From the workbench of the esteemed Horati0nosebl0wer

Its a vanity project plain and simple. I could field a historical army of Spanish with a name near and dear to me (my own). There is so much already on the backburner I would be willing to trade painted Age of Magic armies. In lieu of buying this all myself and having it sit naked on my shelf I will share a dream with everyone. Considering the fact I have Arabian Knights this would fit well with being a juxtaposition using the Reconquista.

Instead of doing all sorts of freehand on shields, there are 3D models for easy shield conversions. I can spice it all up with some fancy fantasy figures to make it an Age of Magic army as well. This was all before I found a producer of custom Playmobil stickers. I will stick with metal model and not go off on the deep end of silliness.

Maybe using Trench Crusade for weirdness could be helpful and wrangled the backstory to be an early response to the forces of Hell. I’m experimenting here without the aid of safety harnesses or hallucinagens.

For the core historical bits, while the stock is still available, I’d go with a starter Spanish army from Gripping Beast. I’d then supplement with a unit of Warriors on foot. Thinking of this in terms of fantasy I’d add flames beneath the hooves of the horses. The basing material would also be normal and then be partially “burned” by the passing animals. My inspiration here are the Fire Mares from the 1980s movie Krull. What better movie to wrap your head around the idea of fighting a Big Bad Evil without the grimdark body horror of Trench Crusade? Perhaps I should throw in a cyclops like Rell or a sorcerer like Ergo the Magnificent if I kept with this theme.

As there are options for firearms in SAGA: Age of Magic lists some zealots brandishing flintlocks might be easy conversions. This would be early firearms so it can pass with fantasy. Now, Is it heresy to use the Frostrgrave cultists for this unit? Paper miter or sack cloth hood? Both end up with questions being asked.

On a whim, as there is the famed Holy Handgrenade of Antioch, I looked up if there was a patron saint for artillery. Of course there was. So, it is with a laugh, I include some sort of insane idea for there to be a warmachine of St. Barbara, patroness saint of armorers; architects; artillerymen; firemen; firework makers; mathematicians; miners; tunnelers; lightning; chemical engineers; and prisoners. A statue or reliquary adorning some sort of model makes me giggle as it fits in easily if someone can accept the modeled aesthetic of Space Nuns With Guns From the Far Flung Future.

With regard to Monsters or other Creatures I’m at a bit of a loss besides Rell. The recently showcase pre-order of Tainted Heralds from Parabellum seem like good additions to an Otherworld army with an angelic host. I just think that instead of having them be close to human scale upside some seraphs to be as terrible as the fluff in Trench Crusade makes them out to be. Having an angel instill terror the likes of witnessing an atom bomb and hearing thunder that you feel move through you is the kind of monster I want to put on the table. Its a bit much for me to process all ay once right now. As I had the same kind of wizbanh inspiration for the Thinkah I’ll let this sit for a bit and percolate.