Old World Plans - My Averland Army

I'm currently in the process of designing two Empire armies, one for general play and a second for a narrative campaign of my own creation. 

My general all comers army is for the time being based around the Empire Armies of Infamy book City State of Nuln list. However, its not a Nuln themed list and I don't traditionally play Gunlines, so why I have settled on it is still a bit of a mystery. 

My army is themed as a force out of Grenzstadt at the mouth of the Black Fire Pass, led by the character General Hans von Löwenhacke. It fits my old play style from 8th Edition to a degree, with a core block of infantry (I used to run two blocks of 40 state troops). Rather than focusing soley on being a gunline though, I have brought in lots of movable pieces to support. 

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City-State of Nuln [2500 pts]

Warhammer: The Old World, Empire of Man, City-State of Nuln, Open War

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++ Characters [670 pts] ++

General Hans von Löwenhacke [190 pts] 

- Hand weapon

- Judgement

- The Griffon Helm

- Full plate armour

- General

Captain of the Empire [148 pts] 

- Hand weapon

- Full plate armour

- Shield

- Battle Standard Bearer [The Banner of the Free State of Nuln]

- On foot

- Sword of Might

- Talisman of Protection

Empire Engineer [45 pts] 

- Hand weapon

- On foot

Empire Engineer [45 pts] 

- Hand weapon

- On foot

Witch Hunter [112 pts] 

- Hand weapon

- Brace of pistols

- Light armour

- The Witch

- Empire Warhorse

- Squintsoffen's Marvellous Magnifier

Master Mage [130 pts] 

- Hand weapon

- Wizard [Level 2 Wizard]

- On foot

- Power Scroll

- Wizard's Staff

- Elementalism

++ Core Units [822 pts] ++

30 Nuln Veteran State Troops [560 pts] 

- Halberds

- Light armour

- Shields

- Drilled

- Veteran Sergeant (champion) [Witch Hunter's Ward + Charmed Shield]

- Standard bearer [Griffon Standard]

- Musician

- 15x State Troops [Hand weapons + Shields + Light armour + Sergeant (champion)]

- 10x State Missile Troops [Hand weapons + Handguns + Sergeant (champion) + Handgun]

10 Empire Archers [75 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Warbows

- Marksman (champion)

5 Outriders [117 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Pistols

- Repeater handguns

- Heavy armour

- Sharpshooter (champion) [Grenade launching blunderbuss]

- Musician

5 Empire Archers [35 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Warbows

5 Empire Archers [35 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Warbows

++ Special Units [654 pts] ++

Great Cannon [130 pts] 

- Great cannon

- Hand weapons

- Veteran

- Vanguard

Great Cannon [125 pts] 

- Great cannon

- Hand weapons

Empire War Wagon [140 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Assorted weapons

- Blunderbuss

- Long rifle

- Repeating rifle

- Ball & chain

- Hooked halberd

- Man-catcher

- 3+

7 Empire Knights of the White Wolf [259 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Wolf hammers

- Shields

- Heavy armour

- Drilled

- Stubborn

- Preceptor (champion) [Witch Hunter's Ward]

- Standard bearer [Icon of Morr]

- Musician

++ Rare Units [354 pts] ++

Helblaster Volley Gun [120 pts] 

- Helblaster Volley Gun

- Hand weapons

5 Empire Road Wardens [117 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Brace of pistols

- Heavy armour

- Feigned Flight

- Vanguard

- Captain (champion) [Crossbow]

- Musician

5 Empire Road Wardens [117 pts] 

- Hand weapons

- Brace of pistols

- Heavy armour

- Feigned Flight

- Vanguard

- Captain (champion) [Crossbow]

- Musician

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To what extent this is a competitive list is secondary to making an Empire force that I think looks believable as an Imperial force on the Averland Marches and that is fun to build and paint. I managed to get a good start on the force over the Summer Holidays, with most of the force now being spray painted and ready to paint over the next few months hopefully. Below is a few work in progress pictures. 

This will hopefully give a good base to build the rest of the army, I already have quite a few of the models ready to build and old models to restore to the army, which will be a great project to work towards. Will certainly need a pack or two of Pistoliers to start converting the Road Wardens but the rest is good to go. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking in on my hobby projects!

Cheers 

Calum