Saga: Viking Army #2

SOLD

This is the second of two different painted Viking 28mm armies I have for sale.  It has never been used in a game.  It is 7 points for Saga.  The Vikings are in the appropriately-named Saga Age of Vikings book.  The miniatures are a mixture of Wargames Foundry, Crusader and Gripping Beast.  Foundry Vikings are full of character and some of my favorite miniatures to paint.  The shields are mostly decals from LBMS with some hand-painted.  The warlords and one of the warrior units are from Crusader.  

There are a total of 47 foot miniatures and I am asking $282.  I also have Saxon and Romano-British armies for sale.

They will be for sale at Historicon on July 21-24, 2022.  I will be in the flea market on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.  I have comments on this post moderated so if you are interested you can give me your contact details through a comment without it posting publicly.

Warlord with 2 banners to use with units as needed.

If you prefer a different warlord, I can substitute this Ivar the Boneless set from Gripping Beast.

1st unit of 4 hearthguard.

2nd unit of 4 hearthguard.

3rd unit of 4 hearthguard.

Unit of 4 berserkers.

1st unit of  8 warriors.

2nd unit of 8 warriors.

Unit of 12 levy archers.

The complete force of Viking raiders.

28mm Vikings & Viking Ship Grave

In between big projects I often work on a few figures, a small unit or a piece of terrain for an old army.  Recently I made some additions to my 28mm Viking army that I use for SAGA.

I normally have a standard for each SAGA army I have.  Even though I don't often use them as banner in game terms, I think they look nice and add character to each army.  When I originally painted my Vikings, none of the miniatures was in the right position to hold a spear upright.  I've been on the lookout for a suitable miniature ever since.  I finally bought one by Gripping Beast at Historicon 2018 from Badger Games.  It came with a LBMS banner.  I think he looks suitably stern to be a veteran companion of the Viking leader.

 

 

The 2nd edition of SAGA allows a unit of 6 shieldmaidens.  Since I already had 4 that I painted back in 2017, why not get 2 more?    I still needed a leader and a standardbearer.  I ordered them from Brother Vinni in 2018 during one of their sales.  They are made of resin with separate arms that attached easily with superglue.  The standard was harder to attach.  The lower section was part of the arm piece, with the upper section including the banner was separate.  It was too thin to pin, but after trimming some off the lower section I was able to get it to hold together with superglue.  It appears to be a strong join now.  The top section is available separately if you need a new banner.

The two new miniatures:

 

 The whole unit ready for battle:

Also recently completed is a Viking ship grave from Acheson Creations.  Cast in resin, my friend Mike bought it for me at a convention and mailed it to me.   I was pleased that when I googled 'Viking Ship Grave' the images were very similar.  The burial site was surrounded by stone slabs in the shape of a ship.  After a quick run though tthe dishwasher to remove the mold residue I spray primed it black.  After that all it took were a few layers of drybrushing.  I added some static grass, shrubs and flowers and voila.  It is a good-sized terrain feature and will give my Vikings something to defend. 

 

 

 

28mm Vikings For Sale

SOLD!!
I have a painted 28mm Viking army for sale.  It was originally built for use with Saga rules, and is 7 points in that system.  There are a total of 45 miniatures, consisting of:

1 Warlord (free)
3 units of  4 Hirdmen (3 points of Hearthguard)
1 unit of 4 Berserkers (1 point of Berserkers)
2 units of 8 Lesser Hirdmen (2 points of Warriors)
1 unit of 12 Thralls (1 point of Levies with bow)

Most of the miniatures are from Wargames Foundry.  There are 1-2 Hirdmen by Crusader and one Old Glory model in the Lesser Hirdmen.  The bowmen are Old Glory except for 2 which are from Foundry.

The shields are a mixture of Little Big Men Studios transfers and hand-painted.  They have been in storage since I painted them and have never been used.

I am asking for $370 including postage in the continental US.  Other postage depends on the destination.  If you are interested, contact me at miros AT sc DOT rr DOT com.

Click on the pictures for a larger version.

The entire army:

The warlord:

 

1st unit of Hirdmen:

 

2nd unit of Hirdmen:

 

 

3rd unit of Hirdmen:

 

 

Berserkers:

 

 

 1st unit of Lesser Hirdmen:

 

 3rd unit of Lesser Hirdmen:

 

 

Unit of Thrall bowmen:

 

28mm Vikings - Ragnar Lothbrok & Shieldmaidens

I bought a variety of miniatures from Brother Vinni (located in Bratislava, Slovakia) back in late 2016.  Their website is at:http://www.brother-vinni.com

While most of them were for my post-apoc project, I also got 5 Vikings, which I painted in late

 2017.  Four of them came as a set of shieldmaidens.  I already have a Viking army for Saga and thought they would add some variety.  Now that the 2nd edition of Saga is out, there is a special shieldmaiden mercenary unit that you can include your army.  Of course the unit requires 6 female miniatures, so I will need to get 2 more from Brother Vinni or Bad Squiddo.

All of the BV models are made of resin.  These are the first resin models I've painted outside of vehicles, buildings or large creatures.  The sculpting quality is excellent and the separate arms attached easily.  I did pin them for a stronger bond.  The only drawback I experienced was with the weapons.  One sword blade snapped at the hilt when I was gluing the arm on.  It superglued back on easily and I can't tell that it was ever broken.  A second sword blade started to bend during painting and I am hesitant to try and fix it for fear of breaking it.

If you are a fan of the Vikings tv show, you may recognize Ragnar Lothbrok.

 

 

The one on the left had to have the sword blade reattached.

 

The one on the left has the bent sword blade.

 

 

Attack!