Hobby
Vow Tracker
Passed:
1
Failed:
1
Last
week I set myself two hobby vows. One I passed, one I failed but I
can content myself that the one I failed wasn't through laziness.
I
failed to paint my three Necromancers but not through lack of effort
but rather because for most of the last week I've had a stinking cold
and not been motivated to do anything, plus I left my army case at a
friend's house and so I didn't have them readily to hand for most of
the week.
I
have succeeded in the other vow, however, and have not only a colour
scheme but theme and self-written background for my new Bretonnian
army.
The
army will be (predominantly) from the duchy of Artois. It's general,
the one I am converting from King Louen Leonceour, will be Sir
Merovech of the Quest. This is one of the lords whose heraldry is set
out in the Army Book. As it turns out Merovech is the name of a
semi-legendary Frankish king from around the 450s AD so I'll read up
on him to see if there's anything I can blatantly poach.
The
idea at the moment is that Merovech has finished his Quest (and so I
won't have to do too much cosmetic surgery on his hippogryph) and has
been named by the king as Warden of Artois. Most of Artois is covered
by the Forest of Arden so I imagine the people are under constant
attack from Beastmen, Goblins, bandits, Orcs, Skaven and feral
squirrels. Artois also shared a substantial border with Mousillon,
home of Bretonnia's Undead. Thus the king has appointed a warden to
co-ordinate the entire military might of the duchy. It allows me to
include any units I want without the limitations put on me by saying
the army is on crusade.
As
to the next two vows:
Vow
the Practical
Build
the contents of my Bretonnia Batallion. It might look like a lot for
a week but the Peasants are actually quite easy.
Vow
the Theoretical
Plan
out the conversion for Merovech himself. As said above I've decided
against making him a Questing Knight because I've seen some amazing
conversions using Leonceour's body and a lance. Not sure what I'll do
with the Questing Lord body I have spare now but I've seen some very
nice kitbashes on the Google Image Search sitting him on a Pegasus.
Though
I do feel that perhaps taking a flying mount on the Quest is rather
cheating a bit.
