A Return to the Table

 So, with the Greeks and the Persians in the bag it was time to travel nearly one thousand five hundred years into the future to the year 1066.  I decided that the 40mm bases were a  little too  small to use, so I returned to using 60 by 30 millimetre bases. The first army to hit the painting table were the Anglo-Saxons, the figures from Baccus painted up nicely and I added some flags from Maverick Models which made them look good.  Having just two ranks of twelve figures on each base and two bases per unit makes the shieldwall look quite good.  After finishing them off I decided to have a bash at some buildings and another stab at getting thatch right. I was a bit happier with the way the thatch worked out on this batch of buildings and I think I can see a way of making it better still. Next up were the Vikings and things were going fine until about the middle of July when I suddenly couldn't face painting anything.  This lull lasted for about eight weeks and really put me behind