So it’s that time of year once again where we gather ourselves and the hollow remnants of what was once our flourishing wallets to partake in the grand challenge of actually painting some of the things that have decimated our finances. But where we find ourselves paupers in the bank account, we are rich in the small lead figures department. And what a fine feeling that is.... right?
This year I’m going back to my roots of WHFB and a new army
to boot. Recently, and quite fortunately, I’ve found myself in a wonderful
group of Oldhammers who play WHFB pretty regularly. I’ve painted a fair bit of
old lead in the previous five OWACs that I’ve participated in, however I only
have one WHFB army painted so far. And I’ll be honest, whilst I love my Savage
Orc army I’m getting a little bored of it. Time for some fresh blood. So this
year I’ve opted for an army that I’ve admired since childhood, a grand Empire army
of Nuln. Generally, I like to stick to themes with reasonable strictness. So
that means plenty of artillery, gunpowder weapons only and a smattering of
Sigmar nutters.
The back story:
Hendrick Von Glockenspink, Master Gunner, Master Engineer
and Professor of Comparative Blast Dynamics at the Nuln School of Gunnery had a
theory. Or perhaps a better description would be many theories that made one
grand and brilliant over theory (including ones shoehorned in as they had no
better place to go, like the one about the rat stubbornly occupying the corner
of his office watching him, he even wrote a paper about that one but thought
better of it before publishing). And the core of his grand theory was that
velocity was proportional to the death of the object.
He had proven it many times over and even published a 700
page manuscript (727 pages to be precise) detailing all his testing and proofs.
Including the spectacular results of the biannual Grand Exhibition held between
Nuln and Altdorf in which his personal design of the Helblaster was mounted on
a track and used at steadily decreasing range to blow things apart. There was
absolutely no doubt in the test results. The things (mostly criminals and the
odd witch) were far more dead at a much faster rate the closer the cannon got.
Indisputable!
And yet, there were some who continued to doubt the
veracity of his theory! To doubt him even! There were some that even went
beyond that, called him a fraud and publicly labelled his theory poppycock! The
cheek of such Dummkopf! It just would not do, he refused to let such insults
stand. He would prove once and for all his methodology was the only way to
design new gunnery. And there was only one way to do it. One way that removed
all doubt. One way that even the truth deniers could never stand against. Real battle-hardened
results.
The commission had been drawn up. The Von Glockenspink
name would go down in history as the man who proved them all wrong. He could
taste the victory already!
The list
1 x General on Griffon …. 250pts
1 x Wizard Champion …. 118pts
1 x Wizard …. 56pts
20 x Halberdiers with full command inc Champion …. 177pts
18 x Handgunners with full command inc Champion …. 182pts
20 x Flagellants …. 200pts
Steam Tank …. 200pts
Helblaster Volley Gun …. 100pts (Von Glockenspink's Pride)
Mortar …. 100pts
Great Cannon …. 95pts
Total …. 1278pts
As those who have been following previously will know I’m a practitioner
of the eye wateringly bright 90s vibrancy, and this year will be no exception.
Nuln is a little more challenging on that front being as its mostly a black
scheme, but I’ll be using a few spots colours of clean bright yellow, red and
white to make things pop. Fingers crossed it’ll come out how I intend it.
So that is about all. I’m looking forwards to get cracking
and good luck to all the challengers.
Peace out
Samuel
Hey. Looks like we'll have two imperial armies wearing black this year. Nice choice of miniatures!
ReplyDeleteLove the tiny steam tank, good choice :)
ReplyDeleteReally cool and classic set of miniatures. These are amongst the greatest empire miniatures ever.
ReplyDeleteLove an Empire army (despite the fact that they're one of the few I've never actually owned) and those are some proper classic figures. Looking forward to seeing this one progress.
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss your intro post?!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see these cone together man, and even more so to crush then under a wave of brown fur! Muwahahaha
A wonderful looking collection - I have some fond memories of painting that Grey Wizard, and I'm really looking forward to seeing that griffon with some paint on. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteA real classic here, I appreciate the strong theming and a glossy black and bright yellow army of Nuln is always full of impact on the table. Nice choice :)
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