Empire Knight & Realm of Battle Terrain Board

Needing one more knight to get a rank bonus for Combat, I did a kit-bash of sorts. I used the body of the Empire General that came with the Griffon kit, a helmeted head and shield from the Demigryph kit, a horse head/neck from the Knights kit and a Bretonnian horse body. I had the horse body for a long time - never painted.

He'll be the Preceptor for the unit.

I painted the cloth barding a gray to have it blend in with the rest of the unit's plate barding. There appears to be mail under the cloth barding which matches the horse head armor.

As the lance is rectangular, I decided to paint it length-wise instead of spiraled.

I also painted up a 2X2 feet Realm of Battle board which I plan to use to display the army. After washing it to remove any oils or debris, it was sprayed with flat black. Over this the rocks and skulls were dry-brushed grays. The rest of the boards was painted with a watered-down coat of brown.

Static grass was then glued over the brown areas. I understand there is an electric applicator to ensure the grass stands up when glued down, but didn't want to invest in one of those and just went ahead and sifted the grass and then tilted the board on its side to remove any grass excess.

Probably not to everyone's tastes, but I rather like the numerous skulls in the pits.