Painted Icarus

Since G Konkel joined, I've wanted to really get painting my Covenant of Antartica fleet. I finally got the opportunity and cranked out my first Icarus model. I really like the rules of this model as it is a powerhouse on the table and groups of 3 of them kill things dead. You can't really ask for something better than a shielded gunship that's pretty cheap on the table!

Painted Necrosurgeon and Stitch Thralls

One my painting journey to Adepticon (only 23 days left, holy crap it is coming up fast!) I've finished my second Necrosurgeon and Stitch Thralls unit for Cryx. They form a pivotal position in the reuse, recycle, reanimate chain for Cryx and I'm glad to have them painted to make more Mechanithralls.

New Asphyxious the Hellbringer Artwork

We knew Lich Lord Asphyxious was changing to another version in Colossals. I had guessed that Daemortus would change into something else, but I didn't think it would be a sword! His shoulderpads also really changed shape and he looks much bigger than his previous incarnations (he might be Scaverous' size now).

I'm really excited to see more from him because Asphyxious was the reason I began playing Warmachine. He's the reason I continue to play. I can't wait for this model.

Painted Machine Wraiths

I've recently finished both of the remaining Machine Wraiths for my Cryx army. For 1 point each, they make great scenario models to screw with my opponents! They were much faster to paint than I expected and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

My Machine Wraiths are now green, purple, and grey to tell them apart on the table. The purple is probably my favorite due to how well the purple looks on the model.

Animantarax Preview

Privateer Press has given us the final battle engine from Domination, the Skorne Animantarax. This thing fills the base. It is really wide and looks to be pretty tall. They did a really decent job on the armor of the monster. The details on the model are really neat but I don't think it looks all that agile of a monster to swing that tail around fast.

I just wish the rules were a little better for it so that it didn't feel so unfocused.

Painted Corruptor

Iron Lich Asphyxious' Theme Force is so far the only reason I've had to field one of these. I'm normally not a ranged player (and if I do play ranged, it is with a Leviathan or a different faction!) so this helljack is just foreign to me. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to use its gun. I've only got 2 or 3 games with it so I've still got a long way to go with it.

I think it has really only shot two or three times total. It'll need to fire more than that in a game to really become useful...

Painted Malice

I've finished the last character warjack for Cryx last night. He was pretty fun to paint and has a lot of character in that face.

I normally use him in my Skarre, Queen of the Broken Coast lists because he can boost after the dice rolls to get better harpoon shots. I can't wait to field a fully painted Skarre list (only one model to go, a Satyxis Raider Captain).

Painted and Dipped Exchange Model

As I alluded to yesterday, I dipped the exchange model so that it wouldn't be so flat. I'm very happy to be done with the model and I think it looks really good. What do you think?

Paint Exchange Model

I finally got painting again and I decided to work on the model I need to finish for a painting exchange. I managed to finish all of the base colors in one fell swoop, allowing me to dip the model. I'm very pleased with how the dip changes the colors I used, as I felt the model was pretty flat without it. I'm excited to hand this model off.

Stormwall Preview

And the first Colossal from Privateer Press is the Stormwall! I'm really excited to see what these things can do. From the preview photos before, I've really liked this warjack. Getting 4 models is really neat too!

Nemo's been innovating, making a warjack run on both voltaic energy and steam power. :) He's a mad genius, after all!

Artificer General Nemo and Storm Chaser Adept Finch

So, Privateer Press has given us our first look at the new epic Warcasters from Colossals, Nemo and Finch. We've seen the concept artwork (which was awesome!) and now we get to see the models.

First off, these models are amazing. Nemo has received one of the coolest epic models, now he's got an awesome second epic model and assistant. His resculpt was fantastic. This model falls in line with how cool Nemo really is. I'm very happy to have been designing an army around running Nemo. If (and when) I play Cygnar, it'll be some form of Nemo.

Secondly, he's the brilliant mind behind the new Colossal. That's freaking awesome. That's the project Darius and Nemo were working on in the storyline. He's leading the industry of Immoren's most technologically advanced country and rocking the house with it!

Captain Farilor & Standard Bearer Preview

Privateer has released a photo of Captain Farilor & Standard Bearer. I'm really excited to play with this UA as it adds a lot of flexibility to the Legionnaire unit. The models seem nicely modeled as well, with Farilor screaming/standing in defiance and the Standard Bearer looking neat with its pretty standard. They need to come out soon.

$23 is a little shocking to me, but it isn't really out of line. I'd have to look at other UAs that are Character models to compare the prices too.

Steamroller 2012 50 Point Reinforcements Event

I ran a 50 Point SR2012 event with the artifice that Reinforcements happen ever game, no matter the scenario at Gametown in New Berlin, WI this last weekend. I wanted to see how reinforcements affected the games as well as terrain setup and this gave me a very decent amount of data to compare. I had 12 players show up, with a majority coming in from out of town. I think everyone had fun, I know I had fun hanging out  with everyone that I hadn't seen in awhile.

I learned with reinforcements from a terrain setup that:
1. Buildings should not be 20"-23" up on the right side of the table. It blocks reinforcements hard.
2. Putting a forest in the same spot will make people sad too.
3. Placing a wall somewhere over there can be beneficial.
4. I can't place terrain in a way to prevent the other player from attacking the reinforcements.

These things make it actually quite difficult to place terrain without causing an imbalance. I need to avoid #1, but creating an imbalance on the table is something I desire now when making tables. In SR2012, you have a choice now of going first or picking sides. I feel that having symmetrical sides unfairly punishes the choice of the second player so now I'm giving an incentive to choose a side. I just need to be careful not to go to far where everyone chooses to go second to pick the side. I'm going to be tracking this now to make sure it isn't abused (when I can).

Placings for the top 3 of my event where:
1st - Carnage4u - Skorne
2nd - Rydiafan - Mercenaries
3rd - MidwestJedi - Skorne

We had the following faction breakdown:
Skorne - 3
Khador - 2
Legion - 1
Cryx - 1
Circle - 1
Mercenaries - 1
Minions - 1
Cygnar - 1
Retribution - 1

Here's some pictures of the event.

Minion Road Hog Preview

The Road Hog, the highly awaited warbeast for Farrow. With its spray and speed buff, this thing can hurt a lot of troops.