The Scions of Erasmus - Painted!

Getting paint on models is usually something of a small miracle here at the Castle, and playing with a fully painted force, virtually unheard of. However, I have been pushing myself to get my Warband for Mordheim painted, and lo, this passed weekend it has been achieved!

My Averlander warband, The Scions of Erasmus, consists of a Captain, a Sergeant, two Bergjaegers, a Young Blood, four Moutainguard, two Marksmen, and three Halflings. They are quite an archery focused warband, and I have found them a lot of fun to play.

I have managed to play about half a dozen or so games now, and the campaign is in full swing with multiple games played every club night. There are about 7 or 8 warbands involved in the campaign, and it has been an absolute blast.

In any case, on with the painted figures! First off are the latest and final addition, my Henchmen group of Halflings.

Otto

Will

Hob

The Scions of Erasmus...

Young Blood, Captain, Sergeant

Mountainguard

Bergjaegers

Marksmen

Halflings

In all I am extremely happy with how they turned out. I was nervous about painting the yellow and the black, but overall I'm thrilled with the results. The miniatures I used (Perry Miniatures plastics), were great to work with and a joy to paint. Makes me want to grab some more, but I'll need to go looking for a game to play them in!

Averlander Reinforcements...

Well, this is a real turn up for the books, I have managed to get some more painting done. Along with the election of Trump, I'm sure this unforeseen jump in my painting productivity is somehow linked to the End Of Times (TM).

I have managed to complete four more members of my Averlander Warband, as well as get a bunch of games in - which has been great fun.

The two on the left are Bergjaegers, while the two on the right are Marksmen

Bergjaeger: Gislerus

Bergjaeger: Hildiger

Marksman: Albrecht

Marksman: Oswald

It has also been a lot of fun seeing so many games being played at the local club. I have managed to get two or three games in recently, and have been having a lot of fun seeing my warband grow and develop.

One of the club games - Carnival of Chaos vs a Vampire warband...

Another club game feature stout Dwarves against Skaven...

My Averlanders waiting behind this church for the enemy to advance...

My Bergjaegers take a bead on a particularly large enemy Troll...

My Halflings on the right flank looked in trouble as Orcs and Goblins moved down, my Sergeant, Captain and a Mountainguard moved in to refuse the line as the Halflings moved back. There was quite a battle on this flank shortly afterwards with my Averlanders lucky to come through.

4Ground scenery is amazing...

Playing against the Carnival of Chaos... They had to break through, and I had the advantage of placing my archers in high scattered positions. Missile fire dominated this game, and I managed a few lucky shots that swung it my way.

Lots of fun had by all. It's funny how over the progress of games, by dint of both careful painting and the campaign development of the Warband that you get quite attached to your force. I'm nearly through the painting, all that remains now for my Averlanders is my group of three halflings. To be honest I am quite looking forward to painting them, and very much looking forward to being able to put a fully painted force on the table!

After the painting is complete, I have some scenery to assemble...

Some Painting Complete, for Mordheim...

Well, after a long hiatus, I managed to scrape the thick layer of dust that had accumulated on my brushes off, and get some painting done. I set a goal at the start of the year to get a little bit of painting done every month. Well, there have only been a few months in which I have managed it, and most of the year has been paint free. My original goal was to paint a squadron a month, and I am probably taking as much time to do a couple of my Mordheim figures as I would on a squadron for Dystopian Wars, so given counting it this way, my efforts to match my goal haven't been too bad, but that may be stretching definitions.

In any case, my focus this last week or so has been on my Averlander Mordheim Warband, and I may well have them painted by the time the Mordheim league here is over (that sounds about right for my painting).

Here is what I have managed to get done so far...

(A little less than half of) The Scions of Erasmus...

Captain Bertolf of Grenzstadt

Sergeant Dietmar

Youngblood Wenczel

Mountainguard Ortolf

Mountainguard Viet

Mountainguard Adolfus

Mountainguard Agilulf

Well, that's what I have managed so far. I have my two Bergjagers and two Marksmen with some rough base colours on them (mainly greens and browns), and my halflings waiting for attention. I am hoping to have them all done in the next week or so, it would be nice to play with a fully painted warband!