Friday, January 2, 2015

Happy Easter! Well... Easterlings.


Here's something I have been itching to do for a while... shoot the Easterling minis on the new backdrops!

I still love my Easterling cavalry, especially my converted cavalry standard bearer.  He was an important part of my command staff.


This minor Easterling sorcerer was also a big part of the army.  His Fury could be a key game changer at just the right moment!


Here's the converted Captain figure.


The War Drum was crucial to everything, contributing to the speed and violence by giving everyone a plus three movement!  Combine this with the Khandish Chariots and the rest of the Kataphracts


This is the Group of Death, which dealt out a lot of punishment in combination with the Chariots and even the infantry.


The two bladed Champion could provide some nice attack bonuses on the charge.  There was a lot of synergy, which made it fun!


I believe a good number of these were upgraded to Dragon Knights, so they were even nastier...


The whole crew again, from a different angle.


And from above!  My next set of group shots will show the infantry.  Not only were those extra pikemen important on their own... but you needed 'on foot' versions of the Kataphracts in case the horses were shot out from under them!


10 comments:

  1. I never really felt much for the Hobbit model line but the Easterlings/Khanid where the most interesting looking of the bunch.

    nice bases :-)

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  2. I really like the bases, how did you make them? And the gold, is that nmm?

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    1. Look in the LOTR link on the left, there are many entries abou them in WIP state.

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    2. If you type in sculpey bases or marble techniques in the little search bar on the left, lots of fun step by step articles should appear!

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  3. I was seraching your archive for these guys just yesterday.
    You made me want them (although I couldn paint mine to compare to yours)
    They are great models.

    And closest to my favourite Sassanians in fantasy.

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    1. There's still more to paint, believe it or not. Oh... and about 18 Morghul Knights!!! On horsies!!!

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  4. Happy Easterlings indeed! Your artwork is stunning. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thanks for the kind words, and for visiting the blog!!

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