Smol Miniatures are on Kickstarter right now with a new campaign aiming at bringing 3D Printable 15mm and 28mm Dark Age miniatures to the tabletop for your Historical wargames. You'll be able to snap up miniatures for Vikings, Saxons and Frankish forces to use on the tabletop.

Viking Warfare Kickstarter // Smol Miniatures

As it stands, there is a HUGE Core Set that you can pick up from Smol Miniatures which provides you with 15mm pre-supported (and unsupported) miniatures as well as 28mm unsupported miniatures to use when building armies of the Vikings, Saxons and Franks. They have been sculpted to be printed using a resin printer and if you'd like to try this out for yourself, Smol Miniatures have made a free sample available.

Sample Miniatures //  Smol Miniatures

If you're still interested in looking at the finished article that should end up coming out the other side of your 3D Printer, ryeburg_yt over on Instagram showed off some printed and painted miniatures that they tested out.

15mm Printed & Painted Examples // Smol Miniatures

I quite like their squat and over-the-top proportions which should be really good fun to paint up and should mean that the details pop when you get some paint on them. These seem like the prime candidates for the likes of Speed or Contrast paint to make them bright and poppy over a simple zenith undercoat.

When it comes to the miniatures, there are a lot to choose from and far too many for me to show off here. So, I've shown off some of my favourites that caught my eye for the likes of the Vikings.

Viking Warfare Core Set // Smol Miniatures

I love that you can set them up in a shield wall or have them crowded onto a boat that's ready to do some raiding. You've also got lots of characterful figures which can be used to represent leaders within your army. Also, how could you say no to some tiny and very epic Berserkers?

Viking Warfare Core Set // Smol Miniatures

You've also got lots of light infantry for you to choose from, Shieldmaidens, casualties and then endless shields for you to mix and match throughout your collection.

Viking Warfare Core Set // Smol Miniatures

Whilst these can be scaled up to 28mm, I think these seem suitably fitting for the smaller 15mm scale. The proportions feel right for the scale and whilst there's nothing stopping you from going bigger, I think they'd suit the grand look of 15mm with loads of them massed together into big shieldwalls and narratively themed feature bases. I do think it would also be fun to see someone using these for some 15mm skirmishes as well.

If you're interested in the Saxons and the Franks, the campaign is well-funded and they've been unlocked as Stretch Goals. So, they should be available for you to snap up. The campaign is still going for another month so there's plenty of time to get involved.

Will you be picking up the miniatures from this campaign?