OWAC VI - The Crossbowmen

A modest beginning with the crossbowmen defending Castle Wittgenstein. To hide their corruption, they're all wearing full-face masks. Not ideal to have a beer!

'Death on the Reik' illlustration by Martin McKenna

In terms of colours, the overall scheme is pretty dull. Wittgenstein Barony being part of the Reikland, I have opted for a dirty white base for the uniforms, sometimes complemented by black stripes... The rare glimpses of diseased flesh have received a basecoat of Vallejo Game Color Tan, shaded with Dark fleshtone and Violet ink, and highlighted with Dead flesh and light blue. I've also changed my recipe for NMM, using neutral instead of bluish greys. Can't say it improves the gloomy feeling!

First you'll recognize the guard model proposed in the original scenario pack, painted 3 times 😜

Then come Men-At-Arms and Mercenaries (Citadel C26 and F4). Only two are original miniatures:

 

The other ones are simple conversions with head swaps, and helmet extensions:

  The converted rank:

 

And that's it for January!

A second batch of guards should follow...

Pfeildorf's crossbowmen complete

Last but not least, the leader of the regiment: once again, the model comes from the Citadel F2 Fighters range and was named "Altford Captain".

Nobody knows in Pfeildorf why the "Captain" left the imperial army (he still wears his eagled tabard), but his experience is welcome to lead the crossbowmen hired for the protection of the free city. As you can guess from his equipment, he's not particularly interested in the shooting thing, and the shield serves as a reminder that his troops are not really versed in hand-to-hand combat.


With this last model, the mandatory troops to field a 3rd edition Empire army are finally completed (yes!)...

 ... which makes only 100 points: I haven't reached yet my first thousand points of painted models...

For the next unit, I'm considering a small band of foresters. W&S. (I also have to finish the City Guard).

Crossbowman #9

Another Tilean Mercenary from the F2 Fighters range:


And the third trio:

Unreleased crossbowman

I'm really happy to have found this unreleased Marauder model. To my knowledge, this is the only crossbowman of the whole Marauder Miniatures range, which explains why I had to enrole older shooters from the Citadel Fighters range. Cherry on the cake, the sculpting job is really clean, with crisp detail, a real pleasure to put some paint on it!

Dwarf crossbowman

A short addition (ah ah) to my regiment of crossbowmen, and the first model from the Marauder Miniatures range. Nice sculpting job, and a real pleasure to paint!

Bernard, the Woodsman and the Guard

Second trio of crossbowmen, this time exclusively from the Citadel F2 Fighters range. Bernard Swiftbolt is a variation of the Tilean Mercenary presented before:


As you can see below, the Imperial Woodsman and the Reik Guard are both based on the same body (possibly designed by the Perry twins): the Woodsman shares the same head as the Forester (F2 Fighters range too), and the Reik Guard has the same helmet as the ultra rare Nuln Spearman.


Picture of the Black Stripes:

The scout, the Tilean, and the Mercenary

The Armsbrustschutzen are a mandatory component of an Empire army in the 3rd Ed. Warhammer Armies book... not so easy, when you consider building a force with Marauder Miniatures only. However, as you may know, I've recently solved this issue by extending the initial concept to "anything designed by Aly (and sometimes Trish) Morrison in the eighties".

For this regiment, I had no precise idea in mind for the color scheme: I guess the first painted guy defined the palette for the following ones: black, red and white. So, let's start with the scout of the Citadel Talisman range:


The second painted model is the Tilean Crossbowman from the Citadel F2 Fighter range.


The third one is the Mercenary Crossbowman (same range):


And that's it for the moment!