Bretonnians Finally Done!

I finally finished my Pegasus Knights for the Bretonnians! What a slog that was! I painted the Pegasus first then rapidly lost steam on the knights. I Didn’t do anything for about a week before finally just sitting down this weekend and getting them done. That’s six knights in total to complete the entire army. I feel it’s quite an accomplishment because for all intents and purposes it was a long dead project. I finished about half the army years ago. Late 2000’s I think. In fact, I’m pretty sure they pre-dated this blog! GW’s stubborn refusal to update the army for later editions made them unplayable and I stopped painting out of disgust. Now it seems a new generation of game designers are taking a look at Bretonnia for the Old World. That definitely helped motivate me to get them done. Hopefully this time around the army can do a bit more than just stink up the joint!

Now onto the Steel Legion!

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Bretonnian Fay Enchantress

 The Fay Enchantress is a unique Hero in WFB and is the armies best spellcaster. I never owned the original model(s) and purchasing them used is pretty expensive. I already have a few proxy models in the army, so I figured one more wouldn't hurt and I found a suitable model made by Dark Sword Miniatures. It was far more affordable and fits well with the aesthetic, despite not holding a grail.

Last Bretonnian unit for painting is a group of 6 Pegasus Knights.

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Mounted Damsel and Bretonnian Men-at-arms

 Chugging along on the Bretonnians, I present a mounted Damsel and 15 men-at-arms. The Damsels act as spell casters and can accompany units of knights to buff the unit. The men-at-arms are basic fodder drafted from the peasant rabble. They are terrible and can't be expected to stick around long, but they might hold a unit in place long enough for the knights to set up a charge on their flank. The men-at-arms were given a very quick paint job, since they're always crowded together in ranks and you only see their pole-arms and shields.

The full unit of 25. The other 10 were painted years ago.

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Questing Knights of Bretonnia

 I completed another unit of knights last week, but have only gotten to posting them now. This is a unit of Questing Knights. In Bretonnian lore, Questing Knights abandon their knightly duties in favor of seeking the Grail through an arduous quest. They drop their lance and pick up a great sword. In the game they are for attacking monsters or units you may need a few turns to deal with. The models here are actually converted from the Knights of the Realm box armed with empire great swords. GW did make metal models of Questing Knights, but those were outrageously expensive and at the time I was living on student loans. The Doer Government ended up forgiving most of those loans a few years later in their ongoing quest to buy votes, but I didn't know that at the time.

Still a few more units to get through, so stay tuned!

Bretonnian Grail Knights

 A long time ago I was collecting a Bretonnian Army. I painted up several units and even managed to play a game with them. I think they stunk up the joint as my one memory is Dallas being quite astonished that his Skaven clan rats were marginally better than my men-at-arms. 6th edition was the last update for Bretonnia which resulted in the army being virtually unplayable in later editions. As such, I lost heart and stopped work on them in favor of other projects. I looked on with some amusement as GW killed Warhammer Fantasy. From my perspective, Bretonnia was simply the first one into the dust bin.

But now it's 2023 and GW, perhaps recognizing that their older and somewhat alienated customers are now in or approaching their top income level, is preparing to resurrect Warhammer Fantasy in order to squeeze every last cent it can from them before they become pensioners!  Jokes on them though, 'cuz I didn't throw out any of my Bretonnians!

Here's a unit of 6 Grail Knights. The knights are metal while the horses are plastic. This makes for a very top heavy model. The standard bearer is especially bad and is not allowed to ride on any inclines for fear of toppling.

These guys don't really match the ones I painted all those years ago. The colors are basically the same, but my painting style / ability has changed significantly resulting in a far cleaner and detailed paint job.

I'm going to keep going on these. I still have 6 Questing Knights (not the original, but a conversion), 6 Pegasus Knights, 15 Men-at-Arms, 1 mounted Damsel and a 3rd party Fey Enchantress. My goal is to have them done by end of May.

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