Ok guys i have rather a lot of empire to paint and the band of brothers comp seems like as good a time to do it as any. I really could do with someone there to make me paint...weregerbil tried...but hes not as scary as he thinks he is :ph43r: .

So here is my idea for a 2000pt Empire army. Which i believe i am going to paint in talabecland red and yellow...but that could change after a test model lol. Anyway...here is the list:

Lord

Templar Grand Master - 230pts
holy relic, sword of power

Heroes

Battle Standard Bearer - 115pts
armour of meteoric iron, sword of might

Battle Wizard - 145pts
dispell scroll, ring of volans

Battle Wizard - 135pts
dispell scroll, wizards staff

Core

Swordsmen x21 - 151pts
full command
Detatchment - Halberdiers x10 - 50pts

Swordsmen x21 - 151pts
full command
Detatchment - Halberdiers x10 - 50pts

Handgunners x10 - 80pts

Handgunners x10 - 80pts

Knights x5 - 155pts
full command

Knights x6 - 178pts
full command

Special

Pistoliers x5 - 114pts
musician, outrider - repeater pistol

Mortar - 75pts

Mortar - 75pts

Great Cannon - 100pts

Rare

Helstorm Rocket Battery - 115pts

Total - 1999pts



Ill get some pics up soon of the army...as it is fully assembled...and let you know what ill be doing for my first month. also some feedback on the army list would be great...its not set in stone, im open to new ideas :D

Welcome to the Amobunker :)

Well.... firstly 9 knights is too much; I see where you're going by putting your grand master in to get a rank, but only 1 casualty and taht rank is gone and it makes the unit very expensive. Stick with 5 or 6 run 6 wide.
Also,m the heltorm is considered very unreliable, but I have no idea bout that myself.
Otherwise, that looks like a nice solid list :)

Looking forward to seeing some pics

Not that scary eh? Well I could just walk around the house butt naked till you agree to paint.

Please don;t take any pictures of that!! : :o :blink:

:blink: I...I...oh god i have no intention to

I did at one time have 2 units of 6 knights...but found that unless both units hit together they didnt hit hard enough...but that was without the grand master i guess. a unit of 5 and a unit of 6 it may be then...i shall amend later :P

A fairly solid list but with some tweaking it can be better. First get rid of the sword on the grand master and give him the Laurels of Victory. Trust me those things have saved my knights in close combat more than once(expecially against the new High Elves). Second don't make Handgunners as detachment. Instead make them their own unit and replace them for Archers as detachments. As far as knights go it's up to you. The Helstorm can actually be fairly reliable if you fight horde armies of youre opponent has backed himself into a little corner. And even better you don't need line of sitto use it and has a longer range.
Thats all the advice I can give you for now.

Ok for my first batch of models ill be painting:

1 unit of swordsmen, the halbedier and handgunner detatchments and a mortar. this comes to a nice 350pts.

so far i have these undercoated...exept the halbediers.

Swordsmen



Handgunners



Halbediers



Mortar





Ill post pics when its all base coated and ready to go

Wicked, can't wait to see more. Are you still sticking with the yellow and red paint theme?

So, got bored of painting Falcons already? ;)

It's about time you started painting those Empire. Now you can kill all my ogres. :D

I am yes. im painting a test model at the moment infact. ill stick a pic up tomorrow and you guys can let me know what u think :)

Hey again guys. here is my colour test model...i rather like it myself. think this is what ill be goin for with the talabecland army. let me know what u think :)















I shall begin work on the rest of his unit tomorrow and keep you updated :D

There is a distanct lack of purples.

<----- Disappointed Face

Yes well for once i have decided not to paint any purple :P

My army list has now been changed around a bit. taking into account the feedback from folk...so cheers guys :D take a look and let me know what u think

Looks great matey. Proper scruffy and dirty looking Empire man. I like the extreme contrast on the shield. Really does the business.

Army list looks pretty darn competent. Personal preference would be the Sword of Sigismund instead of the Sword of Power. It's an extra 5 points but you trade in a point of strength for always striking first. With the high(ish) initiative of a Grand Master, he may be able to strike before most High Elf infantry. With the number of High Elf armies appearing now, it may be something to consider. Just my zwei pfennig.

Cheers...nice and scruffy lookin was what i was goin for. i dont like those empire armys that look like they have never seen a good fight :P

As far as the sword of power vs sword of sigismund...id go with the power. the intention being that battles iv played so far have shown that power to be better. plus against the high elves...i should...and i say should...be able to get a flank charge anyways. atleast based on the fact that from the armys iv seen in edinburgh...i outnumber them. so...thats the plan anyway. ill get it play tested and get back to u if your right :D

They look crackin dude! lookin forward to seein them done! will give ya a game at some point!

Very nice. The yellow is really good. How hard was it to paint the yellow?

Looks good dude. And a man who has yellow and red empire i can tell you it aint fun to do but yours came out well. Did you use foundation paints?

The yellow was done with Calthan Brown as a base. then with a 50/50 mix of Bestial Brown and golden yellow. finished with golden yellow. never painted yellow before...tis a bit of a bitch but i think i got it down lol. takes the most time by far, but i like the results :)

cheers for the nice comments...and yes a game would be ace...perhapes after that a game of the yellow and red empire konrad? lol :D

You shouldnt be able to reply yet...

Gah my carefully organising plans have gone wrong!

RUN AWAY

Having said all that, I really like the color scheme I'm looking forward to seeing more done and how they look as a unit

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, having looked at your army list, i reckon 2000 points of walky orcs may have problems with 4 big guns..........crumbs on a bike! :o

will give it a shot though!


oooooh! update dang flange it

Orcs you say...sounds interesting lol. ill give u a game when i get a chance lol rather busy the now...but dont worry, im sure i can find time to get beat up :D

Im currently painting the front rank of my swordsmen unit. should be finished mid week with pics :)