Tale of Saga Painters: 2nd Goals

July 1st Goals!

Rob Pierce

I have a tournament coming up in late June (my first in saga) so I'm going to get as much painted as I can and have set myself quite a steep target. unpainted models are allowed but I'd prefer not to use them. This month I'm going to try for a warrior priest, bard, and 12 archers. I doubt I'll make it but worth a go.




Dustin Vogel

Since I'm moving at the end of June my July goal will again be humble: 4 points of warriors painted and another point each of hearthguard and warriors converted assembled. After that I expect to kick things into gear.




Charles McCall

The goal for July 1 are the warriors in the pic. Most are base painted and those that aren't will give the practice I need moving forward. If these go well, I'll move on the second unit of warriors. Admittedly, I tend to be something of a splurge painter where I will get loads of work done then take breaks. I hope to solve that by doing this challenge. One way will be to attempt to do something everyday, even if it is minor.
I hope everyone is doing well and good luck! A couple of the updates so far have been impressive!






Kjell Dwellström

Painting up 12 models from this pile of minis is my 1st of July pledge. The minis assorted are:
6 Mutatawwi'ah Warriors
8 Islamic light horsemen (javelin mounted Warriors)
1 Female Warrior poet (War priest)

2 Byzantine hearthguard
3 Byzantine carts for escort scenario

Anglo Saxon Warlord
8 Anglosaxon Warriors

Being a person who likes to paint individual miniatures, I don't like to batch paint units or stick to a certain paint schemes. I have to be mindful of my Islamic and byzantine colour palettes somewhat, the completed armies shouldn't look an Jackson Pollock painting. The big challenge for this pledge is going to be the horsemen, there is a lot of them and painting a realistic horse coat is hard. I picked up the Painting War Dark Age magazine some time ago and will try out some simplified techniques from there.

Dan Gleason

Well, to be honest, by the time I posted this, I had already finished my July 1st goal of 4 points of Salian Franks! Had a good amount of spare time and really pressed it. Here's what they were at the beginning of the month. The final product will be in the August 1st report!

Tale of Saga Painters: 1st Goal Results

Goal set 2: Due July 1st, 2017


Rob Pierce

May goal complete!






May target went well surprised myself by getting it done despite being a slow painter. Really pleased with how unit looks and had my first experiment with lbm transfers. After a couple rage quits while figuring out how to apply them I'm now a big fan.


Dustin Vogel

My June 1st goal was to start organizing minis as they arrived and to build and base at least two points of my Pagan Rus/Vikings/Joms mega-warband.

Stauts: completed and exceeded: 1 point warriors, 1 point hearthguard, 1 point warrior priest, a bard, and a warlord all assembled, converted, and based! This besides the fact that I'm still (3.5 weeks later) waiting on my orders from Old Glory and VnV (with the Warhansa order having arrived on the 30th). Overall I'm digging the Rus/Joms look, and having fun adding little details like fur, pointy helmets, and poofy pants.





Charles McCall

So my initial plan fell apart a bit as I had many time demands the last two weeks. This was coupled with the realisation that I have been away from painting for a bit and need to ramp up to doing the detail the hearthguard require. They are the ones in front on the left. The red lining in preparation for a more complex pattern was more than I could muster though it did turn out well. And it wasn't a complete loss as some bits such as hair and weapons needed touch up or base painting having been in storage for a bit. Depending on progress before July 1, these might be goal for August 1.

Andrew Parker

I didn't quite finish my May target (week holiday got in the way) so 2 points of Saracens this month, with possibly the warlord as well depending.








Kjell Dwellström

Together with the wall seen in another post, my May-June pledge of painting 5 minis is complete. While working through the Saxons is a breeze, the Islamic warriors require a lot more inspiration and are much more demanding in technique.




Back view, the Mutatawwi with the dark purple-yellow robe was quite a challenge to paint. I am not 100% satisfied with his pattern, which inspired from the book cover of Kitab al Aghani (Book of Songs). Wanted to do more plain brown clothes initially, fitting for the background of these warrior ascetics but making things complicated is what I like to do.





Mark Evans

So my goal changed slightly and I ended up building 3 pts of warriors & 1 pt hearthguard (front left). Still undecided whether going to run Anglo Saxons or Anglo Danes, but this way I have the flexibility to run two units of 12 warriors for A-S, as their board works better with units of 10+.

Used all GB plastics, however there are no dane axes on the sprues so need to source some to make my hearthguard A-D. Also not yet seen a model I really like for my warlord.

Next month goal is to get 2pts painted - I have no doubts this will be a slow process as not painted for years, so will need to ease myself back in!

In case you're wondering, shields will be added after painting.




Dan Gleason

So, I didn't have a June 1st goal as I was waiting for my "really Frankish Franks" to arrive. Well, they are here and I got a head start. Here's my July 1st Goal. 4 points of Salian Franks, already started and hoping to paint them to basic speed painting quality. I will probably need to add more to the goal as I will probably get these done well before July 1st.

Stay tuned for more updates as we work toward our July 1st goals!