I've been working on reinforcements to my League of Rhordia army, this time I've got some more halflings done.
Searching through one of my many boxes of unpainted minis I found several bags of Essex Miniatures halflings. There were enough for another troop of the scouts, another regiment of archers, and a couple of regiments of halflings with various weapons. I put the archers on one side and concentrated on the scouts and a regiment of the others.
The Scouts are pretty much the same as the previous troop, though I chose a different mini for the leader, simply gluing some copper wire on his back for a bow.
I didn't have enough spear armed minis for a regiment of spearlings, but I had a start. Looking at the spears I thought they were a bit short, even for a halfling. When you're that small you want as long a spear as possible to keep the foe away. I'd already replaced the pikes on the Dogs of War here, so I used the same process to re equip not just the models with spears, but also to convert some of the others into spearlings. To make them look more like a unified fighting force I added shields made simply from card circles cut using a hole punch and the card from the back of a notebook. When I checked the stats for halfling spearlings I found they had Defence of 3, suggesting the minimum of armour, so I suppose I could have managed without shields, but I like the look.
I also gave them a standard (clip art) and replaced the Warhammer Empire standard on the archers with a similar standard.
I'm pleased with the end result, next time I do halflings I have a plan for some more cavalry, but I'd also like to build up a regiment (or two) of halfling Braves. Essex do some nice halflings with farm weapons and mining tools, and I think they'd look good in an irregular unit of militia.
Searching through one of my many boxes of unpainted minis I found several bags of Essex Miniatures halflings. There were enough for another troop of the scouts, another regiment of archers, and a couple of regiments of halflings with various weapons. I put the archers on one side and concentrated on the scouts and a regiment of the others.
The Scouts are pretty much the same as the previous troop, though I chose a different mini for the leader, simply gluing some copper wire on his back for a bow.
I didn't have enough spear armed minis for a regiment of spearlings, but I had a start. Looking at the spears I thought they were a bit short, even for a halfling. When you're that small you want as long a spear as possible to keep the foe away. I'd already replaced the pikes on the Dogs of War here, so I used the same process to re equip not just the models with spears, but also to convert some of the others into spearlings. To make them look more like a unified fighting force I added shields made simply from card circles cut using a hole punch and the card from the back of a notebook. When I checked the stats for halfling spearlings I found they had Defence of 3, suggesting the minimum of armour, so I suppose I could have managed without shields, but I like the look.
I also gave them a standard (clip art) and replaced the Warhammer Empire standard on the archers with a similar standard.
The halflings are looking good, will I get to fight an all halfling army one day I wonder.
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ReplyDeleteAn all Halfling army? That's a thought, though I'd have to paint a fair few more.
I've seen all halfing League armies, but they tend to find halfling analogues for the human troops, I think I'd try it with just halflings as halflings, if that makes sense.