Basically, the IFL escalation tourney is coming up in... 3 days. Crap.
Okay, so I have nowhere near enough stuff painted (due largely in part to the fact that Emergency Medicine stuff got me pretty busy). So I'm guessing I'll just play the Ogres unpainted for the day, and then retire them until the new book comes around.
This raises the question of what to do next, and my answer to that is to start up my Empire force again: AVERLAAAAND
Even more flamboyant than the rest of the Empire, Averland has some interesting pro's over some other choices...
- The Yellow/Black Color scheme is a REALLY good one
- The Moot
- Bigger Feathers.
- Some really cool background (Blackfire Pass, The Moot, A crazy Elector Count)
So the plan comes down to this:
-2250 points of Empire, representing Averland as accurately as possible.
-No Steam Tanks will be in the army- Heresy! (they're really cool, but out of the few that have ever existed, why would one by in MY tiny army?).
-Color Scheme will be Yellow and Black, and the army will be represented as ornately as I can make it (More Feathers!). I'll do my best to incorporate the Black flames/yellow field motif whenever I can.
-Archer and Free company detachments will be made of halflings. If possible, I'll convert up a hot pot to count as a mortar. Perhaps even a halfling chef (Astromancer?)
- It's always vexed me that pikes are unavailable to an army based on the Landsknechts... so I'll have at least 2 blocks of spearmen with longer spears (bought from either perry miniatures or old glory... I have to compare prices).
- Centerpieces are important to me in making an army.. Mine will either be a mercenary giant, or a war altar... I'll probably include both
The idea is to have the 2250 completed by mid-May, which is when I move down to Austin, Texas. It'd be pretty rad to have an army ready to go so I can get gaming down there ASAP
