I painted a few 28mm vikings (brief Ravenfeast report Aug 17)

[Aesthete]

... not quite up to the standard I see on these boards, I'm afraid, but more or less table top quality. Actually finishing minis is a bit of an achievement for me, so I'm sharing the results in an attempt to keep my momentum going.

The hope is that one day they'll see use playing SAGA, and possibly some other games too.

You can see the same pictures with a bit more pointless banter over on my blog, as well as the other handful of minis I've painted recentlyDispatches from the Miniature Front

Anyhow, here they are:

[Codsticker]

... not quite up to the standard I see on these boards, I'm afraid, but more or less table top quality. Actually finishing minis is a bit of an achievement for me, so I'm sharing the results in an attempt to keep my momentum going.

Still well painted and more importantly you are waging the war on unpainted lead- good job!

[Atheling]

You did!

And they're very nice too! 

[FierceKitty]

I'm not sure you need to apologise for those.

[Garanhir]

Lovely old sculpts brought to life! I like your painting style, it brings out the flesh and facial expressions very well, and respect for those freehand shields!

[Aesthete]

Still well painted and more importantly you are waging the war on unpainted lead- good job!

Yes, indeed. I reckon I'm solidly on the way to get the first 1% out of the way. Still, I noticed that once I started painting regularly - I manage to get a few minutes in every other day now - the impulse to BUY additional miniatures is a little more controllable.

[Aesthete]

You did!

And they're very nice too! 

I'm not sure you need to apologise for those.

Thank you   Hopefully I keep the momentum going.

[Aesthete]

Lovely old sculpts brought to life! I like your painting style, it brings out the flesh and facial expressions very well, and respect for those freehand shields!

Thank you!

I have a bunch of metal vikings from "back in the day" (around the time the WFB "Shieldwall" supplement came out). I kept thinking they were all Wargames Foundry, but due to two distinct shield styles (some have thick shields with modelled details, some have thinner completely blank shields) I'm pretty sure they're two different manufacturers. I'm just not sure where the non-Foundry minis are from....

[Thew2]

Good job, they look great. I particularly like the first two old citadel berserkers!

[Aesthete]

That answers my question... my metal vikings are Foundry and Citadel. I frankly forgot that Citadel used to make historical miniatures. But yes, I quick google of "Citadel Miniature Vikings" brings up pictures of about half my unpainted vikings.

Thanks!

[FierceKitty]

I keep the momentum going.

Shall we race? I've just finished filing and prepping my own Viking army; hoping to undercoat 'em tomorrow.

[MagpieJono]

They look great. Never knew that some of them went into battle naked!

[Aesthete]

Shall we race? I've just finished filing and prepping my own Viking army; hoping to undercoat 'em tomorrow.

How about we make it a leisurely mutual pacing run to build stamina? I'm pretty sure I'm not in race condition, but a good running partner would no doubt be beneficial to my pace

[Aesthete]

They look great. Never knew that some of them went into battle naked!

[caveat: I am no scholar, but I've read a few books]

There are sources (pictoral and textual) describing viking berserkers and pre-viking Germannic warriors such as the Heruli going into battle "naked". Now, whether that naked meant "no armour, and maybe with their shirt off" or whether it meant "completely stark naked" is not a settled question, as I understand it. Similarly, I don't think it's necessarily clear to what degree these descriptions are factual descriptions of common place behaviour versus poetic metaphor to describe an idealized form of fury vs cultic symbolism added as a cool narrative embelishment to make stories better in the telling.

A couple of IMO decent links on the topic:
https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/weapons/berserkers/
https://www.historyextra.com/period/viking/the-truth-about-viking-berserkers/

... good enough for wargaming purposes, I say

[FierceKitty]

How about we make it a leisurely mutual pacing run to build stamina? I'm pretty sure I'm not in race condition, but a good running partner would no doubt be beneficial to my pace

It's a deal. I'll post mine here for comparison as they become available.