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Cannons & Engineer This week’s blog update features a heavy-hitting addition: two new cannons. I’ve had plenty of bits lying around for a while, but I was waiting on a few "Oldhammer" miniatures to finally arrive in the post. Deep within the soot-choked streets of  Nuln , the rhythmic thunder of the  Imperial Gunnery School  never truly ceases. Known as the "Iron City," Nuln serves as the industrial heart of the Empire, where master smiths and eccentric engineers toil over massive casting pits to forge the finest black powder weapons in the Old World.  Group shot of both Cannons & Engineer Since they turned up a few weeks ago, I’ve been busy working out a cohesive paint scheme and deciding where they fit into the collection. Having already gathered units from various provinces across the Empire, it was time to bolster my missile support and heavy artillery. I’ve started with a Nuln Engineer and a classic artillery crew. All seven models are original 90s scul...

Victory at Sea - Royal Navy This week I am showcasing something a bit different, the Royal Navy starter set from Victory at Sea. Most of my blogs to date have varied in writing style, sometimes I plunge into painting or modelling detail other times I add a bit of fantasy or history fluff. Newly added to the cabinet  I like to bounce around a bit because first and foremost I am not a writer, in fact I have a passionate dislike for English literature as a subject full stop. Gammer nazis are the pinnacle of all things wrong with the subject in my opinion, anyone spending their time judging others for a missed colon or full stop have lost their own minds. Anyway back to my point, one of which is that I don’t really know my own style nor am I very good at the whole blog thing. So I hope that for those of you reading these little logs/blogs/diary entries, that they are good little digests and always fresh and of use, in some instances at least! One SQN of Swordfish Bi-planes On to the to...

Empire Characters  Rieksguard Mounted Knights  Rebased Complete  This week I have the pleasure in presenting most of the characters for my empire army and the completed version of the mounted kneights that have already been previewed on this blog. The latter because they contain as standard two main characters - Ludwig Schwarzhelm and Kurt Helborg. Full unit with both Ludwig and Hurt front and centre Kurt Helborg is the Reiksmarshal of the Empire and Grand Master of the elite Reiksguard Knights, so it is apt that he appears here again within the unit. Born into a wealthy family in the Reikwald, he joined the Reiksguard in his youth and grew up alongside the future Emperor, Karl Franz. As Reiksmarshal, he is the supreme commander of the Empire's military forces, second only to the Emperor in matters of war. He is famously known for his signature large, magnificent mustache and, in lore, is often depicted in polished, mirror-sheen armor and is regarded as perhaps the greate...