berserker warrior

[Nero]

Hello people.
Wishing you Happy 2015, my last place (not yet fully completed .... missing his left hand and various finishes) work.
Frankly I was undecided whether to put it in this section or in section Fantasy, since after a long study and research I have not understood if the "Warrior Berserkr" whether or not it really existed.
However 95% of the sources claim it.
So that's why Qusta section.

Scala. 75 mm eye
Fillers: Milliput and white Magic Sculpt

Ciao Rocco

 

[bonehead]

Nero,

The beserkers were for real. I do not know why a search online failed to reveal that fact. Certain Viking warriors were called "berserkers". These fellows were known for going into trance-like fury when in battle. They could achieve seemingly super-human feats when under the berserker spell. If I am not mistaken, the name beserker means "bear shirt" referring to these warriors wearing clothing made from bear fur.

BTW, you need to post smaller sized images. My 'puter chokes on your images when opening the page and I cannot view them because of that. I am sure other people must have similar issues..... ??

 

[Uruk-Hai]

High on blood. Its speculated that the berserker frenzy where somekind of state the worked themselves into with high adrenalin. Seems like it did run in certain families.

It was status for every king and chief that have a few in their hird.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker

Check out the shield, its not how they where done.
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_shields.htm

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[Nero]

I also read on the Web I definition of berserkers.
But I was not convinced.
So I took a number of books of the Vikings and have not found answers.
I am sure, however, that the information you are given certain.

For photos, I resubmit in a smaller format.

Thanks for the answers.

Ciao Rocco

 

[Nero]

 

[gforceman]

I've read somewhere (don't remember where), that berserker got in the Berserk state after eating certain "magical" mushrooms. Don't know how much of this is true or fantasy either.

Love the figure and hope to see it painted soon.

Cheers,

Gino

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This is the shroom that is rumoued to have been used. And test confirms this although its very dangerous as the concentration of the toxic is hard to determine which could very well kill the user instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria

Its all in the first wiki link I provided.

Cheers
Janne Nilsson