Preparing for Broadside 2021

A long time ago, pre-covid, pre-children (eldest is 11) I demo’ed for PP which allowed me access to a parts service for conversions.  When No Quarter 2 was released (September 2005, nearly 16 years ago) it had an article on converting units to elite cadre, so I purchase another 12 Winter Guard (to give me a 10 man unit) and 10 Hammerfall High Shield Gun Corp backpacks to attach to them.  These bits have sat unassembled and unloved for all that time and I’ve kept it in the back of my mind.  So this little project turned them up again and so I decided I’d finish the job.

First job find the original article, I’ve long ago got rid of all my No Quarter Magazines, but the internet never lets anything truely disappear and so I found a PDF.  The original article also used Devil Dog axes, something I hadn’t ordered, so the axes need to stay as they are.

Second job decide on a paint scheme.  The scheme in the original article gives them a red coat with grey armour and whilst it looks good, it’s not what I wanted to do so for me it is grey coat and red armour (the traditional way round).

Assembly was straight forward all I needed to do was put the back packs on the figures.  To help with painting I went with a zenithal spray, I didn’t want to go too dark so started with Halford’s Grey, AP Skeleton Bone and then Halford’s White.  I’m not sure that there is enough transition, but I’m going with it.