Last Cryx painted

Prior to starting out my adventure in Hordes tree-hugging with the new Circle army I finished off a few of my Cryx figures. The Vancouver Gamers Pax Qualifier is this weekend and that may be the last time the Cryx army sees the light of a gaming table for some time as I want to focus on my Circle army for the Hordes Battle Challenge.

What I managed to finish was Venethrax and a unit of Satyxis Blood Witches and the Hag. Venethrax was actually a bit more fun to paint than I thought but the Blood Witches were a pion in the ass and got a very quick and dirty paint job. They, along with the Raiders, have far, far too much fiddly detail for a model intended to be fielded in units of ten. I got them done with the barest minimum of painting. Its interesting to compare them to the unit of Bile Thralls I did where I promised myself I would paint them quickly but then found myself shading the hosing on the models and doing multiple washes and highlights on them.

I’m glad they are done but I have to say that I hope I never have to paint a unit of Satyxis, of any type, any time in the near future.

The models still need to be sealed and once I have them sealed I’ll post some photos.

Last Cryx painting in the works

The last two Cryx units I am painting are now on the painting table. Venthrax is actually almost done and will be ready for the Warmachine game day at my house on the 4th. I also hope to finish my unit of Satysix Blood Witches and the Hag for the same game. Once those are done I’ll be putting aside my Cryx to concentrate on painting my Circle force for the TGN Hordes Battle Challenge.

I done quite a bit of assembly and priming this week. I put together:
Epic Asphyxious
2 x Soul Hunters
5 x Black Ogryn
Warwitch
Blood Witch Hag
Satyxis Raider Captain

Those are all ready, but unpainted, and might see some gaming in the next week as well.

More Warcasters assembled

After Sunday’s games at Strategies I came home and assembled Venethrax and Epic Asphyxious. There are a lot of Hordes players at Strategies and Skarre and Feedback laden Raiders are a little less effective against them. I have also been wanting to get Epic Asphyxious into a game and so I spend some time pinning and assembling him. I’ve never liked the soul effects on his base so I didn’t use them and I have instead used part of a GW Flight Base to have his floating over the base.

After putting them together I realized just how large they are. Venethrax is easily more than twice the size of a human figure. I thought Goreshade the Bastard was big but both of these casters are larger than a light Warjack.