Hamsta's Path of Conquest, The 100 Kingdoms

So my treatment has been giving me a bit more of a kicking than I’d hoped / expected. Its also been playing havoc with my sleeping patterns, so at about 4am this morning I was awake, and not too nauseated,so I got cracking on the 100K initial assembly.

First I got the 12x Mercenary Crossbowmen assembled.

Nothing too complicated, front rank knealing, 2nd rank loading.

As a (hopefully) non-combat unit, they shouldn’t need a banner, but a leader could be useful. For that reason, I left a single guy with no helmet on (its hanging from his belt should he need it), just to distinguish him, should it be needed.

5 stands of Men at Arms were next on the list. The other stand of 4 has been put to one side should I go ahead with my mounted squire conversion.

Once I add a character stand to the unit (probably in Milestone 2),  it’ll round outthe unit to 6 stands.

These guys ARE going to see some up close action, so a banner and leader was a must.

For the leader I just added a small rock, so give him a little height over the rest, a side ways stance, a (semi) pointing sword, etc. Iplan to add a feather or something to his helmet before painting, but that’ll need a rummage through the bits box, and I don’t have the energy for that now.

Sadly, all the pics I took came out blurred,  so no close ups for you.

The banner was a pretty easy conversion. Found a suitable pose, drilled out the hand of the shield arm (shield will be slung across his back most likely). The banner itself is an old GW Bretonnian one I had hanging around (I have several of these). I think its from the old knights kit, but once I clipped off some of the extra pennants, it seems to suit. I need to adjust the height/angle a little before a bad of superglue will fix it in place. A little filling and filing, an it should all be good.