A Moment of Historical Nerdiness

"Victoria Concordia Crescit"

You best believe that under the laurels (under my shirt) I will be adding scroll work with his name and major trophy years. Lets just make sure he leaves with a final one so I can put 18-Europa…I needed to get this thing touched up anyway

And some more fantasy! This is the painted side of my empire army for Age of Sigmar/Warhammer Fantasy, and currently my only army for the system (I had ogres/Giants painted to go with my empire as mercs and a high elf army though unfortunately neither are mine any more through trades and being lost in moves). I started collecting them back in 6ed with the Empire vs Orcs starter set. Some of the models (see spearmen, swordsmen and handgunners) were painted then when I was about 13 years old and are just...just not good. Then there was a gap of about 8 years before I started them up again with some more state troops, greatswords, a cannon, and some wizards. Someday I'll bring them all up to the same standard but they fit together well enough for now. The army did have a large reserve of incoming reinforcements (built but not painted) in the form of 6 demigryff knights, Karl franz on deathclaw, a few more wizards, 40 more state troopers, and 4 more artillery pieces (a mortar, two hell blasters, and a hellstorm battery) but they were all in a box that somehow didn't survive a move and (though he denies they are my models) are now in a former roommate army... I don't mind age of sigmar and it is great for a laid back and stress free type of game but I must say I miss old fantasy. It had its problems, sure, but being the history nerd that I am, I loved seeing my blocks of troops carefully positioned to intercept the enemy's charge in true Landsknecht atire. Sadness

And some more fantasy! This is the painted side of my empire army for Age of Sigmar/Warhammer Fantasy, and currently my only army for the system (I had ogres/Giants painted to go with my empire as mercs and a high elf army though unfortunately neither are mine any more through trades and being lost in moves). I started collecting them back in 6ed with the Empire vs Orcs starter set. Some of the models (see spearmen, swordsmen and handgunners) were painted then when I was about 13 years old and are just...just not good. Then there was a gap of about 8 years before I started them up again with some more state troops, greatswords, a cannon, and some wizards. Someday I'll bring them all up to the same standard but they fit together well enough for now. The army did have a large reserve of incoming reinforcements (built but not painted) in the form of 6 demigryff knights, Karl franz on deathclaw, a few more wizards, 40 more state troopers, and 4 more artillery pieces (a mortar, two hell blasters, and a hellstorm battery) but they were all in a box that somehow didn't survive a move and (though he denies they are my models) are now in a former roommate army... I don't mind age of sigmar and it is great for a laid back and stress free type of game but I must say I miss old fantasy. It had its problems, sure, but being the history nerd that I am, I loved seeing my blocks of troops carefully positioned to intercept the enemy's charge in true Landsknecht atire. Sadness

Some sigmar/fantasy time now. As you may have guessed after my last post, I visited the parents place yesterday and was able to go through some boxes from move twoish years ago that for some reason didn't make it to the next apartment. So here is the free slaughter priest model from the first White Dwarf after the reformat. Never intent to expand him into anything but I had fun painting him. I don't often get to do large amounts of flesh or anything chaosy (blood, corrosion, heresy...blam!)