Welcome to the new Ragnarok 'The Sons of Odin' Viking range
This range is suitable for use with SAGA: Age of Vikings (Vikings), SAGA: Age of Magic (The Great Kingdoms).
You can find the SAGA packs in our new Einherjar section. Continue reading below for the full information.
Sculptor Colin Patten brings a massive Viking Feast of what he considers his best sculpts to date. Over 150 brand new Viking minis covering every troop type you could want and including two full 6 point Saga warbands, a mega interactive shieldwall and a must have collection of characters from your favourite Icelandic Sagas!
Vikings are by far the most popular Dark Age army because they can be used in so many different conflicts and against such a variety of opponents....even on many occasions against each other! As part of the Anglo-Danish army against Hadrada at Stamford bridge, in the internecine wars in Ireland where the original Norwegian invaders known as the "Finngaill' were attacked by Danish invaders known as the "Dubgaill" and again in Norway where the recent convert to Christianity, King Olaf attempted to enforce his new religion on his pagan Earl's which lead to the epic battle of 'Sticklestad'.
Perhaps the most interesting inter-Viking conflicts occurred between the feuding families and clans in Iceland as recorded in the Icelandic Saga literature, the most famous being 'Njals Saga', for which Colin has sculpted a very special collection of character figures!
So here they come!
SHIELDWALLS
Presenting our interactive Dark Age Shieldwall sets. Just begging to be made the centerpiece of your battle board or turned into a diorama masterpiece! Each shieldwall is comprised of 'standing' (rear rank) and 'ready' (front rank) positions, both armoured and unarmoured. In addition, there is an 8 pack of 'Arrow storm defenders' which all have their shields at various non-standard heights varying from the foot to way above the head. By mixing these figures you can create some super realistic set pieces! The larger 56 Full shieldwall set includes our hugely popular 16 figure Viking Casualty Set which allows even more exciting combinations to be made!
Images below show the full Shieldwall including Casualty set which totals 56 Figures
To purchase the 56 figure shield wall set you will need the following items: RAGCOL17 Shieldwall Arrowstorm Defenders, RAGCOL18 Casualty Set, RAGCOL31 Shieldwall Huscarls Set, RAGCOL32 Shieldwall Huscarls Set, RAGCOL33 Shieldwall Bondi Set (please note that you will also receive 8 figures of Danish huscarls in the RAGCOL32 pack)
Standard Shield Wall 40 Figures (below)
Create this set with the following packs: RAGCOL31 Shieldwall Huscarls Set, RAGCOL32 Shieldwall Huscarls Set, RAGCOL33 Shieldwall Bondi Set (please note that you will also receive 8 figures of Danish huscarls in the RAGCOL32 pack)
WARBANDS
Colin has sculpted two 6 point Saga Warbands to represent the two groups of Vikings that warred against each other in Dark Age Ireland and known as the Dubgaill and the Finngaill. All Vikings of that period would have been essentially indistinguishable from each other in appearance and any of the packs shown here can be used to represent any of the different Viking Nations on the tabletop. That said we have tried to capture some subtle differences by making the Norwegian Dubgaill a bit more furry, hairy and Pagan looking and the Danish Finngaill a bit more Christian, neat and orderly. Also the composition of the two Warbands are different from each other, the Norwegian being a standard Viking Saga Warband while the Danish one undergoing a bit of Anglo influence, with an additional 1pt of warriors in place of the usual levy archers and a point of Dane Axe Hearthguard taking the place of the berserkers. See details below.
NORWEGIAN 'DUBGAILL' 6PT SAGA WARBAND
1 Warlord, 4 Berserkers, 8 Hearthguards, 16 Warriors, 12 Levy Archers. <-- click the links to find the exact packs needed to create this warband
DANISH 'FINNGAILL' 6PT SAGA WARBAND
1 Warlord, 4 Hearthguards (Dane Axes), 8 Hearthguards (note this is a collector's pack so you'll have 8 extra figures), 24 Warriors (16 from here, 8 from here)
Special Sets
Icelandic Saga Character Set
To purchase the above set you will need the following figures: RAGCOL21, RAGCOL22, RAGCOL23, RAGCOL24.
Viking Casualty Set
Set comprises 16 mixed figures along with weapons and shields. Please note banner not included. Find this set here. It is also available in a 4 figure SAGA pack here. (Chosen at random)
Einherjar Original Viking Sculpts
We've had numerous requests to add Colin's original Viking sculpts that are currently not available anywhere else, so here they are!!
Einherjar Viking Bondi Set (26 figures)
Einherjar Viking Berserker Set (11 Figures)
Einherjar Valhalla Hero Set (12 Figures)
Einherjar 'Soldiers of Valhalla' (above image is the bondi and berserker sets above combined - 37 figures)
Individual Packs
Below you will find all of our individual packs
Viking Archers (12 figures - 1 point levy for SAGA)
Viking/Dark Age Javelin men (12 figures - 1 point levy for SAGA)
Berserkers (4 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA)
Dane axe Hearthguard (4 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA)
Icelanders, available as a collector pack (8 figures) OR in a SAGA warrior pack (these figures are chosen at random from the Icelanders plus other warrior figures (8 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA)
'Dubgaill' Norwegian Huscarls, available as a collector pack (8 figures) or in a SAGA hearthguard pack (chosen at random but good if you only need a 4 figure hearthguard) (4 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA, 8 figures - 2 point hearthguard saga)
"Dubgaill" Norwegian Bondi with Helms #A, available in a 16 figure collector pack with both #A and #B packs, or in a SAGA warrior pack (8 figures chosen at random) (8 warriors - 1 point warrior for SAGA, 16 figures - 2 point warrior for SAGA)
'Dubgaill' Norwegian Bondi with helms #B (Same as above)
'Finngaill' Danish Huscarls, available as a collector's pack along with the Shieldwall huscarls, or as a 4 figure SAGA hearthguard pack (chosen at random) (4 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA, 16 figures - 4 point hearthguard saga OR the Danish huscarls can be used as 1 point warriors in the 6pt Danish warband, giving you 2 point hearthguard and 1 point warrior if you buy the collector pack)
'Finngaill' Danish Bondi with helms, available as a collector pack, or as a 4 figure SAGA hearthguard pack (figures chosen at random from multiple pools of hearthguards) (4 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA, 8 figures - 2 point hearthguard saga)
'Finngaill' Danish Bondi #A, available in a 16 figure collector pack with both #A and #B packs, or in a SAGA warrior pack (8 figures chosen at random) (8 warriors - 1 point warrior for SAGA, 16 figures - 2 point warrior for SAGA)
'Finngaill' Danish Bondi #B, as above.
Shieldwall Bondi Standing (rear rank), available as a collector pack with the shieldwall bondi front rank, or as an 8 figure SAGA warrior pack (chosen at random) (8 warriors - 1 point warrior for SAGA, 16 figures - 2 point warrior for SAGA)
Shieldwall Bondi Ready (front rank), as above
Shieldwall Huscarls standing (rear rank), available in a collector pack, or as a 4 figure SAGA hearthguard (chosen at random) (4 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA, 8 figures - 2 point hearthguard saga)
Shieldwall Huscarls Ready (front rank), available as a collector's pack along with the Danish huscarls, or as a 4 figure SAGA hearthguard pack (chosen at random) (4 figures - 1 point hearthguard for SAGA, 16 figures - 4 point hearthguard saga OR the Danish huscarls can be used as 1 point warriors in the 6pt Danish warband, giving you 2 point hearthguard and 1 point warrior if you buy the collector pack)
Shieldwall Arrow Storm Defenders
Saga Character Sets
Fantastic sets of characters and heroes from the beloved Icelandic Saga Literature, with special emphasis on most peoples favourite 'Njals saga'. The burning of Njals Homestead and the Battle of the Althing were the highlights of this book and by adding additional individual packs especially the 'Icelanders' you have everything you need to game these scenarios. We had intended to bring out a resin Icelandic turf homestead model, farm animals and agricultural labourer/slave packs in time for this campaign, however we have decided to forge ahead with this one and it's our intention to make the "Njals farmestead set", the centrepiece of our next one! Giving you enough time to get your Icelanders painted up and ready to go!
Grim Njalson, Helgi Njalson, Skarphedin Njalson, Kari Solumndarson, Njal Thorgeirson
Gunners Humundarson, Eyjolf Bolverk, Ejil Skallagrimson, Killer Hrapp, Earl Sigurd of Orkney
Grani, Kettle of the Mark, Thorgeir, Thorstein the Fair, Gunnar Lambison, Hroar
Thrain Sigfusson, Sigmumd Sigfusson, Hroald, Flosi Thordarson, Mord, Auzur
"The Hammer and the Cross"
Last minute addition! Colin has sculpted this wonderful duo of a missionary Northumberland Saxon Priest and a grizzly Ulfhednar Viking Shaman who will be cheering on the Pagan and Christian Icelandic Chieftains to a red mist frenzy at the battle of the Althing!
The priests are available as following: The Hammer and The Cross
Warlords
We also have the following 2 warlords available.
The miniatures in this range are 28mm scale, unpainted and are cast in white metal with open hands that are designed to accept separate shields and weapons which are supplied. Figures will arrive unpainted and unassembled, all weapons and bases will be provided in the packs.
Want to own the full set? You would need to purchase the following codes to collect the entire set:
Codes RAGCOL17 through to RAGCOL35, plus SRV03b, SRV05, SRV01A, SRV01B, SRV06A, SRV06B.
A brief explanation of the difference between the SAGA packs (codes beginning SRV) and the collector packs (codes beginning RAGCOL) is that the SAGA packs contain figures selected randomly from all of poses pictured, and the collector packs contain 1 of each of exactly what you see in the photo.
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