Throughout the years I've painted Bretonnian, Empire and Orcs & Goblin armies. To a lesser extend I've also collected High and Wood Elves. Since I bought a lot of old Warhammer miniatures off of a colleague a while back I've been on kind of a painting and spree. The lot contained some 4th/5th edition High Elf spearmen, archers and Reaver knights. Digging up my old mini's I pooled them together and it sparked the idea to assemble and paint an entire army. This is not meant to be a competitive army, just one that makes sense and is fluffy.
I've been looking at some paint schemes and decided to go with a Lothern themed army. By now I've been scouring Ebay and amassed what should be more than enough for a 2.000 point army.
General concept:
I want my army to represent a kind of shipborne battalion.
- Core:
The bulk of the army is light infantry, with the Sea Guard representing the core fighting force and the spearmen and archers representing the mariners that man the ship. The only cavalry on the roster are the Ellyrian Reavers, which fit into the theme of it being a light force. - Special:
I'll be using Shadow Warriors as some type or rangers, again fitting in the light infantry theme. Sword Masters will be the only heavy infantry included. - Rare:
Eagle Claw bolt throwers. It being a Lothern and maritime list, this was a no brainer. - Characters:
The force will be at the command of a Sea Lord (prince) on foot, in keeping with the light infantry theme. He'll probably be put into the spearmen or Sea Guard Unit.
A Sea Helm will take up the role of battle standard bearer. He will be put into one of the Sea Guard units.
Maybe an odd choice for a maritime list: a noble on a chariot. I just like the 5th edition chariot and wanted to incorporate it into this army.
Lastly there is a mage with the lore of heavens. Bigger vessels have mages to keep them out of danger during storms or give them a bit of extra speed.
[20] 24 Spearmen with command
[~] 15 Archers with command
[X] 5 Ellyrian Reavers
[ ] Two units of 15 Lothern Sea Guard with command
[ ] 5 Shadow Warriors
[ ] 1 Chariot
[1] Three bolt throwers
[X] Lord on foot (thinking of using an Aenur mini)
[ ] Sea Helm battle standard bearer
[X] Hero on chariot
[ ] Mage
Some pictures:
Didn't have any spearman champion mini, so I bought this one off of Ebay. Cleaned it up and gave it a paintover.
My first 15 painted spearmen.