WHFB Empire General and Order Knights - WIP +2

Finished the General, BSB and Order Knights. Actually still need to finish the actual banners, but the figures are painted. Of course, the bases still need flocking too - this time I'll try to put more effort into them then I normally do.

I notice skulls are prominent on these models.

The two models that come in the Empire General kit. The kit comes with several head choices, as well as weapons. I pretty much went with the ones on the cover of the box.

Both figures are wielding Great Weapons.

I used Vallejo Gun Metal with Silver highlighting for the armor; much easier than the bufferable metal paint I used for the horse armor. The gold is from a 10-year old bottle of  Gold Leaf - amazingly the paint was as fresh as it was when I first bought it.

The Sigmar and Karl Franz logos are also much in evidence.

The BSB's banner is pretty huge - the Grim Reaper with wings spread.

The Order Knights are also finished; just have to finish their lances and shields; as well as the unit standard - it's a one-piece part from the guy with the missing right arm.

As you can see, they are decked out in Talabheim colors. I plan to add spirals to a couple of the lances.

Hoping to get the Empire Army book tomorrow in the mail; I won a copy off of ebay last week. My buddy Pat L. (aka Socal Warhammer) kindly gave me a copy of the Warhammer rulebook - the small one that comes with the Island of Blood set. I read up on the Magic Phase rules and they don't seem too difficult; just need to play them a bit. I'm taking a Level 3 Wizard and will probably focus on Lore of Fire or Lore of Heavens. I look at the Magic Phase as chance to get increased Attacks or Saves.