New Addition?

I've been working on a project for the last week or so, and I'm excited to finally unveil it. Please meet the newest member of my Legion, the Ravagore!

You may have noticed from the pose or the pictures, but this guy is actually converted from my Carnivean: I removed the head and added a magnet so I could swap between the two heavies. Here's a closeup of the head portion, as well as a view when its detached:

Overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out: because the head is mostly hollow, its pretty tough to see the magnets when this guy is on the table. I'll probably add a little green stuff to help conceal it more. The only downside is the Carnivean head isn't hollow, and the magnets can be seen pretty clearly. I'm of two minds as to what to do about it. The first thought I had was to create an indent in the Carnivean head, but I'm not sure what tool I'd use for that. My second though was to get a pinning set and put a pin into the neck, but leave it open on the other side to attach whichever head I want. The upside is I know how I would do it, but I'm not sure there is enough of the Ravagore head to drill into. For now I'm going to wait and ask some of the guys at my LGS; hopefully they'll have some suggestions.

In the meantime, I'm really excited to get the Ravagore on the table. I've got a few list ideas that I want to try out, so look for a battle report next week including my "new" heavy!

Newest Addition

Well the whole "waiting for Domination to come out" thing failed pretty miserably the first day of PAX, so here are some (sadly low-res) pictures of my newest Warlock, Kallus, Wrath of Everblight:

Haven't gotten a chance to assemble him yet and I'm busy packing for a trip, but with any luck I'll have a battle report featuring Kallus early next month!

Introducing the Scythean

This has been a long time in coming, so I won't delay any further. Introducing the newest addition to the Legion, the Scythean!

It was a really tough choice, but in the end, it came down to the fact that 3 of my 4 Warlocks support melee beasts much better than ranged ones. Still, the Ravagore proved to be a force to be reckoned with, and I'll probably be picking one up sooner rather than later. The poll results were pretty surprising - while I expected the Scythean and Typhon to have a lot of fans, I didn't expect the Angelius to get so much attention. I'll have to take another look at him.

There's a surprise though - the Scythean didn't show up alone. In fact, just like his big brother, the Carnivean, he's brought a full entourage with him:

The main reason I picked the extra Shredders up was they work so well with Epic Thagrosh. Between his feat and Manifest Destiny, a pack of Shredders can tear apart the opponent's army, and with a 24" threat range, they are also a serious threat to the enemy Warcaster.

I'm pretty psyched about all these new models, but I think my Carnivean was getting jealous. He brought along his posse to remind the new guy who the top dog is!

Striders complete!

At long last, my Striders are complete!

Whew, getting through those guys was pretty tough! I'm really happy my next unit is Ogrun - they're bigger, so hopefully a bit easier to do, and there are only 5 of them as opposed to 8.

I've also picked up a few new models - first off, Rhyas, Sigil of Everblight:

I'm a big fan of Rhyas, as she brings a strong "ninja" vibe to the table. Sadly, she's also apparently the weakest of Everblight's warlocks and one of the weakest in the game, and to make matters worse, she is best at supporting infantry (which I only have a few of) in particular Swordsmen (which I don't have any of). It still seems like she could be an interesting by trying an assassination using her feat though - rabid Shredders will fully boost the extra attack, Seraph helps move things into range, and the Carnivean has a nice little trick where he can two-handed throw a model at the enemy caster, teleport into base-to-base with it (and the caster hopefully), then start wailing on the knocked down caster. Rhyas herself is no slouch, with Critical Decapitation and Acrobatics to help move straight through enemy models to take the kill. While not the traditional Rhyas army, I look foward to trying her out in a few games.

The other models I picked up aren't actually Warmachine/Hordes; they come from Soda Pop Miniatures, and their new game, Relic Knights. Here's Suicide Queen and her familiar, Rollo:

 

I bought them because in the fluff, Rollo brings luck. I'm hoping that placing him on the table when I make critical die rolls will help them come out in my favor! While I didn't plan on using Suicide Queen, she seems like she'll be a helpful stand-in for Strider Deathstalkers, or possible the Blackfrost Shard. I've been itching to try the latter out, but the only models I can use for them are Lylyth, Rhyas, and Saeryn, meaning I'd have to use them with Thagrosh. Suicide Queen can now sub in for whichever caster I'm using!

Soda Pop seems like an interesting new group - apparently, they've got some really talented people and have even gotten attention from Penny Arcade. You should check them out.

Warmonger Conversion

I've been working on finishing up the Striders lately, but got a bit tired an decided to spend some time on my other unit: the Warmongers. These guys have been a long time in coming, so I'm really excited to get started on them so I can see how they do on the table. Since I'm not a huge fan of the Warmonger sculpts, I ordered the Warspear box and Warmonger weapon arms, and decided to convert them. However, I was in for a surprise when I opened the Warspear box - they're snap together! Each model comes in a few parts, and they can be snapped on/off. Here's one of them, laid out with the different pieces:

The arms each slide on, like so:

The best part about this is its really easy for me to make these guys modular - by switching arms, they can be Warmongers or Warspears, depending on what I feel like playing. All it'll take is drilling a hole in the center of the Warmonger arms, and they'll slide on:

  

For now, I'm going to leave the spear quivers unattached - I'm not sure how to make them removable at the moment, and Warspears are still pretty recognizable without them. I got so excited I decided to finish putting them together, so I'll leave you with my Blighted Ogrun unit, currently using their Warspear arms. Hopefully they'll show up in a report later this week!

Another order placed, another set of ruminations

With most of my current models primed I decided it was a good time to order the next batch (mainly because last time I ended up waiting quite a while for the next batch). I decided to pick up the following:

Rhyas, Sigil of Everblight
Nephilim Soldier
Warmongers (Full Unit)

With these guys I should be able to round my army out to 50 points, and also have several options for 35 points. I'm not a huge fan of the Warmonger models, so I opted to buy Warspears instead, and also ordered the Warmonger weapons from Privateer. I'm going to try my hand at converting (and hey, if I'm feeling ambitious, maybe I'll magnetize them so I can choose between the two), and I'll be sure to post how that goes. The only other guys I really want at the moment are the Blackfrost Shard, but as they aren't released yet, this will probably cap my Legion purchases for the time being - I feel like I have plenty options to build, paint, and play with for the time being. Of course, this leads me to thinking about the Warmachine army I've been wanting to start up! Though I started off looking at Retribution and Magnus, Talion Charter has started to pull my attention (Pirates!). I'll post when I hammer out more details.

Striders complete, next set ordered

So I've been using the Striders all week, but finally got around to finishing them today. Here they are, in all their infantry killing glory:

The one in the center is the main unit commander, and the one in the back is the musician. The one in the bottom left is technically the unit attachment officer, but I think I'm going to designate the lower right one my officer - his dynamic pose and sword make him stand out more.

In other exciting news, I ordered a full batch of Warmongers, Rhyas and a Nephilim Soldier today. They should help round out my army to 50 points for now, though I'm still waiting on the Blackfrost Shard!

Painting Spell Martyrs and new model assembled

While waiting for a game this week, I started painting my Spell Martyrs. Unfortunately, I'm not very happy with how they came out, but here are the pics anyway:

I don't really like how the skin turned out - I'm going to try to pick up a grey and match that with white hair on my last one. On the bright side, I did learn a few cool things. Radiant Platinum came out much better than I had expected. It seems really watery when painting, but put enough layers on and it comes out really nice when it dries. It also looks great on areas that are supposed to be cloth - its a bit small in the pictures but if you look between the legs of the 2nd Martyr you can see some of it. I think I'll use that for the cloaks on my Striders. Finally, if you put a light layer of Radiant Platinum over Thamar Black, it picks up the reflective flecks, making it seem like a very dark silver. It looks really evil, and I can't wait to try it out on some weapons!

I also got the first of my new models assembled. Time to meet my newest warlock, Thagrosh the Messiah:

This guy really is a beast! Here he is next to my Carnivean so you can get a sense of just how titanic he is:

Thagrosh was a real pain to assemble - trying to get all 3 limbs to touch the ground was really tough, and several times I thought I had it, but ended up having to pull them off and start over. I'm really glad he's done though. Next up, Striders!

New Models: Spell Martyrs

Hey guys,

So this coming week, my opponent and I plan to move up to full 25 point games. To match up, I just bought some Spell Martyrs:

These guys are nice, and the best thing is at 1 point a piece, they can really help me make sure I use every point. Sadly this means I'm probably going to be using Lylyth less since these guys really don't add much to her since she's not much of a spellcaster, but it does mean my next report should include my other warlock: Saeryn, Omen of Everblight