With
Warhammer Fantasy no longer being a going proposition I'm always on
the lookout for interesting alternative models. The other day I was
trawling eBay on my regular trawl for out of production High Elves
characters (there are so many great ones...) and after a little
link-following stumbled across these:
Shieldwolf
Miniatures' Shield Maiden Infantry. Twenty models with options for
hand weapons, shields, spears and crossbows. For my purposes the
crossbows aren't important but I mention them for completeness.
Now, it may
seem unfair to look at these models and see them only as alternatives
for another company's models but, to be frank, there's no chance that
I'd ever get to play Shieldwolf's own game system so this is the only
way they'd get my money.
(Well, that
an eBay seller would get my money and they got his money but you know
what I mean. Money was got and ultimately it was got because I play
Warhammer.)
So, female
Chaos Marauders. There's a Kickstarter coming soon for more heavily
armoured female miniatures who could easily be their Chaos Warriors.
So, if you ever wanted to do Valkia's Horde of Chaos Ladies or just
wanted to represent the fact the Norscans are a warrior culture and
that maybe their womenfolk might be involved here's a good option.
You could
also use them as Kislevite Kossars which would be a good use for the
crossbows. I know Kossars are armed with ordinary bows rather than
crossbows but they have access to Empire technology so it wouldn't be
entirely out of line or you could simply count the crossbows as
ordinary bows. Kislevites are quick on their feet it makes sense that
they'd have worked out how to walk and aim at the same time.
For my part,
though, they'll be Marauders because, as usual, my conception of
Chaos is very, very influenced by the less technologically advanced
peoples of Game of Thrones so
basically a cross between Dothraki, the Free Folk and the Hill
Tribes.
Any
character I create for them will be less annoying than Ygritte.
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