Alrighty folks, here is my long promised blog of my latest Empire army, based off the Nordland color scheme. Not a fan of the fluff, but I love the color scheme. Anyways, I've finally started painting the force, since I have decided to assemble most of my figures first, and then paint them as I go. So far I have 1 spearman, 1 halberdier, and 6 swordsmen finished, but will be trying to speed up my progress now, so that the next time a tournament around my area comes up, I will hopefully have a fully painted force (plus I have high hopes of winning the best painted award).
Ok, so to start off, here is a quick picture of most of my figures, minus some swordsmen, that I have stored in my top dresser drawer. The figures in the upper right corner are some Undead I started to assemble.
A brief picture of some random figures, mostly my hunstman:
My first Halberdier, converted using swordsman arms. Yes, I plan on painting about 50 + Halberdiers, because I love the look of the figures:
The swordsman that I have painted so far:
The swordsmen I will be painting next:
For those wondering the one on the far right has arms from the late 5th edition crossbowmen arm set (metal arms to add onto the plastic state troops), and the head from one of the 6th edition Helblaster Volley Gun crew.
And last, I wanted to show my converted spearmen. I wanted to convert the figures as such, since I can't stand the 7th edition figures, and Im not a fan of the lack of variety and the slight size difference of the 6th edition spearmen.
The spears are made from brass rod and the spear tips from the 6th edition spearmen's spears. The arms are various arms from the swordsmen, halberdier, crossbowmen, and handgunner arms.
The next update with more painted swordsmen will be in about a week or so.