The Germans need opposition. Nik being too busy with real life asked me to paint his WW1 forces.
The
British, Old Contemptables, ready for action. Mostly painted while I
was running a competition at Boards and Swords hobbies this weekend!
First unit with machine gun
The thin khaki line
It really is impressive how well British uniform blends in
Hopefully I've done them justice
There is a lot less British infantry than German units
But then the mad minute would even that out
Plus they have friends, only two per battalion
Still enough to make the enemy think
Two cavalry units with Machine guns in support
Player's view
British gun line
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 
Something atmospheric about this one
Commanders
Top view
Yes, there is a red cap in there
The British batch
"Oi, where's the rest of the army?" Stumpy Jason turned round to the musician Thumpy Jason. "We's only playing 1000 points!" "Oh right. But why are there more Empire 'ooomans than us then?" the Goblin Wolfrider capatin pondered. Mort and I met up for a game of Warhammer Old World. I chose my Goblins, with only 1000 points. This led to me taking a unit of spears, with the army standard, a unit of archers, a spear chucker and some wolf riders. A level 1 mage, my general on a giant squig and Stumpy Jason rounded out my selection. I was tooled up with magic standards and characters, so half my points were tied up in characters. Mort had two units of mounted pistolliers, a spear unit, two detachments , one of handgunners, one of halbardiers, and a small unit of knights. Two characters were embedded in his spears and one pistolliers, and a mage strode forwards with the halbardiers. My wolves and general went left, archers, spears, bolt chucker and...
Awesome job Will - they look great; thanks again for getting these ready for the table :)
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