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Another addition to my (slowly) growing Thematic Byzantine army. This time the famous/infamous Varangian Guard.
For many more pictures and the usual discursive meanderings p-lease feel free to pop over to my Just Add Water Blog here:
http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2023/02/thematic-byzantines-varangian-guard.html (http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2023/02/thematic-byzantines-varangian-guard.html)
As I say, you will find many more pictures including those of the individual bases- and some nice hem decor! ;)
I noticed that all the shield armed models came open handed and with four poses available I wanted to have as much variation as possible. I chose to clip off some of the right hands and replace with different weapons as seen below:
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Pics from more or less front on:
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And from a slightly higher angle:
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A couple of close ups/single bases:
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Cheers