So we had another freind join us in warhammer. When he went looking for his old O&G army he also found an old Empire army he dident even remberd he had. I have always been somewhat intrested in the Empire mechanics but all modells exept the old 6'th starter set set have looked really bad in my eyes. Now theese are old empire metel minis, some probably from 4'th and rest from 5'th. And he Gave em to me, so After my LM project (more like at the same time) I will work on thesse guys. He has lots of Metel spearmen, that looks way better then the curent empire models, A bit static but nice. I belive thesse are on a smaller scale then the rest. And loads of old 5'th plastic halberdiers (ugly as hell). Also some metal halberds also In a smaller scale, even smaller then the spearmen. Looks really old in the design (slopy work, little detail) Some Crossbows, Imba cool models. 10 knights panther, and 5 knights with cavalry hammer. 12 Hafling archers. Also the old hot pott launcher. 9 flagelants 10 Knights on foot with various weapons. Old reiksgaurd modells I guess. 5 Monted heros, 2 mounted wizards 4 wizards on foot. Also 2 Griffons but only one Karl Franz. The war alter. Now the idea on how to make an army outa them. I Have drawn up a basic quick list that will utilize the models I like the look of. Since new empire models will mix badly I will only buy some artillary and a box of knights for this project. Unleass you give me a good idea or a word of warning. All thesse figs (200+) have like 5 sheilds to share, so I will have to make some myself from scratch. I have no comand models at all, and the spearmen looks hard to convert. So I have some big chalanges ahead of me I like the idea of using halberds as a detetchment unit, so I will convert some spearmen in to halberds. So the list I have been thinking of using. General of the Empire, With spearunit one. (will convert one of the knights on foot models for him) Captain, bsb, with spearunit two. (will convert him, same as general) 2x lv2 wizards. Prolly one best and the other heavens/light 2x 24 spearmen, LA, Sheild, FC 2x 6 archers, detatchment to spaers. will look funny with small haflings ^^ 2x 9 Halberds, detachment to spears. Prolly in a 3x3 formation. 3x 6 Knights, musican 2x 10 Crossbows 2x Cannons 1x hellblaster Thats the basic idea on it, Will prolly look better then it plays. I have moddels enough for some changes. Like another spearunit, more crossbows. Should I consider a mortar also maybe? Any coments are welcome. I can then use the other hero Choises availible to me to make some small changes to the list, run with a griffon or war alter. or even a lv4 caster. But the main concern is, is that a viable backbone list? With this list I will spend like 50 euros for a 2000+ point list. Have any ideas on the modeling side I would be glad to hear em to Edit: Looked a bit more in the book. And it would seem 1arch lector, 2 preists and a lv2 mage would do better then my original lineup. Damn there are many choises in the empire book ^^
Hey dude, I have a mortar, 16 handgunners, a mounted captain, and a unit of spearmen with shields of I forget what size that I have absolutely no use for. I believe them to be from the 6th ed. starter... would you consider trading for them?
We have a bit of a logistic problem, also I dont really have anything to trade..... exept old plastic O&G orcs. So ugly not even their mother could have loved em.
Man you guys got your work cut out for you I absolutely hate old school models like that. Half of the armies out right now I wont even do cause of goofy old models. I am really excited about the new skaven though after seeing the new clan rats I think GW is finally gonna make them into a great army that I would be proud to paint. Good luck with your projects!
Haha I understand you, some of the old models are terrible, like 5'th edition DE or the curent Dark eldar stuff. Empire on the other hand seems to get uglier every edition. 6'th I might have considerd collecting (Starter set with empire o&g was nice), but now the new stuff..... I'm speechless, damn some of the things in the range dont even have shoes for crying out loud. The spearmen I will be basing the whole army on more or less, might be a bit static. But anomaly corect and really quite charming. Noticed I'm going to have to deal with the ageold problem of lose horsetails also, never was able to solve that when I played last time. Luckily enough if I decide to replace the haflings later with real models, I have so many plastic halberdiers I can steal feathers from i could make a whole new army ^^ Evryone needs a feather in their hat in my Empire Are you able to greenstuff mold sheilds so they look decent? Have 6 sheilds total and more then 200 figs Maybe gonna snap some pics and talk about my grand ideas (that prolly will end up sloppy) After the weekend. Back to asembling saurus I go.
I apologise to any Empire fans out there but I agree here. I think the Empire models are terrible looking the reason why I'll never collect them is because I don't want a buncha clown looking (literally) guys as my army. No thanks.