The Giant Killers of Hambrook

Home Brew Regiment of Renown

First group of four of the Giant Killers

The Story so Far (Part 1)

After the brassy note from sharpshooter’s horn came the cries of ‘Too Me’ as the shattered halfling warriors rallied around the blue and white banner of Hambrook on top of a small hill. The hobbits retreated, as the goblin warriors snapped at their heals. Mayor Brock ordered another volley of arrows to drive the goblins back and give the few stragglers enough time to reach the relative safety of the hilltop.

The militias from all the other villages had been scattered and it was left for the halflings of Hambrook to make the last stand. A few brave hobbit scouts harried the goblins at the edges but it was not enough stop the goblin’s  advance on the last remaining enemy still left on the battlefield. The black skull banners of the goblins advanced warily. None of the goblins wanted to miss the post battle feast due to an unlucky arrow.

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The halfling messenger bowed so low that his nose almost touched the ground as he greeted the Fae queen in her summer court.

‘The goblins have been raiding all of homesteads along the northern borders of the three shires  and have now gathered to strike at the Winter stores.’ He announced in a hurried tone.

 ‘This cannot be allowed or will not just the halflings that will go hungry,’  the queen’s chamberlain interrupted. Morgana fixed the chamberlain with a stare, and he fell silent.

‘Who leads this goblin rabble?’  the Queen demanded. 

 
Painting & Repainting Notes 

After repainting the halfling knight. I had a look at other some of the other old halflings. I still have a enough for a  sizable allied contingent. So after searching in the loft. I pulled out several boxes of halflings. Mostly Mark Copplestone's Grenadiers figures from the nineties. Most of them have decidedly dodgy paint schemes and I want to pull the contingent into a more cohesive looking group. 

Quality seems to have varied quite a bit!

So the plan is to repaint them as local militia  units. First up will be a group of archers. They all needed paint stripping and rebasing. They will go back to the classic 20 mm bases so they can be ranked up properly and offer a bit support to my Fae army.  After thinking about a colour scheme I settled on a blue and white scheme. Which gives a unified look and speeds up painting. 

Test paint scheme

I also want add a bit of background to the main units and characters. So I have decided to have a go and write a few background pieces. So the archers have become the Giant Killers of Hambrook. I still need to work how I am going use the giant skull (from the Citadel Skulls set) but the most obvious seems as a top for the banner. 

Rob