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Farewell Ye Olde Vikings!

Farewell Ye Olde Vikings!

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The Project Begins.

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Hi everyone,

As I have written in the sidebar, I have sold off a large army of these old vikings from Citadel Miniatures which I bought in the late eighties.  This was one of my very first armies which I still had.

Unfortunately, they are now rather on the smaller side being true 25mm miniatures, but I wanted to keep a handful to paint up as a homage to these little wonders and to a better, happier time in my life that is as good as gone.

Since I am also getting the new Bickley Vikings, and knowing I will never use these older minis for any army project – I knew it was time to part with them

Here are the Vikings I kept for this project.Here are the Vikings I kept for this project.
The newer Foundry Vikings in comparison to the smaller Citadel Vikings.The newer Foundry Vikings in comparison to the smaller Citadel Vikings.

Looking through my pile of shame (that I pretend is potential), I also found a Viking ship from Revel. I remembered a piece of art from Angus McBride of a Viking last stand on a long ship – yes the one in the project picture. That is when the idea struck me, and I decided I would do something in a similar vein.

The Project Begins.

So, I went about building the long ship first.  The fit was very good and easy to build.  When it was dried well, I took out my fine saw and cut the ship in half and test-set my miniatures.

The Project Begins.

After deciding how the miniatures would sit, I primed the long boat and it is now ready for painting, but that will be for the next post.

Until then stay safe and have fun.

NR.

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