WIP: Empire Archers

Hello everyone,

I decided to add a new unit to my Empire army: the archers. This is a unit you never think of when building an Empire army when you have access to handgunners or crossbowmen. To be completely honest, I saw Bretonnian archers on Ebay and always thought they looked really cool. It was the unit given with the base box of the fifth version of Warhammer, back when Bretonnians were still considered as army worth updating!

After buying a few, I told my self it would be cool to add archers into my Empire army, so I am building Talabecland archers with the same color scheme as the rest of my army. Even if they look quite different, I think they blend well with the rest.

WIP: Empire War Chariot - Ball & Chain

Finally!!! I finished the last one (well until I buy the last crewman on Ebay) of my War Wagon crewmen. This guy has a pretty straightforward approach to killing as he uses the ol' ball and chain. Nothing spectacular there, just another killing machine ready to crush some skulls. I will soon start to work on the chariot itself in order to have it ready by the end of the year.

WIP: Empire War Chariot - Blunderbuss

Hello everyone,

Let's continue today with this little guy I finished last night. I personally really like this weapon as this fires a shitload of lead balls, rusty bolts, bent nail and other assorted scrap metal. Imagine having a Renaissance-style flamethrower firing scrap metal at you. Add to that a dragon-shaped nozzle and you have seriously awesome miniature:

WIP: Empire War Chariot - Hochland Long Rifle

Hi everyone, let's present today the Empire's own sniper rifle: the Hochland Long Rifle. This guy will be the third crewman for the Empire War Wagon. I am finishing them one by one, and writing this, I just realised that I could not find the sixth crewman with a halberd. I'll try looking in my bitz box, but is seems that I have lost it... Another Ebay search to be done I guess...

WIP: Empire War Chariot - Man Catcher

Ok guys, I am finishing one by one every crew member of the war chariot as I received my my spray can of Matt varnish this morning. I hope to finish everything this weekend so I can present a photo of every of these guys. Let’s start with the man catcher, one of my favorites:

WIP: Empire Swordsmen

Hello everyone,

Everything is running smoothly and I had one evening alone last week to do as much airbrushing as I could. I have to admit this was a little boring as I only applied two colours, but on a LOT of minis. In total, I painted over 70 minis in one shot, among them a little surprise that I have prepared in secret! In the meantime, I was able to finish 4 of 16 Empire swordsmen, which are really easy to paint. With my airbrushing method I think I can finish a unit in one week.

Enjoy:

WIP: Cursed Company #2

Hi guys,

Today, we have a lot of pictures. I worked a lot this weekend on these Cursed Company homemade skeletons and assembled quite a few with all the bits and parts I had in my bitz box. As I like every mini that I buy, I tried to save as many skeletons as I could from the conversion, so I still have a few skellies left for my undead army. In total, I am left with 11 Cursed company skeletons and 8 regular skeletons. As I like to believe these guys have been turned a long time ago and wandering the Old World ever since, I have tried to had as many details a I could and to make them look very different.

Enjoy!

 

WIP: Cursed Company

Hi all,

Today, let's talk about a unit from the forgotten army that is the Dogs of War: the Cursed Company.

A few months back, I found Richter Kreugar, the captain of the Cursed Company on Ebay. I always loved Dogs of War as I love having these completely different units in the same army. I remember reading back in the day an article in White Dwarf about the Cursed Company, an undead unit with skeletons from all races. Honestly, having saurus and orc skeletons really look awesome, even if they are to be used in a regular undead army.

The problem with OOP miniatures in general and Dogs of War in particular, is that you can buy them online, but for indecent prices... Take a look at Ebay, Birdmen of Catrazza for £150, various Tileans at £19 a mini... And it is the same for the Cursed company, roughly £18 a skeleton... And let me tell you I am not willing to spend £200 on 20 guys.

My plan is simple, after buying Richter, I will try to buy a few skeletons along the way. But I am also going to build some with the various bitz I have in my seemingly unlimited reserve!

Let's start with pictures of Richter:

Then, I created an Empire skeleton. I used the legs of an empire soldier and bitz from the black knights:

Finally, I had some high elves bitz and built this Phoenix guard skeleton:

Steam Tank Commander

Hi guys,

Today, we find ourselves with some good news. Remember when I was presenting my OOP Empire Steam Tank. The two missing parts from it were the hatch and the commander. Well today I found the perfect match on Ebay, as I usually do. Okay I decided to repaint all my badly painted Empire army. But let me reassure you, my level of painting has never been that bad! After a good bath in acetone, I'll prep this guys for an extreme makeover!

WIP: Catachan Sergeant Harker

Hi guys,

Whilst still working on various project, I do not forget to dedicate some time to my Catachan project. With my nasty habit of painting different things and NOT finishing them, I accumulate a LOT of WIP pictures. So, before getting the proper motivation to paint one bolter, please find some pictures of this massive guy from Catachan: Sergeant Harker!

WIP: Empire Mortar

Hi all,

A new week starts and with it a new article about the Empire artillery. This time, I would like to present one of the least chosen units in an Empire army: the mortar. It is true that compared to the volley gun or the plain and simple great cannon, the mortar does not do much damage. With only strength 3, it might be useful against big packs of really weak creatures like goblins or skeletons, but definitely not against saurus or Chaos warriors...

Still, I remember this was the first blister I bought in a Games Workshop after buying a second hand Steam Tank and a few halleberdiers. I was so excited when I opened it and it holds a dear place in my ever growing collection.

I just need to finish the remaining servant and apply matt varnish and it will be entirely done!

WIP: Empire Great Cannon

Okay guys,

Today, let's have a look at one of the most beautiful miniatures IMO of the Empire army: the vintage Empire cannon. I can say that I am really happy with the Talabecland color scheme in the end. Red and yellow uniform are the embodiment of what an Empire army should look like! This miniature has been extensively used in battle over the years and it was time it had a new coat of paint! It will probably take a long time before I entirely finish it, as the last servant is probably still in its acetone bath.

But the result at this stage looks pretty good to me

WIP: Second Salamanders Dreadnought

Hi everyone,

Let's pause for a second with the Empire stuff, it is getting quite overwhelming. I had a picture of my second Salamanders dreadnought waiting to be published, but I had stop posting for a long time. Let me tell you that with a baby at home, work and the big news that we are moving to Germany at the end of the year, this has been quite busy.

I have actually painted the missing magnetised arms for the dreadnought a few weeks back and will probably post pictures of the final result soon. 

Whilst we wait for those, please find a picture of the (almost) finished dreadnought.