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Saga Undead Vikings
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About the Project
With the fulfillment of the Ragnarok White Metal minis Kickstarter I got some cool draugr undead Vikings. The Ragnarok 2 Kickstarter tempted me into getting a 4 point force of undead for Saga. Rather than just playing Age of Magic I am going to try and use the Viking battle board for Age of Vikings and tweak it to try and make it a bit more supernatural. I am conscious to try and find balance, but I have plenty of time as I wait on the Kickstarter to end and the majority of my force to arrive once cast and shipped to me. In the mean time I am having fun with a paint scheme for my army.
Related Game: SAGA
Related Company: Studio Tomahawk
Related Genre: Fantasy
This Project is Active
Archer progress
I am happy with the variety I managed to work in. The same 4 sculpts would eventually be tricky to look like individuals, but with just 8 for now it has gone OK.
I tried to add cuffs and edges of another colour to show that not everyone just had a single colour tunic etc.
I know that reds and blues etc. were expensive colours in the dark age, but this is a fantasy undead faction that I will take more licence with.
I like some drab and dark options to make the other brighter paint jobs stand out.Archer plans
With all four of the poses painted I have an idea how to make the 2nd four different and ideas for how to emulate the design in my last four kitbashes to make it a full levy unit of 12.
Some additions
Wanted some slingers, bows or javelins for my Viking draugr. Was contemplating an ally like goblins or evil dwarves, but good old Colin made some archers in the same style as the rest of the range.
I bought 8 but there are only 4 poses currently. I will kitbash the last 4 and try to make them fit in.It’s a pleasant scheme to paint. Primed black. Slight zenith of Halfords Red. Pick out some base clothing colours and don’t do full coverage in the recesses. Play with weathering and blood, pick out a few metal bits. Gore over any mistakes. Highlight a few bits but not uniformly to try and keep the rotten look going. Use a beige or green tinted light colour for the last of the fleshy bit and pick out the eyes in a pure white, maybe some teeth too. Use washes over anything too poppy. Nice no pressure paint scheme.
Looks even better with garment tag thin clear bowstrings.Kitbashing solution. - Point of warriors
The original Ragnarok Miniatures Kickstarter selection of draugr were a mix of chainmail and standard dress 4 and 4. So for Saga I wanted to make another 4 unarmoured Draugr to make a full point of warriors. They have come up a bit shorter than the lovely metals but they do the job.
They mix well with the metals.
The kitbashed Draugr are made from 3 Wargames Factory bodies and a Gripping Beast Dark Age Warrior Body. They have Gripping Beast Viking heads. The arms for the Wargames Factory bodies are a bit true scale compared to the metal Draugr so I went for a slightly more heroic Wargames Atlantic Dark Age Irish spear arm instead and used the smaller left arms to hold the shield. For most of the shields I used the metal shields from the Kickstarter to help make them blend with the metals I already painted. I used some Gamers Grass meadow / marsh land set because it has a mix of black based and brighter grass tufts.
Yay! Now the work really starts....
So glad that my 4 points of Saga Draugr have arrived from the Ragnarok 2 Kickstarter.
The warlord leader miniature looks really nice and detailed. As I try to figure out how to chalk up the last point of miniatures for this army I have to think about the rules and battleboard I will use.
There was a Version 1 Saga undead army called Revenants, but it didn’t catch on strongly and hasn’t had a Version 2 update as yet. The appearance of Age of Magic gives you fantasy army ways to play, but I didn’t want to add sorcerers and wizards. Gerry and others have helped me think about my options.
Golden button!
Undead Vikings get a pat on the backChuffed with my mention on the community spotlight to get a lovely golden button.
I really enjoy painting and photographing my efforts.
At times the golden buttons I have received have really helped me at a low ebb. This time I was excited about backing Ragnarok 2, was really enjoying the project and I imagine this came across in my work.
Looking forward
The hearthguard in the front and the warriors in the back look great
The undead berserkers look really cool and there seems to be plenty of variety in warriors in the background.
The warlord looks a bit underwhelming, but will come up with something interesting for the base or nice shield / shield design.The Kickstarter 2
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ragnarokminiatures2/ragnarok-2
So I backed the 2nd Kickstarter to get a 4 point Saga bundle to bring the project to fruition.
The campaign was doing so well that they are considering offering the Goblin / Dark Norse elves in an early option on this Kickstarter.
I have spoken with Colin, the sculptor of the range, and he might be able to do me a 12 goblin blister (Saga levy size) addition to my pledge rather than committing to a horde of 80 currently on offer.
Failing that I might be able to use some of my evil dwarves as levy.
I think getting to 6 points will be easy one way or another.
While I wait for the Ragnarok 2 campaign to finish and ship in a few months I can look at adapting the battle board to fit my undead vikings.
