Author Topic: The Engineers of Hochland (plus some Halflings) (Read 14596 times)

Imperial · « **on:** February 08, 2010, 03:40:43 AM »

Hi Guys

New to this forum but I have been playing around with bits and pieces of Empire for years and have finally stated finsihing some units.

The army is going to be planned around three basic themes

* Engineers/Steam Punk - lots of guns and machines if possible

* Hochland - I like the red/green colour scheme and am planning to do the basic foot troops in these colours

* Halflings - it's about time the moot pulled it weight . . . .

The bases for the army will be done in a cobblestone pattern to represent the army marching out of the city gates (or retreating rapidly!)

Hope to post some initial pictures up shortly

Lord Quiran de Lancastre · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2010, 04:39:37 AM »

your avatar is broken, you need to add in the HTML link for it or upload it directly from your computer(best method).

Welcome to the Empire.

JensDk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2010, 12:08:18 PM »

Argh, dont hold out on us. I was all psyched to see some halflings, show us some runts =D
And welcome to the forum!

Imperial · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2010, 08:28:04 PM »

Sorry to be such a tease with the Halflings - they are very WIP at the moment.

The first offering so far - Outrider Champion with Hochland Long Rifle

peraturabo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2010, 08:51:40 PM »

not bad at all

warhammerlord_soth · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2010, 09:09:33 PM »

pic's a bit dark..

looks quite good.

Imperial · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2010, 08:41:31 PM »

A second Champ with Hochland

Mobile Rocket Launcher - this is a unit 'filler' for an Outrider unit, which is being modelled as a light horse rocket battery (as opposed to the much more immobile Hellstrom). I could also use this as a Hellstrom, with additional seperate figures as the 'crew'

Imperial · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2010, 07:35:15 AM »

Finally got a 1200 pt force completed

Warrior Priests Dougal & Ted

Two Outriders Squads

The Pistol Boys

The Cycle Knights

Pedal Lancers

Bucket on Wheels

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #8 on:** May 26, 2010, 10:48:08 AM »

strange but very characterful an army I would like to see on tournaments

Zak · « **Reply #9 on:** May 26, 2010, 12:18:29 PM »

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! i love it!!!

peraturabo · « **Reply #10 on:** May 27, 2010, 05:22:57 PM »

lol,great

The Real Rick Salamone · « **Reply #11 on:** May 27, 2010, 06:58:44 PM »

You should lose the integral bases on the cyclists. It looks like it would be difficult to get them off but I think it would be worth the effort.

White Knight · « **Reply #12 on:** May 27, 2010, 07:43:13 PM »

Quote from: The Real Rick Salamone on May 27, 2010, 06:58:44 PM

You should lose the integral bases on the cyclists. It looks like it would be difficult to get them off but I think it would be worth the effort.

It will be impossible to secure them to the plastic base if you do that. What would be better would be to cut a hole in the plastic base and fit the integral base in it. Then use some putty to filll the gaps and smooth it out.

Kirgan · « **Reply #13 on:** May 27, 2010, 08:23:01 PM »

I like it

Imperial · « **Reply #14 on:** May 27, 2010, 11:38:39 PM »

I had thought about removing the metal bases but the figures themselves are cast in a fairly 'bendy' metal and I decided not to risk it.

Hendrid · « **Reply #15 on:** May 27, 2010, 11:44:31 PM »

Differant

Midaski · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2010, 07:16:34 AM »

Quote from: Imperial on May 27, 2010, 11:38:39 PM

I had thought about removing the metal bases but the figures themselves are cast in a fairly 'bendy' metal and I decided not to risk it.

Difficult - you have gone to a lot of trouble with your 'stone' effect bases and the metal base on the model does detract from a very unusual unit.

I have recently been basing a lot of non-slotta models and after gluing them to a 20mm base, or cavalry base in your case, I have just used Polyfilla to level up the base. Ok I was going for a muddy or field look, but that type of filler is easy to smooth out and you could probably use some sort of tool to scribe in your stones.

Imperial · « **Reply #17 on:** May 29, 2010, 12:52:09 AM »

Thanks Midaski - I'll have a think about this and practice on a spare model.

I had painted the bases grey in an attempt to blend it - the other option would be to add some flock and grass and just have them as 'rocks' in the road.

A bit lame but it might look better than the current scheme.

Kerbak · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2010, 07:25:01 PM »

very nice and interesting,,, the cycle knight are quite unique!!

Wendersnaven · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2010, 08:02:51 PM »

LMAO Awesome- especially how good they look bearing down on the camera from unicycles!

Otaku · « **Reply #20 on:** May 31, 2010, 09:21:57 PM »

DO we have another steveb in the making? He would enjoy those cycle knights a lot I think. Great, clever, job!

Imperial · « **Reply #21 on:** September 16, 2010, 10:48:23 PM »

Some Halflings at last

Very basic dip job but I hope to build up a unit of 30 or so

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