Wrapped up yet another Cygnar caster. This one was a bit of a rush job just to get it done. I opted to exclude his "epic" base enhancement since it would have occluded my normal basing scheme. The side effect of course is that he's sitting pretty far back on the base. it's not really a problem balance wise unless he gets positioned on an uneven surface.
Getting Caine done was sort of a sidestep in my painting queue in an odd sort of way. When I got into Cygnar I hadn't really thought about getting many of the casters, but after getting a tip from one of our local PG's about Caine, it got me excited to paint him. Plus I have to admit that the boom The Way Of Caine was really great and got me extra excited about fielding Caine. I even took him for a first run last night and beat Aurora which was a bit surprising to me given that I hadn't played him before.
Fairly productive week despite some serious Diablo3 binging. I finished a Stinger and pCaine. I also have nearly finished Nemo2, and my Ironclad is about half done. I also assembled a pile of stuff: Storm Tower, Neraph, Blighted Bather, Strangeways, Charger, Sentinel, pStryker and eHaley. All of that stuff also got primed, along with Gaston and Sturgis, and about 20 bases. I also have eAbsylonia about 2/3 assembled at this point as well.
So the other night Lance and I got a game in. eFeora tier 4 list (2 full TFG units, Daughters, min Cleansers, full Choir, mechanic, Judicator, Crusader). Lance had Lucant, Axiom, double battle engines, double mechanics, angels and small based shield wall dudes.
So this last week was productive by sheer force of will. I cut back on my Diablo 3 addiction a bit, and worked on things in small chunks. Pictured here is the key stuff. Nemo2 and Caine1 are started, as well as the Ironclad base metal work is done. The former two are part of a big push I'm feeling around getting more casters ready. After having played Haley1 I've got a desire to try some more of the casters. To that end I also got Sturgis and Gaston assembled (pictured here), as well as Stryker1, a Charger and a Sentinel. I've sort of had this push to get stuff assembled and primed so I can get ahead of the painting phase again and this gets me there quite well.
Wow does Cygnar have a lot of rivets. Like, loads of them. Ridiculous amounts. At the beginning I was actually counting them as I trimmed and cleaned the pieces for models. I gave up on the task eventually but I figured I'd share the ridiculousness of how many rivets I did end up counting. I don't claim that these are 100% accurate, but they are pretty close.| Model | Rivets each |
|---|---|
| Nemo1 | 56 |
| Stormwall | 1024 |
| Stormpods | 18 |
| Thunderhead | 286 |
| Ironclad | 234 |
| Defender | 220 |
| Lancer | 175 |
| Thorn | 244 |
| Hunter | 69 |
| Firefly | 319 |
| Squire | 80 |
| Storm Strider | 308 |
| Journeyman Warcaster | 51 |
| Allison Jakes | 40 |
| Stormsmiths | 5 |
This was another cursed model. Got knocked over multiple times. Got primer and paint scratched. Had a missed gap and a missed mold line. Sat on my desk for a long time before getting started. Just generally it took on a will of its own and tried to break me. However I've finished it and happily so. Keeping a Legion model on my desk at all times is a great way to keep my sense of color fresh. I tend to play with color just a little different every time I paint something for Legion and this one was no exception. The skin was standard, but the hair and cloth were both slightly different than how I had done them before.
This week was not great for actual painting progress, but I got lots of stuff posted up on the blog. Stuff that I'd backlogged to post but spent the time painting instead during the previous week. Fyanna however has gotten a lot of work done. She's about 75% done at this point, but I haven't even started a base for her. Working on a Legion model again has reminded me how streamlined my Cygnar paint scheme is. Painting this model is much more work given the wider variety of colors at play. I do love painting my Legion though, and particularly these solos that have nice character to them. However it's no wonder I've cranked through a much higher volume of Cygnar in such a short time period than any other faction.
I also worked on a prototype for the Alien Temple bases. I've been thinking about putting my new mercs on these bases to give them their own theme. I wanted something that looked different but I could still get done efficiently. These are not super efficient, but they go pretty quick. I think the real question is whether I actually want to re-base any models or not. This also goes back to my Cygnar Gun Mages being on different bases (and having a different theme as well). I'll probably stall until I've gotten much further through my Cygnar paint queue to make this decision, but having the prototype for this base done now helps for the future. I still need to decide what to do about the bits of moss growth on these bases though. For my own reference, here's what I did so far:
And finally, a big reason I haven't gotten more done this last week is that I've been re-bitten by the Diablo3 bug along with a couple buddies of mine. I've been playing a lot and this is an example of one of my recent spoils. I'm not proud of how much I've played but sometimes my inner muse needs a break with some semi-mindless button clicking.
Getting Thorn done was a small bit of focus and willpower for me. After already painting a pair of Lancers, it was a little difficult to get excited about painting another arcnode but since he was already base prepped and his glow work got done with the Stormglad and Defender, it was a little easier to get moving on him. The rounded shoulders made this one a little weird to work on compared to most of the other Cygnar jacks that don't have as much of a bubble look to them. As a result I felt like this one needed more insignias to disguise the lack of proper highlighting.
Sometimes the work of another artist can be both inspiring and disheartening. This is definitely the case with Bohun. I'll let his work speak for itself, but whatever you do, definitely check out his tutorials on Facebook before moving on.
These two Stormblade Captains round out the last of my Stormblade forces. I have to say these are really nice models too. Loads of detail. I actually opted to downplay and hide some of the detail just because the model was already quite visually busy. There's also the side effect of my paint scheme not handling too much cluttered detail very well. I honestly could have spent twice as much time on these if I'd really wanted to, but this Cygnar army is about getting on the table and looking good together. Still though I'm quick happy with how these turned out and I'm looking forward to playing them.
Yep! It's a Defender! Adding to my arsenal of gun jacks. Nothing particularly interesting about this one. I opted to make his ammo appear glowing just for kicks. Beyond that he's nothing really special.
Lots of stuff got finished so my desk is pretty low on things worth taking pictures of. The only real notable thing is that Fyanna is in progress. It's funny how coming back to painting Legion feels like putting on a comfortable pair of shoes. Fyanna is one of the few Legion models I've actually played unpainted. Normally I hold myself to playing painted models but I was curious to try her and couldn't wait. Hopefully I'd cover up this shame by finishing her this week.
