Among the Norse warriors, the strongest and bravest are chosen by the Jarl or the King to be his men of confidence and bodyguards. They are professional warriors, paid and fed by their lord. At war, they either form a single unit of elite troops or they join units of non-professional warriors to lead and galvanize them.
These men are the Huscarls (+4 Shock Elite, in WFB 3rd Edition).
This unit is made of minis coming from a lot of different manufacturers. Essentially Bronze Age Miniatures and Red Box Games, but also Citadel, Hasslefree, Gripping Beast and Warlord Games. I may change the components of this unit in the future as I'm waiting for new minis from V&V Miniatures (but it takes ages to come) and some of them might be more suitable as Huscarls than some of the ones I've just painted. I will need to take difficult decisions as the Huscarls are limited to 20 in 3rd edition.
The banner (which will be my army standard) comes from Little Big Men Studios and is tagged as a Dwarf banner. But it looks Norse too, and my Dwarf army already has an army standard. As the Huscarls are professionals, they usually wear the (shield) colors of their lord. So, I've given them all the same shield repeating the colours of the banner.
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