Building a Warhammer Fantasy Empire Army
Work so Far
The Horses. Green for Unit A. Red for Unit B. I don't Paint Saddles. I Tend not to Paint Things I'm Going to Cover in Glue and Stick a Mini on.
Blue Coats for the Pistoliers
For the Helmets I'm Torn Between Plain Metal or Unique Painted Helmets. In the Fluff these Guys are the Young Noblemen Flushed with Cash and Showing Off so it Wouldn't be out of the ordinary for Them to Wear Painted/Enameled or Blackened Armour.
The Sashes will be Either Red or Green Depending on the Unit. The Bases are Only Temporary.
The Boots will Eventually be White. You're Rich, You're on Horseback and You're a Dandy. White Boots Make Sense to me.
The Witch Hunter. Blue jacket, Yellow Shirt and Green Pants. This Guy is my Wizard Hunter with his Amazing Character Killing Abilities.
Exciting stuff! I was planning on using some Landsknechts with Zweihanders as proxy Greatswords in my Empire army but the scale difference with the rest of the troops made them regrettably unsuitable. However, with building a complete historical force from the ground up as you are doing the scale should really work well for you (only larger minis will be elites or characters which should look perfectly fine being large and imposing). Have you had a look at the detachment rule? It might be worth considering a box of the Landsknecht missile troops so you have something to return fire… Read more »
Thanks for the reply. My original List had two 10 man detachments of Handgunner for each block but after a bit of thinking I decided to swap them for a Steam Tank and Two Pistolier Units. Basically I’m swapping firepower for aggressiveness. That being said I do like the look of the landsknecht Handgunners (proper early firearms, cannons on sticks) so I might pick up a box (which weirdly comes with 30 rather than 24) just as an alternative. Scale won’t be an issue as you said (aside from a rider swap on the Hippogryphs although I’m hoping it just… Read more »