Farewell Ye Olde Vikings!

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Project Entry by nightrunner

The Project Begins.

August 27, 2024

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.

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.

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.