Altdorf...To Arms !

Having started an Empire Army several weeks ago, my successful ebay bid (the best part of 1250 points worth of assorted spearmen, knights and the like) turned up over the weekend so I can join in the fun..puff.. puff...must paint. Have to say a big shout out to Daniel Eatch. Not only was the army superbly put together and 'cleaned' but he threw in a whole load of 'spare sprues' of which there were so many, I thought the picture of a completed army on Ebay was a fake and I'd been sent an army to build (check the arrival picks)

This is going to be a tough order for me. If I'm honest, I'm probably the slowest painter of the group, on account of me being the least tidy and having to constantly touch areas up so this is going to be an insane challenge..not least of which is going to be due to the 1000 points choice list. Mind you, I also tend to lack discipline and pay more attention to interesting modelling ideas rather than the task in hand. There are a couple of pics of one completed and one work in progress to give you an idea as well as a snap of some completed Swordsmen to show the colour scheme. The new order "all hail the dip!" has helped a great deal and it really does save hours although you have to get your head around your models looking shocking before the liquid gold (brown) does it's stuff. Models in the pics are dipped so you'll get an idea of how it works on different colours.

Right...on with the 1000 point list:

Heroes

Captain with Kit - 89 pts

Battle Wizard (L2) with Kit - 135 pts

Core

15 Swordsmen with upgrades - 115 pts

15 Spearmen with upgrades - 91 pts

10 Handgunners - 80 pts

5 Knights with upgrades, steel standard - 175 pts

Special

10 Greatswords with upgrades - 130 pts

1 x Mortar - 75 pts

Rare

Hellblaster Volley Gun - 110 pts

Great list and bang on the 1000 points. Only problem is..thats 47 models to paint.....eek..

Pics.....