More Viking Raiders Coming From V&V Miniatures
January 7, 2016 by brennon
V&V Miniatures have previewed another of the miniatures coming in their new Viking set. See what you think of this raider who has no doubt just hopped out of his longship and is looking for some gold to steal...
As you can see he is lunging forward to smash his axe into some poor Saxon shield with that cloak billowing out behind him. Painting those big fur cloaks is a lot easier than regular cloaks so I'm glad to see that they made that decision!
With a bit more damage to the shield this would make for a good seasoned raider. It's nice to see that he has the sword at his side as well as the axe. Once he's sunk the axe into someone's skull he'll certainly need another weapon to carry on fighting a more worthy foe.
What do you think?
"Painting those big fur cloaks is a lot easier than regular cloaks so I'm glad to see that they made that decision!"
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There is no such thing as too many Vikings. .. and the VV stuff look good
If you are fighting AGAINST vikings, any are too many.
Good pose, good cloak not all squared more pelt than designer fur, good Norseman gone Viking. I know a lot of people will argue, but Viking is a name given to the act of raiding and stealing for women and raping your sheep LOL So really and I know we all call them Vikings, but they were Norsemen gone Viking. Vikings is a general term we called them all much later, it is in some circles thought the term was used because we had Northmen and it would save confusing them. However the most probable is that they described themselves… Read more »
The true origins of the term ‘Viking’ are untraceable, but you are correct in that it was probably used in Scandinavia to describe anyone of Scandinavian origin who went on raids; rather than as a name for a race or faction.
Its co-incidental similarity to the old english word ‘wic’, meaning ‘camp’, meant that the term was probably also picked up and used by Saxons etc to describe them more as “those that turn up and camp on our land”. Same word – two parallel meanings that took hold in the collective memory?
If Runners are Running, Drivers and Driving then the Vikers are Viking?