Doom Reaver maniacs for Warmachine Khador

After a few intro games of Warmachine with my Khador force it is obvious that some type of infantry will be helpful so I acquired a box of metal Doom Reavers miniatures. Back story is that they are basically an evil magic sword that is chained to some criminal stooge. They get the 'Reach' rule which is they can attack enemies within 2 inches. They can also be even more buffed by the inclusion of an escort Wizard who also helps prevent them from continuing to punch on if they remove an enemy (blood crazed berserkers).
It took me a while to paint these maniacs and these are not the best of photos. On the metal bits I used washes then went back and highlighted them. The faces in the swords is brass, brown wash then highlighted. That feature is probably a good opportunity for painters who like to make the inner glow effect.

Just walk away and I promise you will live.

You can't defeat The Humongous!

With the holes in those face masks and the bulging muscles on display they remind me of someone in a classic Australian movie. Some sort of happy family road trip film set in the outback perhaps?

 















Cheers from Brendon

War Machine Khador War Jacks

As I have mentioned previously the War Machine game is seeing some interest at my local club. So I thought I might just give it a go at some stage in the future but not before I have painted some toys for a force. I found a plastic battlebox for a good deal on ebay. An unopened box as well. The Khador force appeals to me the most visually and also has a reputation for good Warjacks (these giant steam and magic powered battle robots). I will try and be disciplined enough to stick with one faction only. That shouldn't be a problem as I just don't want to to part with more money than 1 faction will cost. A lot of options in building a force as the game has that collectible aspect about it even though it is a skirmished based game.
Turns out when you open the box it is not one of those on the sprue plastic sets but the bagged pieces type. A lot of parts. It took a while to clean up not that the flash was bad but, like I said a lot of parts. I used some time in lunch breaks until it was ready for a black spray. I decided on these two that a base paint before assembly would probably make getting to some areas a lot easier for me. I was considering entering these in the Vehicle bonus round but I wasn't going to get them complete before the deadline. I didn't work on these as one continuous project. As I tend to do I actually completed a stage then would do something else for a while on other figures. When I started I did not have a picture in my head of how I wanted them to look but I did want to show more metal than the example ones on the cover of the box. I had no problems sticking with Red as the traditional faction color for Khador but did not want as much of it on display as the examples either. I used the colors I have applied to my Mantic Dwarf army. Actually the Dwarf army has an option for a 'Steel Behemoth' so perhaps I could use these for that. I can imagine some great conversions with the area above the head replaced with a dwarf pilot and perhaps replace the head with a flame cannon as well.
I wanted a worn look on these so I started painting paint chips but then went to the method of some ripped blister foam dipped in metal paint. A much better result than painting it on. I am pleased with the result. Happy enough that I have ordered some more variants. Anyway enough jibber jabber from me.

 Cheers from Brendon