Plastic Dark Ages models for use with SAGA
Gripping Beast have 3 plastic sets: Viking Hirdmen (GBP01), Saxon Thegns (GBP02) and Dark Ages Warriors (GBP03).
The Vikings and Saxons are interchangeable, that is you can use arms/weapons from one set on the bodies from the other set. As these models are all armoured you cannot exchange arms with the Dark Age Warriors which are all unarmoured.
Gripping Beast also have more recently introduced plastic starter war bands: GBP07 Plastic Viking Starter (4 points) and GBP08 Plastic Saxon (Anglo Dane) Starter (4 point). These sets are a mixture of the sprues from the original 3 sets, with 1 small sprue and 1 large sprue from the GBP01 or GBP02 and 4 sprues from GBP03. This provides enough models for a plastic Warlord, 8 armoured hearthguard figures and 16 unarmoured warrior figures.
GBP01. Contains 44 models. Four large sprues with 10 models each and two small sprues with 2 models each. Also a Renedra sprue of bases with a mix of single model and multi-model bases.
Each of the four large sprue contains:
10 armoured bodies (5 distinct poses, 2 poses with left arm attached, 6 separate left arms)
14 heads (4 distinct heads x 2 plus 6 additional distinct heads)
5 right arms with spears (3 horizontal spears and 2 vertical spears)
4 right arms with swords
2 right arms with axes
11 shields
1 set of left and right arm for 2-handed axe, two 2-handed axes
Each of the two small sprue contains
2 armoured bodies (same poses that were on the large sprue)
2 heads
2 right arms with swords
1 left arm for shield
1 left arm for horn
The bases sprue contains
16 x 20mm x 20mm bases (singles)
2 x 40mm x 20mm bases (two models)
2 x 60mm x 20mm bases (three models)
2 x 40mm x 40mm bases (four models)
2 x 100mm x 20mm bases (five models)
GBP02. Contains 44 models. Four large sprues with 10 models each and two small sprues with 2 models each. Also a Renedra sprue of bases with a mix of single model and multi-model bases.
Each of the four large sprue contains:
10 armoured bodies (5 distinct poses, 2 poses with left arm attached, 6 separate left arms)
14 heads (4 distinct heads x 2 plus 6 additional distinct heads)
8 right arms with spears (5 horizontal spears and 3 vertical spears)
2 right arms with swords
1 right arm with axe
10 shields
Each two small sprue contains
2 armoured bodies (same poses that were on the large sprue)
2 heads
2 right arms with swords
1 left arm for shield
1 left arm for horn
The bases sprue contains
16 x 20mm x 20mm bases (singles)
2 x 40mm x 20mm bases (two models)
2 x 60mm x 20mm bases (three models)
2 x 40mm x 40mm bases (four models)
2 x 100mm x 20mm bases (five models)
GBP03. Contains 40 models. Eight sprues with 5 models each. Also a Renedra sprue of bases with a mix of single model and multi-model bases.
Each of the eight sprues contains
5 unarmoured bodies (5 distinct poses, all poses with left arm attached)
7 distinct heads
5 right arms with spears
2 right arms with javelins
1 right arm with sword
1 right arm with axe
3 right hands with slings (to use these you have to remove the hand from an arm with spear, javelin, axe or sword)
5 shields
The bases sprue contains
16 x 20mm x 20mm bases (singles)
2 x 40mm x 20mm bases (two models)
2 x 60mm x 20mm bases (three models)
2 x 40mm x 40mm bases (four models)
2 x 100mm x 20mm bases (five models)
GBP14. Contains 12 models. Four sprues with 3 models each. Each of the four sprues contains
3 unarmoured bodies (3 distinct poses, two with bow in firing position, one with left arm down and no hand)
3 distinct heads
1 left hand with bow
Also 12 x round 25mm bases.