Here are some Viking hirdmen that I've just finished painting. These are mainly Gripping Beast plastic figures with two Warlord Games metal figures to make up numbers. Shield transfers are LBM/Victrix. When we visited the Galloway Hoard exhibition at Melbourne Museum last November I picked up a book, The Viking Great Army and the Making of England, by Dawn Hadley and Julian Richards. This is a really interesting book that tracks the movements of the Viking Great army in England between 865 and 878. They have another book Life in the Viking Great Army; Raiders, Traders and Settlers which I have ordered. I also bought a copy of Viking Blood Feud the Lion Rampant supplement that is set in Iceland and deals with the Icelandic sagas, I haven't finished reading it yet but will hopefully get in a game of this soon.
Beautiful painted Hirdmen!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal.
DeleteLovely work on them, they look a right frightening horde, should do fine on the table I would say.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, it was good to finish them off.
DeleteGreat looking vikings Cyrus!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christopher.
DeleteSplendid looking Vikings, they look great!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, hopefully I’ll give them a run soon.
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