Hi all,
I'm one of the Empire generals on this titanic battle, I've played Empire for long and now I'm planning to paint the maing part of my collection as long as a big part of my dogs of war. And let me introduce you the
Stirland halberdiers. I'm really proud of them, because this is my first painted unit since I started collecting miniatures (1999... nothing!), I guess this event has pushed us all to paint more!
Models are Halberdiers from 5th and 6th edition, alongside a 4th ed. command group and also a rank & file model. I got these ones on ebay, while I bought the plastic models around 10 or 15 years ago, and I had to fix them because some parts were broken. Also, I’ve done some conversions since I didn’t find enough arms with halberds to assemble all the models. Some halberd handles are made from paperclips, which I have embedded halberd poles from 7th ed. (current catalogue); these models are on the rear rank of the unit, simulating to be on march.
In painting terms, I have dedicated more work to the command group, while some lights are not detailed with the same accuracy in the rest of minis; although, I am more than satisfied with the result of the unit, and I didn’t want to spend more time. In contrast, the bases are accurately worked on all models. I will make the banner when the rest of infantry units have been painted.
More pics on blog, hope you enjoy it!