Anno Domini 1666 - The Old World without the Warhammer
Royal Musketeers - Elite Musketeers
I found out, after purchasing the game, that there are troops, and then there are Elite troops. The artwork for both is exactly the same, but me being me, I wanted something different to denote the elite troops. So I purchased an extra box of Muskteers, which does mean I have ended up with a lot of extra, duplicate cards, but it also means I can paint three models in a different colour scheme. For this, I went with a more historically accurate colour scheme, which matches the colours worn by D’Artagnan. The major change to the uniform was the darker blue and the red lining. On a side note – why is Dark Blue so hard to come by? I remember a colour that GW used to make, I think it was called Necron Abyss or something, and it was really, really dark. GW seem to have given up on that and the darkest colour I could get my hands on was Dark Prussian Blue, which I had to then apply two coats of blue wash (Drakenhof Nightshade) to get it to a suitably dark tone.
