I mentioned a while ago that I wanted to repaint my very old Bretonnian army. These date back to 1991, and were some of the first miniatures that I ever saw. I was somewhat intimidated by the prospect of redoing these models, but I stripped them and started to give them a new lease of life this week.
We've got three main units of infantry, painted in colours roughly following the original army featured in White Dwarf 137: knights, men at arms and archers. I've done five models for each unit - not exactly a mighty army, but probably a legal one under the rules of 5th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
Here are the men at arms, painted in the colours of Les Hommes de Renault.
Here are some knights, in slightly simplified colours of the Baron D'Angon:
And here are five bowmen in the livery of the Archers du Brest:
I've done with a slightly grimy but still quite bright look for all of them. The knights have cleaner weapons and armour (I left off the brown undercoat), since their gear is newer and better.
I also tidied up an old model from a game called Dungeonquest, about which I know nothing. She's an elf wizard called Serelia of Zimmendell, but I think she'd work well as a Bretonnian wizard. I painted her scrying orb to look a bit like the palantir from the Lord of the Rings films.
And that's where we are for the moment. I'll slow down a little on the painting, but I'll keep chipping away at these guys. And then we can do the knights on horseback!





These all are beautifully painted, I really love them! This reminds me that I have to finish my own Bretonnian army!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm still plucking up the courage to attempt any of the knights! I think you should finish off the army. I remember your knights being especially cool.
DeleteBeautifull project. I prefer small but different unit armies than blocky ones. No model appears twice, and that is perfect. Life is too short to paint the same sculpt twice.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Unfortunately I am going to run out of individual sculpts pretty soon, and so I'll be changing the colour schemes as much as possible within units. But I find that bulk painting takes the fun out of it pretty quickly, and I'm looking for ways to get the models done but still enjoy the experience.
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