Battle Mages Done

I was able to finish my House Shyeel Battle Mage unit this weekend, thus completing by 25 pt. Retribution of Scyrah force for Warmachine. Until they put out some plastic light warjacks, there's really nothing else in the line that inspires me to paint it, and the rules for this 25 pt. force are so deep, I can play with them for a good long while before "exhausting" its play value and feeling the need to add any more to it.

I really like these models, and at some point, I'll take some shots of the whole force together.










I'll also say that as Privateer Press kits go, these models go together beautifully, with more than half the models being single piece castings.

Thanks for looking!

--Scott

Warmachine: Hydra!

Hail, Hydra! Wait, that's a different comic! Anyway, I have begun painting and assembling a Retribution of Scyrah force for Warmachine. My first finished piece, the test of the paint scheme, really, is the plastic Myrmidon heavy warjack kit. Among the options in the kit is the Hydra. I liked its hulking, almost ape-like quality, so I decided to start with it first.



















The scheme is dead simple. Started with a black undercoat, then blocked in most of the body using GW Mechrite Red. Then I went back and mixed the red with GW Macarius Orange. The black inner areas were highlighted/painted with a dark gray from Vallejo. The blue jewels were done with Foundry's 3-step Sky Blue. I weathered the feat and lower legs by stippling on some GW Scorched Brown.

I really like this figure's funky lines. He would also make a great SuperSystem character, and he may get drafted into some super slugfests at some point.

Warmachine: Helljack!

Finished this Warmachine plastic kit last week and took some pics. I did manage to magnetize the arms and head to create greater customization.











Since these pics were taken I have gone over the pipes with black and cleaned a few other issues up. I was leaning toward running Cryx for WM, but now I may switch to the Retribution of Scyrah. I got a nice offer for the few Cryx models I've finished, so they will find a good home.

Did Mortenebra sour me on Cryx? Maybe. I'm a changeable sort though, and when I took a closer look at some of the Scyrah pieces (especially Adeptis Rahn), I realized I liked what I saw a whole lot. And my buddy Rico has Cryx pretty well covered. With nobody else in our local group doing Retribution, I thought I might try my hand at them instead.

Of course, I will post pics of any Scyrah stuff I finish here on the blog!

--Scott