Thursday 22 February 2018

From Anthony O - Horde of Spear - 202 Points

The Empire of Dust continues to grow, this week it is a horde of Spearmen ready to defend the rest of the force from those pesky cavalry.


I have broken them up into two regiments for future flexibility but I envisage I will field them mostly as a horde. It just seems right for some reason to see such a wall of spears.


I admit it has been a slog getting through these guys, this challenge is fantastic for pushing me though and I now have the bulk of a good Kings of War force.


So I sort of lost count how many I put in there and the jumble makes it hard to keep count but there is definitely at least 40 28mm troops so I make that 200 points.



I can but admire the metronomic reliability of your posts Anthony, especially as they're all to the same crisp, clean standard!  I'm on record as being a big fan of the teal shields as a great counterpoint to the gold and bone, but the sheer size of this unit really brings it home and you can imagine this horde just washing over any enemies in a mighty bone-rattling wave - especially as you've painted so many that you managed to lose track of numbers!

Certainly looks like at least 40 to me, so 202 points it is with a pip for the two foremost standards representing one per smaller unit - well done as always!

19 comments:

  1. Fantastic work as always , great looking skeletons!
    Best Iain

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  2. Wow that looks awsome! I have loved seeing Empire of Dust army.

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  3. Fantastic stuff Patch! The horde approach is definitely the way to go. And the blue continues to rock.

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  4. This has been a super fun project to watch, and I echo what others have already said - the choice of colours is grand, and it just looks so cool, well done!

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  5. I dig that project a lot. Can't wait for the family picture at the end

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  6. Another great addition to a great project

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  7. Great work! I can only admire your dedication to this project.

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  8. Excellent! Great to see your Kings of War army grow and grow. Don't stop now. Keep going. :) Cheers

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  9. More awesome Skellies for your already excellent army Anthony, very good!

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  10. Death will come on silent wings - or creaking bones - to those who disturb the Pharaoh's rest!

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  11. Really brilliant work, Anthony! I love the way you've been structuring and building all your units. They look lifelike (I know....crazy and nuts for an undead force), all jostling and elbowing for positions (and those bony elbows are bound to be painful ;) ).

    I love the teal colouring, and the way the whole comes together. Great stuff!!

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  12. Many thanks everyone, I am not finished yet with this army!

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  13. Spectacular spiky horde! I love this army you’re raising.

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  14. This army just goes from strength to strength. Beautiful work, Patch!

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