Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Ratwig' Final Entry: Varl's Guard Cataphracts (376pts)

My entry for April: Varl’s Guard led by Siq Viq.
6 Doomsteeds: 376 points total.
Equipment: Hand weapon, lance, crossbow, light armor, shield. Unit has standard and musician.

This is a unit of Dark Elf cataphracts to guard Varl, the army general.



The riders are all Marauder figs. Five of the horses are from Essex and the one ridden by the standard bearer is from Gripping Beast. I used the same Gripping Beast Successor Shields as the Black Hearts. The lances were constructed with brass rod and plastic. Saddle covers were made from Green Stuff putty.


Varl and his guards.

And that concludes my portion of the Old World Army Challenge. Have a good day, I’m currently testing a bottle of Jack for impurities…

Ratwig out

15 comments:

  1. Those horses are an excellent match for the dark elves.

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    1. Thanks! I was initially worried that they were going to be too small.

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  2. I really liked the use of the Essex and Gripping Beast mounts. A deadly looking unit.

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    1. Thanks! They worked out better than I expected, but this unit has been in the works since summer 2015, just glad I finally finished them.

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  3. Great unit; I like the use of historical horses, great match

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  4. Varl looks particularly menacing. nice paint

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  5. Great work. Love those old Dark Elves.

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  6. Very cool. The horses really look the business!

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  7. Nice work with the horses. I really like the standard bearer model.

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  8. very nice...I like the shield in particular

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  9. Excellent use of some armored horses. A very splendid unit indeed.

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  10. Great unit and good choice of mounts, much better than the, always looking straight ahead, citadel horses.

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  11. Great job! A nice horse choice, very impressive the whole view

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  12. The Esses horses look great. l thinks the ones Iron Wind makes would work very well also, and I am going to try them for my Marauder dark elf Cavalry.
    https://store.ironwindmetals.com/store/index.php?cPath=265_304

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