Orctober challenge, episode 7: army complete !

 Dear fellow readers,

I am more than happy to tell you that the Orctober challenge - painting a 1/72 Empire army - is now over, and that I have reached my goals :)

In the previous episode, I explained that I had one element of knights and one general element left to paint.

Let's start with the general, and his companions:

First of all, the general. This mini represents the Duke of Talabecland. He wears a black enameled armour, as do his horse. He's wearing a red and yellow dress, since they are the colors of his duchy.

Next, an officer, in charge of the artillery on the battlefield: purple dress (something different, at last :)) with red and yellow facings.

Last, the standard bearer - always necessary on the battlefield. He bears a simple regimental banner and not the great banner of the duchy which should have a black eagle as coat of arms.

Now, let's have a look at the knights:

These are Dark Dream Studio Renaissance knights painted as Reiksguard, that is knights in full armour with red and white colors. These minis are absolutely wonderful in my opinion, and a real pleasure to paint. The armor in particular are full of nice details, as you can see on the close-up below:

The next picture shows my two elements of knights. The riders on the left are made by Miniart (see episode 4 for details). Regarding the sculpture, you can note how different these figures are.

The progress table confirms, the job is done !

Troop type	Number of elements	figs per element	Number of figures	painted figures
General (Knight)	1	3	3	3
Wizard	1	2	2	2
Knights	2	3	6	6
Halberdiers	2	4	8	8
Longswords	2	4	8	8
Arquebusiers	2	4	8	8
Fanatics	1	4	4	4
Bombard	1	4	4	4
Total	12		43	43

If you remember what I explained in episode 1, I primarily had 41 figures to paint. The total of figures was increased to 43 after I decided to have two wizards on the magician element, and three figures on the command element.

On the other hand, I already had 8 Longswords painted in 2017, so I've painted 35 figures this month for the Orctober challenge. As I usually paint around 120 figures per year (that's not a lot, I know), I must say that a good, though lonely challenge is a good way to stay motivated. 

Is it over ? Not completely (no, I'm not thinking of basing them, I know I have to, just like all the other figures, one day maybe).

Orctober is a month dedicated to Orcs, and I painted a complete Orc army for the 2019 Orctober challenge. This time, I wanted to paint opponents for the Orcs, so tomorrow, with the probable help of my daughter, I will take pictures of the whole army standing, then in a fight against the Orcs.

See you tomorrow :)