Khador - 35 Point Achievement!

And here's the full army shot! So that's 1 warcaster, 2 solos, 4 infantry, 5 large infantry and 3 heavy warjacks. Fairly low model count actually, but with 3 heavy warjacks and the 5 large Man-O-Wars, it still looks fairly formidable.

I plan on running some practice games now that I have two full 35 point armies painted up, and I'll see if I can do some Battle Reports as well.
I plan on taking a week off painting, just to give myself a break before launching into my Hordes armies. I'm still really excited to start though, so maybe I'll just started getting them assembled...

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Khador - Kodiak

I had doubts about this Warjack - I thought his head looked kinda goofy, sorta like he was wearing some douchey hat. But he grew on me, and his Armoured Fists do look pretty kick ass.

And that's my Khador complete! I started work on my Khador on December 6th, with the assembly of the Khador contents of my Warmachine Two Player Battle Set. It's now December 30th, so just under a month to finish off a 35-point Warmachine army - not too bad! I'll start using this as a benchmark to get my upcoming Hordes armies finished too.

Alright, I'm going to go outside now and see if I can sort out a whole army shot - stay tuned!

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Khador - Koldun Lord

Being honest, I wasn't looking forward to painting this model. He just isn't a model I particularly like, and I found it difficult to motivate myself finish him up. Still, I vowed that I wouldn't even touch my Hordes until my Khador was done, so I pushed through and got him painted up anyways :) I plan on using him to marshall my Destroyer, which I read is a common and effective tactic.

One more Warjack to go, and my Khador are finished!

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Khador - War Dog

It was really difficult getting the colour on his fur right - I tried a few different light brown paints before settling on a colour that I thought looked a little more natural.
I've still got to do his snow basing, but I'll do that together with the Koldun Lord and Kodiak.

And that's the 25 point mark for my Khador! I'm not sure what I'm going to do about a group photo, as my backdrop isn't big enough to fit all of them and lighting is going to be an issue. Hopefully I can figure out something tomorrow.

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Khador - Last Models Undercoated!

I spent Saturday morning assembling the Koldun Lord and Kodiak before getting an undercoat on the last three models for my Khador. After opening my Christmas present yesterday (two Hordes armies - yay!), it's going to be tough getting through these last three models with my new shiny Hordes calling out to me - but I swore I'd finish my Khador before starting on them!

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Khador - Man-O-War Shocktroopers (Max)

My Christmas holidays started today, so with the day off I managed to finish off the last of my Shocktroopers. It was a tough week, as painting each of these guys takes significantly longer than standard infantry units (like the Widowmakers I painted last week). I'm glad I managed to get the unit done though, and am quite pleased with how they look all together.

Now just the War Dog to go, and my Khador will be sitting pretty at 25 points!

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Khador - Man-O-War Shocktroopers (Min)

First thing - these guys have a LOT of hard-to-paint places. Between their legs and behind their shields are particularly tricky to get paint on, but I guess in the end you can't really see them anyway.

Also to note about painting these guys - they're big. I had always kind of thought they were standard infantry units, but they're actually quite big - bigger than Space Marine Terminators, and probably as big as some of the light 'jacks from other factions.

I'm still chugging along, trying to get one of these guys painted everyday! Hopefully have the max unit finished by the end of the week!

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Khador - Man-O-War Shocktrooper Test

Alright, applying the colour scheme to this model was a little tricky, but in essence I aimed to paint him as a 'little' warjack - with a similar same colour distribution as the warjacks I painted for the Battlegroup.

I finished this guy off last night, and decided I'd sleep on it and see how he looked today. I think I'll stick with this colour scheme for the rest of the Man-O-Wars too.

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Khador - Shocktroopers and War Dog WIP

Onto the next phase of my Khador - bringing it up to 25 points! In preparation for painting this week, I managed to get an undercoat on the Man-O-War Shocktroopers, and assemble the War Dog.

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Khador - 15-point Achievement!

With the Widowmakers finished and joining the Battlegroup, it brings my Khador forces to the 15-point Achievement mark!

I really enjoy building Warmachine armies using the incremental point system in the Journeyman League - it breaks up the army building process nicely, in way that doesn't make the whole process seem so daunting :)

So, I'm gonna work on some terrain now - but after that it's straight back into my Khador with the Man-O-War Shocktroopers and War Dog planned for next week!

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Khador - Widowmakers

So that's the unit of Widowmakers done - I've snapped some full army shots so I'll put up my 15-point Achievement post soon.

The Widowmakers look really cool together as a unit, and hopefully they can hold their own on the table top. Looking at them all together like this I think that the colour scheme I'm using translated well from the Battlegroup to this unit - hopefully it translates well to the rest of the army too!

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Khador - Widowmaker Leader

I decided I'd use the female Widowmaker as my Leader, although I'm not entirely sure why. She's the only Widowmaker that doesn't have a rifle mount - so I'm assuming that because she doesn't need one, her skill level exceeds that of the other models. She also has a hat.

When I get home from work today I'll get their basing done, and that'll be the Widowmakers completed!

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Khador - Widowmaker

Again, fairly similar to the other two Widowmakers. I've decided I'm going to do my Khador with darker skin and blonde hair, just to take them a step further from the standard Khador look.

So now there's just the Widowmaker Leader to go, and the basing on each of the Widowmakers to finish off - then the unit will be complete and I'll have hit the 15-point Achievement!

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Khador - Widowmakers

I knocked out the second Widowmaker last night, which was the same model as the original test model. Decided to snap a small group shot, as proof that I actually did something yesterday!

Oh, I haven't completed the snow on the basing yet. After doing the snow basing on Sorscha, I decided that it wasn't worthwhile to mix up a batch of the snow basing mix for just one model - so after I finish all the Widowmakers, I'll do all their snow effects together.

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Khador - Widowmaker Test

Without a guide as to how to apply my alternate Khador colour scheme to the Widowmakers, I took some creative liberties with the colours, and after looking at these photos I'm happy with how he turned out.
The cream/red/black colour ratio is fairly consistent with the Battlegroup I did last week, which I think was my main concern, and taking a step back and looking at the model overall, I'm pleased with the balance of these colours.

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Khador - Widowmakers Undercoated

To get my existing Khador force up to 15-points from the current Battlegroup, I decided to use the Widowmakers after reading various sources online.
The models are all single piece, so with no real assembly I cleaned, based and undercoated them, ready for painting during the work week!

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Khador - Battlegroup Achievement!

With the completion of my second Warmachine Battlegroup, I'm actually finding myself a little burnt out, and my motivation to paint my models is dwindling. 

I've decided that I'm going to start work on the some terrain projects to break things up a little - maybe paint models during the week, and spend weekends experimenting with terrain projects. That seems like a good hobbying balance.

I'm quite happy with how the Battlegroup looks as a whole, and the original doubts I had about the alternate Khador colour scheme are completely gone after seeing them together.

The next increment for my Khador is completing the Widowmakers to bring the force up to 15-points - stay tuned!

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Khador - Sorscha

And with Sorscha done, that completes my Khador Battlegroup! I've taken some group shots which I'll post shortly.
Had a blast wet-blending on her cloak, and while the transitions between the highlighted areas and recesses aren't as smooth as I'd like, I'm happy with the model overall.

Khador Battlegroup photos up shortly!

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Khador - Juggernaut

I really love the look of the Juggernauts Ice Axe - a portion bigger than the Destroyers, but the shape and style of it really appeals to me.
The colour scheme is really growing on me - at first I just wanted to have an alternate colour scheme to the standard Khador colours to make my army a little more unique, but the more I look at the colour scheme the more I like it.

Well, with these two 'jacks done, it's just the warcaster Sorscha to go and then I'll have the Khador Battlegroup ready for the table!

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