I've finally started painting my box set of Gripping Beast's Skraelings. Here are the first eight.
Due to a strong local connection to the Etowah Mounds, I am depicting my figures as eastern Moundbuilders of the Mississippi period. According to some sources, they developed and used many dyes on their fabrics, favoring reds, yellows and black.
While the time frame of the Viking settlement of Vinland does coincide with the Mississippi culture, it is very unlikely that they were the Skraelings so described. Nonetheless, the trade networks established by the great moundbuilding cities like Cahokia, extended north to Canada and the Great Lakes region, south all the way to Meso-America and west to the Rocky Mountains.
Pictures from the Etowah Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia.
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| Defensive ditch surrounding the village |
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| View of the second mound from atop the highest mound. The Etowah River is behind the stand of trees in the background. |
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| View across the Plaza, where ceremonies and civic activities occurred |
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