Now with Flag

The flag is adapted from a wikipedia image of an artifact depicted the thunder god Perun. I was going to add a border, but honestly I kind of like how stark it looks without one...

more slav elites, and the voivode

The elites are a mix of GB plastics much as before, except the lamellar armor is carved directly into the chest of Dark Age plastic figures (ouch!), instead of being taken from the Arab Heavy Cav box like last time. Also, the flag and horn guys are GB metals, the last of the purpose-built metal Slavs I got from GB. I have yet to decide on a flag for the army.

And here's the general for these guys. He's a Gripping Beast Arab, with a Warlord Games Celt head, and some greenstuff fingers and nasal piece. I figure he's an older dude who prefers to let others do the actual fighting these days, which accounts for his relatively relaxed pose and lack of body armor. He should still stand out on account of having the only helmet in the entire army though...

Slav elites and army shot

Here is the final unit of my core Early Slav force, a small group of armored infantry. There are two Gripping Beast metal Slavs, and the rest are kitbashed out of GB plastics.

And with that, my Early Slavs are basically ready to go. I really like how the limited palette approach worked out, they look quite irregular but still visually cohesive and at least moderately intimidating.

(If you're curious about army composition, I literally just looked up the DBA list for Early Slavs and then doubled the figure count. Since that totals to less than 24 pts in Lion Rampant, I then added the "Foot Knight" elite infantry to bring them up to the target.)

Slav Cav

Here are the cavalry for my Early Slavs, just straight Gripping Beast Dark Age light cavalry except for a few headswaps and a greenstuff hat.

Slav skirmish archers

No conversions except minor headswaps...

more Early Slav javelins

Again, mostly GB's generic dark age infantry, with a smattering of metal pieces, and one OoP Wargames Factory Celt as a token beefcake.

Early Slavs

As promised, some foes for the Vikings. These javelin-wielding infantry, the first of at least four such units, will comprise the bulk of my Slavic army. They are mostly built from Gripping Beast generic Dark Age Infantry, with some GB metals: Rus shields, a few Falklands war heads with the wool hats altered to be fur, and a full metal mini. Oh, and also a Perry Mahdist with a Perry Zouave head.