Saturday, 30 April 2022

Helblitzen Regiment project (part two).

 I have completed the Empire Helblitzen Regiment from page 58 of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd Edition Warhammer Armies book. I detailed the background and miniatures in a previous blog post here:
http://goblinlee.blogspot.com/2022/02/helblitzen-regiment-project-part-one.html

Collecting and painting the regiment was quite enjoyable and it was satisfying to see a regiment from the Warhammer armies book in reality. Although, of course, it is not the original regiment, I had collected the same miniatures, and then painted them in the same style and colours in which they were painted in the photograph. This did mean sometimes painting parts of them in a style I would not have ordinarily chosen, but this did make for an interesting exploration of the styles and colours used by GW's studio at the time. Some of this also meant a combination of looking for the miniatures in old citadel adverts, peering at the the photograph intently, and a little guesswork for some of the more obscured parts. The only concession to modernity was adding them to a movement tray, and adding some tufts to the bases.

Enjoy :)

The original photograph on page 58 of Warhammer Armies.
The regiment completed.
Slightly side on.

I have no idea on what my next blog update will be as I have several options for painting at the moment, but I am eager to start an army.


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5 comments:

  1. Dave Stone30 April 2022 at 19:59

    Great replication Lee, you must have had a lot of patience to find all the relevant models and then match the colours.

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    1. Goblin Lee30 April 2022 at 22:06

      Thank you Dave. It did take a few years to pick up the various miniatures, although I did have about two thirds of them from the 1980's. It was fun to assemble the regiment with the exact miniatures. About three were more difficult to find, so patience, and £22 for one on e-Bay, ensured completion. :)

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  2. Jaeckel2 May 2022 at 06:01

    nice project Lee. The models from the last rank must have been challenging to identify!

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    1. Goblin Lee2 May 2022 at 17:25

      Thank you.
      yes, it wasn't easy. I had to look for clues from the heads and halberds tips poking out, and then cross reference them with my knowledge of the Citadel releases from the time and adverts/catalogue pages. It was satisfying to solve the mysteries though.

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  3. Mouse30 December 2022 at 07:45

    Wow. A worthy project and well executed! I always liked that picture because of how uniform and pretty the troops weren't. Always liked how the variety of armor, clothes and equipment gave the unit a highly irregular look, and you've captured it perfectly here. Well done, sir!

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