Two Seated Viking Oarsmen For Warships

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These two men, wearing traditional noseguard helmets, are among the first in a row of seated oarsmen who, along with a standing coxwain, make up the crew of a Viking Warship. I originally designed them to populate the small 24-seater on my other post. But theoretically, you could also populate a 64-seater like Olaf Tryggvason's famous Long Worm if such a model existed. At full size, they are scaled at 1:72, so they are quite small. Each pair consists of a left-handed and right-handed version of the same oarsman - I found it helpful to print them in pairs to keep track when populating a boat. The pairs can be easily printed out in 30 minutes using a 0.4mm nozzle and 0.15mm layers. For more detail, use higher resolution but that will increase printing time to about 90 minutes per pair. Supports are necessary for the legs if you print them lying on their backs. Update: May 6, 2020 - I have added re-scaled versions now that are slightly smaller. The originals would stand up at 1.8-1.9 meters tall at 1:72 scale. These well-fed giants sometimes had trouble fitting into some of the seats at the narrow ends of their warships.