Warhammer - The Empire

Photos of My The Empire Units

Originally someone else built this army and sold it to a friend of mine through E-bay. My friend as time went on decided that he didn't want to play Warhammer after all and gave me the generous gift of this army. The majority of the army came painted as you see below, but some units were in disrepair and required minor touch-up. The bulk of the army as defined by their blue and white uniforms, are units that represent Middenheim in the Empire. There are some unpainted and unassembled units not pictured that I will eventually complete and add. I have bought the updated The Empire army book as the books that were acquired from the original owner were from 2000. Cataloging the units has not been as straight forward as the models offered today have evolved since the original manufacture of them. Using the old books, the new book, some original boxes that were retained as part of the collection, and mapping from pictures on the web, I have categorized the units as shown below.

The combat ready The Empire force as shown below totals 2895 Points.

Lords Units

577 points total lords units

General of the Empire The old Warhammer The Empire army book copyrighted 2000 has a picture of this model titled Elector Count on Griffon. In translating this to the updated army book for The Empire, this model is the General of the Middenheim Army of the Empire. The General of Middenheim is wearing heavy armor, equipped with a shield and a warhammer. The General is mounted on an Imperial Griffin with the Bloodroar trait. The General of the Empire troop type is calvary (character).

Points: 297 Base 95 + heavy armour upgrade 4 points + shield 3 points + Imperial Griffon 170 points + Bloodroar 25 points

Battle Wizard Lord Celestial Order This Battle Wizard Lord of the Celestial Order (spells of the Lore of the Heavens) is a Level 4 Battle Wizard Lord. The Celestial Order Battle Wizard Lord is equipped with a hand weapon and a Staff of Sorcery (bearer receives +1 bonus on dispel attempts). The mount of the Battle Wizard Lord is an Imperial Pegasus. The Battle Wizard Lord troop type is calvary (character).

Points: 280 Base 165 + Level 4 upgrade 35 points + Staff of Sorcery 35 points + Imperial Pegasus 45 points

Heroes Units

572 points total heroes units

Captain of The Empire This Middenheim Captain of The Empire is equipped with heavy armour, a sword (hand weapon), and shield. This Captain of The Empire troop type is infantry (character).

Points: 64 Base 60 + heavy armour 2 points + shield 2 points

Captain of The Empire This Middenheim Captain of The Empire mounted on a warhorse is equipped with a lance, full plate armour, and a shield. The Captain of The Empire troop type is cavalry (character).

Points: 87 Base 60 + full plate armour 6 points + lance 7 points + shield 2 points + warhorse 12 points

Captain of The Empire This Captain of the Empire is the Battle Standard Bearer for the Army. The Captain is equipped with a sword (hand weapon), full plate armour, and the Battle Standard. The Captain of the Empire troop type is infantry (character).

Points: 91 Base 60 + Battle Standard 25 points + full plate armour 6 points

Battle Wizard Bright Order This Battle Wizard of the Bright Order (spells of the Lore of Fire) is a Level 2 Battle Wizard. The Bright Order Battle Wizard is equipped with a hand weapon and an Earthing Rod (One time use to allow bearer can re-roll result on miscast table). The Battle Wizard troop type is infantry (character).

Points: 125 Base 65 + Level 2 Wizard upgrade 35 points + Earthing Rod 25 points

Battle Wizard Jade Order This Battle Wizard of the Jade Order (spells of the Lore of Life) is a Level 1 Battle Wizard. The Jade Order Battle Wizard is equipped with a hand weapon and a dispel scroll (one time use to automatically dispel one enemy spell, but not usable against irresistible force or Remains in Play except when cast). The Battle Wizard troop type is infantry (character).

Points: 90 Base 65 + Dispel Scroll 25 points

Battle Wizard Grey Order This Battle Wizard of the Grey Order (spells of the Lore of Shadow) is a Level 2 Battle Wizard. The Grey Order Battle Wizard is equipped with a hand weapon and a Sceptre of Stability (One use only to allow bearer to increase dispel attempt by +D6 after his other dispel dice have been rolled and may allow dispelling with irresistible force). The Battle Wizard troop type is infantry (character).

Points: 115 Base 65 + Level 2 Wizard upgrade 35 points + Sceptre of Stability 15 points

Core Units

956 points total core units

Halberdiers One full unit (10+) of sixteen Middenheim Halberdiers. One is a musician equipped with a drum and another is the standard bearer equipped with the standard. The remaining sixteen spearmen are equipped with a spear. All are wearing light armour. The Halberdiers troop type is infantry.

Points: 116 Base 6 points per model * 16 + musician upgrade 10 points + standard bearer upgrade 10 points

Spearmen One full unit (10+) of eighteen Middenheim Spearmen. One is a musician equipped with a drum and another is the standard bearer equipped with the standard. The remaining sixteen spearmen are equipped with a spear. All are wearing light armour. The Spearmen troop type is infantry.

Points: 110 Base 5 points per model * 18 + musician upgrade 10 points + standard bearer upgrade 10 points

Swordsmen One full unit (10+)of eighteen Middenheim Swordsmen. The Swordsmen are equipped with Sword (hand weapon), light armour, and shield. The Swordsmen troop type is infantry.

Points: 126 Base 7 points per model * 18

Handgunners One full unit (10+) of sixteen Middenheim Handgunners. The Handgunners are equipped with the standard Hand weapon and Handgun. The Handgunners troop type is infantry.

Points: 144 Base 9 points per model * 16

Free Company Militia One full unit (10+) of ten Free Company Militia. One of the ten Militiamen is the Militia Leader. Free Company fighters are armed with a haphazard collection of weapons, but for game purposes all models in a Free Company unit count as being armed with two hand weapons (regardless of what is in their hands). The Free Company Militia troop type is infantry.

Points: 70 Base 6 points per model * 10 + Militia Leader upgrade 10 points

Knightly Order The Knights of the White Wolf One full unit (5+) of seven Middenheim Knightly Order Knights of the White Wolf. Unlike other knightly orders, the Knights of the White Wolf of Middenheim wear mantles of wolf skin over their armour, use mighty warhammers instead of lances, carry no shields, and ride to war bareheaded. One of the knights is the Preceptor (lead knight) in a blue tunic instead of a red one. One knight carrying a trumpet and shield is a musician. The knightly order troop type is cavalry.

Points: 184 Base 22 points per model * 7 + Preceptor upgrade 10 points + musician upgrade 10 points + standard bearer upgrade 10 points

Knightly Order The Order of the Blazing Sun One full unit (5+) of eight knights of the Order of the Blazing Sun. One knight carrying a trumpet and shield is a musician. One of the knights is the Preceptor (lead knight) is armed with a great sword. One knight is a standard bearer carrying the standard and a shield. The five remaining knights are carrying the standard lance weapon and shield. All of the knights are wearing full plate armour and their warhorses are equipped with barding. The knightly order troop type is cavalry.

Points: 206 Base 22 points per model * 8 + Preceptor upgrade 10 points + musician upgrade 10 points + standard bearer upgrade 10 points

Special Units

420 points total special units

Pistoliers These Pistoliers from Middenheim can be deployed as one (10 each) or two (5 each) units since the minimum is 5 per unit. The Pistoliers are equipped with a brace of pistols. The Pistoliers troop type is cavalry.

Points: 180 Base 18 points per model * 10

Great Cannon Two separate units of Great Cannon crewed each by three Middenheim crewmen. The crewmen are considered to also be equipped with a hand-weapon. The Great Cannon troop type is war machine (great cannon).

Points: 240 Base 120 points per model * 2

Rare Units

370 points total rare units

Helblaster Volley Gun One full unit (1) Helblaster Volley Gun is crewed by three crewmen from Middenheim. The crewmen are considered to also be equipped with a hand-weapon. The Helblaster Volley Gun troop type is war machine.

Points: 120 Base 120

Steam Tank One full unit (1) with Engineer Commander from Middenheim. The Steam Tank's armament consists of a steam cannon, steam engine (using the tank to ram the enemy), and steam gun. The engineer commander is equipped with the basic hand weapon and repeater pistol. The Steam Tank troop type is a Chariot with an armour save 1 +.

Points: 250 Base 250