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The Varyags Warriors and the first step into the Lost Tribe of Novgorod Lore!
🕑 Added 2021-06-05 18:06:24 +0000 UTC"The great explosion that arose after the Prince Rurik ritual marked the end of the time of men as we know them.
Trapped by the perpetual ice of the glaciers of the Forbidden Mountains, the Varyags Warriors of the Lost Tribe of Novgorod emerged from the frozen rubble in which they had been trapped for thousands of years. Living memories of a violent past, these warriors inhabited the world as a great pack of hounds striving to survive. With colossal musculature, it would take dozens of men to stop a few of them. These… creatures… belong to a world before this, their mere vision recalls the past of an old time. They carry as trophies the horns and claws of ancient monsters that devoured the world and that they regularly faced to survive.
United under one banner, the Varyags Warriors of the Lost Tribe of Novgorod now serve their master, who has brought them back from their sarcophagus of ice to reclaim the world that before the Age of the Sun belonged to them. The last ice age brought as a consequence the disappearance of the Tribe and with them all the creatures that inhabited the surface of the planet. Forgotten for centuries, they have remained patiently locked in ice, cultivating hatred and revenge, waiting for the moment when someone would gather enough power to free them from their prison.
The Varyags Warriors are the primary heavy infantry unit of the of the Lost Tribe of Novgorod. Prepared for direct assault, they are crude in the handling of conventional weapons, which are little more than cutlery next to the gigantic axes and rusty swords that they carry for both war and hunting beasts. Adorned with the horns of ancient monsters, these warriors of the Lost Tribe of Novgorod march into combat chanting in a strange language that only they remember. Their armor carries the pale sheen of deep iron, a mineral found today only under the highest mountains on the continent. Practitioners of a forgotten creed, when a member of the Tribe manages to kill his first woolly rhinoceros, the animal chest is mutilated and skinned. Afterwards, the oldest member of the Tribe heats a pale iron breastplate in the embers and attaches it to the chest of the new member of the unit, placing the first piece of his impregnable armor that will accompany him forever in combat. No more than eight warriors are enough to initiate a forceful attack on the enemy.
The old warrior, commander of the unit, will lead them in battle, mercilessly attacking the weakest point of their enemies, listening to the sound of his drum made of mammoth skin, which like those ancient beasts, they will see cornered between their axes and the Abyss."
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Here you have the full preview of the second part of this upcoming June Release.
All our June 2021 miniatures are being pre-supported right now and they'll be available very soon!
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I am also looking forward to see if some Chaos Knights are coming, I have a list I need 30 knights.
Highlands_Miniatures
Thank you very very much Karsten!! <3
Daniel Peterson
Ah, well now that we can read the story, it all makes sense why these guys don't look like 16th Century Russians -- they had been frozen for thousands of years! They are still some very nice sculpts of what look like dismounted Chaos Knights/Warriors for Warhammer fans and could also be dismounted Morgul Knights for LOTR.
John M
I almost bought two boxes of Chaos Knights last month on discount at my FLGS. Kinda glad I didn’t (not that I dont want to support them, but these take up less space until printed...)
Karsten Krahe
As soon as these are available everything is going on pause. I need to print these immediately!!! Absolutely amazing!
Highlands_Miniatures
haha We only took the name because sounds great, this time the faction isn't going to be linked to any historical background :)
Evgeniy Efimenko
Always imagined my ancestors a little differently
Evgeniy Efimenko
Lol
Highlands_Miniatures
We would love to see it!! :)
Highlands_Miniatures
Thank you very much Will! <3
Ooo yes! I can't wait to paint these! Going to scale one up alot and do some nice detail work
Will Reynolds
They look fantastic. The guy front row far right looks incredible.
