Empire Archers

I finally started work on these:




They're quite possibly the nicest plastic minis Games Workshop has ever produced. Odd that it has to be archers though. Don't they just look like they belong to Henry the Eight's hunting party? They look so competent and cool. Too bad they're a bunch of balistic skill 3 schlubs. Look at the third picture. There's even a gut shot orc getting ready to be dispatched by an archer's sword. Can't wait to finish painting them.

Speaking of painting, I primered the archers using white Armoury spray primer. This is highly unusual considering that I normally use grey gesso. I am to gesso like a Romanian is to onions. Even so, my gesso must be getting old or something because it has really been gunking up details lately. Hence the spray primer. We'll see how this turns out.

Bases, knocking them down

Here, as you can see, are the Halflings I posted earlier. Halflings are de rigueur in the Empire this year. So, it should only be that I have a finished unit with the bases done.





Crossbowmen from Stirland:


Crossbowmen from Estalia:




Handgunners from Stirland in a, "Are you going to live forever? Get 'em done!" paint job:


Dogs of War Duelists as a Stir River Patrol boarding party (one guy had his pistol break off and I can't find it):




Various Free Company:





It must look like I favor oddball units and missile troops. It could be true. It is also true that they tend to come in units of ten and are therefore quicker and less onerous to paint.

Now for the regularly scheduled video from my most favorite band ever:

Tharks & Venusians, Halflings too

Got some pics here of some things I've been working on lately.

Two Tharks I made using Kroot parts.










Some rifle armed Venusian Askaris.


Halflings for my Empire army. Still need to have the bases done.


Today is the snowpocalypse. I should be getting a lot of stuff done as a result!