"MenhirGames: 28mm viking/norse Axe thrower character" Topic

Hi! i wanted to share with you my last sculpt, a human norse axe thrower.

I wanted to add a nordic character to my line of champions/characters from arround he world, and when it was time for this character to be done, i tried to do something "original" and, rather than making the typical super muscled "barbarian-like" norseman with a lot of heavy armor and heavy weapons, i decided to do a smaller man, agile, dinamic, fast, and rather than heavy weapon, light weapons to be DELIVERED just to the enemy faces.

He has 3 franziska axes, 1 scramasax knife, shield and padded + chaimail armor:

You can check the rest of characters that will be released at the same time with this human norse here:

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Salutes!

I like him, I can see a lot of uses for such a figure, and it's good to have an alternative to the proverbial 2-handed axe wielding Viking

He could be used as a elite member of a party, kind of special ops :D

Ubba, maybe!

It's nice to see something a little different – this is a nice figure – the following is intended to be constructive criticism

In reality, mail was not that common – someone wearing it is by definition heavy/elite infantry

I am not sold on the sculpting of the mail – the links are very coarse and I can't see how it is supposed to work on the front at all

The shield texture is very coarse – personally I would prefer to have something flatter to be able to paint a complex design (or use a transfer)

I don't like the leggings, it is as though the leather straps are enormous and don't compress the underlying material properly

In this age, a sword held great personal importance, so I would expect an elite warrior to be carrying one – sheathed because the throwing axes are just great

Good luck

John