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Title: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 30 April 2018, 01:56:09 PM: My first Vikings are finished. I had done some on commission before, but these are my very own archers:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MlGhY7xk5ks/WucQwFF2l7I/AAAAAAAAJ74/zE_QT5MOnWAU9_Q7FZPdnwmLcuBdWqVgwCLcBGAs/s1600/Archers%2B001.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Codsticker on 01 May 2018, 03:31:26 AM: Nice work!*thumbs up*
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Post by: Bloodsbane on 02 May 2018, 01:35:14 PM: I'm really digging that vibrant yellow of yours! Great stuff :)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 15 December 2019, 10:54:03 AM: More than one and a half year later I finished some more! Here is my Viking warlord:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hdP0G5kCGzU/XfYNs9h-j5I/AAAAAAAAKm8/G1SNeja29pYW54QUuHFIrBNcrewFCkVXQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3286.JPG)

He does not come alone, but brings his retinue of berserkers too:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJC61Ax5X_M/XfYNtAGKR-I/AAAAAAAAKnA/vdATl4en-UIQGYdeAy9DSHp8kcI3-MRGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3288.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bmhjFnygcGE/XfYNtwggJMI/AAAAAAAAKnI/TFcndd0ZEIUy9xoxoXibHP8uDo7rJB5OACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3289.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NQ1Pyp1wGZ0/XfYNuQxN58I/AAAAAAAAKmw/K4Y9sIVuk_Ukz1PoG7QLrjyODIq4ykAuACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3291.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 19 December 2019, 04:36:57 PM: Hearthguard:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ktxsNS4Mm48/XfulYgWHK9I/AAAAAAAAKnc/IzAAiI6dDukfTY-Aj8W_PSZ_ljLPqqYqwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3374.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j3HBBeDZ0lY/XfulYT5GmmI/AAAAAAAAKnY/LyKY5o6ucBcDFWC53fySkTOzG0DR4YBRQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3373.JPG)
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Post by: dadlamassu on 19 December 2019, 05:06:09 PM: Superb work!
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Post by: Aesthete on 19 December 2019, 05:34:06 PM: I recognize some of those Foundry vikings! Always nice to see them. And admirable free-handing on the shields as well. Nicely done! :)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 19 December 2019, 05:37:54 PM: Lovely stuff mate 8)
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Post by: Chairface on 19 December 2019, 06:37:32 PM: Love those bright shields! Well executed!
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Post by: gamer Mac on 19 December 2019, 06:58:06 PM: Very nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
like the colours
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Post by: rumacara on 23 December 2019, 04:56:47 PM: Nice painting Michael. :-* :-*
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Post by: Michi on 26 December 2019, 02:53:26 PM: Quote from: rumacara on 23 December 2019, 04:56:47 PM
Nice painting Michael. :-* :-*

Thank you! Quite a few of them were formerly owned by you... ;)

Here is another point of Viking warriors before the year comes to an end:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e3oLETTHAtA/XgTISHNoAjI/AAAAAAAAKoA/ejBPdhLSfCcL5al8kRt2zsskKM04XxQ5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3471.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hmxNrk2ck80/XgTISAflxNI/AAAAAAAAKoE/5fTmDW5DYfER9U_hg273-AdxJx8EgYM5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3470.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: rumacara on 26 December 2019, 04:38:58 PM: Quote
Quite a few of them were formerly owned by you... ;)

Give them back. But painted... ;D lol

Great painting. :-* :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: bluewillow on 14 January 2020, 11:56:41 AM: Great stuff Michigan!

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 29 January 2020, 07:08:08 PM: Quote from: Michi on 26 December 2019, 02:53:26 PM
Here is another point of Viking warriors before the year comes to an end

And I started the new year painting Vikings too! Here they are - another band of warriors (1 point in Saga terms):
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oaMXBAUppzU/XjHQkGjty1I/AAAAAAAAKpM/eWL1wKbWz0Yp5Y6aeIjLvZHKCBFDVISmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3853.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QLW01TWOh5Y/XjHQj99bb7I/AAAAAAAAKpI/RG0k7kxS5oY3v1obZ75PMHzmw2minczGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3850.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MOJ4UTruJQE/XjHQjC1itWI/AAAAAAAAKpA/2y_STTSfUOQHsW7_P71TW96DKw036h6FQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3849.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Ragnar on 30 January 2020, 06:53:29 AM: Excellent warband Michi.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: FierceKitty on 19 June 2020, 06:16:29 AM: I suspect that green could have been sold for the price of three ships in the dark ages. It certainly wasn't something anyone would have seen before!
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Ragnar on 19 June 2020, 10:56:41 AM: Quote from: FierceKitty on 19 June 2020, 06:16:29 AM
...green... It certainly wasn't something anyone would have seen before!

Just curious, what is your basis for this statement?

Edit: Here is a study with citations saying that green was known. https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikdyes.html
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Cubs on 19 June 2020, 11:09:38 AM: This was interesting, something I'd never considered - "The chemical evidence of textiles from several different sites seems to point to a preponderance of particular colors appearing in particular areas: reds in the Danelaw, purples in Ireland, and blues and greens in Scandinavia proper".
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: FierceKitty on 19 June 2020, 11:46:54 AM: There are plenty of sites showing the colours you could get from pre-industrial revolution sources.
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Post by: Mindenbrush on 20 June 2020, 01:04:19 PM: Various greens could be achieved by dying materials with common yellow dyes and over dying with woad or indigo
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Post by: Duncan McDane on 23 June 2020, 12:54:52 PM: Interesting link, thanks for sharing. Also, note that trade was widespread during that time, so especially the elite troops could afford a wider range of colors than local available.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 23 June 2020, 02:20:03 PM: I live under the impression that particularly the Vikings were great traders as well as ruthless plunderers and loved to show their wealth to both their kin and everybody else. If any dark ages folk would have had access to anything I can image it would have been them. I will continue to clad them in bright and gaudy fabrics and give them vividly painted and ornamented shields... :D
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Amalric on 01 July 2020, 08:42:52 PM: Michi,
These are great looking Vikings!
I'd hate to run into them on a dark and stormy beach.

I love the hand painted shields, especially the monster face [dragon?] on the one third from the left in the photo below.
Quote from: Michi on 29 January 2020, 07:08:08 PM
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QLW01TWOh5Y/XjHQj99bb7I/AAAAAAAAKpI/RG0k7kxS5oY3v1obZ75PMHzmw2minczGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3850.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Maniac on 01 July 2020, 11:37:07 PM: Quote from: Michi on 23 June 2020, 02:20:03 PM
I live under the impression that particularly the Vikings were great traders as well as ruthless plunderers and loved to show their wealth to both their kin and everybody else. If any dark ages folk would have had access to anything I can image it would have been them. I will continue to clad them in bright and gaudy fabrics and give them vividly painted and ornamented shields... :D

Vikings were the 'metros' of their time. Contrary to popular belief, they bathed more often than most Christians, generally favored bright and flashy clothes if they could afford them, and spent a lot of time on personal grooming (tiny spoons to clean out ear wax have been found in grave goods as well as combs, razors, tweezers, and more).

It was a way to display wealth and importance as well as considered good social form (offering a weary traveler a hot bath to wash the grime off was considered good form). Blonde hair, as an example, was more prevalent due to using lye to wash their hair and kill off lice. Not because they were all intrinsically platinum blonde.

At any rate, really excellent freehand work on the shields.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: bluewillow on 02 July 2020, 12:44:39 PM: Great stuff Michi, love the hand painted shields also, particularly your monster.

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 22 March 2022, 09:38:26 PM: I love resurrecting my own old threads... :D

Therefore I painted more Vikings. This happens from time to time and one can never have enough variety to choose from for the composition of the best warband to deploy against a specific opponent. So like every good Viking chieftain I like to pick my warriors from plenty of the best to man my longboats!

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GtYYWbLWjZ_nfvr1IABQ9jXS8PXONQbFNUHgV7opFuk8NrTuf3qdY8I8hMBDguaNiDQpzY_SUrnc1PELIdJcnrQkHTbPAmMa6k9ZluMEA85CI5HVKHYYNdn1rGAnFb-5TABGxVdyD4ppC1Q9IRSZl-MgRX6xz8sivZo_hkhRJ6OyhySmDNBga3zu7Q/s1024/IMG_5910.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1vB7n_Pd1nonJTyHDh0lGU5FvDIXXhtRsHNrGQxeQmV3_JYwWJD32jjmRFFsn4IcjwVOO7Itnqerwspc1bQk_Obyfnq-0kmzErAYdxjnZOiysBD2vEsJIXg84R0JRZSmSq-CTsd54AIWwTeZF2ATzf2-v-x33wOjuXDhzQdv7xY5u9lv2G62GgCYcw/s1024/IMG_5904.JPG)

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Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Blackwolf on 22 March 2022, 09:41:21 PM: “The tide is high but I’m moving on” ;)

Very nice 8)
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Post by: Atheling on 23 March 2022, 08:05:45 AM: Charming brushwork :-*

Who makes the miniatures with the Dane axes? They look very familiar but I cannot place them ???
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 23 March 2022, 08:20:50 AM: Great stuff 8)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 23 March 2022, 10:08:09 AM: Quote from: Atheling on 23 March 2022, 08:05:45 AM
Who makes the miniatures with the Dane axes? They look very familiar but I cannot place them ???

I'm very sorry, but I can't put my finger on that too. They could be fantasy miniatures by Reaper or Hobby Products rather than Vikings. I bought them second hand from the bazaar. I simply assembled a couple of Vikings with axes in one group of 8 warriors (1 point value in Saga terms). The only one I'm aware of, is the Not-Ragnar Lothbrok by Brother Vinni.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Atheling on 23 March 2022, 10:29:29 AM: Quote from: Michi on 23 March 2022, 10:08:09 AM
I'm very sorry, but I can't put my finger on that too. They could be fantasy miniatures by Reaper or Hobby Products rather than Vikings. I bought them second hand from the bazaar. I simply assembled a couple of Vikings with axes in one group of 8 warriors (1 point value in Saga terms). The only one I'm aware of, is the Not-Ragnar Lothbrok by Brother Vinni.

Thanks anyway.... :)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: rumacara on 23 March 2022, 01:22:51 PM: From left to right the 3rd and 7th are foundry. The 6th is gripping beast. The rest i dont know.
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Post by: Atheling on 23 March 2022, 02:17:23 PM: Quote from: rumacara on 23 March 2022, 01:22:51 PM
From left to right the 3rd and 7th are foundry. The 6th is gripping beast. The rest i dont know.

Damn.... From the left it's no 1 and no 8 that I'm curious about ???
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 09 April 2022, 10:47:06 PM: And for something completely different, here is another point of Saga Vikings:

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspcqSjX7ODfeWliMUwQCYZ9Y67fo2VkqGPt7j9UuG-dUBy_s-DNkUHywVi5vhzm4xvhopFBVKBJr_N6gvALmRMIaHtjj0xFwARm8opH6QyNrqev5hOOM_5lwLB_-4LhFqoAYY-ybuv030-JR6WFZo0_pRdgTNAS97PmnBClKuL4jmhhnXGeHe2JcZmA/s1024/IMG_6146.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07_Ezp7Iws1zsMocjwPHtaw9f9MLFJh6aE-xtWrjks5i7lvbL8aNdSZOpiKZlb7NWQQ3jIgl1IxHhu6bIvU7d-8v9658GG9JPKaF0o6qsss-DefDIpmhlA_jcRVRqQ2tfo15tUQAtkvvIIfxjVd4yYohyUaMxb0X0B1znUczCEzORiO6xorGTNoAvEw/s1024/IMG_6150.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5o9WioC25IjeN5pObMIGBbN8HRv5WAPoQ46s8COacsZX3fB5xc-ke2-pXBmRQO5p1lGQ1W60VQnlh2Nl7I_znwcqO9UNrX9clMBM1gfMpr79WjGEKY8htQ7MhlW_2Rq8OPS475WBb-RBtdqAfSTFklj5-alD5QB-KcydQqXU6hIT5kOtqMHkLqZWaQ/s1024/IMG_6149.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcQtEG0TvIrtA0mzxtiXgfQiO6wkYJc994PkgdfFeCw7bQVpXKpFhAI8eHGkO7KXwtmuLR5-yfV6pO3NrJgTz1MRwlBk_kzjd4Cg64UeHyVBhva2uEEL3MC8-BOjG0wFav-6W7fc2UYjMNTEqmztqyz914eT2f8Dj1MOX00kiYxytOr2FOrrUz_mq_A/s1024/IMG_6152.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: MaleGriffin on 09 April 2022, 11:42:02 PM: Fantastic looking figures! Superb brushwork!
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Post by: gamer Mac on 09 April 2022, 11:51:19 PM: lovely work :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: Atheling on 10 April 2022, 10:39:13 AM: Some very lovely brushwork on display here :-*
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Post by: Bloggard on 10 April 2022, 02:35:02 PM: knock-out - :-*

seems to be almost de rigueur for shields on LAF to be free-handed now ! Brilliant painting.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Maniac on 11 April 2022, 02:36:23 AM: I love that red/white/blue striped shield, consider that idea nicked.
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Post by: sir_shvantselot on 11 April 2022, 08:48:34 AM: Beautiful shield work. Glorious colours all round.
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Post by: Vagabond on 13 April 2022, 07:50:12 PM: These are just wonderfully colourful, I love them and your free hand shields - well wow!!
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on 14 April 2022, 05:48:47 AM: Looking good mate!
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 27 April 2022, 06:19:07 PM: I painted a few more levies for my Saga Vikings. 12 men are worth one point in the army. These are armed with spears and shields instead of being archers like the other point of levies that I already had painted.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9cThpH3-jC4TjNCEQso0Rs8EA8HcUS1C7xNlIWSUNhhVvj9jdmon0LMBeHPIUP1XrEDJeqW33vfFr2RPSgo98w-f-dghZY9SjbWmn0sMNUBA2sIgCKJqoBkKdtgcBNOiGwAxEyGlIG6ecG2JoIizofGoSiybbUqdubcVuTATZq3SI32hJ3An0lyuVA/s1024/IMG_6738.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNtBtMlNK8ziGTi563WE5pqInTPQ_qB1BjkuB9FysXNqi--xFvfBLUvCT0BWaiMnPGA_6Ogw16ELUW6AYRevji7qZuaW_SUpOlEijuPjEAgX9qStsLaKEY4zK96nVdIIOSJvB4N_xVxOfWwFjnKadVgrlRNgIG5Eo40QoqhEfnESDaHOSeAvknphd-A/s1024/IMG_6740.JPG)

I tried to have the levies' clothes and shields less flashy than those of their wealthier comrades.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Xi0KUKhhyS3vi_krfX4Zx2UUhjC-OOBctzfKCcm48udPNeVBiPp9OWOO1TG-UQ0KuNRXOdO9v73TjsgOIcewBcddaVQSuZe6EbNRXnpnBx-GkxIq-fUGQUp8HRkeO5RBbiyXoi6ddXCeza-usDezurE4l4i4Yhj-lhja0KCZvRZXZxTwo-lsiAXduw/s1024/IMG_6743.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: rumacara on 27 April 2022, 06:57:52 PM: Great painting Michael. :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Atheling on 27 April 2022, 06:59:17 PM: I love 'em.... Lovely smooth tonality :-*

Also, you cannot beat very well hand Painted shields!
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Captain Blood on 02 May 2022, 07:12:40 PM: Splendid painting. Bright and beautiful :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on 12 August 2022, 11:12:01 AM: More Vikings for Saga: Ulfhednar or wolfskins this time.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifva8AJVMGHWOobIyZQ4nAOnR183AiLcSZ1lIGy7XzrF4KBCDfpvzVrPrqOus_bVpbm-ckCpcdpKS1SoN78THP0B74mX9Nhmk-ZsIDn3bIc3CI-0dFbMaMkuEMvLE51jNU4LuPuq--LRA0O42y6sR3s7w53EgCTN_j84JARpDtH16N4sprxEXsh02YTA/s1024/IMG_8647.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjXCiK0qZXsd1f3T5Hlr5Im5pek_SkVbTExH-o4l5R9UVxTh0DHj8IHT8yScsu8zvTr_MpMyuBWlrpdC4wXAmZSNnmg_1LsIo2FM8JW8DpvcFYniq2Q60DBHRRh7PAg6P58pW_diEj0VdNrqTZvhF3xKzbO2qvuwt-WHVPwJOpXqCZtrltGOPgJUHGw/s1024/IMG_8636.JPG)

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(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspWnZ_L2OROt6Nr_lgpNly4wkpLeHvRrjbV4tK5qOZEec_ODvjv4Tmtu8SHxtOS4Uh9wnl9yvb3kiEXiNpCsZptjoZTs5Qc_X1HHA_IQxXmP26biurTfDnsB4LHNLKJZeRKWN5Hd37MeMc8uh3P20EBNm4f4SUwQmilOOwrRvsh93Nn1CC7WSMH466w/s1024/IMG_8637.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Golgotha on 12 August 2022, 05:51:57 PM: Like 'em especially the way you have done the wood on the spears...
Title: Berserker - NSFW
Post by: Michi on 07 April 2024, 07:42:54 PM: Another addition to my Saga Viking warband, although there are some more miniatures lacking to make a full point. It will be quite a task to find matching comrades to complete that squad of heavy infantry.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBZ-VlG2V7FdgEK7xnK6TfEFypC9iAWhV0_LCT4h_B1fe63bKq9spbpD_n8jv0ta3obEF-ogNAAsk4JfE4aT7zwZRSnCSxvUtqHZ1k7KXCjILX3HLIgzYAK9q8QHKjcmQ-n3hHdvQthq-BiWlbRy9Mbd4dZ12_BInWPjY6OZDYafQgppGMnyPOzIlYsgM/s769/IMG_8687.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrj1yRwJhEtuSOQjHrghYqnsCnJ_5eOgkScM6kPLmhmfZdHO4dv2Zzdq7xdbD3kL-mNlo87sWSAdlgq6Nrr8-FDpJfted1lyCbMWDBOa0Go_7TSHEDbVBXipqegXURMTMmaS57EFfu1wlMdWvUplKP3paDwDk15SNMQuanvGW39mNjYg7gCSL3MphI4DI/s776/IMG_8690.JPG)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcayhbvGHisDw20JW7vceIPPKvcpLfdyH53UjlhFNd7go3bHi6h1aOVSegfy4V6GKSTEYEYXQ3tA3V4P1sYzmNsU-dQEFsK30Gs1MuEC_zGR5e766Z0IP_w019IGAfzUMUfgHEtYHJhui4KRp3IBddUULZlVjlQe4v1CwhmSNwrUjGHYKuCbPP_IvkQDz/s769/IMG_8688.JPG)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Ran The Cid on 08 April 2024, 03:19:56 AM: Wonderful Viking collection. I have many, many Vikings in my future and will be coming back here for some inspiration.