Have been lurking on this forum for the past few months, enjoying everybody else's painted minis, so I thought it was high time I joined in as well.
By way of background I s'pose I am similar to most others, in that I got into Warhammer when young, wandered away living the life of a carefree dissolute youth for a time, before eventually finding my way back home. The Empire was my first love, so I had retained a smallish pile of (badly) painted figures kicking around in my bits box for a few, erm, decades. The announcement that ye Old World was making a comeback got the creative juices flowing once more, so I started taking a closer look at those old minis once more.
First thing I noticed was how amazing the sculpts were on the old metal minis
Slapped some paint on and now I am hooked
I tried blue and white first up, purely because I have found in the past that they tend to work well together, and so now I guess by default I am painting a Middenheim army
Below are my first two test minis, not yet properly based (guy on the right is a test). Will update this OP with full army pics once I get going.
Have kicked on a bit from there, and will post things up as I can. Need to sort out a proper photography setup. My goal is to paint everything to the absolute best of my ability, but am aware of the my own limitations therein. You name the fancy technique (wet blending, NMM etc.), I don't know how to do it
But am hoping to improve over time, so feedback is appreciated. I am especially curious as to how I will do the banners. I have never tried freehanding anything, and with historicals I always buy printed banners....
Without wanting to make this opening post overly long, thought it would be also good to put down the minis I have/hope to be using. Not everything will be strictly GW (because of how damn expensive they are
), however I am hoping to stick to the puffy sleeve aesthetic wherever possible
This will be updated as I come to some firm conclusions on how well different ranges match. Have already done some experimenting however, so these are my thoughts so far.
Halberds; metal GW and Artizan
Spears; Artizan, Foundry and Warlord Games
Archers; GW
Handgunners; Not yet decided, a mix of everything perhaps!
Crossbows; Warlord Games
Greatswords; Warlord Games & metal GW (probably as seperate units, I don't think they will mix well)
Swordsmen; 8th ed GW plastics
Ogres; classic Marauder minis please
Arty, Lords etc; GW typically
Imperial Dwarfs; Assualt Group