My conversion to the dark side is now complete. I played with my Cryx models in the last league, Nightfall, and I am using them again for Blasted Heath. Not to pat my own back or anything, but in Nightfall, I won the last five games I played (out of eight; I lost the first three). Needless to say I had a blast. I don't believe it has anything to do with Cryx being a better faction to play, it's because playing a different faction other than Cygnar has forced me to re-examine the WAY I play.Right as Blasted Heath was about to begin, I picked up Venethrax. The Cryx book wasn't out yet, and I wasn't sure what he did. But damn, did he look COOL! He was obviously undead (all the models in my Cryx army are; which, yes, means no Skarre, or Satyxis, or Blood Gorgers, etc.), so it didn't really matter what kind of caster he was. I was anxious to give him a try.
Flash forward to the first league night. The outcome was not so good. I lost both games, though I should say that in my first game against Cygnar, and Kara Sloan, I almost had her. If her final shots had left any life on me (or unlife, as the case may be), then she was mine the next turn. So I can't feel too bad about that loss. I also had to contend with two Defenders and a full squad of long gunners parked behind a unit of Stormguard, so I ended up losing a LOT of my army.
The second game I played was a King of the Hill scenario against an Ashlynn-led Merc army (which almost won the game at the bottom of turn 3), a Sorscha led Khador army, and pThagrosh, who did end up winning the game in the end. Venethrax probably wasn't the best caster to use that scenario, but I was looking forward to going up against a Hordes army with him.
Anyway, I have a terrible track record using a new warcaster the first few times, so I don't feel too bad about losing the first couple. I've had the week to think about the games, and do some painting! Tonight is the start of our second league week, and I spent the past week finishing Venethrax. Since I haven't posted here in quite some time (apologies for that), here are some more pics, including one of a Deathripper that I finished during Nightfall...
After Blasted Heath is over, I will be working on some of my Circle models for the Hordes Challenge at Tabletop Gaming News. Anything to keep the momentum of painting going!
Hopefully more posts to come!
Red.
5 comments:
Are those bases made from scratch, or pre-made resin, and if so, who is the manufacturer?
Great looking model! The red in the runes really pops and yet doesn't overwhelm.
For my Cryx army I'm doing all the bases with putty (green stuff or PP's "gray" stuff). Spread out a thin amount and then dimpled it over and over. Very easy to do. To paint it, I used Menoth White base, then washed with GW's Gryphonne Sepia, then dry brushed with the Menoth White base again. I wanted it to look like my army was turning the ground into dry crunchy bone as they advanced across the table.
Actually, painted a different way, those bases could like like fire, water, or mist depending on the colors chosen.
Jared, I'm probably a bit of a heretic for saying this, but I didn't really want to go with the green necrotite glow on my models. I wanted something that was going to match the "gingivitis" look of my Deathrippers (and Bile Thralls when I get them done), something bloody instead of green, so I'm glad you thought that turned out OK.
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