It was a little while since I worked on figures for my T9A Empire army. I was short of Crossbowmen, so thought I would fill that void. I had a number of partially painted old GW Dogs of War Braganzia’s Besiegers crossbowmen I found on Ebay some years back. I always liked the look of the models, so figured I would go ahead and work on them to fill out my army.
I went with a scheme that fit in with my exiting army, which is blue/white with a splash of red. The troops are mostly armored, so I had to focus on the shields and feather plumes. I stuck with the brass colored armor, as it was on the figures already. I added silver chainmail to break it up.
Since my existing army uses paper standards, I stuck with that for these models. I printed some banners I found on warflag.com. I glued them on with white glue and water. I then went over the colors with some paint to add depth. Finally, I then hit them with dull coat.
I finished up with matching basing and I now have plenty of crossbowmen to go around!
- Manteuffel