Thached stone building with enclosure

I bougth some bits recently from Gripping Beast and while having a browse (as you do), I took a fancy to a stone building so added it to the order.

I wanted to do soemthing a bit different with it so I based it with some hurdle fence pieces from the Games Workshop fence/wall set to make an enclosure; plus some plastic wood to blend it into the base ...

All finished and ready to takes it's place in a village, ham, tun or burgh...

A bit of cartage ...

A couple of carts. I re-based my existing one (on the left above), and I've added a new one - Celtic Cart from Warlord Games.

Looking for the Old Crone ...

Earldorman Rodor's wife Beornwyn, her female warriors, Bishop Wulfrum of Wuduceastre and some armed monks (and a dog called ?spot?) - are searching for the Old Crone, as the Bishop is trying to come to an understanding of the ways of old religion (they go armed as it is a dangerous time - you never know if there are vikings about)  ...

Beornwyn and the Bishop enquire at a village as to the whereabouts of the Old Crone, they are told to try a hut on the hill about a mile outside the village to the north.

They catch sight of the Old Crone in front of her hut ....

The Old Crone disappears in a puff of coloured smoke, and three other wispy smokelets appear ...

The old crone unsure of the reason for the visit has disappeared and has summoned some 'undead' to attack the visitors ..

 The skeleton undead attack, and the party do their best to defend themselves ...

The cowled monk throws back his hood and chants a prayer from the holy book of Crontarth..

The skeleton undead have turned back to dust - a narrow escape for all ...

Female warriors ..

Female warriors, converted Warload Games celts, as escort to Thegn Rodor's wife (centre).

A meeting of Mages in the forrest

Oswyn (Grey Coat) , Nerienda (known by most as Old Crone) and Hunwald (Black Staff)  have gathered for a meeting deep in the forest ..

Oswyn:  How goes our plan Nerienda ?
Nerienda: Well it goes. The viking Erikson has the book of Tanwold, and our friend Elfric will decipher the clues to the hiding place of the Whorled Cup and its treasure.
Hunwald: So we let those vikings do all our work for us and take the risks.
Nerienda: Yes they find what we seek and we will take it from them ("cackle")
Hunwald: Let us retire to my cave and have something to eat and drink.

 as they walked to the cave

Oswyn: Nerienda I hear that the Bishop of Wuduceastre is hunting for you
Nerienda: I will deal with him and whoever he sends, do not worry

---oXo---

Where is the Whorled Cup ?

After their victory at Drengham Sven Erikson looked at beginning of the the second chapter in the book of Tanwold, he new some latin but not enough to understand, he got Elfric (a monk they had captured) to translate. The information he was after was there - chapter two dealt with the history of the Whorled Cup.

Elfric told him the rest of the book contained 8 short chapters , 7 describing the locations of the 7 parts of the map showing the route to the location of the Whorled Cup and the last one special instructions on how to proceed at the site of the treasure.

Sven and Elfric settled down to decipher chapter 3, the location of the first part of the map ...

Isle of Sceapige (7) - The Fight for Drengham

The defenders of Drengham keep an eye out the for the vikings ...

The vikings start their approach ...

The scaling ladders are getting into place, one viking hacks at the gate with his axe while the battering ram is brought up ...

The battering ram starts pounding the gate, while attackers try to get over the pallisade using the ladders ...

Some vikings are over the wall, Leofric the archer fights hard, holding off a viking axeman ...

As the fight to cross the pallisade goes on, the battering ram continues hammering at the gate ...

More vikings are across the pallisade but the saxons are just holding them back ...

The gate gives way and the vikings pour in. Leofric the archer finally deals with his axeman opponent ..

With the vikings through the gate the resolve of the saxons falters, they fall back ....

The saxons make a desperate stand, but they cannot beat back the ferocious vikings ...

The saxons are pushed back towards the harbour, where the civilians are getting onto the ships ...

One of the ships is away while the saxons fight to hold the vikings so as many can get into the last ship as possible ....

The second ship gets away, not before the vikings cut many brave saxons down. Leofric the archer fires some parting shots from the stern of the ship at the vikings on the jetty ..