Men at Arms

Finished off a unit of Men at Arms (then realised I had not done their shields... sigh... will do those with the Foot Knight's shields when I dig them out). Same sort of deliberate 'drab' look as the Foot Squires but with at least a common theme of colour to show they may have come from a single Knight's land.

More Foot Knights

More Foot Knights! And why not? These still need their shields doing (well some have shields) but they are more or less there. Coupled with the several units of Men at Arms, bowmen and other Foot Knights I am working on the infantry is coming along nicely.

Foot Knights

Foot Knights. Something Bretonnia should have always had. Yes they may have the flower of cavalry in the Old World (well... according to fluff... when in actual fact inner circle Empire Knights trample all over Bretonnian knights. gah.... GW should just have let Bretonnia have the best knights and be done with it.. Empire have EVERYTHING!)... but what you really need when it all gets muddy and messy is some strapping bloke in ten tonne of armour waving a huge broadsword around in your face. Foot Knights give Bretonnia another option.. a half decent infantry unit ... and they are fun! Look around at the old models (take a look Foundry miniatures which effectively carry the old old Bretonnian models) they have a lot of character. There are plenty of models in there that you can picture a diorama for.

This is my first unit of Foot Knights... I have another batch at the washing and basing stage. They are deliberately 'dirty' and not crisp... after all they are foot slogging it.

Bretonnian Army - needs some care and attention

Over the years since the box set of Warhammer with the super sharp one piece pointy goblins and elves, I have collected a large (well massive?) Bretonnian army. I loved the theme and background and how they played on the tabletop. The trouble is, until recently (20 odd years later) they had not seen a lick of paint! I am now in the process of going back through and giving them some care and attention. My painting skills have now reached Level Basic Table Top If You Squint From Six Foot so I think the time is now or never (leave it any later and I will be doing them when I retire... chances are my hand will be even more shaky then!). So here is the unpainted army:

I have already made a start to this with some foot squires (truth be told I am shying away from the legion of cavalry at the moment)

The paint work on these is deliberately left dirty with the wash and I have chosen not to highlight as I normally would. Eventually I want them contrasting with the brighter, crisper paint job on the knights.

Necromunda - Blades

This is my close combat specialist. Nice increase in WS, T and W to go with the Counter Attack, Disarm, Parry and Step Aside. Taking the disarm and making the opponent lose an expensive weapon is always a brilliant moment in the game. Or just simply wading in and then taking on all comers and still standing at the end.

Necromunda - Gang Leader

This is the original gang leader. He worked his way up quite nicely in terms of stats increases (cant complain about decent WS, BS, S, W and A). The red dot laser sight was an early addition and proved quite useful a number of times. The leg bionic may well have helped him out with an injury if memory serves me correct and the grav chute was useful when he was 'Diving' and 'Leaping' about. Medic and Inventor came into their own for the long game, helping my gang surive (albeit with lots of scars) and popping up the odd item or two to keep or sell.

Necromunda - Blast from the past

I recently went through my old hand written Necromunda gang list and reminded myself just how much of a set of dangerous madmen that "Dazza's Daggers" had become. This is one example (courtesy of the excellent roster available at Yaktribe)

Brought up in the gang from a Juve he managed to get all the stat and characteristic advances you could ever want if you wanted to become a dual pistol wielding, super shooting, gunfighter in the underhive.