Hiya!
First, thank you Martin for letting me squeeze into your roster on your last day as minion. It's been an absolute pleasure to get up on Sundays to see your welcome message and thoughtful (and humorous) comments on your talented crew's work. So, as you would so elegantly say during your first year with us: Ta. :)
Next up for my 10mm Empire force is a regiment of heavily armoured knights. I love these guys as they have that heavy-hitting, Renaissance gendarme look about them, with their fully encased, fluted plate, lances with snapping pennants, and bedecked with ostentatious plumes. Wonderful stuff.
In the Warhammer lore, the Empire is composed of a variety of provinces, each with their own independent army and unique livery. This is great as it allows collectors to have fun fielding units in a riot of colours, if they wish.
This regiment is fairly restrained in their 'white' armour and unpainted lances. Perhaps for a future unit I'll splash out with more colour.
Speaking of additional colour, this regiment has a general attached who is clad in his family's vibrant red livery.
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For the flags, I delved into my decal box and pulled out some unused Titan transfers from my Adeptus Titanicus kits. They seem to do the trick for these Imperials.
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And a final shot of the reinforced contingent with halberdiers in support and knights leading the way.
For points, we have 26 mounted figures for a total 78 points.
Thanks for visiting and I'll see you tomorrow with my farewell to Peter and another Imperial regiment. Have a great day!
- Curt
Curt as always it's been a pleasure to minion, especially when there is such spectacular work on display. Beautiful.
Ta
Martin
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Lovely painting, great idea with the transfers.
ReplyDeleteThank you Peter!
DeleteThey look great Curt. I can’t imagine struggling with transfers at that scale
ReplyDeleteCheers mate. Yeah, the transfers were a little fiddly, but I managed with the aid of the tip of my tongue sticking out of my mouth. :)
DeleteFantastic work
ReplyDeleteThanks Bartek!
DeleteFabulous little knights, Curt! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Ms P!
DeleteExcellent wee knights. Love the old world in 28mm or 10 mm no matter. Great brush work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bruce, me too! A few more of these coming up to take you (and me) down memory lane. :)
DeleteGreat stuff and not a turnip in sight - these are really nice and just ooze "care to try a new period/scale" temptation
ReplyDeleteHaha! I'd love to see you work in this scale, Kerry.
DeleteThey look brilliant Curt, damn fine work.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ray!
DeleteWow! What a talented painter.
ReplyDeleteOh, you're a charmer, Benito. :)
DeleteSplendid looking tiny gendarmes, they look great!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain. They are wonderful castings and a hoot to work on.
DeleteOh wow, these look awesome Curt, so cool. These Empire Knights are some of the best wargaming sculpts out there, period, and seeing them in any scale is at once exciting - and also a trigger to mourn the loss of the "Old World".
ReplyDeleteYes, they are iconic, for sure. I have a few more regiments primed up and am just figuring out how to paint them. I guess with this General one of them has to be red. :)
DeleteNice work, Curt! Beside the color and execution, I like the wedge the knights are developing like they are just starting to canter as orders echo across the line. As much as I miss fantasy Battles, warmaster was where those big armies belong. Besides the price and time saved on minis was the saving of time for even a more grand battle!
ReplyDeleteThank you David. Yes, I loved Fantasy, warts and all, but it could get glacial with too many units on the board (not to mention damn expensive!).
DeleteExcellent work again, Curt, very cool to see these Empire knights. Very effective painting too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Martijn!
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