Byron's Empire Archers - Rank and File Month (145 pts)

This month I am sorta phoning it in. I have barely crossed my toe over the 10 model minimum. 

This month has given me a lot of insight into how to make my color scheme work and how not to make it work. The first two models didn't have neutral cloth colors so they weren't great. I've since added two neutral cloth colors and futzed with different ways of coloring the models. 

I am still floundering behind the lore of my army. I know that I want them to be goose themed - I sculpted various banner tops for the minis but have opted to have all of them share the goose top on all of their banner poles. So, expect heraldic geese on future banners. I still need to come up with names for all of the characters and the regiments. 

Unofficial bonus points for silly made up empire people names that I could steal for my army's lore. 

But, for now, I present 10 Archers and a hero:

The archers are pretty straight forward. They are in a variety poses - bending their bows, resting, reaching for arrows, aiming, loosing etc. I sculpted them to have that sorta generic medieval German vibe like the old citadel models. I referenced a lot of old block prints and illustrations from children's fairytales and then blurred aesthetics from a roughly 400 year period. 

And, the hero is meant to depict a prince-like character. He wears a cloak and a circlet crown. It's hard to portray youth in a mini, so I tried to convey his character by making him look ill-prepared or scared and nervously reaching for his sword.  As a point of tiny pride when I took the pics of the hero, my phone camera did the auto-focus face recognition thing on his face.  

Also I did this one spearman as a color scheme test

Points total for the month:

Hero         65 points

Archers    80 points

Total: 145 points