I recently received a number of 25mm Dark Ages shield transfers from Veni Vidi Vici. I have never been very good at using decals. My early plastic models of Stalin tanks and German Tigers usually found the Russian star or German cross at horrendous angles on the turrets. WWI biplane models came off even worse. Half the time the decal stuck to my finger and simply tore to shreds. Needless to say, if concise instructions had been included, as arrived with the transfers, perhaps my bias would be different.

Okay, I admit it. When I first tried to use the shield transfers, I didn't bother to read the instructions. My success was much like that of thirty-something years ago. Lo and behold, when I did manage to finally look at the handy tip sheet, the process became an easy success.

Let me say at the outset, that these transfers are meant as a time saver. I cannot paint good shield designs. So, usually for my 25mm figures (the latest being Gripping Beast Normans, Vikings and Saxons) I would simply copy a rudimentary Norse design from an Osprey book, changing the colors from figure to figure. Boring and unrealistic as well, but I just don't like to do it! These transfers freed me from that dull sameness. Now all I have to do is paint the shield in a basic color and stick the transfer on it! They come in black, red, white, yellow or navy, in a wide variety of designs, up to fourteen different designs per sheet!

The transfers are designed for both 15mm and 25mm scales, with each sheet doing from 20 to 24 figures. Prices are $1.90 per sheet for 15mm and $3.50 per sheet for 25mm. They have them available for the Hellenistic, Imperial Roman, Barbarian, Late Roman, Dark Ages and Medieval periods. The company also has rules, order counters, and other products as well. Highly recommended and available &om Pharoah's Arms, P.O. Box 579, Merrickville, Ontario, KOG 1NO, Canada. -

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