Updating some older Empire models

 Since the very productive first three months netted me a whole pile of painted Empire for Warhammer Fantasy, I thought I would touch up the paint job and rebase my existing Knights and characters so it will all fit together. Not a massive job, but for the sake of completeness, necessary.

First up is the mounted Valten and Ludwig Schwarzhelm. Mainly have used these as an Empire Grandmaster and mounted BSB.

Next up my big unit of Knights Pather. A lot of them had chipped paint and they also required shields as originally I didn't get round to it. Now all ready for the battlefield.

Big knight unit with characters.

That is probably it for Empire for the short term. Time to move onto another project for some variety.

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Slow grow Warhammer Armies Project League Post 8 Final Post

 Well it has been 3 months and I managed to do it. Painted all my planned Empire for the Army Project challenge. It has been great having a focus to get some models painted. These Empire have sat here for decades so it was nice to get them out and give them some love.

So here is the last post, the army photo of all I painted in these last three months.

All up here is well over 1200 points, not too bad. Really like the colour and the banners. The bases also really tie everything together, from the war wagon to the archers.

And just for kicks, did an army photo like from the old Warhammer Armies book.

Its been great fun doing this project. I expect next will be some games with this Empire force, or maybe even a campaign! We shall see.

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Slow grow Warhammer Armies Project League Post 7

 Well I finally did it. Finished the last unit for the army challenge. The War Wagon. What an amazing model. From the wagon itself to the crew it is just amazing. I decided to paint it in the classic colours from the old White Dwarf. Painting the crew in those colours was such a pleasure, a riot of colour. I am really pleased with how it turned out.

The base is a custom resin print that a friend did for me, 65mm x 115mm. Perfect to fit everything on it.
 

Love the classic scheme for these uniforms, such fun to paint.

It still does need the banners, but I have not been able to find a good enough scan of them to use and print, and I don't have the skills to paint it from scratch. Hopefully I will be able to get them at some stage.

Glad to get it done and it is an amazing center piece model. My last post will be an army pic.

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Slow grow Warhammer Armies Project League Post 6

 Finally have a bit of an update. Work has been hectic so I haven't been as prolific as I would like, especially as I need to have it all done by the end of this month. 

I have however, finished my basic 1000pts. 

Finally got this unit done. This was a hard unit to paint, despite the rather nice models. Just getting time was the main factor here. Though I was focused and finished them before moving onto the last of the knights.

I didn't have any of the Empire Knights I could use as Reiksguard nor the funds to get any. A friend very graciously printed up some Highlands knights for me to use. The models are quite nice and definitely fit the Empire aesthetic. I also wanted to try something new and have a spiral lance, as I quite enjoyed the look of it. Again, it was my friends suggestion to use some masking tape (2mm to be precise) to get that smooth look. Rather easy process that turned out rather good.

I do need to do an army picture at some stage, though I will likely do that at the end of the month. I also have a couple more units to try and get done as extra credit before the end of the month. We shall see if I can get that done!

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