Estalian arquebusiers

 

Painted some more handgunmers to be able to field two regiments of 10. These are 3D prints from the old 4th ed models, which had a lovely conquistador/estalian style

The liberation of Hergig

 

With the Storm of Chaos engulfing the Empire Karl Franz takes the lead and attacks the hordes of chaos in Hergig, besieging the fallen capital of Hochland with the army of Altdorf

First breach is made in the fortress gate, broken in with massed cannon fire

The rest of the imperial army moves to the assault covered by this bombardment

While the chaos warriors cower behind the walls

Atop Deathclaw the Emperor jumps the walls and disembowels a chaos champion

Smashing next into the chosen unit

The Carroburg greatswords push the tower into the wall

While their liege is having a field day beheading followers of the dark gods with the Reikland runefang

Terrified by the bloodthirsty Emperor the chaos warriors reform and retreat

While on the walls the regiment of Khorne keeps the greatswords in a stalemate

But by then the imperial bombardment has taken its toll on the fortress, taring down a section of wall and opening the way for the halberdiers

Who seize two sections of  the city with help from the Bögenhafen swordsmen

Not even the explosion of one greatcannon can turn the tide

Sandwitching Karl and the tank the cowardly regiment of warriors 

And forcing them from the table

In just five turn the bulk of the chaos forces have been annihilated and the city of Hergig falls back in imperial hands

Warriors of Nurgle

 

Regiment of warriors from Avatars of War converted with GW banner and other bits. The armour was done with dark green mixed with brown followed by a lighter green mix drybrush and nuln oil followed by vallejo sepia ink. The rotting flesh is regular skin tones mixed with brown and then the same nuln oil+vallejo sepia was of the armour

The ruins of Gruyden

After the defeat suffered at Breder the defenders of the Empire are back on the defence, marching south to the devastated town of Gruyden to face off a skaven horde

The crazed slayers of Karak Kadrin rush towards their foe

A teeming mass of monstruous ratmen on the far side of the field!

In two turns the dwarves close with the enemy

Suffering the first loss when a doomseker is run down by the rat ogres

On the other side of the battlefield meanwhile a swamp keeps both enemies at bay

While in the center advance Long Drong's slayers

Ratlings and jezzails open fire, but nothing scares the frenzied slayers

Who smash into the rat ogres and rout them from the field

In the center the slayers anihilate a block of slaves pursuing towards the jezzails

While one of the skaven contraption opens fire on their own!

Plage monks and pirates clash in a breif but bloody combat that sees the plague ridden rats exterminated

While a lone doomseeker charges into a block of clanrats

The pirates then smash into the plague priest unit

While a second unit of slayers kills off the jezzails

More clanrats come to the rescue of the plague monks 

While on the left flank both sides become bogged down in the swamps

Not even the warp lightning cannon can turn the tide, firing wildly in a random direction and then fleeing from a doomseeker

By then all fight has gone out of the rats with the clan unit running from a doomseeker

And the left flank only held by the general and his storm vermin

Only the crazed plague monks fight on thanks to their frenzy

Both generals engage in a duel to the death

Falling the skaven warlord to the runic axe of his foe

Overpowered by the pestilens monks all pirates die, leaving Drong on top of a mound of dead ratmen

With their general gone the stormvermin are easy meat

And while Drong at last falls the battle has become a massacre or the skaven, who flee from the devastated village of Gruyden