Vikinga Här

[Gracchus Armisurplus]

Very nice! Those kits blend together very well, can't wait to see them painted and based!

[mrtn]

I can't see your blogpost because it's covered with a ginormous picture of a musketeer that seems to be connected to the daggerandbrush blog link.  Reloading the page doesn't help. 

[Engel]

Thanks for the heads up. I think it should be good now.

[Engel]

Some wip Norse archers.

Mostly Conquest Games plastic archers.

http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2016/10/norse-archers.html




Conquest Games has really stepped up a notch with these and they are soo mutch better then thier earlier Normans.

[Argonor]

Conquest Games has really stepped up a notch with these and they are soo mutch better then thier earlier Normans.

I agree - I never bothered buying their Norman sets, but after seeing some assembled and painted samples of the Archers set, I purchase don eof those and was not disappointed.

[Gracchus Armisurplus]

Also agreed. I mean, it's a little tricky to get a natural looking pose out of the archers given the way the arms are sculpted, but it's possible with a bit of chopping and carving. And their Normans are a great kit too, I just wish there was a bit more head diversity and the shields were separate to the hands!

[Bishop Cockthrottle]

Some wip Norse archers.

Mostly Conquest Games plastic archers.


http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2016/10/norse-archers.html



Conquest Games has really stepped up a notch with these and they are soo mutch better then thier earlier Normans.

Looks like a fair few bits and pieces from Gripping Beast on these?

[Engel]

Yeah, mostly Conquests Games plastic archers with Gripping Beast Dark age warriors but with some heads and bits from their Hirdmen box and Fireforge Rus.

[Engel]

I just painted up some Úlfhéðnar to my Norse collection

Many more picture here:
http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2016/12/ulfheinn.html



The miniatures are a mixture of Gripping Beast, Shieldwall miniatures and V&V miniatures.
I must really recommend V&V miniature, they must be some of the best Viking miniatures out there.

[rumacara]

Very nice miniatures.
Can you tell how is the resin on the V&V miniatures?
Is it soft or hard?
The miniatures seem great but very fragile.

[Sammie]

Engel the Norsemen are cool. Do you check out somewhere for references on how they might really look like?
I happened to visit Gudvangen village in Norway around 4 years ago. They host Viking Market every summer offering a show of Viking life. It was strange to move from today’s Norway urban landscape (like this https://tranio.com/norway/) into the world of Vikings. They did some sort of reconstruction of fighting, archery, ballgames, etc. resembling the guys from your collection. They plan to launch a permanent Viking theme village in May 2017 and have a dedicated web site. So you might check out. Good luck!

[Engel]

Thanks Sammie

I have looked on lots of picture from Viking markets and so on.
One of my sisters is really heavy into medieval and viking markets, sewing clothes and so on so I have talket to her and her husband about references and so on.

I have some books, my favorite is a book by two Norwegian writers called "Vikingar i Krig"

And lots of inspirations can be found on the net.
I have gathered some pictures here: https://www.pinterest.se/jonas_peter_eng/norse/

[Engel]

I see I had  forgotten to post these Bondi spearmen here. Sorry.



https://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2018/04/viking-bondi.html

[Engel]

I needed some more archers.

Here are some Bondi archers to add some more ranged capability.

http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2018/05/norse-bondi-archers.html
More pictures at the link:

[Engel]

Looks like I had forgotten to update this thread with the Viking Rus Hirdmen i did.
All plastic kitbashing.

http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/2018/08/viking-rus-hirdman.html

Many more pictures at: