Bits Idea: Viking-themed SW Iconography, Wargear, etc.

[Karack Blackstone]

Hello all, an idea.

 

Likely nothing new, but with the relatively recent, and therefore somewhat relevant release of the Horus Heresy Space Wolves, the Vlka...

 

Bits idea: Viking-themed Space Wolves Iconography, Wargear, bits, items, cloaks, pelts, and other such totemic stuff.

- Viking helmets

- Runecraft shoulderpads

- Armor with more Runes, maybe some Bindrunes?

- Other animal totem things, such as Owls, Bears, Ravens, Crows, Wolves, just less Wolves Wolfy McWolfWoof.

- There's a very real side to the Vlka, the Wolves, that's nearly missing.

 

More Viking! Wolf is fine, but there's SO much more to the culture than just the Wolf storm!

 

That's literally it.

 

So, here's some links, or at least, I'm going to edit some in, after I reboot this old fossil of a system.

 

BRB.

 

Edit:

 

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d3/2b/c9/d32bc9d9fe9e6e83fd07522cf8a03564.jpg

 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/You-Speak-Like-a-Viking.jpg

 

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a6/34/6d/a6346d4f7f0970278bb1752286922949.jpg

 

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/vikingstv/images/e/ed/016.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160522172049

 

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b2/48/1a/b2481a59ffb5d927b413a5afeda84b20.jpg

 

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d8/8a/6b/d88a6b3f0e00619e2faa7c57763dd72a.jpg

 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/466404105144862261/

 

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5d/26/5e/5d265e0935640a7c9142b0d521f0f037.jpg

 

https://norse-mythology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Viking-Armor-and-Weapons-199x300.jpg

 

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT_b7-hEYPn1vq-T4Zwz1K6q94MEa5lH9cI8Wu0N18iae50wWjGOg

 

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/4vikings/berserkers.jpg

 

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6e/as heck/97/6eaf97603390fbc11b5f3a64d71a11b9.jpg

 

https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--bsKvxNob--/t_Preview/b_rgb:191919,t_Watermark/c_limit,f_jpg,h_630,q_90,w_630/v1517480644/production/designs/2327299_0.jpg

 

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/0b/84/f0/0b84f030d01226c0ca9ad8f798de8f6b.jpg

 

That'll do for now.

[Guest]

I always loved the more Norse look, I really wanted to have spectacle helmets. Not ashamed to admit it but alot of my inspiration comes from this pic.

 

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1zox3

[ranulf the revenant]

Well, there is stuff like this from puppetswar:

 

https://puppetswar.eu/models-and-bits-46/sci-fi/mankind/bits/heads/valhalla-champions-heads.html

 

https://puppetswar.eu/models-and-bits-46/sci-fi/mankind/bits/heads/valhalla-warriors-heads.html

 

Don't know if I like it too much though. The winged helmets are a bit corny (plus historical inaccurate).

[HvitrValdyr]

I got those Valhalla’s heads to use for scouts cos I liked the rimmed eye design but found them to be way too small for marines.

[ranulf the revenant]

Why don't they make them marine scale? That company seems to have a lot of ideas, but comes up with some weird decisions.

[sbarnby71]

I got those Valhalla’s heads to use for scouts cos I liked the rimmed eye design but found them to be way too small for marines.

I bought a load of heads from them a few years back as they looked amazing, then when they turned up, tiny, more like Imperial Guard size, gutted, totally gutted.  I did drop them an email about it and they said they were the right size for their figures.

[ranulf the revenant]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Galactic-Knight-5-Heads-in-mask-Viking-Style-by-KFStudio-/143109611940?nav=SEARCH

 

Then there is this stuff...

[sbarnby71]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Galactic-Knight-5-Heads-in-mask-Viking-Style-by-KFStudio-/143109611940?nav=SEARCH

 

Then there is this stuff...

I love the look of their stuff but it's the postage that is the kick in the sack for me. :-(

[ranulf the revenant]

How much is the postage

[sbarnby71]

How much is the postage ?

 

These shoulderpads look pretty viking to me. I think I like them:

www.shapeways.com/product/MS6RJGTNV/bellator-pattern-shoulder-pads?optionId=64485580

$10, highest cost I've seen from any bits supplier.