Path of Conquest 2020 : The 100 Kingdoms – The host of the Iron Wolf

I finally completed Milestone 6. I now have a 2000 points army for the Hundred Kingdoms.

It was like every army I painted so far. It took more time than I expected, I used some shortcuts (and I’ll have to get back at some minis later), but I made it, and it’s visually satisfying, and I’m kinda proud of it.

I’ve been playing a few games so far, and my son likes to play with the Host of the Iron Wolf (I play Spires for now). He made the lore of the army his, and it helped me discover a great game, with a stunning lore.

This army won’t be my main army for Conquest, because I’m currently planning to start a new army, and spend some more time on the minis than what I’ve done on the host of the Iron Wolf. I’ve been listening to Danheim for a few months now, and I have visions of hordes of half-naked barbarians running in the Snow…

It will be Nords, then !

To conclude this Path of Conquest, here are a few pictures of the Hunter Cadre and the whole army.

My final Regiment is in progress. I struggled to find a color scheme that works with the rest of the army since the miniature I used as a test has a lot of leather on it.

I botched the eyes, but it works overall well.

Here is the full view of the Host of the Iron Wolf, 1800 points, with the Iron Wolf himself.

I also joined a few pictures of the models I finished. The Household Knights standrard bearers are simple conversions, and I like the Seasoned Veteran (the picture is a bit dark). But I’ll redo the Imperial Officer in the next fews months. Some parts of his armor need attention, and his face is complete garbage.

For Milestone 6, I finally decided to go with the Hunter Cadre. They are finally available, and they fit the lore of the Host quite perfectly. The miniatures are great, and it will be the 200 points I need to grow up to 2000 points.

I hesitated with the Household Guards, but those are better if the regiment has more than 3 stands, and an Armsmaster, but it didn’t fit in 200 points, thus I decided it would be for later, to grow up the host to 2500 points.

Here is the link to the army list for Milestone 6

I finally finished Milestone 5. Since I emptied my Coelia Greenshade, I couldn’t do the bases (I only did the Iron Wolf), but I should have a new Coelia Greenshade tomorrow and will then finish those bases (an post the pictures).

Here is the Iron Wolf painted. Not the perfect paint job, but I used speed painting techniques (airbrush, contrast paints and drybrush) to get it done.

I finished the conversion ofthe Iron Wolf yesterday. It turned out quite well : some green stuff to fill the gaps, and I finally found a head that I really liked (3D printed). It has been undercoated in black, with a zenithal highlight of white.

I’ll probably finish this Milestone next week.

I do’nt have decided yet which unit I will pick for Milestone 6. I’m currently looking at the Houshold guards, since the Hunter Cadre are not already available to complete my army for Milestone 6, but I already know that I’ll paint and play both (after Milestone 6), along with the Longbowmen. It will depend on my time and money (3D print archers is much cheaper, but the Household Guards are really stunning).

I just finished Milestone 4. I still have water transfer to put on the shields, but everything else is done. I’ll have to ressuply grass tufts, I used them all.

Currently also working on terrain (same color scheme as the bases of my army).

I’m currently finishing Milestone 4, but there’s nothing fancy about it, since they are just already seen regiments. The wolves (militia) are painted, and the Crossbowmen and the Men at arms are in progress, but it’s a bit boring to only paint large regiments.

I thus updated my army list for milestone 5, with only 4 minis added :

• The Iron Wolf (Cavalry Noble Lord)
• 3 Household Knights

My previous mounted Lord will be demoted to Regiment Leader, and two of the new Houshold Knights will be converted as Standard Bearers.

Here is the link to my Army List.

And here is a glimpse at my current work on the Iron Wolf (I’ve started working on it to deal with the monotony of Milestone 4). I’ve removed some parts on the wolf to make it less “barbarian”, the body of the Iron Wolf is the body of the Noble Lord from the starter set, but his right arm comes from the steel legion.

I still have some work to do to fill the gaps, to convert the head, and he won’t have a shield but will hold a chain in his left hand (as driving reins).

I still have some hesitations for the last Milestone, and I have 3 ideas :

• Longbow men
• Hunter Cadre (just came out)
• Household Guards

I dont like the longbow men that just came out but spotted others I really like. They are a light regiment, but their 30″ range and the arcing fire rule could really be useful.

The Hunter Cadre are great minis, but I already feel I have enough light regiments, so I’m not sure I should hire them.

Finally, I really like the Household Guard minis, and they are a medium regiment.

Still not sure…

January has been a busy month for me, and I had not much time to paint or assemble miniatures. I hope to get itmake some progress to jump into Milestone 5 in the next few weeks.

I had plans on basing my Drillmaster slightly differently, but I finally decided to make it simple and easy. By the way, it was quite amazing to see it on the Weekender. I didn’t expect it since it was an unfinished speed paint job !

I also painted my new lord : this miniature is really great and perfectly fits the lore of the Host of the Iron Wolf.

I spent some time to finish the first step of my Spires army, to start playing with my son as soon as I get my new battle mat.