In amongst my partly painted boxes of lead, I have the basis of a Viking army for Warhammer Ancient Battles, which, with a few additions like some Norse Dwarves & Ogres, can also be used for Warhammer Fantasy. For an irregular bunch of dudes, which the Vikings were, I like the idea of using figures from different manufacturers. I'm also not fanatical about figures not being spot on 28mm to eye level - in reality men come in different heights and builds!
2. 80's Citadel. Still available from Foundry, but on solid bases. This one, along with #5 are old Citadel figures on slotta bases. http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/vikings-normans-and-saxons
3. Foundry. 'Northern Menace' collection. These are not old Citadel figures. http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/vikings
4. Crusader Miniatures. http://www.crusaderminiatures.com/list.php?cat=4&sub=14&page=1
5. 80's Citadel. (still available from Foundry)
6. Crusader Miniatures.
By the way, I never had the intention of doing an army out of them. I only wanted enough Vikings to do a 'boatload', for a skirmish/raid type game. Then a massive boxload of them appeared CHEAP on eBay and I couldn't help myself. Most of them appear to be huscarls. I'm going to need a lot of bondi, and a few more thralls to make a WAB army out of it. I suppose I could sell some huscarls to buy some more bondi?
For the skirmish game (20-30 Vikings) I have a Revell 1/50 scale dragon ship, which I considered taking a saw to, but am going to leave full-hulled to represent it sitting on the mud. I need to get some Saxon / Viking / feudal type peasants and a handful of Saxon and possibly Norman troops. I've got lots of livestock - sheep, cows, pigs & chickens (from Mega Mini's) for the Vikings to loot. I need some women & children too. Was going to give the Vikings various amounts of points for looting all these things, for killing defenders, and maybe for some arson as well. I'll be keeping track of time though. The Vikings won't be able to leave with their plunder if the tide has gone out, and then they'll lose points for each one killed when the Reeve turns up with some cavalry and some Fyrdmen. How many hour it is before the tide comes in, and how many hours before the authorities show will be random, adjusted in the defender's favour if a messenger manages to get away. The defenders (villagers or monks) will get points for saving themselves and their stock from the fury of the Northmen, and for killing them.
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