Adding to the Reiksguard

Over a year ago I resolved to paint myself a regiment of Reiksguard, as they were one of the few gaps remaining in my Empire army. I started doing 16 at once, figuring it was a relatively manageable number, and was probably more than half of the final number I would aim for (30 seemed a good final target). Anyway, it took me a long time to get them done, and in the end I only completed half of that first wave. The others sat in my pile of half-painted stuff, glaring at me and making me feel guilty.

Well I can now say that I finally got around to finishing those half-painted Reiksguard. Now they can go back in a cupboard and hope for a chance to play in an actual battle. Wouldn't that be a thing? Of course, right now I am trying to steer myself away from Empire and focus on some other things, so who knows when I will actually get around to using them...

8 more painted Reiksguard Knights, led by the old model of Kurt Helborg himself.

Return of the Reiksguard

A few months ago I was all motivated to paint up a regiment of Reiksguard Knights for my Empire army. Unfortunately my enthusiasm waned as I was reminded for the umpteenth time that painting Knights is not as quick as I seem to think that is should be. I've painted well over a hundred of these guys - you'd think I'd have worked it out by now. Anyway, I burned out when they were only half done, and got distracted by my Ogre unit fillers instead.

The Reiksguard got shoved to the side and were completely ignored up until this week, when their partially painted state finally got to me. Well, the first group of 8 of them are now completed.

My first 8 completed Reiksguard Knights