Painted Satyxis Raider Captain

This Saturday is a Highlander event in Madison. I needed to finish a Satyxis Raider Captain to finish a couple lists so I can play fully painted at events still. She got done tonight for that reason. She's also going to be my Paint the Target model for Lost Hemisphere (more information at http://losthemisphere.com/blog/?p=20189). I'm glad she's done early as I need more time for Adepticon.

Terrain for Adepticon, Part 2

I've been slowly working on my terrain for Adepticon. I only have 17 days left, so I really need to get moving. Here's the last progress I made. I finished the buildings core structure. We've begun painting but I forgot to take pictures, like usual. I should have more photos and an update late Tuesday night.

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.

Hypnos Preview

Hypnos was put up today on Privateer's website. I'm interested in seeing the parts as I haven't really gotten used to the Vyre myrmidons yet so I can't really tell what's different besides head, hands, and backplate.

Terrain for Adepticon

I'm in the middle of making some terrain for an Unbound board for Adepticon. Here's some progress pictures. I need to make 6 more buildings, 3 more for the town square and 3 for other places on the table. Each building is currently pinned and made out of 3/16" foamcore. Each building is approximately 4"x6".

New Terrain for Longest Night

Spud of Lost Hemisphere fandom made these really awesome paper templates for the Longest Night tents. They can be found at http://losthemisphere.com/blog/?p=16953. I have a local Longest Night event coming up this weekend, so I decided to build one.

Painted Saxon Orrik

And now the man that will give Pathfinder to whatever warrior model needs it most, Saxon Orrik. He has a special place in my heart because I can't make an Iron Lich Asphyxious list without including Saxon Orrik. Now that he's painted (he still needs a dip), he'll be able to be played competitively this year. Very awesome! The model is really easy to paint too, with generous detail everywhere.

Painted Madelyn Corbeau

In my ongoing quest to play fully painted, I needed to get Madelyn Corbeau done for my Lich Lord Terminus list and my Iron Lich Asphyxious list. She didn't take very long to paint. This model is really detailed and looks great.

I'm excited to get more games in with her. She's pretty vital in any melee list providing an extra 3" movement out of activation if the enemy is close enough. That's a pretty good threat range increase that I need to practice and use more.

Painted Lich Lord Venethrax and Cryxian Collective

Hello again,

I just finished working on Lich Lord Venethrax instead of working on models I need for my next tournament. ;) However, finishing Venethrax did accomplish another part of a goal for the year along with Skarre, Queen of the Broken Coast. I now have 2 more warcaster/warlocks to finish before the year is out. I'm sure I'll paint more than that, but 5 it is. Kaya the Wildbourne and Magnus the Traitor are the last ones that need to be painted.

By completing Venethrax, I've finished every Cryxian warcaster currently released. It feels pretty good to have all of a single faction's warcasters/warlocks done. I'm also currently 35 of 118 of completed warcasters/warlocks. I look forward to getting more done.

Painted Skarre, Queen of the Broken Coast

Here's my Skarre, Queen of the Broken Coast. Such a fantastic model and rules. She's fast becoming one of my favorite warcasters to play. She's such an amazing model, I can't say enough about it! I'm really proud of this model. Her face came out perfect and the rest of the model just followed suit.

Painted Satyxis Raiders with Sea Witch

After getting these 11 ladies painted for Adepticon 2010, I haven't worked on them. I need them for a few tournaments coming up soon, so I've now finished them. These also finished one of my goals for the year which was complete a unit that I had half finished. They also put me above 15% fully painted which feels awesome!

Painted Orin Midwinter

I'm beginning to try out new lists than what I'm used to. To start with this, I've been adding Mercenaries that I normally don't use back into rotation. I started and finished Orin Midwinter for this reason. He's a great looking model and I had a blast painting him. I hope he does much better on the table now that he's done!