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!

2017 re-cap

Painting

In 2017, I've focused all my efforts on the imperial army of Pfeildorf: I've reworked the 2016 flagellants, and added a second regiment of fanatics. The militia of the Guildhouse, initiated in 2016, is now complete, and I've reached my objective of achieving the 20 mandatory halberdiers. I have also added a second rank to the regiment of mercenary swordsmen.

In other words, I have painted 1 MM42 Ogre, 1 MM64 Halfling, 1 MM16 Giant Slayer, 2 MM10 Dwarfs, 2 MM73 Warhounds, 4 MM62 Citizen, 10 MM65 flagellants and 14 MM60 Fighters. And I have complemented these Marauder Miniatures by a few Citadel models: 1 donkey, 1 Standard Bearer, 2 C46 Villagers and 13 F2 Fighters/Dogs of War. In total, 52 miniatures: possibly my best year...

As you can see below, some of the painted models are already useless: the monk, the beggar and the warrior-priest are not anymore part of the flagellants, the initial standard bearer of St Quintus has been replaced, and I have two fanatics on their own.

Collecting

2017 has been an amazing year too for my collection of imperial models, with the acquisition of several unreleased Marauder Miniatures. The first one is already painted: the roman legionnaire. The other ones can be seen below:

• a second unreleased warrior 
• a horse (used as a prototype for Empire and Chaos war horses)
• the war altar.

Beside that, I now have the whole MM62 Citizen range but one model: CZ 28, the girl holding a goose (if you have one and want to sell it, let me know).
 

and Gaming!

Just kidding ^_^ I'm only using the rulebook to build the units I paint:


Let's see:

• 272 points for Pfeildorf's militia: 32 Ersatzholder with Spears and Light Armour, including musician and standard-bearer;
• 110 points for the mercenary swordsmen: 10 Estalian Hombres Villanos, including a standard bearer;
• 99 points for the first unit of fanatics: 8 Fleglers with double handed weapons and a standard-bearer;
• 99 points for the second unit of fanatics: 8 Fleglers with double handed weapons and a standard-bearer;
• 207 points for the City Watch: 21 Helblitzen including musician and standard-bearer.

which makes only 787 points! And already two years spent on this army... Next time, I'll do High Elves :)

In the meantime, Happy holidays!

The Guildmasters of Pfeildorf and their militia

I really wanted to complete this regiment before the end of this year. As I said before, the 8 last models painted these last two weeks were meant for the rear rank, so, even if the painting is not perfect, it is barely visible :)

Enough talking, pictures! On the front rank, the Guildmasters, the shield bearers and their fiercest bodyguard. Behind them, a bunch of Marauder Miniatures (mainly from the citizen MM62 range) and a last rank of Citadel Fighters/Dogs of War designed by Aly and Trish Morrison.

And now the army points: my militiamen are equipped with spears and light armour, plus a musician and a standard bearer, which gives a total of 272 points. Less than 10% of the whole army... Sigh.

Dyer and Chauncey

The two last models to complement the militia of Pfeildorf's Guildhouse are done :). Again, they come from the Citadel Fighter F2/Dogs of War range: Chauncey (the spearman) was probably designed by Aly Morrison, and I suspect that Dyer's head results from Trish Morrison's work.


Family shot:

Gaston spearer and the militia man

Two models from the Citadel F2 fighters range, most probably designed by Aly Morrison. The casting for these two guys was particularly bad, and the painting job was not easy... again, I'll hide them in the last rank of Pfeildorf's militia.