First Khador

My awesome wife got me the Khador battlebox for my birthday. When I was a kid, I wanted little men, as an adult............no changes. haha. Naturally, I went for my own take on the paint scheme. These were my first plastic figures by P.P., I was worried I wouldnt like the plastics. But honestly, I think they are great. They have more detail, are easier to work with, and do not feel super light like I thought they would.
Here is what I have painted so far.

Juggernaut














Sorscha

I hope these pics came out ok. I obviously took them differently. The Cygnar ones came out so bright. Are these too dark? Please please please give me your opinions. Thanks.

Battle drinks!

Want to make Warma/Hordes a little more interesting? Want to get hammered while playing? Well you have come to the right place. Yes, a Warmachine/Hordes drinking game. There are a couple different ways you could do this. One of which is you replace your foucs/fury with shots and every time you want to use one you have to take the shot. You will end up on the floor, naked, real fast.

The one I think is better is you have to drink for every damage you warcaster takes. Notice I say drink and not take a shot. This way you can be drinking a beer and if your warcaster takes 10 dmg then you drink for 10 seconds. If he dies, finish the beer.

Does anyone out there have any opinions or other ways to get sloppy while playing?

Also, in Privateer Press No Quarter magazine #11, there are Warmachine themed alcoholic drinks listed in the back, pretty cool.

Housing Project part 2

Ive been playing around with the house some tonight. Here is what I've done.

As you can see I've only worked on the front. I used green stuff to cover up the gaps that were there from making the door shorter. The door still seems a little tall, oh well. This is just a test house. I then used the cardboard from my new Khador battlebox and made the corners. I used more green stuff for the rivets. I think they may be a little big. Not too sure. I used more cardboard to create the overhang over the window. I also used some balsa wood for the supports. The windows are waaaayyy too high. So I didnt know what to do about that. I just tried out the overhang and covered the upper two windows, just leaving the bottom ones, I think that works. For the door I simply covered the hole with cardboard and made a boarded with balsa wood.

For the windows on the sides, I think I may make some shutters and close em up. I also have to figure out how I want the door to look. Then its to the roof. Not sure if I will make tiles or metal slabs (like sheet metal, although I have no idea how to do that).

Housing Project

I found this cardboard house at Hobby Lobby today. It only cost $2.99. They also had two-story ones as well. So I said, hell, why not. Im gonna play around with it, alter it alot, add shingles, a door, work on the windows, have to pipes for steam punk-ness, etc etc. I think there will be alot of green stuff work too, which will be new to me. So yea, I have never done anything like this before, so this will be a test. I know its a little big, its the roof that makes it tall. And yes, the roof can be removed. But for the price, you cant beat it. Ill post every now and again as I work on it. And in the pic you can see that I cut a piece of balsa wood to make the door shorter. I then primed the front simply to see how it would look.

For Cygnar!!!

Here are some of my finished Cygnar models. As you can see I dont like to go by the Privateer Press color scheme. I decided to go purple and gold because I am a huge LSU fan (my alma mater). So these are members of the Fighting Tiger regiment of Cygnar.

 Ironclad

 Lancer 

                                                                           Charger

Coleman Stryker
I hated the head that came on the classic Stryker model. So I used a head from the storm guards instead to show that he is wearing a helmet. And I lucked out! Stryker was a storm guard before he became a warcaster. win. 

                                                                    The Battle Group
                                                    Here is the classic starter set for Cygnar.

                                                                         The Hunter

                                                                      The Defender

Progress

I am nearly done painting my Cygnar battlebox. Just a little bit more work on the Ironclad and thats it! So far for Cygnar I have painted fully:
Stryker x1
Lancer x1
Charger x1
Hunter x1
Defender  x1

I have tons more to do. I already have my trollblood battlebox fully painted. Along with the Blitzer and a couple others (cant remember off the top of my head). I will be posting these pics up this weekend. Also, my wonderful wife got me the Khador battlebox for my b-day. So time to work on those. I think I want to do them a drab military green/olive color scheme. I really like how these look! So we shall see.

Look for my pics up this weekend and tell me what you think.

p.s. I need to find out how to take good pictures damnit.

Privateer Press 10th Anniversary sale

Now is the time to get into Warmachine/Hordes (you should be in it already fool). They are having a great sale. If you buy a battlebox (its a starter set for whichever faction you want) and a token set, then they throw in free, yes free, the rulebook and a tape measure. The shipping is also free. Thats awesome! And if you like their No Quarter magazine (it is great, and kills white dwarf) then you will be happy to hear that they are also having specials on their backstock issues. Click here for all the specials.