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  • Something Old, Something New: Garryth2 and Deneghra0

    Posted on April 15, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue… it’s a marriage of concepts and creeds as Ios and the Nightmare Empire seek the death of all the round-ears. Well, it would be if we had something borrowed and something blue. Instead we get confused as to which of these two models – Garryth, Eye of Vengeand, and Warwitch Initiate Deneghra, counts as the “Old” and which counts as the “New”.

    Garryth is a grumpy old elf in either of his versions, while this Deneghra – the fourth version – is young, as this is Cryx’s poster girl from before she became a warwitch in her own right. Hence, Garryth is Old, and Deneghra is New.

    But this incarnation of Garryth – Garryth2 – is later in the timeline that Garryth1, so he’s the new, while this is a Deneghra from before even Warmachine Mk1’s point in the timeline – Deneghra0 – so she’s the old.

    In the end, they’re both new models, so let’s have a look at the kits.

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  • Feeling Attached: The Greylord Adjunct and the Bane Knight Officer

    Posted on March 11, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Back in my Mk2 Khador days, I had a lot of fun with the Old Witch’s theme force. It was hilarious to me to see people’s reaction to Kossites, who would promptly infiltrate and -easily- distract more than their points worth of enemy models as Scrapjack and the Greylords got into position. The other theme force that really appealed to me was Karchev’s, so once again Greylords to the fore. The release of the Greylord Adjunct therefore made me happy. Oh, and there’s a Bane Knight Officer too, but Cryx are all evil and stuff, so…

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  • Fundraiser Update: Tactically painted Cryxians

    Posted on January 18, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    What if I told you… that Tim Cluley, formally known as Tyrant Mithras and posting on Instagram as @Tacpainting, a man who I met when he was much younger, whose mind I expanded by introducing him to the concept of RPGs, has mailed over a bunch of Cryxian goodness… goodness? badness? malevolenceness?  for our fundraising table at CaptainCon? And that they’re beautifully evil? And a bunch of them are even mounted on Dragon Forge Design bases?

    I think these are worth dedicating a blog post to…

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  • Asphyxious the Undamned

    Posted on January 7, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    So there I was, sitting in the car the other day, chatting with my friend Alex. We both agree that the fluff and backstory of any setting and its characters play an enormous role in engaging us as players, be it an RPG, tabletop minis, or a video game. Even the mighty power of nostalgia can falter if a game setting isn’t adequately fleshed out. I’ve considered Privateer Press’ worldbuilding to be the standard against which I measure others for some time.

    In the Iron Kingdoms we have a wealth of fiction and backstory built up over 15 years, with each warcaster and warlock (and a good portion of the solos) having history, motivation – they’ve had life breathed into them. Even the mindless slaughterbrute that is Orsus Zoktavir has a novella, has non-combat interaction with other characters in the setting, and not just spitting on Cygnarans, but complex conflict within his own faction (I’m looking at you, Sorscha).

    One of the potentially trickiest things to pull of has been when a character has actively switch factions. Sturgis served the Cygnus, was slain, and resurrected to serve the Dragonfather… and you can play with both versions. Goreshade cast his lot as an Eldritch, but through no less than three incarnations in the rules, before being renewed by Scyrah, and now he once again fights for Ios. Caine served the Cygnaran crown for most of his career (and what a career it was… how’s Llael these days?) before turning his blue coat brown and signing up as a Mercenary. Honestly, part of me expected Amon Ad Raza to turn his back on his Menite ways after Heirarch Voyle died…

    Having a character from one faction flip over to another is a concept I find fascinating, and I’m always curious to see how the wordsmiths at Privateer are going to pull it off. Last week, though, rather than looking into the evolution of a character, we got a sneak peak at an upcoming Minicrate model (https://www.mini-crate.com/) where we get to see Cryxian poster boy Asphyxious before he became an Iron Lich.

    We’ve known for some time that Asphyxious was a druid before he thew himself into a volcano to prove his willingness to serve Toruk, but there was a fantheory that Asphyxious was actually Krueger the Stormlord, thrown back in time at some point in the future. Granted, this theory was largely based on the fact that both Krueger and Asphyxious like to hover and they’re both armed with a spear with a cleft blade, but I still liked it as a theory.

    The reveal of the art for pre-lich Asphyxious, who will still be hovering and holding a cleft spear, making him a legal proxy for Asphyxious1 (yes, PP has confirmed that it’ll be on a 40mm base), makes it pretty clear that the fantheory is bunk.

    The thing I particularly like about this, though, is that we’re seeing a minicrate model that isn’t a mercenary or a minion. I like my mercs and minions as much as the next guy, and I totally get the marketing point of making the Minicrate models accessible to as many players as they can across multiple factions, but this? This is what I was hoping for from Minicrate. New models for core characters that we know and love from the factions we play. Yes, they did a new Butcher for Christmas, but that was a holiday piece as opposed to something that can be rooted in the backstory. The Runeball Wizard and Lady of the Feast are genderswapped variants,  but this is a legitimate glimpse  into the history of a character we’ve known for over a decade.

    The other thing I like about this concept art is that it gives us a sweet new druid model for those playing the Unleashed RPG. As much as I love that, thanks to the Unleashed rulebook and Kings, Nations & Gods, we can use pretty much every Warmachine and Hordes model in the RPG, being able to introduce something new like this just makes my geek heart happy.

    I’m looking forward to seeing more Minicrate models from the core factions. It’s looking to be a good year.

     

     

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    Cryx 📎and tagged Asphyxious Cryx Druid LE Minicrate
  • Called to Battle: Face Value

    Posted on November 9, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to visit Skull Island for a fresh expedition. Skull Island – Privateer Press’ e-publishing label that introduced me to the excellent wordage of the likes of Dave Gross, Chris A Jackson and Miles Holmes, on top of in-house wordsmiths the likes of Douglas Seacat, Aeryn Rudel and William Schick. Namedrop, namedrop… I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with each of these talented authors, and it’s always a good time to delve into the the fluff and lore of the Iron Kingdoms. Every tale, be they a full length novel or a dozen pages as part of an anthology novella, unfolds new layers of the world of the Iron Kingdoms and with it, enriches our own overall experience.

    I had the opportunity today to read Richard A Knaak’s Face Value. This was my first introduction to Knaak’s writing, and I can honestly say I’m looking forward to reading his other Skull Islands offering, Wyrmbane. Frankly, this surprises me a little. I’ll confess that Cryx is one of the factions that interests me the least in Warmachine & Hordes, which in no small part stems from my years playing undead armies in Warhammer, before I left Australia. I’ve done my time in the crypts, and when I first started playing Warmachine there was simply no interest in more hordes of skeletons and the like. For a short story to have me interested in reading more of the writer’s same work is a good thing. For it to have me interested in reading more when the next book is a novella centered around one of the Lich Lords? Well, that’s just bonza.

    Face Value introduces us to the Skarlock Thrall Grendov. The Skarlock Thralls are largely autonomous servants of their lords, bound to do their bidding – the word Thrall isn’t just for funsies – but wheres most of the hordes of the undead are mindless automatons, the Skarlocks are the right hands of their masters, and need to have a degree of intellect in order to carry out the wills of their lords.

    Grendov stands out even among Skarlocks in that he retains more than just some intellect. He also has elements of his living personality – not to mention the face he wore when he was alive, now gruesomely hooked to his grinning skull as he tries to cling to some  semblance of the man he was – and the consciousness to question of his master Venethrax’s wishes, even if he dare not voice such questions out loud.

    Grendov knows he holds a position of particular power in the Scharde Isles, one that grants him significant freedom and autonomy at the discretion of Lich Lord Venethrax, but when he discovers a captured soul from his past, his loyalties are tested. Will he risk the wrath of his master – and by that, his very existence – in the name of a long lost love? Just what – and who – would he be willing to sacrifice for an emotion he can barely remember?

    Face Value introduces the reader to the Nightmare Empire of Cryx and its denizens, and sets the stage for the story to come. With the children of Toruk on the move, Lich Lord Venethrax will be calling on those in his service to unravel the mystery ahead and deal with one of the greatest threats in the known world. This short story deals with conflicted loyalties, the value of a measure of freedom, and tosses in a necrotech who thinks he’s funny, that I really hope turns up in Wyrmbane. A short read, but well worth the price of admission.

    You can get Face Value and Wyrmbane directly from Privateer’s online store as ebooks, put them on your phone or tablet, and take a bite out of the Iron Kingdoms.

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    Cryx Fiction 📎and tagged Cryx Satyxis Short Story Skarlock Skull Island
  • Black Ogrun Smog Belchers

    Posted on April 23, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    We all know I love a good thematic army. Rules be damned, the thing that made me fall in love with theme forces in MkII was that they encouraged you to select models that went together per their backstory. There was fluff reasoning, more than just tweaking for a min/max rule exploit, and they encouraged taking models that might not otherwise see a lot of table time (ALL THE KICKY MONKS!!!!). We’ll soon have all the models needed to play a Blighted Ogrun list for the Legion of Everblight, the Exemplar CID is likely to make me squee a little, and of course, over the last month or so Cryx’s pirate fleet has been given a heck of a facelift with new blighted trollkin, satyxis, and of course, the heavy dockworkers of the Scharde Isles – the Black Ogrun.  Today we get to unbox the third Black Ogrun unit in the game, the Smog Belchers.

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  • Blighted Trollkin Marauders

    Posted on April 20, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Sometimes you pick up a box and it’s really light in your hands, and you know it’s full of plastic and resin and think nothing more of it. Then you pick up a box like the Blighted Trollkin Marauders and realize that you could probably concuss someone with it if you really wanted to.  Just quick one today, Losties, but it’s time to look at the most flamboyant models the Scharde Isles have to offer… and they’re not even Satyxis.

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  • Severa and the Scharde Pirates

    Posted on April 18, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Jake and the Neverland Pirates don’t stand a chance when Severa and her crew of ne’erdowells from the Scharde Isles row into port. Whimsical derring-do doesn’t fare well against an onslaught of pistol fire, hacking blades, and body odor that would put a swamp troll to shame. Today we’re taking a peek at the models for Severa Blacktide and the Scharde Pirates. Won’t you come raid Cygnar’s coastal villages with me?

    It seems like a shame to be sharing pics of Severa without other Satyxis models, but at least we’re still keeping the pirate theme going. Severa comes in five components, as shown. Don’t lose that bloody tiny horn when you crack open the blister.

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  • Satyxis Blood Priestess

    Posted on April 4, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Slaughter Fleet Week may be done but we’re not yet finished with Skarre’s femme fatales. Today we take a quick peek at the Satyxis Blood Priestess, who almost made me cry because her horns are separate components and really annoying to try to secure at the right angle. Such is the curse of many Satyxis models, of course, and some would even say it’s a rite of passage for those who dare to dabble with the piratical sorceresses of the Scharde Isles.

    Yes, I actually painted a model. Don’t pick on me, it’s been a hard day. Truth be told I painted her up for one of my D&D players to use as her Elven Wizard, who’s taken a Necromantic bent and looted a scimitar from some bandits.

    The Blood Priestess – aside from having questionable taste in appropriate battlefield garb, unless one’s actively trying to get disemboweled – was a fun model to paint, and has a lot of potential in the hands of someone with better color sense than I. A little glow on the blade runes, maybe some freehand on the skirt…

    On the tabletop she sashays onto your lists for 4pts, swinging that enormous sacral blade (P+S13 Magical Weapon). She brings a  P+S9 Horn attack with Crit Knockdown as backup, but the sacral blade will get the dirty work done.

    Attached to your warcaster, the Satyxis Blood Priestess lets you upkeep one spell for free each turn, and grants your warcaster the Sucker! ability, allowing them to redirect attacks onto a different friendly model within 3″. Imagine her running alongside Skarre3’s half-a-boat.

    The sacral blade itself can use Dispel to remove an upkeep or animi on a target model (hello, hitting Skarre’s boat again to get rid of a debuff), Distillation to heal D3+3 damage off her warcasted, or Rites Of Blood to cast a spell with a cost of 3 FOC or less. Granted, to trigger any of these she has to kill a target model, but MAT7 is solid, and with Stealth to help keep her alive against gunlines, you’ve got a decent shot of getting some mileage out her beyond Arcane Assist and Temptations of Fate (the ability that grants Sucker!).

    It’s worth noting that Arcane Assist works differently in Company of Iron, as she still attaches to your Commander model, even though they’re not going to be a Warcaster. Instead of allowing a free upkeep, it allows your Commander to use a command card’s battle plan, and then later in the same round, its asset. Allowing you to get both functions out of a command card is pretty bloody sweet…

    The Satyxis Blood Priestess is the last of the March releases we have to show you, but there’s more Cryxian pirate goodness coming for April. Stay tuned…

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  • Slaughter Fleet Week: Dirge Seers and the Misery Cage

    Posted on March 23, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    It’s 7:00AM EST on Friday morning. Do you know where your Cryx are?

    Today we finish up Slaughter Fleet Week with the last of the models in the theme box, the Dirge Seers and the Misery Cage. As an added bonus, this month’s mini-crate model turned up on Wednesday, so we’ll take a quick peek at Victoria Pendrake as well.

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