Hello folks,
After two and a half years of assembling/painting/playing Wood Elves, I embarked on my journey to start an Empire army last November. I took some time thinking about the fluff, and ended up deciding doing in lines of mercenaries. I think it's going to be a mix of Cathay, Osterland, Araby, whatever I can think of in my head.
I started off with converting/painting unit of 38 greatswords who guard the Eastern Sea of Cathay. Assembling/Painting an Empire army is certainly a daunting task, but it feels rewarding with every model painted. So without further ado, here are the pics of the greatswords:
Some of the greatswords, including musician and standard bearer...the greatswords in general were converted using old dark elf warriors and the chaos marauders bits. There were some wood elf hooded heads added as well.
I am thinking maybe I will go back to the drawing board and do some surgical procedures for the standard bearer (make the banner bigger and try to actually draw a dragon, not some green squigly lines).
Here is my warrior priest, getting ready for Mardi Gras:
Putting them all together, I have a unit of greatswords and a warrior priest:
It is still a work in progress, as I will have to base them and give these fellas a moving tray.
Still waiting for boxes of empire knights that I ordered few weeks back...so next time when I convert those, I will try to post the step-by-step progress.
Thank you for viewing, and your feedbacks and comments are always welcome.