31 August 2010

Averlander Mercenaries

Hot on the heels of finishing my Reiklanders I couldn't resist starting a new human mercenary warband. Obviously my Reiklanders will evolve and grow over time, but I wanted a second human warband to work on.

Spent ages trying to decide which one to go with, and ended up with the Averlanders. Why? Simple, they get halflings!

Here's where we are so far:
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That's a youngblood with sword and buckler, and the captain with sword and brace of pistols. The second one show my mountain guard, two great swords and a halberd (obviously wip).

I love the greatswords, think it's such an awesome looking weapon. And so long as they attack en masse they should do some real damage. WS4, so decent chance of hitting most things, then S5 if they connect will give even dwarfs and orcs something to think about. Just got to survive the enemy's preemptive retaliation!

I'm also having a sergeant with a sword and an axe, then two bergjaegers with long bows. Then of course three halflings all with bows.

Ironically that's 5 BS4 bow/longbows. There's a good chance they'll outshoot the Reiklanders. Which seems a little odd since they're supposed to be all shooty n stuff. If they get that far I really want one of those old empire ogres, with the big floppy caps. That'd fit in perfectly here I think.

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