I enjoyed painting these Vikings. I believe, the last Berserker figures I had seen were some Saruman Orcs from Lord of the Rings that my son had painted some years ago. Really not that much different. Crazed animal type creatures.
In SAGA, these are a Hearthguard unit. You can use only 1 unit of Beserkers in a Viking warband, because they are so crazy I suppose. Generally Viking Hearthguard generate 2 attack dice in melee per figure, but these guys have 4 each. Very crazed indeed, but it comes with a cost as their armour is reduced from 5 to 3. The bear skins apparently do not provide much protection. This is point 2 in my 4 point starter Warband.
I should have some more SAGA in a couple of days, but I have also started a new Napoleonic unit, just to take a break.
Nice bezerkers! I did some with Foundry figs too, but not these cool Ulfwerners.
ReplyDeleteVery very nice John!
ReplyDeleteThat is a freakin' long axe that guy has! Very cool. They look great, John! If they team up with your warlord then they make a very, very nasty unit.
ReplyDeleteLooking good!
ReplyDeleteberserkers are a good attack unit. If you have an enemy unit you really need taken out these are the men to take the job. Especially if you are able to use the ability that allows for a second round of combat (can not remember the name off the top of my head). If your opponent has archers or crossbows make sure to advance them behind a unit of Hearthguard or Bondi... They are too fragile to be subjected to missle attacks.