Topic: Marienburg

[Novogord]

Lovely unit of Spearmen, Dwarfs and Halflings? Who is your champion? The halfling?

Can we get a picture with the Orc Greatsword in the unit? How does he compare?

Will we see some Elves in here to?

[ZeroTwentythree]

Lovely unit of Spearmen, Dwarfs and Halflings? Who is your champion? The halfling?

The halfling, of course. 

Can we get a picture with the Orc Greatsword in the unit? How does he compare?

Here he is with the greatswords, which also includes a few dwarfs and one of the Marauder ogres. The Foundry Great Orc is about the same size as the ogre. Using those two figures, and including the one human I'm currently working on (he's hidden in the back) I can field this unit at 35 models.

Will we see some Elves in here to?

Going with the fluff of Marienburg, I've got a few "sea elves." So far I have very few and have kept them to their own units.

A detachment of 5 archers. Apparently out of practice, as they use the regular human stats. 



Back when we could take DoW in the list, I was working on some "light cavalry" as well, but never got past the first figure...





I've really got a love/hate thing for those Reaver figures -- the horses in particular.

However, I am increasingly tempted to try some more. Part of me wants to keep them separate and more like the standard HE, as they remain aloof from mere human fashions and tastes. On the other hand it's very tempting to puff & slash some converted elves.

Alternately, the elf pirate figures from Black Scorpion also look great. (Unfortunately I can't seem to find them on their web page at the moment.) (Actually, all of their pirates look great -- human, elf, dwarf, undead, gobbo...)

[Spjuth]

Lovely units! Multi-racial for teh win!

Also those horses are superb, both your painting but also the model. I've found that they are about the same size as more resent Human Horses (and how does that sound??) so I'm mixing some into my Empire units. Got one half of one in my knights unit so far, and am saving some for a second unit of pistoliers.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Finally finished this guy, he was hidden in the back of the greatsword unit recently posted.

I forgot I had picked this guy up in a trade at some point, until I was unpacking more stuff recently. I love the figure but I'm not terribly happy with the way he turned out. I think I should have gone with more eye-popping bold colors. All that white is a bit boring among the usual riot of color in my army.

[Naitsabes]

he's got popping blue and purple. I like him a lot, stellar painting as always! It also helps that I haven't seen that sculpt before, where is he from?

...and for what it's worth, I think the evil grin ponies are terrible! I always liked the riders, you could probably pick up the current reaver horses for cheap, they come in the box game but don't see much use as far as I can tell.

[Quickbeam]

I love the paint job on him. That is my favorite empire model but I have never even seen one in person. it's like pulling teeth to find those guys.

[ZeroTwentythree]

where is he from?

http://www.solegends.com/marauder/mm61ftrcmd.htm

I have (and painted) FC3, 4, & 5. I am still hunting for FC1 & 2.

...and for what it's worth, I think the evil grin ponies are terrible!

It's the grin that bugs me. The rest of the horse (and rider, of course) is fine. Actually, I really like the body, mane, etc. if the face wasn't so... human.

That is my favorite empire model but I have never even seen one in person. it's like pulling teeth to find those guys.

Definitely in my top 10 favorite Empire models. I was so happy when I realized I had him after I had recently been trying to find one online again!

Speaking of top 10, maybe I should make a photo-list of my favorite 10 Empire models.

Off hand, contenders would be those three FC figures mentioned above, the old captain with a big warhammer that I use as my foot GotE, both versions of Marius Leitdorf (though I admit, I have not seen the new one in person), Leonardo, the old metal halberdier I used as a standard bearer... I'm sure I can come up with a few more. That's limiting it to humans. I could easily add one dwarf, one ogre and one halfling to that list. 

[BAWTRM]

The model looks great to me 023! Maybe when he's amongst those flashy coloured comrades of is he will indeed not be as noticeable. On the other hand, all the white might just make him stand out!

[Spjuth]

Finally finished this guy, he was hidden in the back of the greatsword unit recently posted.

I forgot I had picked this guy up in a trade at some point, until I was unpacking more stuff recently. I love the figure but I'm not terribly happy with the way he turned out. I think I should have gone with more eye-popping bold colors. All that white is a bit boring among the usual riot of color in my army.

The chap look great! But you could easily swap the white for yellow or orange if you want him more colourful.

[ZeroTwentythree]

The chap look great! But you could easily swap the white for yellow or orange if you want him more colourful.

You are correct. But I am lazy and once I am "done" with a figure I usually move on to one of the (too many) others that are still unpainted. 


After completing my Pleasant Surprises V figure and it has been received, I took a bit of time to consider what to do for our local Grillfest miniature swap and came up with this...




I had picked up the figure in a trade at some point, but had no use for it. The previous owner had started converting & assembling it, so I tried to tidy up the figure before painting. The base is left unfinished, because I don't know who will get it -- hopefully someone with a chaos army who can make use of it and base it to match their own!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Work in progress shot of what I'm working on now...




Der Meister Springer?

[DonJulio]

Those two are coming out really nice, keep it up!

[BAWTRM]

Big thug and little thug, both with mad stylez? Hilarious!

[ZeroTwentythree]

OK, here's the finished Master-Blaster Empire thugs, and one more casualty to add to the pile. I don't know WTF is going on with the lighting, one is too bright, one is too dim.

[ZeroTwentythree]

"Who run Marienburg?"

 

[Blue in vt]

 

You sir are one of my favorite painters....both your figure choice and your excellent use of color to bring out the best in the sculpts are truly inspiring.

thanks for sharing!

Cheers,

Blue

[Maza]

Yes, I admire your painting too. Do you play a lot with your models? They must look amazing on the tabletop.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thank you for the flattering comments!

I used to play all the time, traveled to nearby tournaments (those within a few hours drive,) etc. But work, parenthood, and growing  disappointment with both 8th edition and the tournament scene has slowed me down. I just played my first few games in about a year last week. I have some more games coming up in another week.




I have finished the last three plastic spearmen that had remained unpainted. That should bring the total (of those figures) to 33. I'm going to paint up (or temporarily borrow from another unit) a set of 3 command figures, which will bring the unit up to 36. So I just need to find at least 4 more old spearmen, either plastic or metal. I may convert a few of the old multi-piece plastics, like I did for the Pleasant Surprises figure I did (pic a few posts back) but I think I will need some more of the new plastic spear heads.

I thought I would try some "softer" and more subdued colors on these guys.

[Novogord]

I thought I would try some "softer" and more subdued colors on these guys.

Well somehow, that doesn't reflect the idea of Marienburg for me... Marienburg shouts flashy colours to me.
But they are also very nicely done, I wish mine will someday be as nice as yours. And within the same timespan.

[steveb]

whoa! I really like those subdued color schemes.  steveb

[Darknight]

So I just need to find at least 4 more old spearmen

Check the Trading Post - Swan-of-War (IIRC) just posted in there; he has a bunch to sell, and may be willing to help out.

[Haus Krannest]

Thomas, swing by my house and I'll give you four of mine...bonus point for bringing the baby over. I'm hungry for toes!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Darknight, Krannest, thanks. I'll think about it. I dug out enough bits to make 4 spearmen from old 4th ed. plastic halberdiers. I ended up having enough of the current spear heads to do it. The down side is that every one of those old plastic multi-piece figures I use, takes away from my future halberd megahorde. The up side is that it might be cool to have a little variety in the front rank or two of spearmen...



Working a bit tonight. Old dwarf wizard and another casualty. One can never have enough dwarf mages. Or casualties.




Also putting a bit more paint on an upcoming standard bearer. Here's a work in progress shot...

[Spjuth]

I liked your subdued colour very much, not extremely Marienburg perhaps, but it adds a little more variety which always is a good thing. One can get a little bored by only using primary colour I think.

Also superb Dwarf mage!

[Warlord]

I love that Dwarf Wizard.

Wish I had one.