Empire army for Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The Empire army for Battle Masters assembled! I threw in my Empire general safely in the back ready to 'lead' the army! It felt like a lot of work, but it looks like such a small number of figures.

Empire army for Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The Chaos army for Battle Masters assembled! I enjoyed painting all of the different unit types, giving me the chance to paint goblins, orcs, chaos warriors, beastmen, and an ogre was great!

Battle Masters Knights General Empire Battle Masters battlemasters Warhammer ready for battle!  -  Posted: January 18, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
These knights will of course form the center of my army, being the general. I really like the black armour and in general how they turned out with the flower-skull shields.

Battle MastersKnights General Empire Battle Masters battlemasters Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: January 18, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
Dabbling with striped cloaks, they look pretty striking from behind too!

Chaos Darkoath Marauders archers for Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The last unit of chaos archers, these figures were the ones I was least looking forward to painting became one of my favourite set of figures to paint in the entire set. Originally thought they were bad sculpts of a unit that doesn't even exist in Warhammer anymore... but then I realized they were one of the last of the punk-rock inspired chaos units, which were abandoned for the Norse style, only to make a comeback as the Darkoath Marauders in the past year! These were a pleasure to paint and I want to field a whole army of them now!

Chaos Darkoath Marauders archers for Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
From the back the second unit of maurader chaos archers, I went with the black leather and rusty armour on these ones, saving all of the colour for those mohawks! Inspired by the 80s punk esthetic and in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, they were so fun to paint!

Chaos Darkoath Marauders archers for Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The two archer units together ready to conquer the Empire for chaos, I also repainted a couple of the older mauraders with new coloured hairstyles!

Chaos Beastment Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
I couldn't paint those round shields without paying homage to the jack-o-lantern. In fact I didn't even come up with the idea, I stole it from someone who came before me, saw it, thought it would work well and here we go. I'm super happy with these. As my second-least favourite figs in the set, they turned out to be one of my favourites, crisp details, great character, excellent casting.

Chaos Beastment Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
I went with purple clothes too to fit in with the Chaos army theme. I'm really happy with how they turned out.

Chaos Beastment Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
All the beastment together with their clashing shield colours! They are chaos afterall, and I'm pretty happy with both units!

Goblin gitmob Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Decided to go with a different colour for the shields and continue the mean sun theme but in yellow. The faces can be a bit goofy, but that fits with the goblin theme! I'm happy with these figs for sure, they are so happy and joyful and well-dressed!

Goblin gitmob for Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
For this second unit of goblins I didn't go as high on the reds, so they kinda look dull comparatively to the previous unit. Still, happy with them.

Goblin gitmob for Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: August 5, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Both units together. The faces were more fun and less work than the checkers, so I'll never to checkers on a goblin again probably. If I ever to goblins again haha. Also, I like the green noses and the pink noses...

Orc boys Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: June 24, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The final unit of Knights of the Realm is complete, and that marks the completion of the entire Empire army from the original Battle Masters box! I originally bought this in 1994, and then again in 2019, and only just this year did I complete the Empire army! I'm happy with how they turned out, and I really wanted to do a full unit of red-themed knights, so I'm pretty happy with them.

Orc boys Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: June 24, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
They all look like they match even though they aren't all the same exactly. Overall I'm really happy with how they turned out.

Orc boys Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: March 17, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Galloping towards the lines of Chaos the Bretonnian Imperial Knights charge through the field, over grass and flowers and stones. In perfect unison and great finery they are ready for the blood of orcs and monsters and deamons! The second unit definitely out do the first.

Orc boys Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: March 17, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The rear view of the second nuit of Imperial Knights, they are all shining in their armour with their bright, crested yellow and blue barding, shining armour, fancy lances, and polished brown leather.

Orc boys Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: March 17, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The orc warriors from the second nuit ready for battle! Thos shields look good, but they are pretty heavily covered up with the dense formation. Still, them all packed in there is quite imposing I think! The banner makes the unit really pop.

Orc boys Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: March 17, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The rear of the unit is looking good, not that the rust on the swords hits about the appropriate level I think. I also love that style on the back of the shields too.

Orc boys Battlemasters battle masters Games Workshop Warhammer Old World  -  Posted: March 17, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Both orc units together! I am super happy with both units, but the second unit with the striped pants I think is a cut above. Overall they will look great on the Battle Masters battlefield!

Chaos Darkoath marauders archers from Battlemasters Games Workshop Warhammer  -  Posted: January 31, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Back when Chaos was punk-rock influenced and had archery! The new Darkoath Marauders really take a lot of design inspiration from these old figs, so it's nice to see Chaos go back to its punk rock roots! I was originally planning to replace these with goblin archers because the idea of Chaos archers offended my sensibilities... but then with the release of the Darkoath marauders and other Chaos figs with bows, I was on board again!

Chaos Darkoath marauders archers from Battlemasters Games Workshop Warhammer  -  Posted: January 31, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The back of the Chaos archers from a time when Chaos was punk-rock influenced and had archery! The new Darkoath Marauders really take a lot of design inspiration from these old figs, so it's nice to see Chaos go back to its punk rock roots!

Warhammer Goblins Gloomspite Gitz Warriors for Battle Masters  -  Posted: February 27, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
I really love how these goblins are basically Santa's elves with green skin. They're so cute and neatly dressed in their little jackets and fur boots. These specific ones are ready to repell their dear enemies, either that or they're preparing toy swords for the kiddos!

Warhammer Goblins Gloomspite Gitz Warriors for Battle Masters  -  Posted: February 27, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
I really love how these goblins are basically Santa's elves with green skin. They're so cute and neatly dressed in their little jackets and fur boots. These specific ones are ready to repell their dear enemies, either that or they're preparing toy swords for the kiddos!

Warhammer Goblins Gloomspite Gitz Snarlfang Riders for Battle Masters  -  Posted: February 27, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
More wolf riders. I really see these as the basis and influence for the latest Warhammer Goblins in the Gloomspite Gitz. The new models are much more dynamic and detailed, but their design is influenced by the exact same thing these ones were influenced by: nomadic horse riders!

Warhammer Goblins Gloomspite Gitz Snarlfang Riders for Battle Masters  -  Posted: February 27, 2025  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
More wolf riders. I really see these as the basis and influence for the latest Warhammer Goblins in the Gloomspite Gitz. The new models are much more dynamic and detailed, but their design is influenced by the exact same thing these ones were influenced by: nomadic horse riders!

Bretonnian Empire Imperial Knights from Battle Masters Warhammer  -  Posted: December 5, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
These are essentially the same horses that were included in that old fifth-edition Bretonnian-featuring starter set for Warhammer Fantasy, but instead of two poses we only got one. They're just as much work to paint, and they look just as good in my opinion! I will definitely be using them for my Warhammer Old World Bretonnians. I decided to stick pretty close to the actual unit devices from the Battle Masters game for these because they work well with Bretonnia. Just a quick switch to a warmer, linien-inspired white and I'm quite happy with them! Even though the helmets look more at home on an Empire knight, I imagine these knights took inspiration and were in a hurry haha.

Bretonnian Empire Imperial Knights from Battle Masters  -  Posted: December 5, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Here's a clear view of the horses' butts along with the devices on the barding. These are essentially the same horses that were included in that old fifth-edition Bretonnian-featuring starter set for Warhammer Fantasy, but instead of two poses we only got one. They're just as much work to paint, and they look just as good in my opinion! The knights are Bretonnian knights with an Empire Knight helmet...

Battle Masters Orc Warriors for Warhammer from Battle Masters  -  Posted: December 1, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
These orcs really take me back to the old days... love the style and I went for the old school colour scheme!

Battle Masters Orc Warriors for Warhammer  -  Posted: December 1, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Here's the unit from the back, looking sharp and old-school enough!

Battle Masters Chaos Warriors Warhammer  -  Posted: December 1, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
I used to hate these figs so much... so much so that I quit Chaos and went to Undead (before they were Vampire Counts). But now when I see them I see how great they are, and so fun to paint.

Battle Masters Chaos Warriors Warhammer  -  Posted: December 1, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Those cloaks are super fun to paint and look great. Overall I really like these figs.

Battle Masters Chaos Beastmen Warhammer  -  Posted: December 1, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The cannon took forever to get to, something about it intimidated me. I think it was the metallics. It kinda took me a long time to decide just to drybrish it... I looked at various rust, or that corroded copper... In the end though I'm pretty happy with it, and it will match my other cannons.

Battle Masters Chaos Beastmen Warhammer  -  Posted: December 1, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
One of the hardest units to motivate myself to paint because I recalled them as being horrible figs actually look pretty great from behind!

Battle Masters Empire Cannon  -  Posted: January 18, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The cannon took forever to get to, something about it intimidated me. I think it was the metallics. It kinda took me a long time to decide just to drybrish it... I looked at various rust, or that corroded copper... In the end though I'm pretty happy with it, and it will match my other cannons.

Battle Masters Empire Cannon  -  Posted: January 18, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
I realized that with the other Battle Masters archers I painted them all green, when in fact I wanted to paint them half green and half yellow. So yeah, here these ones are painted half-and-half with red accents.

Battle Masters Empire Cannon  -  Posted: January 18, 2024  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The second archer unit from the back, looking good!

Battle Masters Halberdiers  -  Posted: September 21, 2023  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
Another regiment of Halberdiers, and this is the last one, three and a half years later! I am very happy with these figs. I changed the way I did the feathers, instead of splitting one side green and the other yellow, I made them align more with other examples. I relaized they are very green, and not the green-and-yellow of figs I painted thirteen years ago, so updated that a bit too... A joy to pain all these years later, and I'm hoping to recruit some people to play Battlemasters again when the army is done!

Battle Masters Halberdiers  -  Posted: September 21, 2023  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
An angled view of the last Halberdier regiment. I relaly like these figs and the whole look of the project so far. I'm excited to finish up and play again :) Honestly, I really love these figs, they are so well made and have so much character... Their simplicity makes them super enjoyable in my mind, not the highly detailed complexity that the Age of Sigmar figs can have.

Battle Masters Archers  -  Posted: September 21, 2023  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
These archers are great figs. The face is a bit tough given that it's on the mould line, however despite that I really love the look and feel of these figs. These old Empire Battlemaster figs are some of my favourite figs of all time!

Battle Masters Archers  -  Posted: September 21, 2023  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
A view of the archers from the back, you can see that they all have their non-shooting eye closed! I really love the look of these figs!

Battle Masters Crossbow men  -  Posted: May 29, 2020  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
Although I needed another unit of men-at-arms, I decided to paint some crossbows first! I'm pretty happy with how these ones turned out, and they should fit in nicely with the existing Empire for Battle Masters. I decided to angle them on the bases like old-school, but then mount them into this Battle Masters base facing forward.

Battle Masters Crossbow men  -  Posted: May 29, 2020  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
Looks like I messed up and mounted these crossbows onto the wrong Battle Masters base... I'll fix it up next, when I guess I'll do the archers! :)

Battle Masters Warhammer Chaos Ogre  -  Posted: August 16, 2020  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Here's the mighty Chaos Ogre on its Battle Masters base, all ready to smash some Empire soldiers into smithereens. Note the freehand belly shield. So many more figs to paint, but still this one will add some pop to the tabletop.

Battle Masters Halberdiers  -  Posted: August 4, 2020  -  Manufacturer: Games Workshop
Two of the three units of Men At Arms with Halberds from Battle Masters all ready to hit the battlefield! Just one more and that will be all of them, but I'll still need five more after that to make a Kings of War or Oathmark unit :D

Battle Masters Goblin Wolf Riders  -  Posted: April 13, 2020  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
These were very difficult to motivate myself to paint. I dreaded the poorly-detailed wolf sculpts... until I realized they're actually pretty good, which was thanks to seeing pictures of the Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders, which are similar from a design perspective.

Battle Masters Chaos Warriors  -  Posted: April 13, 2020  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The Chaos Champions are not quite stock Battlemasters Chaos champions. Ages ago I swapped the heads from the old Chaos Knights(?) horse heads with the original ones, and lost those old heads to the ages, and that's why you see the skull-adorned horse head here. Also, I had to replace a lance as well, it just didn't survive the intervening thirty years. I painted these to be Vampire Knights for my Kings of War army, so they are rocking the purple and orange theme with jack-o-lantern inspired demon-like shields.

Battle Masters Chaos Warriors  -  Posted: April 13, 2020  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
From behind you can see that I chose to do a solid colored cloak after the first test figure with stripes. These champions will inspire terror on the battlefield for sure!

Battle Masters Chaos Warriors  -  Posted: October 28, 2019  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The first of the Chaos figures, and the second unit completed for the Battle Masters armies. These were painted up to play the role of Soul Reaver (i.e. Vampire) infantry in my Kings of War army as well, thus the Halloween theme. I had been trying to figure out which figures to use for the Vampires, and wasn't happy with the Mantic ones nor the GW ones, and then I saw these and thought they were just perfect! Note the skull on the unit base, and that I used the Renedra thin bases, so it works a bit better and sits flush unlike the GW bases, which are higher.

Battle Masters Chaos Warriors  -  Posted: October 28, 2019  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Like the Empire unit, I think I will replace that original sticker at some point, but for now, here's the rear of the unit!

Battle Masters Chaos Warriors  -  Posted: October 28, 2019  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Here's the base without the figures. Note the little skull!

Battle Masters Empire Men at Arms  -  Posted: October 21, 2019  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Here they are, the first unit of the Battle Masters box to be ready to play! Started on a whim, finished with some effort. I reallit like the character of the figs, they are great in my eyes. The mono-pose aspect of it has charm in my opinion! I think the base turned out pretty well also, but perhaps in the future I'll use thinner bases.

Battle Masters Empire Men at Arms  -  Posted: October 21, 2019  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Here's the unit from behind. I decided to leave the old sticker on the back with the details on the unit's power, but now I'm regretting it to be honest. I think I'll replace it with something nicer, something a little more stylish.

Battle Masters Empire Men at Arms  -  Posted: October 21, 2019  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
Here's a top view of the base for the Men at Arms. Easy to slot in the 20mm miniature bases, but still looks pretty good once it's all together. Also, still - hopefully - relatively easy to store!

Battle Masters Empire Men at Arms  -  Posted: October 21, 2019  -  Manufacturer: Milton Bradley and Games Workshop
The first of my Battle Masters units, started on a whim just because I liked the character of the figs so much! The test figure is on the right, and it turned out well enough that I just went with it for the unit.