(Sort of battle report p.9) Warhammer assorted-ness.

[voltan]

*Third times a charm trying to post*

I've been looking at your dwarves as possible additions. 

[white knight]

Nono, you don't want the dwarfs now that they belong to uncle Peter. The humans are what you need. 

[voltan]

What I really need are some Imperial ogres 

Anyway, the knights of the white wolf are finished, only needed 6 for the army but it seemed simpler to do them all at once. Also had forgotten how badly these figures are for ranking up, may need to try and bend the legs at some point to improve this.

[voltan]

In a fit of mild insanity I decided to break apart and strip my old metal steam tank so that I could build it properly this time; that was a bad decision, it's horrible to put together lots of tears and greenstuff for this one, seriously buy the plastic kit, the nostalgia is not worth it.

Anyhow, I'm aiming for a fairly blinged up paint scheme though I'll be giving it a nuln oil coat to bring it back down a bit, then will probably decide to drybrush it back up again, such is life. And of course this is not part of the army I'm supposedly working towards.

[voltan]

And the finished steam tank before varnishing and maybe a base, undecided on this point. I really need to start building halberdiers now.

[voltan]

Did a quick paintjob on a wizard to try and get myself back in the swing of it. Colour scheme seems to be somewhere between Gandalf and Magical Trevor.

[voltan]

I bought myself the Imperial-ish ogres from Knightmare miniatures and now I'm only 3 figures away from a unit.
Next on the list is one of the part done rank and file units that are sat staring at me with their accusing eyes.

[voltan]

It's been a while.

So something trigged my low attention span and I decided to finally start painting the Bretonnians I got 25 odd years ago and as everything does, it started by buying some new figures. I've always liked the idea of foot knights since the 4th edition get you by list had them in, in my mind I see them as Knight errants who can't yet afford a horse or have misplaced them, they're also a good way to start off painting heraldic fields as they tend towards simple. I've also been trying out contrast paints as an easier way to paint the heraldry, some of it's good, some of it's so so, it'll be an extra tool in the kit and will just take getting used to alongside some more traditional painting.

So after an easier start I jumped into a more complicated questing knight for the army general and an unladylike lady chucker of magic about, because it was the next figure I found.

And finally to drag this back to the original topic there's the test pieces for an Altdorf halberdiers tribute act.

[Pattus Magnus]

Very nice job on those, especially the Bretonnian characters.

[voltan]

Cheers, I wasn't sure if the diamond pattern was going to work but it seems to have turned out all right, if you don't look to close.

[OSHIROmodels]

Looking good 

[voltan]

It's taken a while to get something else done apparently.

So anyway, here we have the start of my grand battery, just another two great cannon, a mortar and a hellblaster to go.

Oh and I'm halfway through the first regiment of halberdiers and one of their detachments is done.

[sir_shvantselot]

Good progress.

[voltan]

Cheers, I'm trying to get back into the habit of painting a little bit every day, but so many distractions.

[OSHIROmodels]

Nice