WarmaHordes? HoMachine? Khador!

Posted February 20, 2012

Here's something that hasn't been seen on my blog in ages - Warmachine! For the longest time I've been "lapsed" from the Privateer Games. I think I fell out of it when MKII rules were being tested. Something about the change-over was too much for my little brain, and I just kinda stopped being interested.

Fast forward to early this month (or was it late last month) when Privateer announced War Room. I'm super impressed by that program - enough so that I actually find myself interested in playing the games again! To that end, I've gone a little crazy (making up for lost time I guess). Bought a two player battle box, Wrath, FoH: Trollbloods, FoH: Circle, Wrath...Primal MKII...and piles of figures.

Yesterday I managed to make it to St. Albert to visit Thunderground Comics and Collectibles. What a great store and the owner (Roy Kim) seems like a super nice guy. They were actually having a tournament (league day?) and tons of people were out to play. He also had an *awesome* selection of WM/HDs models (though granted he'd just received a re-stock). Walked out with a ton of stuff (paid for it too!). Meanwhile, at work the one game that seems to have very consistent legs is WarmaHordes. A fait bit of 40k gets played, but I see WarmaHordes being played nearly every lunch hour.

So blah blah - what next? For now I'm painting up ~ 25 points of Khador. I'm also flip flopping constantly between doing Trollbloods or Circle. I love the new plastic Warpwolves kit coming in early March, and likely want to do a force using those. I hear Kromac is awesome, though I hate the model for his bestial form. Some of you may recall the ancient days when I actually had a small Kromac Circle force - it may still be in my CMON gallery.

In any case, seems my usual faction/game ADD is in full effect. Who knows how far I'll get with the army painting this time? The good news is WarmaHordes armies are smaller and faster to paint (usually). With that, here's the first unit I've completed to "nice tabletop standard".

Posted in Warmachine and Hordes
Tagged as warmachine and khador

Comments

1 Martin February 20, 2012

I've never played Warmachine but have always been slightly intrigued by it. If I was so lucky to work at a place where people played it during lunch hour I'd be sold! Hehe!

The unit looks great! Having recently struggled with painting red on my Aragoto biker (although a brighter red) I'm curious as to what technique you're using. Did you use inks to shade or did you highlight up from a darker base?

Looking forward to seeing more, as always! :)

2 Jarrett February 20, 2012

Thanks Martin! I almost always work dark to light (I rarely "shade" except for washes). So for example this builds from Tamiya Hull Red up through Flat Red (with intermediate mixed steps), 50/50 blood red and fiery orange, and then blood/fiery with sunburst yellow. The last step is something I call "khorne glaze" on the bottle (because I used it on my old Khorne models). It's like badab black, baal red, and a touch of P3 red ink (which is *really* strong stuff, so use sparingly) all mixed together in a bottle.

3 Martin February 21, 2012

That sounds similar to the way I normally work (dark to light). Usually I prefer the muted, more natural colours you get when working like this, but I have found it can be tricky when you want really bright colours like red or yellow on a large area.

So, should we expect more Khador in the coming weeks?

4 Jarrett February 21, 2012

Hopefully :D I have a warjack in progress right now, but I, sure you've noticed I'm easily distracted by new-shiny stuff. I also am pining to paint Circle and Trolls.

5 marc yablon May 10, 2012

i am having trouble with the new plastic shocktroopers with putting their arms on should i pin them or not.

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