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Hey everyone.

This army was started to have a big fun game before a friend of mine moved away. We agreed to each build and paint 3000 points in the past couple months and have one huge game versus a couple friends Orcs and Goblins. I also made the castle and we are playing on an 8x6. I will have the battle report after the game next weekend.

The scariest part of the army isn't it's size, but I am honestly thinking about and looking forward to more units of 50.

Anyway onto pictures:

Army shots. The army is a coalition of Reikland cities and neighbors based on existing fluff. I made units out of the Heraldry book when possible.







Karl Franz and his retinue. There is a representative model from each unit in the army (personal guard from the fighty units, a fat advisor from Bogenhafen and an advisor from Nuln artillery). This represents an Arch Lector on Altar. I did not want an actual Altar because I wanted this army to be a 100% trained soldier army. No flagellants. I admit there are a couple warrior priests but I tried to make them as clean and "not grimdark" as possible.



Battle Standard



Wizards



Warrior Priests


Warrior Priest for the Knights


Bogenhafen unit. Bogenhafen is in the heart of Reikland and is famous for it's wine.





50 Halberdiers of Reikland. I wanted at least one generic Reikland unit.




50 Halberdiers of Altdorf. Altdorf is the capital city and this represents the famous Company of Honor out of the Heraldry book.









35 Swordsmen of Nuln. This represents Grendels Defenders out of the Heraldry book. They are charged with defending the artillery.





The famous Carroburgh Greatswords. Not technically in Reikland (on the outside of the Middenheim border) but they fight for Reikland.






Engineers and artillery from Nuln. Not a part of Reikland but the fluff of the battle is they are defending Helmgart, an important entrance to the Empire, and in my humble opinion it would make sense for Nuln to swing over and help out.











Reiksguard Knights. Required! It's friggin Reikland...




Now off to magnetize them all. It turns out it's impossible to move a 50 man unit with a metal standard bearer...

Absolutely beautiful, what more can be said?

This force looks amazing! Nicely done man

your army's always amaze me. i have lurked dakka for years, and you never cease to astound with your painting. its flawless as usual

F-ing awesome!

Never have I wanted to play Fantasy more than after seeing these photos. You guys are going to have a very fun game.

nice one, Brandon...

hell of a lot of work, and it's very cool to see units from the fluff on the tabletop...

the centerpiece altar idea is a great little vignette, and my favorite of the lot, but the whole army on the tabletop is the coolest shot...

you are a machine!!!

keep up the good work...

cheers
jah

Thanks for the kind words guys

Very nice army. I love your idea for your general's entourage.

Love it, the altar is awesome. Everything is really well done, made me wish yet again i'd chosen empire over beast men.

EPIC! I love seeing Fantasy armies painted, they look amazing, this one in particular!

stunning!!

That is a truly stunning army. The banner work is excellent and the varied units and colors are fantastic. Amazing work.

SpankHammer III wrote:Love it, the altar is awesome. Everything is really well done, made me wish yet again i'd chosen empire over beast men.

Grass is always greener. Beastmen are awesome

from one empire general to another . your army looks amazing great work !! be very proud it looks amazing ! great work

I love the banners. Especially the vineyard one

I'm loving this army. I'd love to face it with my Skaven(currently at 5K+), even though it would seriously outshine my army in appearance.

I would like to get this to 5k at some point

I want to do a unit of 40 flagellants that are instead warrior priests or something similar. Im still looking for a good replacement.

I considered the carnival of chaos models. That would be kinda fun too

I love this army. The colors really pop. Each unit has its own unique character. Those free hand banners really seal the deal!

Stunning. Simply fantastic work.

Awesome.
Exactly the Empire army that I've been wanting to do for about 16 years.

Once again, you have done amazing work!

Very nice I dig it.
Question the hell blasters are magnetized to switch for hell blasters?

Puts my empire to shame,really awesome looking force.

Bloody amazing, loving the rich colours!

I want your babies!

Exceptionally well painted, great work

A very lovely army.

Varied unit colours whilst maintaining a very strong overall army colour theme. Its definitely cohesive when viewed as a whole but each unit tells a great story.


also... wot no steamtank? Would have thought that was a modeling opportunity there?

Sir, that is possibly the best painted army I have ever seen. Excellent work.

Can I ask where you got your terrain? It looks stunning. Did you scratch build it or get it from somewhere?

creeping-deth87 wrote:Sir, that is possibly the best painted army I have ever seen. Excellent work.

Can I ask where you got your terrain? It looks stunning. Did you scratch build it or get it from somewhere?

The Fortress is available from GW, I recognize the bridge and the river sections, but I can't recall the makers at the moment.

As always, it's a pleasure to see your work. I love that you take a simple paint scheme with vibrant colors and really make the army stand out. I'd love to see this one on a table around here someday.