A fairly quick post here. I did do a longer post about some other miniatures, but I couldn't get a good photo of them and I threw a strop and deleted it.
Anyhow, I've nearly finished my unit of 20 oldhammer foot knights. I have completed a command group for them. These models are painted in the colours of the Baron D'Angon, as featured in White Dwarf 137. Slightly oddly, the knights wear yellow surcoats, but the baron himself and his banner have completely different heraldry. I've copied that look here, and tried to add some yellow to all the models to tie them into the other knights.
The baron himself is exactly the same model as featured in that White Dwarf back in 1991. He's been in a box for about thirty years! The WD 137 unit doesn't have a musician, and I've used a model from the first Bretonnian codex to represent him. By the way, the herald reminds me a lot of the rabbit herald in John Tenniel's illustrations for Alice in Wonderland.
The standard bearer himself is a modern plastic man at arms, with a new shield and a new head. I've copied the baron's colours onto the banner.
As you might have guessed, WD 137 has been a major influence on me. It was one of the first White Dwarfs that I ever saw, and it contained two really striking armies: not just the almost-totally-unshaded Bretonnians, but Andy Chambers' filthy skaven horde. These days, it's quite common to see "impressionistic" models (frankly, some of the Trench Crusade miniatures that pop up on Instagram look like the poo of an animal that needs to see the vet), but Chambers' skaven were really quite unusual. Oh, and it had Bretonnian crossbowmen, but more of that later.
So two of the big blocks of infantry are getting near to completion, which is cool! I reckon I'm about halfway through this project. It's turning into a bigger thing than I'd originally planned, but I'm enjoying it all. We'll get there.
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