Nilfgaard Army

 So after the test piece, here is the beginning of the Nilfgaard army.

The Mini-army plan is four ranks of spearmen and four ranks of archers plus change, with an alternative of a Champion plus change.

There are only five "advancing" poses in the box (one per sprue) but no really advancing spears, these are built using the javelin arms from the Auxiliaries sprues (again there are only one over head arm per sprue)

The five standing spearmen.

The Auxiliaries box contains ten armoured bodies and twenty sets of bow arms..

The bows need a bit more work.

The plan is to use the armoured bodies for the front rank, and the unarmoured bodies for the rear rank.

Fireforge Byzantine Spearmen or the Nilfgaard Empire

 As mentioned previously, I was looking for a Human Army that looked different to my (many) existing (or planned) armies.

I chose to use the Fireforge Byzantine Spearmen and Auxileries as the basis.

Here is the test piece.

After an underocat of Citadel Chaos Black and a further coat of thinned Vallejo Black, the skirt, leggings and helmet skirt were painted with Vallejo Black Grey. The (non standard) boots are Citadel Steel Legion Drab - the main build will be black. The spear is Vallejo Old Wood. The strap is Citadel Mournfang Brown.

The black parts of the figure were dry brushed with Vallejo Black Grey followed by a mix of Vallejo London Grey and Black Grey. All black parts were then washed with Citadel Nuln Oil.

The figure will be fitted with the tear drop shield, not sure how I am going to do the Sunburst mark.

The scale armour does bear a resemblance to the odd Nilfgaard armour form the television series.