Army the First: Humany Humans

So moving back to contemplation of another army after finishing the Ice Wolves Ogre war band/luncheon party, (which it is not!!!!) and the question occurs. How close to a workable completed army must one get before being distracted by the latest tv show, miniature release etc? 

Quite close as it turns out...but the fact remains that ogreses are massive and sometimes the thought of starting to paint another great lump of angry flesh, or unit of, just seems a bit too up hill. Damn my lack of follow through....

So let us be distracted by the humany humans of said proposed world...The pervading idea behind this army was a low fantasy human force, late dark age to mid-medieval perhaps but definitely nothing fancy or magical.

These individuals represent the poor working men rather than professional soldiery. A militia of part time fighters called up as and when needed, fit and hail by the nature of their lifestyles and more than willing to answer the call to defend their homes and families as their fathers have done before them. Many will have seen action/guard duty of one form or another so they are not quaking conscripts, these men stand with their friends and brothers for duty and for honor. 

Of course they could just as easily be a force of filthy, thieving rebel scum, revolting against the rule of their liege lord under the leadership of a self elected and self aggrandizing robber baron, fit for nothing but the gibbet and the noose...depending on the needs of the moment and of the game.

So what do we have in the magical penthouse of delight? An attic full of shame and half completed projects...

Quite a bit as it turns out. Northstar Miniatures will be our go to manufacturer for this autumn (its now summer!) project namely their Oathmark range but the good fellows of Fireforge will also take a starring role.

As it turns out there will be more than enough odds, ends, partial and un-started boxes and sprues  to  attempt to complete more than a single force. Four spring to mind from the preliminary rummaging alone. 

Two standard humany human forces, one reskinned from the previously started Fireforge force of sub-knightly types, another from the oathmark range and a third barbarian army/raiding warband based on the avalanche of victrix sprues that have been collected and squirrelled away for times of need.   

So more than enough to keep your average low impetus wargamer/figure painter happy and frustrated for the foreseeable future and far away from completing the original ogre army, which is not that far from the finish line, and which started all this nonsense in the first place.

The silver lining of all this is that THE RULES (title to follow), mostly written and mostly ready, will only be dealing with the smaller end of the skirmish world. Proposed forces will probably contain no more than 30 figures max and most likely quite a lot less, so that should bring the painting schedule nicely into the realms of the highly unlikely rather than the outright impossible.  

And so to some finished articles. (You actually have some?) Oh yes! 

More than half the infantry of sub-knightly types, based on the Fireforge north men range, have been successfully repainted and supplemented with a unit of similarly reskinned militia along with two units of cavalry. 

The above storage solution took everything we learned from the ogre storage box and will allow for another unit of twelve infantry, on the painting pile, plus two more units of cavalry, not yet near the painting pile, rounding out the force quite nicely. 

Cheers all