Empire - Hand Gunner Unit

Probably one of the factors that killed off interest in the old rank and file version of Warhammer was the sheer number of figures required to get a decent sized battle going. Age of Sigmar clearly addresses this with its skirmish format but I wonder if Contrast paints had been available in the Old World would they have made a difference?

The first completed unit of my Empire army is a group of hand gunners. The first of these was completed back in October 2012 but the remainder have occupied various positions on the painting desk since.

The completed unit

Officer

Standard Bearer

This one has waited a long time to appear in a Finished Unit post

Blood Red Skies - Test ME110

The BRS project continues this time with a test ME110. Once again I used the Vallejo Pre-War to 1941 paint set.

The model itself is from the Warlord range.

Empire Cannon

Was Karl Franz compensating with the scale of his ordinance?

Once again contrast paints proved a great boon for this model.

Only metallic parts have been painted utilising traditional acrylics.

 Everything else is an undercoat and a single coat of contrast.

Blood Red Skies - Test Spitfires

Hot on the tail of the ME109 comes two Spitfires from 74th Squadron.

As with the ME109 these were painted using Vallejo paints this time from their RAF Battle of Britain set. Again these were airbrush paints and unusually for me I did the base coats of blue on the under side and brown using my airbrush.

It wasn't a fear conquered, however, as I applied the green with a brush.

The two were finished off post transfers with a 50/50 GW Nuln Oil and water mix to highlight up the panels.

Models and transfers are Warlord.