Hi all,
The shields and banner are not freehanded. I've been working on some shield transfers / waterslide decals for the dwarf warrior shields because I didn't want them all just half one colour, half another or something extra simple.
I wanted the effect for some units (although some will be uniform) of Viking / Saxon warbands with individual shield designs.
Some of the designs I have drawn onto paper and scanned in (about 2p piece size is fine, and you can draw round them to get the shield shape!) and some are just captured from simple google image searches such as "viking shield design" or "Saxon Shield", "Dwarf designs" etc. It just takes a bit of photoshop or similar knowledge to get them all shrunk down to the right size.
I'll get all the designs onto decal paper soon but believe it or not these I just printed onto envelope label stickers to test the size was right! So all these are just carefully cut out with a pair of small nail scissors and stuck right onto the shields! I've found it best to add a little nuln oil wash into the edges to even them up.
The flag will be better with a proper decal because if you look properly at the flag you can see the edges of the sticker. Still takes a bit of brush work to blend it in.
