| Cacique Caribe | 12 Sep 2011 5:32 p.m. PST |
This general look here, with that armor, those helmets (horns not needed), and those weapons:
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Source: link Preferably figures that look a bit on the tall side. They are, after all, supposed to be "Vikings", right? Thanks, Dan
PS. By the way, what do you call that style of illustration (done by Melvyn Grant, in 1977)? Looks pulp-ish, but not quite. |
| Eli Arndt | 12 Sep 2011 7:04 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 12 Sep 2011 7:26 p.m. PST |
Check out this artwork I found by chance::
Source: link Similar in poses and colors, isn't it? Dan |
| clkeagle | 12 Sep 2011 7:27 p.m. PST |
Dan, I should take a bigger pic for you… Kremlin's Cyberians look like DEAD ringers for that first bit of artwork. The only thing missing are the horns, and I know you have the sculpting chops to add those.
link Chris K. |
| Mako11 | 12 Sep 2011 7:44 p.m. PST |
RAFM has some similar in style to the first ones, but the helmets are a bit more like standard space helmets, in their 15mm SciFi line. |
| doug redshirt | 12 Sep 2011 7:59 p.m. PST |
Have you read the latest in the series by John F Carr. I liked it and it looks like it is the first in a series. |
| nothing | 12 Sep 2011 8:08 p.m. PST |
That second piece of artwork reminds of the cover from the Starship Troopers game from Avalon Hill.
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| Covert Walrus | 12 Sep 2011 8:12 p.m. PST |
I'd call Melvyn Grant's approach SF baroque myself; Prefer Darrel Sweet's take on the Space Vikings – more realistic without being so literal. Can't find an online shot sorry. |
| AVAMANGO | 12 Sep 2011 8:24 p.m. PST |
The second piece of art looks to me like GZG UNSC Hardsuit Marines. |
The G Dog  | 13 Sep 2011 12:26 p.m. PST |
There was a sequel to Space Viking? |
| mad monkey 1 | 13 Sep 2011 12:39 p.m. PST |
hostigos.com/index.php Check shop to the right. Turn a page or two and it'll take you to "The Last Space Viking". |
| artbraune | 21 Feb 2013 9:09 p.m. PST |
The Darkest Star Games Star Marauders are close – but still don't quite hit the mark… |
| Eli Arndt | 21 Feb 2013 10:05 p.m. PST |
Darkest Star has these link 15mm.co.uk has a range here link -Eli |
| daddyslittlemen | 21 Feb 2013 10:16 p.m. PST |
Never seen that cover before. Mine looks like this.
Consequently, that's what they look like in my head. Damn artists. |
| BlackWidowPilot | 21 Feb 2013 11:41 p.m. PST |
This is the cover on my old copy:
@daddyslittlemen, I like that retro style, actually… very old school WH40KRT Imperial Guard…
Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net
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| AVAMANGO | 22 Feb 2013 3:28 a.m. PST |
I'm with Eli & artbraune Darkest Star Games have the perfect representations of the Star Vikings in the form of there Star Marauders which i seem to remember reading somewhere were based off of the cover art of the book.I am also pleased that BlackWidowPilot has shown us a version of the artwork of his copy of Space Vikings as it shows a dropship they use which just so happens to look like a Union class dropship in Battletech and Iron Wind Miniatures produce a resin mapscale model that could easily and convincingly be used….
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| AWuuuu | 22 Feb 2013 3:40 a.m. PST |
daddyslittlemen Those are more like Space nazis than Space vikings :> Ive never read the book but there is something in first cover Cacique Caribe posted that makes me looking at it for a long time. I want to play this ! |
| BlackWidowPilot | 22 Feb 2013 10:51 a.m. PST |
AVAMANGO, actually, that is THE Ship from the story, the *Nemesis*Herself! IIRC my H. Beam Piper lore, ships in the story were quite large and spherical in configuration. The smaller craft depicted are some of the assorted shuttles, etc. that carried the ground troops, artillery, what have you down to the planet. Funny thing that ship, as I'm getting set to build a half dozen sherical starships on the cheap, and redicovering that old cover has given me just the inspiration I needed…
Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net
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| TheRedEpic | 22 Feb 2013 12:47 p.m. PST |
I'd use figures from Blue Moon, they are an excellent fit for these types of figs. Here:
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I would recommend these lines, they are excellent sculpts, cheap, highdetailed and clean. Most of all they fit in with all your other 15mm troops perfectly!
Nova Patrol:
link Idrion Legion
link Mercantile bond soldiers:
link Orion Republic heavy infantry:
link Just my 2 cents!
~Jared |
| Cacique Caribe | 22 Feb 2013 7:57 p.m. PST |
AWuuu: "Ive never read the book but there is something in first cover Cacique Caribe posted that makes me looking at it for a long time. I want to play this!" Glad to see I'm not the only one! :) I say you should combine that concept with this one: "Raiding vessels sweep across the star systems to loot glittering worlds. In system after system, dark cruisers materialize from hyperspace, launching a cloud of fighters to vaporize the local in-system patrol boats -- then comes the savage plunder of whole planets by powersuited raiding parties and grav-armor detachments.
Scattered thinly across the Outrim sector, the frigates of the Federate squadron desperately deploy, attempting to weld the undermanned planetary defenses and low-tech local militias into a cohesive force capable of resisting the star-born horror from beyond the rim -- the coming of the STAR VIKINGS."
link Dan |
| Etranger | 23 Feb 2013 12:23 a.m. PST |
Got that one in the cupboard Dan. |
| AVAMANGO | 23 Feb 2013 4:19 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of a very very old turn based PC game called 'Stars' i used to play via email. basically you had to choose a pre determined race and tech level then you were given a random sector of deep space with a selection of planets with different types and amounts of minerals and ore then you had to explore, map, colonize, inhabit, mine,defend and trade against all others usually 4-6 players who could form alliances… |
