1994 marked a major shift for the
Imperial Guard: the generic Rogue Trader era guardsmen were replaced by
Imperial Guard models themed around the home worlds these regiments were drawn
from. From 1994 to 2000, Citadel
Miniatures produced a wide range of metal Imperial Guard models. During this period, a metal range of Valhallan
Ice Warriors, a World War 2 Soviet Union themed Imperial Guard army, were
introduced. The Valhallan Ice Warriors
miniatures were sculpted by legendary Citadel Miniatures sculptor Alan Perry.
Valhallan Ice Warriors out of the box
Valhallan Ice Warriors out of the box
I recently ordered the 10-man squad of
metal Valhallan Ice Warriors through the Games Workshop online store. The squad cost $50 Canadian and I received the
miniatures within a couple of days (plus, since I combined my order with a
squad of Tallarn Desert Raiders, I received free shipping). The Valhallan Ice Warriors set includes a
sergeant with a bolt pistol and chainsword and nine guardsmen with lasguns (two
of the guardsmen shared the same sculpt).
Valhallan Assault and Heavy Weapons:
While Citadel Miniatures created a full range of Valhallan Ice Warriors,
including assault weapon operators and heavy weapons teams, the only Valhallan miniatures
currently sold by Games Workshop are the 10-man Valhallan Ice Warriors set. Ebay
is an option of finding the older Valhallan assault weapons troopers and heavy
weapons teams. Another option is
Victoria Miniatures, which sells a range of ‘Valhallan style’ guardsmen and guardswomen. Victoria Miniatures is the option that I went
with and have placed an order of fives guardsmen with assault weapons at the time
of writing this post (my order included meltaguns, which will allow me to build
Ciaphas Cain’s trusted sidekick/aide Ferik Jurgen, from Sandy Mitchell’s Ciaphas Cain series).
Valhallan Sergeant with two Guardsmen
Valhallan Guardsman, two duplicate sculpts (right)
Valhallan guardsmen with lasguns
In the next post in this series, I will be painting the Valhallan Ice Warriors squad.
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