By
Neldoreth.
This continues a theme of church raiding camps that I have been into
lately. This one is a Viking "away" camp depicting a raid on an Irish
church tower. The quick story is that the Irish monks had towers built
for raids; when the Vikings would arrive, the monks would grab their
valuables and head for the towers. The Vikings soon realized that
charred valuables could be cleaned and sold, and so they would try to
burn out the inside of the tower. This camp depicts this. Note the
warrior with the torch and the monk fleeing from the mounted Viking.
A close up of the monk hanging out of the window at the top of the
tower. I can only imagine his horror at the realization that he isn't
going to make it out! Realizing how hard it would be to find a fig
depicting a monk hanging out of a window in terror, I sculpted this fig
(well, it is half a fig) myself.
A close up of the ground looking at the terrified monk as he runs from
the pursuing mounted Viking warrior! He better run fast! The mounted
Viking is an Old Glory Viking command fig, the running monk, like his
brother in the window, is an original green sculpted by yours truly.
The Viking holding the torch is an Old Glory fig, the shield is painted
(not a decal). In this picture you can also see some of the fence
detail, which was build according to Patrick Patterson's method using
tooth picks and nylon broom bristles.
