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 Why are they called the Dark Ages? 

Because there were so many Knights!

LOLOLs, you know you can't touch this.

It's for Ages with the Dark Ages 

That joke would work better if I had some Norman cavalry to display but alas; I am not that cool.

What I do have is more Dark Ages infantry types as I continue my goal to paint 100 of these mean little men.  In the largest batch to date I painted 16 of them; all with bristle beards or macho mustaches, strong spears and swift swords, and dainty delicate daisies on their underwear.  

Bringing the total of painted miniatures to 39 out of 100. 

Here they are; Heroes just for one day.  A mix of Saxons and Vikings.

 

Here are a few close ups of a few Saxons, so you can see the absolutely GORGEOUS display of my average painting.  

(I think the Bayeux Tapestry memes are funny)

And some Vikings made it into the mix this time.

What the difference between a Generic Viking dark age warrior miniature and a Generic Saxon dark age warrior miniature?  Mostly the smell.  Saxons smell like cinnamon and Vikings smell like suntan lotion.  I duuno why.

Actually not much.  I try to give Saxons a cross on their shield somewhere and heads with mustaches while the Vikings get more blonde hair in braids and shields that have...ah... anything that's not a cross.

Those were some thrilling pictures of miniatures are they not? 

I'll stop with the memes soon.  Proommiissse.

My Turn!

A lot of miniature wargaming blogs that I follow will occasionally post pics of their adventures away from the wargaming table; like pretty landscapes and wildlife.  I nod along appreciatively but I'm well documented for being an inside person.  I like being inside.  Outside is lame and filled with terrible things like bright sunlight and people walking their dogs (the horror).

But my wife likes the outside and I like my wife, and moreover I like what she does for me after we go outside if you know what I mean....

(she let's me play miniature wargames inside while she takes the kids outside; what were you thinking of?)

For Valentines Day I gave my wife a weekend trip to one of here favorite spots; Muir Woods.  We went last weekend.  Muir Woods is a tourist trap on the West Coast in the San Francisco Bay Area and is basically a National Park that is full of really OLD, really BIG, really TALL Ca. Redwoods trees.

We dropped off  Daughter #1 and Son #2 at their grandparents house for the weekend but took Son #3 (barely over a year old) with us to the forest ,because the grandparents (my inlaws) can't watch all 3 of the surviving children at once; especially since Son #3 still needs diaper changes and like to CLIMB on everything.  Bless their hearts they'll tell you they can watch all 3 of them but I know better.  I'm 30 years younger than they are and I can just barely watch all 3 of them. 

I won't barrage you with pics because it's mostly just, you know, trees.  Muir Woods has 1 main trail loop that is wide and flat and suitable for strollers and such, and a couple other trails branching  off that are more rugged.  Most of the trees there are hundreds of years old and some are even over a thousand years old.  

Told you he climbs on everything

I hiked around 4 miles with 20 odd pounds of toddler strapped to my chest.
Guess I can't be that old and out of shape.

Us inside the trunk of giant tree

Bye

And now it's time for me to make like a tree.....and leave.  But before I go:

Last Bayeux Tapestry meme.

Thanks for reading.

Double Thanks for writing a comment.

Till next time.