to life. As I practice, I am confident I will get better at it with time (kind of obvious really).

 Some of this years models, in no particular order. I have mostly been painting Anglo-Saxons so far this year but I have begun a few other projects, I have started work on the Romans and Celts from the  Hail Caesar starter set, some 1:200 scale planes for  Blood Red Skies and finally an Anglo-Dane warlord for Saga. Hail Caesar Roman General and Celt Warlord Anglo-Saxon detachment for Hail Caesar Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon Earl Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons Blood Red Skies Supermarine Spitfire (Blood Red Skies) Saga Anglo-Saxon Warlord (Saga) Objective markers for Hail Caesar/Saga Early Medieval Civilians Early Medieval Monks Early medieval Civilians outside a house

Anglo-Danes make a desperate stand against the fury of a Jomsviking attack in a game of Saga: Age of Vikings Wargaming is a hobby where things can change very quickly, especially in the Fantasy and Science-Fiction genres, you work on one force for one game and a new edition is out or a an updated army book, complete with models that only have new rules in the new books. I know that these companies need to make money to survive, but new editions of games were, in my opinion arriving far too frequently, andd for me, too hard to keep up with. Another problem I had encountered was all my old wargaming adversaries had moved onto games I had little or no interest in or had left the hobby altogether. I have spent the last year assessing my hobby and carefully planning in which direction to head in with it. Saga Top row, Left to right: The  Book of Battles, Saga core Rulebook, The Age of Vikings,  Bottom row, Left to right: Anglo-Dane Battle board, Saxon Saga dice T...