Baueda VIK7 Viking Huscarls with 2-Handed Axes (15mm Vikings) Infantry Warriors

Description

Baueda: Hostis -
15mm Vikings:
Viking Huscarls with 2 Handed Axes
Summary: 8 unpainted metal 15mm scale miniatures.
Baueda is a developer of high quality tabletop wargame accessories and miniatures. Want Vikings? Always been looking for incendiary pigs? Emishi? Yaya? You've come to the right place! These days nearly every historical period and geographic area is well covered by different manufacturers in several scales, however "nearly" is not yet "all". At BAUEDA we think that is a shame, so we have introduced this range dedicated exactly to that!
Viking were Scandinavian explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century. These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. According to custom, all free men (Bondi) were required to own weapons, as well as permitted to carry them at all times. A wealthy Viking would have a complete ensemble of a helmet, shield and chainmail shirt and would be armed with swords, spears, daggers, axes and hammers. Bows were used in the opening stages of land battles, and at sea, but tended to be considered less "honorable" than a hand weapon. Vikings were relatively unique for the time in their use of axes as a main battle weapon. The Huscarls (the elite guard of Kings) were armed with two-handed axes which could split shields or metal helmets with ease.
Besides the Scandinavians themselves, only the British called the marauders "Vikings," and this word may come from vik; or bay, and Viken, as the Oslo Fjord was called, from which the earliest Viking ships emerged. Other authorities maintain that the name came from the Old Norse term i viking, which is the equivalent of "a-raiding," as in "they went a-raiding down the Atlantic coast." But "Viking" was never a blanket term for the whole people of the region until it became a popular, modern misuse.
Designed following the most recent research, dressed and armed appropriately for 750-1050 AD the figures in this range were originally commissioned by Bryan of (now gone) "50 Paces" and sculpted by M. Campagna. We have acquired all rights for it and we are costantly adding on new models! The next additions will include mounted commands, personalities, a full scale (1:100) Snekke with crew, raiders with booty, Valkyries, even the mighty Odin himself, riding on Sleipner and with Gere and Freke to boot!
Despite appearances the "Danish Axe" of 1-1.5 metres in length, was a weapon of complex construction which resulted in a lively and quick weapon with devastating cutting ability. Wielded in two hands with a swing could behead horses with one stroke. Historical accounts invariably depict the Danish Axe as the weapon of the warrior elite. Perhaps best known from the scenes on the Bayeaux Tapestry which depict Harold's huscarls wielding the axes with two hands against the Norman cavalry it is known to have been used by the Varangian Guard, also known as "pelekyforos froura", the "axe-bearing guard".
Warriors on foot with axes. 8 figures selected from 4 poses.  One piece metal figures, integral bases.   15mm scale.
Samples painted by M. Boetti
Pack contains eight warriors.  Miniatures are supplied unpainted.   Figures are about 5/8" to top of head.
•Manufacturer: Baueda Wargames
•Series/Line: Hostis
•Stock Number: VIK7
•Contents: Eight (8) miniatures
•Sculptor:
M. Campagna
•Scale: 15mm
•Material: White Metal Alloy
•Condition: New
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