Vikings Batch-1

I bought this box of plastic Vikings  at a convention a long, long time ago.  So long ago I can't even remember when it was.   I'm going to guess 8-10 years ago, but can't be sure.  I bought them because there were 32 miniatures in the box for just over $20

Two things kept them in the box this long:  one, I had painted so many Dark Age spearmen (Saxons, Romans, Britons, Goths, Franks etc) that I swore off painting any more for a long time; second, I hadn't realized that I would have to glue the arms, heads, shields and weapons onto the torsos.   I really hate glueing together miniatures.  

However, recently I had a relatively good time assembling my 15th century knights and then my Norman knights.   I decided to bite the bullet and clear the Vikings off the shelf.

With 32 in the box, I decided to do them in 2 batches of 16.   I kinda hated every second of assembling them.   I assembled and painted the first batch over the last couple of weeks, and they are pictured below.   I didn't like how they looked when they were done, but like them better now.   I think I will eventually give them the "magic dip" treatment, when both batches are done, and I do a test run with a new batch of stain on some of my old peasants.

The second batch are almost assembled (just have to glue the weapon-arms onto the bodies), but here is batch-1"