Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Håtunaleken – Bidowers for King Birger


Hello everyone, long time no see etc etc. It's summer/vacation time, which strangely enough means I'm more busy than ever. The unexpected bonus of having small kids I guess. Anyway, time to update the long neglected old blog with some painted miniatures – my final unit for the Håtunaleken club project no less.

This is a unit of skirmishers, or bidowers as they are called in Lion Rampant. Very nice for screening your advancing troops and harassing the enemy.

The models are all from Black Tree Design and started out as Anglo-Saxons. A couple of them got new heads from West Wind Miniatures for a bit of variety. These are the hooded ones and the blond fella.

 As they are meant to represent poor peasants, hunters and other wood folks I went for a really muted palette. To add some interest I picked out some details in contrasting colours.

I'm in the process of sorting out some picture of the full host and will post these in the coming week.

Thank you very much for reading!
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18 comments:

  1. Dalauppror5 August 2015 at 11:53

    Very nice indeed ! I really like the subtile colours you use, look very good!

    Suppouse we have to get some Håtunaleken on the table during the autum:)

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    1. Jonas M5 August 2015 at 20:24

      Thanks Michael, much appreciated!

      Yes, we definitely need to play some more Håtunaleken! :)

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  2. Michael Awdry5 August 2015 at 12:41

    They look magnificent, great painting.

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    1. Jonas M5 August 2015 at 20:25

      Thank you very much for your kind words Michael!

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  3. NW Crew5 August 2015 at 13:02

    Really nice. I like the choice of colours. /Mattias

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  4. Rodger5 August 2015 at 14:04

    Lovely work here Jonas.

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  5. Joakim Ström5 August 2015 at 14:17

    Great looking minis!

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    1. Jonas M5 August 2015 at 20:26

      Cheers Joakim, and thanks for stopping by!

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  6. Steve J.5 August 2015 at 15:51

    Great work Jonas:)

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  7. nobby5 August 2015 at 16:06

    I'm glad you are back blogging. Lovely figures

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    1. Jonas M5 August 2015 at 20:28

      Thank you nobby, much appreciated! I'm working on a couple of posts, so hopefully there will be more activity here in the future.

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  8. DeanM9 August 2015 at 17:17

    Wonderful looking bidowers, Jonas. I've yet to use this troop type in LR games.

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    1. Jonas M9 August 2015 at 20:48

      Thanks Dean! I've found bidowers to be very useful indeed in LR. One favourite trick is to lure hotheaded knights into rough terrain to even out the odds a bit.

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  9. Black Powder16 August 2015 at 10:41

    Excellent painting Jonas, may they serve the King well :0) BTW, we've had far too few Håtuna games lately. We'll have to rekindle the project after the summer holiday!

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  10. Phil21 August 2015 at 09:00

    They are beautiful Jonas, splendid colors...

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