Saga - My Anglo-Danes
Dane Axes
I first created some Viking Berserkers, but realised after reading the rules that the Anglo-Danes could take a unit of 4 Dane Axe wielding Hearthguard that have better attack dice than your average Hearthguard.
I took two of my Berserkers and changed the heads to ones from the Gripping Beast Saxon Thegns plastic boxset (my loving brother bought for me) and am really happy with the results.
Even though I have already begun changing my levy unit after clashes of metal and plastic models in it, just to contradict myself I added a Black Tree designs metal miniature to this unit. This was mainly because I didn’t like that fact that he was wielding a two-handed axe in a standard sword and axe armed warrior unit (before his sudden promotion to the Hearthguard.) It also sped up the project because he was already painted and was easily replaced by another model in the warriors unit he came from. He is a little under armoured, but he looks adequately brutal and committed to the task of shield and head smashing to make the grade.
The last model was a kitbash from Wargames Factory (body and arms) Gripping Beast parts (Viking set Dane Axe and Saxon set Head).
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