Frälse från Erikska ätten

Here we have some noblemen from the House of Erik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Eric

They are intended for my Scandinavian medieval project but could easily be but into other medieval settings as dismounted knights or heavy infantry.

Sverkerättens krigsmän

I have a couple of halfpainted miniatures laying around in a drawer, and Im slowly working to finish at least some of them of.
Here we have a unit of infantry that is meant to represent men belonging to the House of Sverker in my Mediaeval Scandinavian slow slow growing project.

The belong to the same house as the previously painted knights. http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/2018/11/riddare-fran-sverkeratten.html

But I have painted them rather generic so I could really toss them in into any medieval project really.

The miniatures are a mixture of different makers and parts but are mostly Fireforge Games and Gripping Beast. I feel that mixing the parts around makes for a much more non-uniform and more interesting unit.

When I took the pictures I noticed that I had already managed to brake of the end of one spear, oh well I guess they will be veteran miniatures before they even hit the gaming table.

Bågskyttar tillhörandes Eriksätten

I just painted a couple of archers for my medieval Scandinavian project.
http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/search/label/Medieval%20Scandinavia

The miniatures are a combination of plastic bits from different makers and a couple of metal miniatures tossed in to the mix for that added variation. But most of the miniatures are from Gripping Beast plastic archers, and I must say that I rather like them. Much so then I first thought I would.

They are painted rather generic but are intended to represent a group of archers belonging to the House of Eric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Eric
I wanted more archers as I have the plan to one day set up the battle of Lena in 1208.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lena

The miniatures are speedpainted as these are more rank and file miniatures and not some noblemen in newly washed clothes. The miniatures are not even highlighted... They deserves better then this but I wanted to clear up some older miniatures I have had half painted for ages and this felt like the right way to do it. Sorry...

They are all based on 40x40mm mdf bases for easy movement and to easy change up the formation or move around terrain on the table.
I think 40x40mm is a nice balanced size for this.

Riddare från Sverkerätten

I thought it would be only fitting to include some opposition to the Erikar knights I painted previously.
So here we have some Knights from the House of Sverker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Sverker

The information about heraldry and colours is even less known about any one associated with one of Sverkers men.
But to be fair, uniforms and heraldry was not in place in those times as we know it today. This makes my knights here wrong on many levels but I couldnt resist painting some up in more or less same colours.

What we have in the way of symbols is mostly seals, small fragments and some drawings of coins and such. But for a armchair history interested person as me this will do.

The "House of Sverker" got its name in more modern time and was not known by that name by contemporary sources.
The founding father of the house was Sverker I of Sweden and from him is the name taken. He was king of Sweden from about 1132 until his assassination in 1156.



For these knights I went with a Lindworm or Wyvern with lots of red/blue/white.





The Lindworm in a star is known from heraldric symbol of Helena Sverkersdotter the daughter of Sverker the Younger (also known as Sverker II of Sweden)

She was married to Sune Folkesson and I think that the symbol above is their combined arm.
Sune Folkessons father was Folke Jarl Birgersson (died at the Battle of Gistilren)
(As a side note I have previously painted up some infantry belonging to Folke Jarl Birgersson http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/2013/10/medieval-infantry-of-folke-jarl.html )



Folke Jarls heraldric arms is a red star on a white background.

This makes me think that the red star comes from Folke Jarl Birgersson and the lindworm comes from the her father Sverker the Younger.

But I went with a lindworm on a red cross with white trimming against a blue background for the House of Sverker. Even through I think It is wrong.

But Im no real historian so all of this could be completely wrong.
All I know is that this is at least a lot better then how they presented the House of Sverker in the movie about the fictional character Arn that takes place at this time in history... :P
And real history is much more interesting then the fictional movie and book, a lot more complicated with marriages and who is friend with who and so on...

And for the those Swedish speaking, here is a podcast episode from Historie podden about Erikar and Sverkrar. https://www.acast.com/historiepodden/210-erikar-och-sverkrar



And while am at it, here under is some pictures for shield designs that I used for inspiration.

Riddare från Eriksätten

I thought that I should so something else a little. And why not some knights from the Swedish house of Erik.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Eric



Breathing some new life in my old Medieval Sweden project.
House of Erik is one of the feuding families in the movie Arn that some of you might have seen.
The historical info of this is somewhat lacking but I went with blue and white and white lions as main colours.

The miniatures are from Conquest Games, from their relative new plastic knights.
https://www.conquest-games.co.uk/

They are perfect for a sort of earlier medieval that Im after in this project.
The miniatures are surprisingly good and are a curtain lift from their earliest miniatures. The only thing I felt I was missing was some extra swords to attach on the knights.