Tomb Kings

Tomb Kings

I have never really been that into GW mainstream systems but I do appreciate nice looking figures when I see them.

For me the Tomb Kings were hands down the best looking army in the range and I could imagine a huge army of undead Egyptians slowly spreading across the desert sands overrunning everything in their path. 

I used a mixture of Wargames Foundry and Vallejo paints on these models and found them to be some of the most enjoyable figures to paint.

I must confess that I did get a little carried away with this army and it has grown to around 14,000 points when using Warhammer 8th Edition point values.
I Still have more to assemble and paint but here are a few pictures of some of the units.

Bretonnians - The Rise of a Bretonnian Army Part 11

The Rise of a Bretonnian Army Part 11

At the moment my army is looking like this

For those following along with this army build you will notice a third Pegasus Knight.   I somehow have forgotten to take pictures of this one so will go back and add close ups of it at a later point.

The GW Trebuchets are pretty expensive and so far this entire army has been done on a budget.  I am also not a massive fan of the GW Trebuchet models so thought I would have a go at making my own from wood and cardboard.

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, and they only cost a couple of dollars for the pair.

Next up will be basing, movement trays and a display board.

Bretonnians - The Rise of a Bretonnian Army Part 10

The Rise of a Bretonnian Army Part 10

For anyone interested all my units have motto's on their banners.

Knights

Victis Honor Vi et Armis -  Honour to the vanquished By force and arms

Ubique Quo fas et Gloria Duc*nt - Everywhere, where Right and Glory Lead

Aut Vincere aut Mori - Either conquer or die

Peasants

Bellum Omium Contra Omnes - Everyman's struggle against everyman.

Trebuchets

Caput Tuum Saxum Immane Mittam -  I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

This is how I did them.

Draw your design out as big as possible (this is an A4 piece of paper).  It will make it easier to add detail.  I first done it in pencil and then went over it with ink.  Ink lines will stand out better once the banner is reduced in size.  If you want the same design on both sides you will only need to draw one side.

Now using the same colour paint as I painted my lord I started to fill in the shapes.  I went for a shade, mid tone and highlight for each colour.

I took lots of colour photocopies of each stage because I kept spilling water onto them.   This is also the stage were the peasants standards would branch off on a different route to that of the Knights. 

More shapes filed in with colour and again take more copies just in case you stuff it up later.

Now the mini Fleur-de-lye are painted within each diamond shape.  I used an even lighter colour then the diamond they were going in.   I wanted them to be just faintly visible.  I also added the individual picture for each unit. (Again draw it in pencil then go over it with ink)

Next up is painting the individual emblem-ems of each flag.

After that its a case of scanning the image and adding any text you want.  reducing it in size and your done.

Bretonnians - The Rise of a Bretonnian Army Part 9

The Rise of a Bretonnian Army Part 9

Damsel Number 2

Pre paint

Post paint

Went for a more feminine feel to the horse on this one.  Still has the Lords Colours on it in places to tie in with the theory that my lord would take horses from his own personal stables for the Damsels to use, nothing but the best for these ladies.

The Army so far