Viking marauders and Jotunn - and now DRAUGR! Clash of Spears/SAGA update

[Pappa Midnight]

I recently picked up a copy of Clash of Spears and Rise of Eagles for some historical type gaming. Pure historical is pretty much unlike me but I fancied a decent Imperial Roman army clashing with some celts. Anyhow, as always I got sidetracked looking at the Dark Ages lists. Then I ended up buying the Arcane companion for Clash of Spears which has lists for Northern Barbarians, Draugr (Viking zombies!) and Trolls!
With that in mind I bought some Victrix Vikings and some Conquest Trolls to use as Frost Giants.
I'm planning on building a Norse army with fantasy elements to start and then a Draugr Army (suprise,suprise).

First up some Victrix Vikings to get me started:







I have also painted up a few Jotunn (Conquest Trolls):



I think the "Jotunn" scale up really well with the Victrix Vikings, being about twice as tall as a man.



I will post more as I go.

Regards
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[Pattus Magnus]

Those look excellent, I like the jotun a lot! The colours you used work really well, especially the bronze with the blue skin tones.

[commissarmoody]

Oh damn, that is a great idea. They make excellent giants. I am guessing they are frost giants, will you be doing fire giants and trolls as well?

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

Fabulous looking Jotunn.  As with the other replies, the colours are spot on.

[Sunjester]

Absolutely superb! I eagerly await more!

[Michi]

Wonderful paintjobs on both the humans and jötunen! 

[has.been]

+1 to all the above comments.

[Ogrob]

Oh they all look great! Good spot on the size of those conquest trolls.

[Hobgoblin]

Jaw-droppingly good!

[Olsson]

I've come to love Victirx myself, and you have painted your vikings warriors very well. Bold colours that I am sure make them pop wonderfully even at table distance, and I in particular like the work you've managed with the decals, adding the extra mile to weave them into the miniature itself.

[Pappa Midnight]

Thank you all for the comments. I’ve really been enjoying painting these. I am currently working on some berserkers to fit in with these. I have a large collection of Viking minis (unpainted) but a lot of the older minis now look pretty poor when compared to the new plastics.
I will post some WIP pictures when I have assembled them.

Regards
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[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely work 

[BeneathALeadMountain]

Those are excellent (as everyone has said) and I agree with others that the blue skin tone is perfect. I had a goodly collection of vikings and got rid of them when my opponent got tired of saga, I wish I’d thought of doing something like this with them instead.

Keep up the good work,

Balm

[Pappa Midnight]

I wish I’d thought of doing something like this with them instead

I've lost count the number of times I got rid of stuff and wish I hadn't! Luckily my "better-half" is understanding and has allowed me a room in the house to store half-finished projects in case i go back to them...

I have just base coated some more vikings, including two converted berserkers. I used Warlord Celts with some Victrix bits:





Here's comparison shot with a purely victrix mini. I think they blend in OK.



Back to work tomorrow so probably wont get any paint on them until next weekend.

Regards
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[FramFramson]

Always so nice to see a new Pappa Midnight post! Wonderful work as always!