Baltic Crusade 13th Century

[Dalauppror]

Wonderful bunch of heathens Michael, good decision on darker tones for them. When will we get to see more 

Thanks Antti

There are more in the final stages as I painted a buch of them more or less at the same time to speed things up, so during the comming weeks there will be more 

Best regards Michael

[max]

They're good. Do you have any references of these unbelievers? I'm quite curious.

[Dalauppror]

They're good. Do you have any references of these unbelievers? I'm quite curious.

Thanks Max !

Sorry to say but Ii haven´t got any thing about them in english, not much in swedish either...

Best regards Michael

[pocoloco]

There's this:

http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Crusades-Second-Eric-Christiansen/dp/0140266534

Got it myself, interesting read.

[max]

Thanks for the link. I remember reading the Lithuanians used lots of javelins and ambush tactics, but i don't know much else. I'm guessing there's some guesswork when working with these guys, rather like early Saxons in England in a way.

[Dalauppror]

Seems like a nice book ! Thanks for the tip.

Here comes a picture of a Heathen Bearserk.



Best regards Michael

[pocoloco]

Splendid berserker Michael, those tats on him look amazing! I bet he is more than ready to chop down some adversaries!

[Dalauppror]

Thanks !

here comes the rest of the berserkers friend to help out with the adversaries !

more picture at the blog

[Dalauppror]

even more heathens...

as usuall some more pictures at the blog



Best regards Michael

[pocoloco]

Yes, more good stuff! But if they are heathens, why does the one chap have a cross amulet?

[Dalauppror]

Yes, more good stuff! But if they are heathens, why does the one chap have a cross amulet?

Thanks !!!

About the cross... as he and he´s fellow warriors are true heathen they ofcourse dosent read, write or understand what the cross means, and when he killd one of the crusader knights the other day he found a golden cross, and even back then the heathens liked some "bling, bling"

Would have been worse if you found a thors hammer amongst my crusaders...

Best regards Michael

[pocoloco]

I was just teasing you a bit Michael It is known that Christian symbols were used by the heathen/pagans as well, as just another set of symbols that could convey more divine protection. Also the so called wolf's cross is a good example of combining both Christian and pagan symbols. So your miniature is quite accurate in historical sense.

Cheers,

Antti

[Dalauppror]

I was just teasing you a bit Michael It is known that Christian symbols were used by the heathen/pagans as well, as just another set of symbols that could convey more divine protection. Also the so called wolf's cross is a good example of combining both Christian and pagan symbols. So your miniature is quite accurate in historical sense.

Cheers,

Antti

 

[tomek917]

I really like this project!

You make good use of a lot of diferent miniatures and the dark colours are just perfect!

[Dr. The Viking]

Looking goood!