Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion

[Sir Heroscape]

Good to know

[Cleon]

Originally Posted by Cleon

Spoiler Alert!

I've seen a lot of customs in my day, and these guys rank up there with my all-time favorites. I'd like to nominate the Catalan Mercenaries, by Scytale:



They're just too cool and oozing with theme. To me they're like hired mercenary swordsmen that you pay, but as their army weakens the more they want to leave you in the dust on the battlefield. So very cool. Their stats are very strong for their price, but once you get later in the game you have good chances of losing everything. I think the balance is there, looks good to me. Sculpts are cool too, and Einar sure fits them. I love it.

There's also another figure that works with them - Rutgar Van Blum - but I think he might make the army too good. I dunno, he's 120, so maybe not. There's still a 10% chance of losing them when he's there so maybe it's fine. But, the squad is where it's at and what I'd like to nominate first for sure. (Maybe Rutgar down the road if he's wanted/needed?)

Scytale has quality customs, I've been having a blast looking through them. There were a couple others I really wanted to nominate, but I'll just stick to one for now.

So, yeah - Catalan Mercenaries!

Alright, now we have a version of the Catalans that use accessible figures. Big ups to Scytale, Kinseth, and others for reconfiguring this custom and making it eligible. Now, I'd like to nominate Scytale's Catalan Mercenaries:



Fingers crossed, love these guys.

[Heroscaper Guy]

Originally Posted by Cleon

Alright, now we have a version of the Catalans that use accessible figures. Big ups to Scytale, Kinseth, and others for reconfiguring this custom and making it eligible. Now, I'd like to nominate Scytale's Catalan Mercenaries:



Fingers crossed, love these guys.

Since I know they're going to ask it. What are the miniatures used.

[Leaf_It]

Pathfinder figures called.
Veteran
Paladin of the Oath
Pious Guard
Azorius Arrester

There's also the Veteran Leader which is the same pose of the Veteran, but holding two swords.

[superfrog]

to review the Catalan Mercenaries.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

[Pumpkin_King]

The blue and silver theme looks much more like Jandar.

[Astroking112]

The Pious Guard is the only one that I think fits Jandar better than Einar, but it's not to such a degree that I think it's weird (and we've seen a fair share of designs that aren't placed in generals by their color scheme already). The design itself also doesn't fit Jandar at all, and the mercenary aspect is a good justification for them not looking like a 100% fit together like the Knights of Weston.

[Kinseth]

Kozuke have blue on them.

[superfrog]

I don't find the coloration problematic.

[P_J_Keller]

Love the mercenaries, and glad to see you found new figures to use.


I really hope they get approved - especially considering I just spent $39.00 for 3 squads.

[BiggaBullfrog]

to reviewing the Mercenaries. Really interesting gameplay mechanic, I'm interested to see how it works out.