Warmachine – Khador Assault Kommando Unit

This is going to be my last post about my Warmachine army for a while – primarily because my entire force is now painted up (or it would have been if I hadn’t recently ordered a full Winterguard deathstar unit that has about 15 models in it...my work is never finished). I’m now back in the realm of 40K and am trying to get my ‘Nids ready for the upcoming Blog Wars 3 tournament.

What we have here is a Khador Assualt Kommando unit; I picked these up for less than a tenner on eBay (with their data cards) because I like the models...I have absolutely no idea how they will play and haven’t had chance to get a game of WM in recently.

Looking through their fluff, they are assault units (no duh...) that are able to form Shield Wall (good), fire off smoke grenades which block LOS and lower enemy stats (sounds good), have mediocre ranged and close combat attacks (meh) and their cool gas-masks let them see through smoke effects (makes sense). If anyone reading this has any advice about using them – please let me know in the comments. I can’t see them working that well against GreyLambs Menoth army who are primarily melee based and immune to fire effects, but they could be useful against NotThatOnes Cygnar mob who require LOS for their ranged attacks and burn as easily as Bigfoot on a BBQ.

Anyway, they have been painted up in my uniform Khador red & gold and I have used some exaggerated highlighting to try and give them a “cartoony” feel, to tie them into the rest of my army.

Warmachine – Khador Sorcha, Wardog & Widowmaker Solo

Hi there, today we have a few more finished models from my Khador army.

First up is the warcaster Sorcha – if you are unfamiliar with Warmachine, the warcaster is essentially the General of an army and she was included in the Two Player Battle Box that I got. Although the character is pretty good, I’m not overly fond of the model and will probably be getting one of the other variants to really spend some time painting.

Next is the Wardog – a character attachment that I haven’t had chance to try out in a game yet, but reading through the Privateer Press forums, the poochy is a staple addition to Khador warcasters and allows a number of ways for them to escape life threatening situations.

The lighting in the pics is a bit rubbish and doesn’t show the range of different browns I managed to work into the finish of the dogs fur, to try and make the model a little more interesting.

Finally, we have the Widowmaker Solo; the solo attachment for the Widowmaker unit I painted up here. Most Warmachine units seem to have some sort of solo or character that is specifically tailored to boost the units performance in some way.

I’ve played a few games with this guy and for an elite sniper, he can be a bit hit or miss, but have found that Widowmakers can be pretty devastating against one-wound enemy infantry.

Weemen off to (Blog)War!

That's right, all three of us at Weemen will be off to Mansfield, UK on the 2 Jun for the friendly Bloggers and friends tournement BLOGWARS3, organised by Alex from From The Fang.

Wanna come meet the faces behind the blogs and have a great day tournement play without any WAAC tw*ts, then come along. Check out From The Fang for details, and click on the BlogWars3 logo there.

Warmachine – Khador Juggernaut & Beast’09

Here are the two Warjacks that I have been the most using recently.

The first one is the Juggernaut and it is pretty much the go-to Heavy ‘jack in Warmachine, with loads of armour, hit points and damage dealing potential.

This one has been painted up the same as the Destroyer; I’ve tried to keep it simple and a little cartoony with the edge highlights. This one has also been fully magnetised in case I want to swap out any weapons.

The last Warjack I currently have is Beast ’09. It is a character ‘jack that is essentially a super-Juggernaut. Beast ’09 has an affinity for Sorcha, who is currently my only caster, so he has been seeing lots of play and has been really effective (standing up to 3 Menoth Jacks for a few turns and a second-turn Warcaster assassination).

My favourite tactic is to use Sorcha’s ability to give him an extended charge and coupled with his Reach and Thresher weapon abilities, he can really surprise opponents.

Because I love playing him and have started treating him like a pet dog, I wanted to give him a good paint job, so spent a fair amount of time on this model. I managed to get a bit of practice painting things that I am unfamiliar with – like the ice on the axe and the worn/burned pipes on its back. Overall, I am pretty happy with this dude.

Titan WIP - another coming soon

Hello Avid readers,

My third titan is on the production line, again by artist Richard Gray of RichardGray Creations, this will match the Reaver 'Honorum' and Warhound 'Canis Bellum'. It will be another Warhound but with twin Turbo-Lasers for the 'D' destroyer status! Nice.

With 'Canis Praetor' on the way, I can make an Apoc Formation with all three - any hits from the two warhounds will enable the Reaver to re-roll some goodness when targeting the same. Can't remember the finer details, lets just say - it hurts lots, simulating the Hunting Pack idea behind the Warhound, softening up the enemy before the big daddy titans finish them off.

Will post pics when received...

‘Nids Second Wave is happening!

Sorry for the double-post today but NEWS JUST IN!!!! We also don't normally do news...but there are new 'Nids and I'm just very excited right now!!!

I try not to get caught up in rumours…until there is evidence but over the space of today the next wave of Nids has been leaked with pictures (as well as some other stuff that really doesn’t matter….Thunder Wolves indeed…).

All of this is from Warseer:

Release details:

Space Wolves Thunderwolf Cavalry 3 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $54.50 $65.50 RTD New Plastic
Space Wolves Fenrisian Wolf Pack 5 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $24.75 $29.75 RTD New Plastic
Arjac Rockfist, The Anvil of Fenris 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $24.75 $30.00 RTD New Resin
Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $41.25 $49.50 RTD New Resin
Tyranid Hive Tyrant / The Swarmlord 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $53.75 $64.50 RTD New Plastic
Tyranid Tyrannofex / Tervigon 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $57.75 $69.25 RTD New Plastic
Chaos Hellcannon 4 Fig Box 17-Mar-12 $57.75 $69.25 RTD Repackaged Resin
Super Glue - Thick (Global) 5g 17-Mar-12 $6.60 - RTD New Hobby
Super Glue - Thick (Canadian) 5g 17-Mar-12 - $10.00 RTD New Hobby
Plastic Glue - Thin (Global) 20g Metal Applicator 17-Mar-12 $6.60 - RTD New Hobby
Plastic Glue - Thin (Canadian) 20g Metal Applicator 17-Mar-12 - $8.00 RTD New Hobby
Space Wolves Grey Hunter with Wolf Standard 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $24.75 $30.00 D New Resin
Space Wolves Cyberwolf 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $16.50 $19.75 D New Resin
Tyranid Boneswords Pack 3 x 'Pair of Boneswords' 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D New Resin
Tyranid Lash Whip & Bonesword Pack 3 x 'Lash Whip & Bonesword' 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D New Resin
Ragnar Blackmane 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Ulrik the Slayer 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Njal Stormcaller 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Space Wolves Iron Priest 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Space Wolves Rune Priest in Terminator Armour 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Space Wolves Rune Priest 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Wolf Guard 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Wolf Guard with Wolf Claws 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Lukas the Trickster 1 Fig Clampack 3-Mar-12 $19.75 $23.75 D Repackaged Resin
Bjorn the Fell-Handed 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $49.50 $59.50 D Repackaged Resin
Deathleaper 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $24.75 $29.75 D Repackaged Resin
Old One Eye 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $41.25 $49.50 D Repackaged Resin
Tyranid Biovore 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $41.25 $49.50 D Repackaged Resin
Tyranid Spore Mine Cluster 9 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $24.75 $29.75 D Repackaged Resin
The Red Terror 1 Fig Box 3-Mar-12 $41.25 $49.50 D Repackaged Resin
Tyranid Ripper Swarm Brood 1 Base Clampack 3-Mar-12 $13.25 $16.00 D Repackaged Resin

And some pretty pics:

I have literally just seen the pics, but my initial thoughts are:

• the Flyrant looks great,
• The Tervigon looks nice and big!
• I’m not sold on the Tyannofex gun – but it looks like a nice kit,
• Swarmlord looks a bit…’spesh in pictures (but its not a clear shot)
• Could that be the Red Terror in the back right? It might be a Trygon at a weird angle…

Anyway – cant wait for the next White Dwarf issue and 3^rd March (when I will be extremely poor)!

A Few ‘Nids (Pic Heavy)

Judging from the number of completed model posts I have up on here, you would assume that I have only finished about 6 models in my ‘Nid army since I started playing 40K again back in August 2010… The truth is, I have now got over 3000pts of painted ‘Nids and around another 1000pts still to go (this could drastically increase if the rumours of a ‘Nid 2^nd wave in March are true). The problem is that I am just crap at getting round to taking photos.

I primarily put this down to Blog Wars and the fact that I’ve had to paint up nearly 1000pts of models in 3 weeks before both tournaments and have been burned out after and ended up packing the models away for a month or two (and subsequently forget to take any pics).

So I thought I would post a few pics of some of the bigger pieces in my army:

First up the Trygon. I painted this about 9 months ago so my painting has improved a bit in the time. I need another one or two of these and although the model is nice, I don’t want three identical versions, so expect to see some conversions soon.

Next up we have my 2^nd Tervigon, which I converted about 6 months ago. I really think my converting and painting has started to develop since I made my first one.

And finally we have the Swarmlord that you may have seen unpainted in previous posts about 3 months ago. I really like this guy; loads of work went into the conversion and it has resulted in a pretty unique model. The Rippers on the base are magnetised to act as wound counters.

WIP- Daemons

 
Hi all, firstly apologies for not posting anything recently- I've had a crazy few months with work and haven't had much in the way of spare time- however I have got a few snaps of things that I have been working on over the last few months.

Firstly I have continued on my daemon prince- I decided to opte for wings, as well as the 'marine' armour. I'm really happy with the look of the model, and the red skin- several washes and highlights of various reds... (oh how I miss my ultramarine blue!)

Second up is the daemon prince Mamon from forgeworld, again I used several green's, each one lighter than the next, in between each layer was a wash, again the overall look is almost what I wanted- especially the contrasting nurglings!

Both of these will be worked on further (I've just bought a free standing light/magnifing unit) so hopefully I'll have completed images to show next time.

Warmachine – Khador Destroyer

Here we have the first Warmachine mini that I painted (I’ve been posting them in the wrong order…) – a Khador Destroyer.

I have been building up my plastic warjacks with magnets so I can make different ‘jack variations and remove bits when they are damaged in a game. This guy has his arms and head magnetised.

The Destroyer got chosen as a test model because I have found ranged ‘jacks less effective than dedicated melee monsters like Beast ’09 and Juggernaught’s.

It was the first time painting something this size that doesn’t have scything talons, so I used it to practice some techniques I was planning on using across the army as a theme – mainly edge highlights and a clean/simple finish.

The colour scheme is as follows:

Armour – White undercoat followed by a coat of Blood Red and then Red Gore. Edges/details are then highlighted with Bleached Bone. It is finally washed heavily with Baal Red.

Metals – Boltgun Metal/Shining Gold with Mithril Silver highlights. All metallics are then washed with Devlan Mud.

It’s pretty basic, but my thinking is that if I can get the basics of the colour scheme nailed, I can then start playing around with damage and weathering effects later on. I'm now working on a Juggernaught and hope to be able to make it a bit more interesting than the Destroyer.