Sunjade Archer on Foot - Silver SP

Here's the Sunjade Archer on Foot in silver. It's funny, but I'll take the photos, edit and post but sometimes some of the details kind just fly by me without any notice. I posted this pic in one of my fb groups and he made a funny observation about the ';armor piercing' arrow head! Yup, that arrow head is a big 'un for sure! But hey, he's wearing the right helmet :-) Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Sunjade Archer on Foot - Black SP

Here's the Sunjade Archer in black with - OMG - a correct helmet (someone at Sunjade must've been sleeping when they approved this) Okay, that was sarcasm for those of you who may not have recognized it. Many (many) years ago, ever since I learned that Vikings didn't actually wear horned helmets it always bothered me to see modern era toys with them on. Toys made during the '50 & '60s when I grew up would not have looked out of place in horned helmets with what we understood to know then. Of course scholars knew but somehow the toy industry never caught on. But toys made now seem to perpetuate an unfortunate myth and I would ask toy makers to TRY and make more historically accurate figures. Okay, that being said, a little snip with the knife or razor blade will cure these Vikings of their horned helmet scourge!! Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Sunjade Mounted Archer - Black SP

Here's the last of the four mounted poses included in this bag of Vikings from Sunjade. All of the mounted figures are designed to be used as foot soldiers as well and quite frankly, because of the poor fit between horse and rider it may be best to re-purpose the horses for something else and to just use the 'riders' as foot soldiers. One hobbyist I know of made bases for his riders and put them to use as ground pounders! Next up we'll be looking at the foot soldiers included in this set. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina