Tales of a hobby butterfly

I kind if fancied adding some empire sllies/mercenaries to my dwarf army,I have always liked the empire war waggon model but dont have the dosh to afford ebays crazy prices so thought i would have a go at making my own from scratch. The old mail order pictures turn out to be one to one size so i traced  them off and made some templates.

the empire mercenaries are from a kick starter oakbound studios did last year and The dudes on horses are from the old battle master game. I think the knights with a single plume on their hat are dupposed to be brettonians but i think with empire style horses they fit in pretty well.

The mercenaries in base colours ready for a splash of army painter strong tone

The war wagon is mainly built out of cerial box card, match stivks and coffee stirrers liberated from greggs in the great late 2022 swizzle stick heist.

luckily the old plastic sheilds that came in an old warhamner starter box matched the sheilds on the front and back of the origional. The eagle heads on the corners i think came from a 40k imperial knight kit.

to make the tiles on the sides i just layered small squares of card then coated them in watery pva to keep them in place, the rivitd are pin heads glued intk s hole. The horses are old empire horses that need serious tlc and green stuff.

i have one of the origional crew with the big ball and chain that came in an ebay purchase as a bonus but is missing a leg so needs some green stuff. The rest of the crew will need to be converted using ofds  and ends from the bits box of doom.