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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Shieldmaiden

Thorrun, Shieldmaiden
28 mm

When I am dead,
Lay me in a mound.
Raise a stone for all to see
Runes carved to my memory







A Bad Squiddo Games figure, from their impressive line of female Vikings.  I think I spent more time on Hurstwic.org doing "research" than I spent painting this figure... gotta be accurate, right?  That said, while I wholly approve of historical revisionism in the name of fun, inclusive gaming, there's not a lot of evidence that Viking women warriors like Thorrun here were common.  And while stories of someone like Freydis Eriksdottir are known, I'm not sure she's what you'd call a good role model for your Norse daughter...

No step on snek.
Oh yes, and...  Merry Christmas, everyone!


5 comments:

  1. Lovely work especially the shield and of course Happy Christmas!

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  2. Lovely work there. Merry Christmas to you too!

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  3. A great looking figure (lovely shield!)...Merry Christmas!

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  4. A bit late but happy holidays.
    I also agree with the comments above, a lovely figure.

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