Guards! Guards!

Some time ago I was very rude about the competence of the Eternia Palace Guard given their poor track record of guarding the Palace of Eternia.

Therefore I've decided to substitute quality for quantity and paint some more of them.

They are from the same supplier as the first two Guards, although the Sky Sled came from a different, but linked, source.

The big differences are that they have separate arms and heads, making them more customisable; and two of them are metal, not the usual resin.

I think the metal castings came about when the initial resin casting was flawed, possibly because of all the small separate parts. The pair came with trident, swords, axes, shields and a variety of heads.

For these two heavy boys I went for tridents to match the previous models, also because metal tridents are less flimsy.

I was also fortunate enough to recieve two models from the flawed resin casting, although I've gone for metal heads and weapons on them.

This one has been equipped as a unit leader to free up characters like Teela and Man-At-Arms from having the shepherd the Guards around.

The Sky Sled is something I'm particularly pleased with. The resin casting is a bit rough in places, but it's ended up not being too noticeable.

I always loved the Sky Sleds and I've not actually attached the rider so that in time I can potentially convert some other characters to ride it too. The 7TV Pulp set has a Rocket Sled which will work excellently as a profile for this.

Whilst I was working on Guards, I took the opportunity to add some rocks to the original pair I painted.

For some reason I'd neglected to base these on rocks like the rest of the project, so a couple of small pieces of slate should be enough to tie the unit together.

I thought I'd finish with a celebratory picture of the Royal Household all together, but it's just  made me realise that I'm missing a Queen Marlena. I suspect she's a model I can track down a suitable proxy for, rather than waiting for a sculpt to come along.

So that's another five painted. I counted the Sky Sled separately when it arrived, so I'm counting it separately now. My game, my rules.

Acquired: 101

Painted: 107