OWAC V - More crossbowmen

Back to my Swiss mercenar... sorry Grey Mountaineers, with a second regiment of quarellers, led by Wilhelm Tellson, renown for the deadly accuracy of his pistol crossbow... or the unbelievable luck of his page, Walter Swiftfoot. 

Of course, any ressemblance to legendary swiss characters is purely accidental...

Tell's Apple Shot - Relief sculpture around 1523 - Swiss National Museum

All the marksmen are clothed in the BlackHorns colours of black and yellow. A short summary of the colours I've used:

• Yellow: basecoat: VMC Plague Brown; shadow: GW Reikland Fleshshade and P3 Bloodstone; highlights: base + VMC Pale Sand and Ivory, then pure Ivory;
• Black: basecoat: VMC Extra Opaque Heavy Charcoil; shadows: GW Contrast Black Templar; highlights: the base + VGC Bone white; 
• White: basecoat Andrea white paint set (darkest tone); shadows: TMP Strong Tone shade; highlights: basecoat + VMC Ivory or VMC Sky Grey;
• Red: basecoat Andrea red paint set (2nd tone); shadows: VMC Dark Red and GW Contrast Flesh Tearers Red; highlights: VGC Hot Orange and VMC Basic Skin Tone.
  

In terms of miniatures, Wilhelm Tellson is a conversion of a MM11 champion, where the original handgun has been replaced by a pistol crossbow. 

 

 

The Swiftfoot brothers are MM64 halflings, transformed into musician and standard bearer. 

The other quarellers are basic MM15 models. 

The resulting rear and front ranks:

 

The whole band of apple shooters:

 

With this regiment, my collection of painted Marauder crossbowmen can be considered (almost) achieved! 

Next month, I should complete the 40 mandatory warriors with 10 additional pikemen.

Preparing OWAC V

After considering elves, skaven, and melniboneans, I've finally made up my mind for this new edition of the Old World Army Challenge: puff and slash dwarfs again 😜

For OWAC V, my plan is simple: add 10 pikemen and 10 crossbowmen to complete the mandatory troops (i.e. 40 Dwarf warriors and 20 crosssbowmen), boost the fire power of my mercenary dwarfs with 20 thunderers, and finally paint my mounted general 🐴

If time permits, I will paint a few extras, including wild dwarfs, new bodyguards for the paymaster, and a cart for the bishop.

My prepared miniatures so far:

 

And finally the wagon, based on a Perry Miniatures carroccio, with Fenryll wheels and a few GW bits.  

 

The last halberdiers

Finally! With these halberdiers, I am completing the Frostpeak clan initiated during the OWAC IV. No conversion this time, just 3 Marauder Miniatures from the MM10 and MM15 ranges.

The last rank:

And using the former captain (and now simple seargent) of the last OWAC, here are the miniatures painted since July.

So what's next? Probably the preparation of 40 to 50 dwarfs for the next OWAC...

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Same old dwarves, painted for the second or third time... Despite my efforts, it seems that I'm only able to paint rear rank miniatures these days...

Another couple of dwarf halberdiers

It's been two months since my last post, and I have little to show: two slightly converted Marauder Miniatures (MM10 and MM15) to strengthen one of the units painted during the OWAC IV.

As for my next move, I really don't know. 

I've lost my enthusiasm for the Pfeildorfers, and although I'm only short of a few miniatures, the perspective of painting 20 to 30 more Marauder Miniatures (the remaining citizen, the mounted knights, the command group and the wizards) bores me by anticipation :| 

As for the swiss dwarves, I clearly see the path forward: complementing the halberdiers and the pikemen, then a second regiment of quarellers, a new regiment of thunderers, a few warmachines, the mounted general and the High Priest of Grungni, plus a few warrior-monks... But again, the perspective a spending one more year on them seems... uninspiring. 

Well... Let's hope my mojo comes back before the end of the year!

Two dwarf halberdiers

Even if the OWAC IV is done, I still have a number of Marauder dwarfs to paint! So the plan is to use my summer vacation to try some ideas I've had during the last 6 months, but without enough time to develop them. No painting job here, just a modelling knife and some greenstuff. We'll see where it brings us... (probably not very far 😆)

In the meantime, here are my latest models (MM10 references DW20 and DW28), slightly converted to join the halberdiers of the FrostPeak Hold. 

See you in September! 

OWAC IV - The conclusion

I've already posted my wrap-up on the OWAC blog, but I thought I might share a few additional pictures here.

So, here we are, after 6 months of painting, my second dwarf army of around 1000 points:

I've already mentioned here that I had still a couple of ideas to exploit with the Swiss theme, such as the hot chocolate pot, the clockworkers, or William Tell the quareller, plus a few things I'd like to finish, the general on poney and the Archbishop of Grungni, and of course several tens of Marauder Miniatures that are still waiting for their basecoat...Maybe for the next OWAC edition in 2022?

Marauder halberdiers

And we are back in Pfeildorf! After a welcome "dwarf break", the last two halberdier models I had to complete the city watch. 

Nothing much to say, this is the second or third time you're seeing these models on this blog :)

And then what? Well, I still have a lot of Marauder Miniatures waiting for their basecoat, but I have to admit this perspective is a little bit disheartening... too many years spent on this army I guess. In need some vacations, far from the Empire :o)