While on the Path of Conquest

The reason I’m going for the Hundred Kingdoms is the looks for sure. Armor and fighting men all around, what’s not to like? And the great lore adds to it as well, and really allow you to make your own color scheme and get creative!

I have previously painted two models from my collection (which is a half core box and a Noble Lord).

It was the #ColorsofConquest in March the promted me to paint my first Household Knight.

I wanted a dirty, muddy, in battle look. I think I saw ‘The King’ on Netflix right before. The colors and heraldry was pulled straight from MCDM’s live roleplay ‘The Chain’, a really cool mercenary company. (The model actually won the March #ColorsofConquest, I got a fiery Dweghom and a Red Grass painting handle as a price).

I am for sure keeping the muddy battlefield look, I love that. I’m not sure about keeping the overall theme though. I’m not making ‘The Chain’, but I’m considering making my unit of mercenary crossbowmen a ‘Chain’ unit. So a knight with his crossbowmen have joined my army.

The second miniature I painted was Noble Lord I picked up from the OTT store for April’s #ColorsofConquest.

I kept the golden armour from the studio paint job, and gave him the same muddy works. I also like red, so I put that on the scabbard to have some more color on there.

I think I will keep red and black as the army colors, but have some variations to placement and what heraldry I use.

I also want to keep the black armor look. Imagine a unit of Steel Legion with black armor and shiny silver swords!

I think all my knights will be different, and have their color dictate some of the units. The Lord calls his knights to battle with their respective units.

I’m still not through the rules and have a full understanding on list building, but there will be a lot of units.

What do you think?