The Banner are for the House of Bjälbo also known as the House of Folkung as the leader for my Swedish Crusaders will be Jarl Birger Magnusson from the House of Bjälbo.
Here are some pictures of the Jarl and his retinue.
All minis from Curteys Miniatures.
YES ! There will be group pictures of the Crusaders AND the Heathens :)
EDIT 2013-03-16, Seems like Gripping Beast at last will release their plastic Unarmourd Dark Age Warriors at Salute this year, it have been a long wait...
From the back of the box:
"Inside you will find parts to assemble 40 finely-detailed Dark Age Warriors. Each Warrior can be armed with a spear, but for extra flexibility the set also contains additional parts for you to make up to 8 of these warriors with swords, up to 8 with hand axes, up to 32 with slings or up to 16 with javelins. The box also contains extra parts to create horn-blowers and plastic bases for all your figures."
Very nice. Your flags are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThanks Juan !!!
DeleteAnother great unit! Flags and colours are impressive!
ReplyDeletePhil.
Thank you Phil ! Appreciated !
DeleteGreat stuff as always :-)especialy your banners are eimpressive.
ReplyDeleteJarl Birger Magnusson of the Folkungers... I love the books too and was considering building a Impetus Army based on the books though you've been faster.
Thanks Matey !
DeleteWould love to see you paint a medieval Swedish army !
Yes the Arn books are good even not truly historical, but he writhes so you can´t be sure of what is fiction and what is fackts.
I suppouse you have seen the films based on the books to?
To be honest I didn't even know there are any Films based on the books.
DeleteMaybe you'll See some crusaders by me. Given fireforge are releasing their New plastics soon.
The films are ok there are two of them based on the 3 first books.
Deletefilm 1: Arn: Tempelriddaren http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837106/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Film 2: Arn: Riket vid vägens slut
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0950739/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
If you would be interested I might be able to get hold of them for about €6 each at the my local grosary shop, will check if they have any text that work for you, English and German I suppouse?
Looking forward to your crusader project !
Best regards Michael
They are beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI like the flags too, but what do you use for them?
they seem to be tissue.
Thanks Sam !
DeleteI make my flags out of Linen fabric/tissue.
Best regards Michael
Again, wonderful work. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteLooking good, nice and colourful heraldry.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much !
ReplyDeleteBest regards Michael
Stunning looking Swedish Knights Michael.
ReplyDeleteGreat work again :)
Your colors, basing and scratch heraldry...all so wonderful! And your shields and banners are second to none.
ReplyDeleteThey really look very nice and again those flags really stand out!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
A truly impressive looking unit and a worthy finale to this project. I'm looking forward to seeing them on the gamling table.
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