Nick's Hobby Bloggy

Hello and welcome back to another riveting entry into my hobby bloggy. This entry will cover the newest edition to my Warhammer Fantasy Battles  Empire army; handgunners! As you all are acutely aware from my last blog , I'm currently working on a Reiklander army. Reikland uniforms are nice and clean white with red slashes, but are a total bear to paint. These units were no less challenging than the last, especially as I elected to paint 30 at once. To begin, I started converting some ancient 6th edition starter set handgunners. Luckily I already had a collection from my childhood, though over the years I've accumulated more from swap meets and eBay. I needed 27 original monopose gunners (12 aiming, 15 at ease) and 3 of the (relatively) new 7th edition ones with their big ol' Hochland Long Rifles to serve as my Marksmen. To break up the monotony of the monpose figures, I spent a little time swapping heads with other state troop sets and even some  Reptilian Overlords  3D pri