I ran into the Westwind Miniatures 'Nordvolk' range at a con in Maryland over ten years ago ... and instantly fell in love with them. At that point they were brand new and VERY affordable, so I snapped up a good 85% of their range (*excepting their cavalry, which didn't appeal to me ...).
http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_16
They're very close to actual vikings -- or at least close enough that they scratch that itch for me. So when the ennui of the 40K painting grind set in, I decided to take an offramp from the Grimdark and go see what I had in the old boxes that I'd never gotten around to.
In retrospect, I've been long overdue to do this. Painting up these guys was a great reminder that I love the hobby as a hobby ... not just as a means to put Ultramarines and such on the tabletop.
So without further ado, my first tranche of that Nordvolk range:
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| 12 done so far ... another 12 still in the box. My goal here was to create a unifying set of colors - no actual uniforms after all - while still allowing for individuality and the fact that some villagers amongst these greybeards would have gone viking, and so would have the gear to reflect that. |
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| They're big minis - each
sits on a base GW would use for a Chaos Warrior or Black Orc. |
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| Lots of beards and pelts to paint ... |
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| What I love about the range is that each unit has 3-4 sculpts in it that are sorta 'characters' - unique poses that give that unit flavor. Or in this case, beer. |
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| Why, yes, he IS painted up like a garden gnome. How could I not? |
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| Reminds me a slightly taller, angrier Balin. |
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| One of my favorites... I was very pleased at the combination of Vallejo 'Field Blue' and 'Chocolate Brown' for a color scheme. |
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