These are happy coincidences! I was just getting ready to post this when I saw TygerCub's post below, a Viking home/environment. Pretty soon it will also have residents :) as Lourdes Mercado and myself (John Malis - hence the M&M!) are working on a Viking. There will be a variety of helmets, weapons, etc and the image is just a very early WIP, as yet untextured but the male outfit is almost finished with most of his accessories and he will soon have a Valkyrie to protect him! Also a versatile package with a variety of male/female peasants is in the works including a variety of cultures and civilizations such as Norse, Celtic, Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, Dark Ages and Medieval in general. We'll keep you posted as this goes on, any suggestions welcome!

And here's one of his shields.

Suggestions? Will the pants be a separate item? Add soft caps and fur caps for peaceful scenes. Simple under-dress with separate broach-and-strap supported front and back "apron" panels for women. PT and PS sized versions for children. Shoulder-pinned "cloaks" Tie-on rawhide aprons for men and women doing messy carpentry, fat rendering, etc. Belt-ring for hanging war-axes, hammers, etc. "topless" variation of male tunic to simulate warm-weather "kilt-type" garment. Tunic morphs for portly characters with lower-slung belts in front. Couple of odd mail or leather armor items that could have been taken in battle. Swaddle-wrapped baby prop with & without shoulder-sling. War Ax, War hammer. Just a few thoughts.... Looking forward to this!

OK .....just kidding :) Seriously, those are all very good suggestions, some I had in mind and will be part of it. The pants are a separate item and we are discussing adding a variation on the boots as well. The arsenal decided so far includes: spear, sword and sheath, dagger and sheat, battle axe. As for a war hammer I couldn't find any good historical reference for it but I'll do my best to include it. Some of the other suggestions depend a lot on how things will perform in Poser so we'll see. I really like the apron too but that may be something for the Peasants pack. Thanks for all the suggestions!

WooHoo! Jon you are a mind-reader, I've been looking for an outfit like this! Love those lace-up boots!! Where and when?!!!! I want it now!!!! insert angelic smile here BTW, I have to tell you that your Crusades pack is fantastic!

Hey, judith, thanks :) I'm very happy you liked it. Sorry I can't give you an ETA on this yet because we just finished up on the Celts and are still working on the Vikings. The outfit's going to be really great, this image doesn't do it justice, but then again, I'm biased, I love everything Lourdes does - just to set the record here, the modelling is by Lourdes and I'm doing the texturing well with a couple of props thrown in here and there too :)

Looks great and I will definately want it. Suggestions, at least a few morphs for muscular, portly belly's to fit the viking beefiness. Sam thing for the Celts (which I am definately wanting as well). Other suggestions: sounding horns.. hmm .. must be tired cause I can't think of more LOL ..

Oh my gosh, Jon. A peasants pack is coming? I'm drooling! I really need some regular (medieval etc) folk to put to work in the fields, driving carts, tending sheep, doing some market shopping. Not all our characters are the hero-type. A real niche to fill. Thank you!

This set is way over do, and I couldn't think of a more talented team to work on the project. I was starting to fear that I would never see it with the frenzy of modelers turning there talents towards the memory hungry Vicki 3.0. The Dark age's are my favorite historical time period, and I'll be all over this collection. Any chance we will see a Noble Anglo-Saxon figure.........akin to the one found at Sutton Hoo?

Hi Gail, Yep that's our intention it was something lacking in poser. Dark ages will be our first to do and with the Celts -Vikings Saxons will complete our first trilogy. And like leather-guy mentioned above we intend to convert some for the Millenium Children. Sutton Hoo???!!! Oh boy that's a real challenge :)!!

"And like leather-guy mentioned above we intend to convert some for the Millenium Children." Halleluiah, and Amen! Thank you SO much for that!

That sounds like a good team-up, Jon (M&M). :) So which of you has the peanut inside? Nyuk, nyuk. Good looking stuff, I've always liked your fantasy characters.

Mmm - here's a suggestion...how about some authentic looking horse tack for your warrior ? The vikings made plenty of use of horses in their forays. And has anyone done a realistic looking Viking ship? One suitable for a husky crew to sail/row into battle ?

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Viking ships? I've seen 5 or 6 - I've got 3 or 4, but my favorite is by Helmut. I believe this is the link, but he's exceeded bandwidth, so it's offline for a while.

So this is what you were telling me about Jon, looks great. We'll have to come up with some props ourselves for these period I guess. Talk soon!. VH

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Just thought I'd pop in and let anyone know who's following this thread that there's been some progress made :) You can have a look at it here

I finally found the thread! WooHoo! There are tons of folks who are interested in all of this Jon! These things have been missing in the marketplace far too long, and are very, very much needed! Folks are wanting to buy these items now! Me included! Keep the faith! Your work is fantastic! Thanks to you and Lourdes for making these outfits! Wynd

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Hey there Wynd! Thank you, your words really mean a lot to me especially now. Have a look at this thread though, it's where the good stuff is :)

Hey there is good stuff on this one too! LOL. Heading over there! Thanks for letting me know! Wynd