28 July 2014

A very small army

This evening is the last chance I'll get before BOYL to do anything other than pack figures, rulebooks and scenery, so what you see in the photos is what I'll be bringing to the defence of Avalone and I couldn't resist sharing. I shall have time to put some thought into a back story like those included for the sample armies from Ravening Hordes so I should be all narratively equipped for some oldhammering.

The force at arms of Baron Gilbert de Corbin is as follows:

The Baron his-self, and his loyal standard bearer


Valiant foot knights, being of the sacred number twelve

Can retainers be valiant? Well, this bunch certainly fight well under
noble leadership, their number also being twelve. The billmen were all painted last week.
That's eleven figures in five days!!! Marvel at my productivity, mortals!!!

Beauty and the Not-so-beautiful. A contrasting pair of enchanters, blurred by their intense magical auras
and definitely not by the camera on my phone.

"Xavier make cannon go BOOM! Xavier like cannon. Yeah-yeah-yeah!"

"Keep smiling, mes braves, we're meant to be 'merry' and if we don't look it, the Vicomte will get all irritable and have us tortured again..." 

"I didn't vote for you!" Another twelve.

And the whole lot in one go.

So, general and BSB on horseback, two wizards, one cannon and crew, twelve foot knights, twelve billmen, twelve peasants, and ten arquebusiers. Oh, and four cows. Not so many, but the largest painted force I've had for any game of anything, and I don't think we're going to run short of figures for the siege game!!!

I had hoped to get another rank of six billmen painted up to strengthen that unit (figures from Claymore Castings - highly recommended, but more on that in a future post), but I only got as far as this with them:


I'm a little disappointed but I just ran out of oomph at the end of term.

Now, to rootle out my flock, static grass, and tufts ready for the final task.
Rab

16 comments:

  1. That looks like a great little army. Weld done. I've been tempted by the claymore figures. Any chance of a photo of one next to a bretonnian halberdier or similar?

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    1. Thanks Colin! It was you who reminded me about Claymore a couple of weeks back. I'll see if I can get a comparison photo and put it on that thread about alternative Brets on The Forum.

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  2. We'll done, sir! You shame me with your successful productivity. I'll be unlike to get my warband ready for the weekend. (I have nearly finished my confrontation and Sensei bands)

    After BOYL I'm going to put a small force of Empire together, so I'll be challenging this good looking force to battle!

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    1. Cheers, Chris, I'm pretty pleased with them - just don't look too closely! As for your painting, I'm going to be checking out the sci-fi tables with my legendary lack of willpower.... ;)

      Empire, eh? I shall have to put a stop to that puff'n'slash poncery!

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    2. As the owner of a rather large Bret army myself and also putting together a flegdling empire army might I suggest some form of campaigning may be in order?

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  3. Very nice indeed and quite inspiring...I fancy myself a Bret general as well and it is great to see your classic figures coming together so well. I'm also very interested to see how the Claymore Casting figures match up as I really like many of their sculpts.

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    1. Inspiring?! That's very kind of you, Blue, considering your prodigious and handsome output! I've sorted out a couple of comparison pictures and will be posting them right now.

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  4. Great work mate - I'm too busy to even photograph the stuff I've been painting up!

    Only 11 days to go - yikes!

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    1. Eleven days?! Luxury! I have approximately 30 minutes of prep time left, but on the plus side, my wife actually paid interest in, and compliments to, my little army. That may have had something to do with me just being all manly and unblocking our drains, but I still nurture that tiny hope she may one day become a gamer! Hahahahahahhah. Maybe not...

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  5. That's quite a nice looking force you've got yourself their Rab, well done old boy!

    Looking forward to seeing the pics from the siege game at BOYL.

    Cheers

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    1. Thank you kindly. I'm sure there will be many pictures :)

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  6. A great looking little army, I'll look forward to seeing them crushed beneath the hooves of my wolves and centaurs outside the walls of Avalone! :D

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    1. Avaunt ye, creature of evil, or face the steel of honest men and true!!

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  7. Wow. There's nothing like seeing a project come together. Excellent work on the heraldry.

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    1. Thanks, Jason. Laying them all out and realising I painted all but two of them this year made me feel rather proud of my progress!

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