From EthanM: Handgunners Galore - Part One of Too Many (50 points)

Hello All!

This post brings about the beginning of my Warhammer Fantasy Battles army. Moving from painting Republican Romans and Sertorian Spanish to the late Renaissance-inspired regiments of the Empire of Man is definitely a bit of a change. The Empire of Warhammer's Old World is a fantastical imagining of the Holy Roman Empire of medieval and renaissance Europe, with large contingents of professional soldiers (state troops) often dressed in puffed sleeves and quartered livery, and sworn to fight at the behest of their Elector-Count. Each of the Elector-Counts answers to the Emperor, elected from among their number. However, the Old World mixes in the fractured nature of the loosely-bound principalities with powerful battle mages, massive steam-punk tanks and various pieces of artillery, as well as good-aligned monsters such as griffons. 

Here we have an image of the first ten handgunners to be included in this army. Handgunners are, quite simply, state troops trained in the use of crude black powder weapons (a technology shared by humanity's stalwart ally, the Dwarfs). The fellows are painted in the livery of Averland, an Imperial province in the southern region of the Empire. Averland is ruled by Marius Leitdorf, the Mad Count - at least until the End Times. Averland's sigil is that of a yellow sun on a black field. 

These handgunners will be fielded in regiments of 30 - at present, I have plans for three 30-man regiments of these fine fellows.

Here we have a close-up of the regiment's sergeant, a grizzled veteran, and the regimental piper. 

And finally, a shot of the full regiment in its movement tray. Only 20 more until this unit is finished! Hopefully, they will be completed at a somewhat faster rate.

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"What the hell is this?"

 
"This is the bill that will convert the Averland state hospital for the insane into the William J. Le Petomane memorial handgunner regiment for the insane."

"Gentlemen, this bill will be a giant step forward in the expansion of the army of the insane Marius Leitdorf. Fifty points to Averland!"