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Title: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on April 30, 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 May 01, 2018, 03:31:26 AM: Nice work!*thumbs up*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Bloodsbane on May 02, 2018, 01:35:14 PM: I'm really digging that vibrant yellow of yours! Great stuff :)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on December 15, 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 December 19, 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)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: dadlamassu on December 19, 2019, 05:06:09 PM: Superb work!
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Aesthete on December 19, 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 December 19, 2019, 05:37:54 PM: Lovely stuff mate 8)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Chairface on December 19, 2019, 06:37:32 PM: Love those bright shields! Well executed!
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Post by: gamer Mac on December 19, 2019, 06:58:06 PM: Very nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
like the colours
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: rumacara on December 23, 2019, 04:56:47 PM: Nice painting Michael. :-* :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on December 26, 2019, 02:53:26 PM: Quote from: rumacara on December 23, 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 December 26, 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 January 14, 2020, 11:56:41 AM: Great stuff Michigan!

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on January 29, 2020, 07:08:08 PM: Quote from: Michi on December 26, 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 January 30, 2020, 06:53:29 AM: Excellent warband Michi.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: FierceKitty on June 19, 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 June 19, 2020, 10:56:41 AM: Quote from: FierceKitty on June 19, 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 June 19, 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 June 19, 2020, 11:46:54 AM: There are plenty of sites showing the colours you could get from pre-industrial revolution sources.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Mindenbrush on June 20, 2020, 01:04:19 PM: Various greens could be achieved by dying materials with common yellow dyes and over dying with woad or indigo
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Duncan McDane on June 23, 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 June 23, 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 July 01, 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 January 29, 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 July 01, 2020, 11:37:07 PM: Quote from: Michi on June 23, 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 July 02, 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 March 22, 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 March 22, 2022, 09:41:21 PM: “The tide is high but I’m moving on” ;)

Very nice 8)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Atheling on March 23, 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 March 23, 2022, 08:20:50 AM: Great stuff 8)
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on March 23, 2022, 10:08:09 AM: Quote from: Atheling on March 23, 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 March 23, 2022, 10:29:29 AM: Quote from: Michi on March 23, 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 March 23, 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.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Atheling on March 23, 2022, 02:17:23 PM: Quote from: rumacara on March 23, 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 April 09, 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 April 09, 2022, 11:42:02 PM: Fantastic looking figures! Superb brushwork!
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: gamer Mac on April 09, 2022, 11:51:19 PM: lovely work :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Atheling on April 10, 2022, 10:39:13 AM: Some very lovely brushwork on display here :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Bloggard on April 10, 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 April 11, 2022, 02:36:23 AM: I love that red/white/blue striped shield, consider that idea nicked.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: sir_shvantselot on April 11, 2022, 08:48:34 AM: Beautiful shield work. Glorious colours all round.
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Vagabond on April 13, 2022, 07:50:12 PM: These are just wonderfully colourful, I love them and your free hand shields - well wow!!
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on April 14, 2022, 05:48:47 AM: Looking good mate!
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on April 27, 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 April 27, 2022, 06:57:52 PM: Great painting Michael. :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Atheling on April 27, 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 May 02, 2022, 07:12:40 PM: Splendid painting. Bright and beautiful :-*
Title: Re: Saga - Vikings
Post by: Michi on August 12, 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 August 12, 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 April 07, 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 April 08, 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.