Back this time around with another character model, and in this case it’s the model that takes me to 500 points of Bretonnians! This rounds out my small defenders of Malko force, a small army that will defend the central town in our Border Princes campaign.
This model is (I think!) an old Questing Knight, which I’m using as a Paladin with the Virtue of Empathy (fights on foot with the peasants!). I really like this model and wanted to save it for last for this small force of defenders of Malko.
In my last post I showed a boar’s head on the men-at-arm’s banner, representing their lord’s heraldry. This model is said lord so he of course needed a boar’s head on his shield. I think the version I painted on his shield is an improvement over what I had on the banner which is the right way around!
Just like for the Damsel I went with a richer green for this model, to make him stand out from the peasant soldiers which have a much more earthy green. The yellow is also more saturated on him than on the other models in the army for the same reason.
As he marks a milestone for the army (and in fact all I need to paint for the campaign), it’s time for a group photo!
It’s nice to see them all together, and this now means I have the minimum I need for the campaign across the three armies (1000pts of Dwarfs and Vampire counts and the 500 points of Bretonnians). This of course doesn’t preclude me adding more to them, but now the blocker to the campaign shifts to the terrain we need for the locations on the map, so I might spend more time on terrain in the short term.
Lair of the Lagomorph 
For some reason I thought we might be getting to see a version of the M109 self-propelled howitzer but this mini is way more colourful! 🙂 Nice work with the boar’s head and the yellow and the overall army looks really good!
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Thanks John! I haven’t painted any post WW2 vehicles yet so low chance of a M109! But who knows if I get into some Cold War gaming at some stage!
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I did notice the “yet” in there!
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Never say never!
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First off, congrats on hitting your hobby milestone. I tried to paint a couple Warhammer Fantasy armies and even getting what you’ve got there done is no small feat!
You painted the Knight very well too, especially the freehand which looks magnificent! This sculpt looks a bit difficult to work with as there are some tiny details that there isn’t a lot you can do with. That kind of thing drives me crazy and puts me off painting a miniature so I give you a lot of credit for getting this one done and done well!
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Thanks a lot! This is the kind of mini that lends itself really well to my all over wash of Agrax Earthshade army standard method – lots of detail to be picked out!
Glad you like the freehand, I think my practice on the banner paid off there, a lot less rework on this one!
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Great work on the army.
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