Dux Homunculorum has a tutorial on painting dark age figures.
Dark Ages
Building A Pictish Figure Eight House
Mitch’s Wargaming and Modeling blog has a post on making a figure eight Pictish house. The result is wonderful.
Modeling A Saxon House
Mitch’s Wargaming and Model Making Site has a mini series on making a Saxon house.
A History of Sword Making
Here’s an interesting article on the history of sword making.
Scratch Building A Viking A- Frame House
The Command Tent has a nice post on how to scratch build a viking A frame house. I’m going to build a couple of these for my Viking/Saxon/Norman games.