Hobby Desk Update

Worked on some Warhammer Empire Knights after getting a box of Old World Knights. The set as 12 figures, so I decided to add two of them to the existing unit of 10 Reiksguard Knights. 2 proxy figures filled this unit, and also several had Knights Panther heads and shields (I didn't know the fluff when I painted them). Plan to build another 10 figure unit as Knights Panther. Also got two deliveries today too - one an Ebay purchase of 3D printed Napoleonic Austrian 12 pounders and crew; the other an Etsy purchase of a 1/16th scale resin Mycenaean warrior in Dendra armor with tower shield.

Below shows the 3 new figures painted to build up the Reiksguard units; the three in the back have new heads after removing the Knights Panther heads. Also painted several new shields to replace the Knights Panther ones. When I painted them years ago, I just chose the shields and heads for variety. The heads for the leader and musician are from the Pistolier kit; glad I save spare parts. I gave the leader a flamberg zweihänder held by one hand!

Here's the Mycenaean warrior kit - it has separate parts for the pauldrons, throat guard, and boars tusk helmet. Two spears were included - one is a little bent, but should be able to be straightened with some hot water. The tower shield is nicely detailed - I wish it had a Figure-8 shield instead, though.

This is a drawing I did as a kid back in the 1970s. I drew it in the style of the illustrations in the Crichton paperback "Eaters of the Dead" based on Beowulf. I envisioned the drawaing to represent Meleagros heading out to battle the Kouretes, as related in the Iliad. I was really into Greek Mythology and the Iliad in particular when I was a kid - wish seems especially weird as a third generation Japanese growing up in Hawaii.

Here's the start of the Empire Knights rebuild. Used superglue remover to remove the heads with Knights Panther helmets. Again, at the time when I built them, I had no idea of the different units or Warhammer fluff. I kind of like the look of 10-man cavalry units, they look nice in two ranks of 5 - sort of like a block. 12 figures in two ranks of 6 looks kind of too wide; also more room needed for manuevering on the table.

Well, just another short blog update to keep things going. Wishing you all a great summer!

EDIT: I almost forgot to add that I pre-ordered the Pike & Shotte "Death and the Landsknecht" supplement.