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Easier to hit as well!

Here is the complete GOLDEN ALLIANCE:



To recap which figures I have used:

GOLDEN ALLIANCE
3x Men-at-Arms regiments	Forum hoard 051
1x Knights of the Realm regiment	Permes' Medieval Knights - Templars Set 3 - Mounted Knights
2x Elven Rangers regiments	Okumarts Games Darkfast Classic Fantasy Set Two: Wood Elves
1x Dwarven Stoneguard regiment	F0012 fantasy Dwarves Infantry from Permes
1x Soldiers of the Sun regiment	CWF Fanatsy Set from the Member Artist Gallery

To complete the UNHOLY BLIGHT, I need humany-looking mounted figures for the Dark Knights, as all the other units are non-human. I might end up modifying some regular mounted figures. Let's see how it goes.

Nearly finished the Knights of the Realm.

I had a look through the Horde collections for something suitable for the mounted Dark Knights, from the Download pages, but couldn't find anything.
In fact, there aren't many mounted figures at all - which leads to me suspect that drawing horses may be a bit more challenging that humand(oid) figures.

So, I hope this helps: How to draw a horse
Next stop Wargames Vault...

From the first photos, I thought they were plastic!
Bl  dy hell, they're good!

Between Hobart's Funnies and a lot of stuff the Germans came up with, I think real-life pretty much had it covered.

To be brutally honest, in my opinion, if WWII was to drag on, I don't belive things like stompies/walkers would be on the menu and that Diesel Punk isn't necessarily the way to go. I think further development would be along the lines of more high-tech stuff, like jet or even nuclear engines. As the casualties grew, men would probably get better protection and better weapons.

Maybe things like, due to brutal treatment at the hands of the Soviet High Command, the people had had enough and there was a second Russian revolution which caused to push west to falter. This allowed the Germans to hold their borders. Still limited by lack of resoruces and manpower, we could see the Germans coming up with even more ingenious designs.

With the war in the west dragging on, the US push across the Pacific isn't as fast. They still drop the atomic bombs, but with outposts still dotted around Asia, the Japanese don't surrender. The US invasion of the Japanese home islands commences. The Japanese come up with high-tech solutions flavoured with samurai styling.

With the Germans more intent on holding their lines, and the US diverting resources to the Pacific, the British and now relieved French take up the slack. Again, after the attrition of five years of war, resources are limited, but both nations are renouned for thier invetiveness.

Towards the end of the war, thinks like remote-controlled weapons systems and shealth were being developed. Generally, development like these ten to slow with wars ending, but if it continues, then things can speed up.

I think high-tech, high-spec could be the theme... maybe?

Finally got the other three units done:




The first unit I did, I noticed a bit of space in the middle. Since I didn't use the little chappies with the spears, I re-purposed them to be standard bearers, or as the Goblins call them "Wavy things" - The Goblins aren't that very artistic, nor understand the real concept of flags, standards and so on, just that most regiments and armies seem to have. So, they tend to use anything they can find, especially if they can get their little paws on a ready one. If the end, three of the units have seventeen figures and one eighteen.

Only two more to go: Both mounted knights, one unit of Good Guys, the other Bad Boys.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
It's not chainmail, mail means chain!

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Tomorrow is Vapu* (May Day) and therefore a day off work
I will look at it sometime then.

From Walpurgis.

Not a Combat Wombat then?

Wot? No The Motion Picture ones?




Stolen from Pinterest...

Very neat!

You can see them here:


Though, I only add the dice to the figure once it takes a hit.

Keep them how you like them - each set of figures I have matches the artist's style. They can be quite different, but who cares? Unless you're playing a game that virtually demands you source your stuff from one manufacturer, then you will see on alomost any wargaming table, figures of different styles.

Nothing wrong with "wide". In fact, some figures look better when wider than they technically should be: What application/programmes do you use?

Seeing this thread and the idea of running a Travelleresque campaign, reminded me of way back when dinosaurs ruled the earth and a small group of us at school player Traveller during the break time, I came up with Traveller star ship stats for the Star Fleet ship in the Star Fleet Technical Manual.

Might give a go again sometime, maybe use High Guard.