Meat and Potatoes

So here we are again at my little workbench. As any Empire general knows the key to victory lies with the solid blocks of infantry that make up the core of his battle line. Oh sure the knights may seal the deal charging in with thundering hooves to rout the enemy on a flank charge, but without the infantry to hold them in place the enemy can easily escape said charge.

So beginning with the horde rule I decided to rank up my next unit of state troops 10 wide. I have been doing this anyway in my other Empire contingent with a block of 35 spearmen I always take and in my Bretonnain force with a block of fifty peasants. So having decided that my first unit would be a 40 strong block of infantry I was left to choose the armament.

I decided on halberdiers for two reasons. First, I dont have a big unit of these guys and it seems like everyone else does. Second, I found this great miniature on EBAY to be the champion.

Champion

The standard bearer is just a mix of parts from the other plastic kits but Im quite fond of the way he turned out. I used the bretonnian knights of the realm banner arm, the hand with the axe from the greatswords command frame, and the knight commander head with laurels from the knightly orders set here as the major conversion components.

Standard Bearer

 

 

Banner Left Side

Banner Right Side

Command Figures Altogether

 

 

Here are the figures for the entire front rank.

Front Rank

 

First five from left

Last Five

I cant get over the way the standard bearer seems to be stepping forward as if viciously defending the standard. Altogether I think this will end up being my favorite regiment of the lot but only time will tell for sure. As it stands I can hardly wait to get the rest of the regiment assembled.