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    Hello fellow Warmahorders,

    Our gaming group recently started a Journeyman league. We have migrated, en masse, towards Warmachine/Hordes from the standard GW games, primarily War of the Ring and are all finding the rules and models are fantastic and a great breath of fresh air.

    Currently, we are still in the early Battle Box games. I figured I?d start this PLOG to document our progress, motivate us to paint, and get some feedback from this great forum! We have a full roster of 12 players with a fair spread of armies: 3 Khador, 2 Trolls, Circle, Legion, Rhulic Merc?s, Blindwater Congregation, Cryx, Skorne and Menoth. Funny enough, no love for Cygnar and Retribution even those are the two dominant armies when we just play regular games (we had two initially and they switched over).

    I thought I?d kick us off and hope the others (many of whom are on the forum) will join in. If not, this will become my own personal PLOG I guess?

    So on to the pics!:

    Army: Khador (5th Border Legion)
    Intended Warcasters: pSorscha (BB) -> eSorscha, pIrusk in later games
    Theme song: ?Rock You Like a Hurricane,? by the Scorpions

    Kommander Sorscha Hasslehoff



    The BattleGroup: Juggernaut and Destroyer. The Juggernaut is actually a conversion for Beast 09, as I intend to ?field promote? it in later stages of the League. Luckily our group is pretty understanding on proxy/alternate models/etc?



    Sorry for the poor quality, I only have my iPhone for pictures at the moment?

    Thanks for looking!

    KovnikBob

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    I'll join in. I'm our local cygnar player and decided to do trollbloods for the journeyman league. I just finished a pretty large painting project so I haven't gotten a chance to paint up my box yet, but they're certainly based. So here are some WIP's.

    alt Madrak:


    "The Twins" my impalers


    Axer:


    Janissa:

    (insert pithy comment here)

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    S: Basing on Madrak is pretty epic... Are you going standard scheme for these guys? Can't wait to see what you come up with after your awesome eHaley paintscheme.

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    Hey I know those guys! Small world eh? I look forward to seeing the rest of your stuff and maybe getting a game in against my Khador one of these Saturdays.

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    Two more:

    Sorscha



    And side view of Battlegroup. I'm trying to mix Khadoran markings with old Soviet army ones, and use Cyrillic lettering. The should says CCIK (United People's Empire of Khador)... my version of CCCP



    Also don't know why my pictures keep getting posted sideways... I'll work on that.

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    Meanwhile, over by the Scarsfell Kriel camp...

    I've been hard at work on my battlebox and have gotten the Axer and both Impalers all set and ready. Madrak is in process and I'm working on the next step- which is looking like it may be a Krielstone bearers unit with the UA, taking me to 15 points.

    Alternatively, I might throw in the Pyre Troll or six Fennblades. We'll see!

    I'll post some pictures of my yellow Trolls as soon as I figure out how to do that. =)

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    A: do you have a photobucket account?? That's the easiest way to do it Your yellow Troll's definitely deserve some sun on this PLOG.

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    Ok, I tried taking some pictures with the IPad. Here's what we've got so far!

    Troll Axer "Mjolnir"






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    Troll Impaler "Fafnir"






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    Troll Impaler "Skjaeling"






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    Topish View- Poor focus



    Three-quarters View (this was the practice shot; poor Skjaeling's barely in it!)



    And a rear view shot to show off the kilts.



    There you go. Let me know what you think! =)

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    AWESOME Love the kilts, and totally copying the name on base idea. Really coming along, can't wait to see Madrak! Now where did I leave those widowmakers...

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    Boo. I don't have a camera to take pics of my Skorne(which the mailman is now driving toward my mailbox with ).

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    Guys, hope to see you both sometime. I really want to see your great looking models in person! I'd never have thought of yellow trolls, but they look great! I can't help but wonder if you'll run out of names once your army starts growing. The 5th Border Legion is one of my favorite Khador color schemes and yours look really good. Please keep posting your progress!
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    Very nice paint jobs guys.

    I'm one of those guys that can't play with unpainted models, so I paint very quickly. I already had pThag, a Scythean, and a Carni painted because I used them in a mosh pit awhile ago, but this past week I painted up the shredders, a forsaken, shepard, and Lylyth.

    Here's all my painted Legion so far:



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    Damn, everyone's stuff is looking so good!

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    This is some good looking stuff! Whereabouts in South DC are you guys? Where do you play?
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    Eagle & Empire in Alexandria.

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    @ Faultie: Yes, we generally play at Eagle and Empire. Sometimes people also go up to Game Parlor in Chantilly though it's kind of a hike, as most of us are concentrated in the Arlington/Alexandria area.

    @ Baffler: Lookin' good! Bring it Thag...

    P.S.: thanks to whoever corrected my blatant typo in the Thread title btw... I can spellz clearly

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    Finished the battlebox today. Here is the man himself, Madrak Ironhide, caster of Sure Foot, thrower of axes, tragic Norse saga hero. =)



    He's a little washed out in the face. My girlfriend's kitchen is the best lighting in the house, and still not great.

    Here he is from behind- this was my first attempt at object source lighting (on the axe) and at painting the kilt on a non-flat surface, so be kind!



    And the completed battlebox...ready to throw things and thresh away happily... =)



    Comments welcome as always.

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    And the Pyre Troll, Ofnir... I tried to paint the grass near his feet to look like it was burned black and smoldering with ashes and embers.



    From the other side...



    And the back...



    On an unrelated (well, mostly) note- I just accepted my first commissioned work today! Get in touch with me if you want painted models and to help me pay my taxes. =)

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    The pyre troll looks badass. Nice freehand on the cloak too, if my balls ever drop I may try a patten on my Retribution.

    I ordered some deathstalkers, forsaken, and spell martyrs... I'll post them once they are ready.
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    @blackclad: i really dig those colour schemes! yellow trolls rock! me wants more pics
    Painted models do 15% better in game than non-painted models, that's just science!

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    Thanks guys!

    Winter Troll pic tonight. I love the break from "standard" that the elementals has given me. =)

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    That Pyre Troll is fantastic. I'm loving the high contrast colours and the base is great, nice work!

    The only thing i would say is that you should try get some red into the flames.

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    Really awesome work guys.
    Being a Khador player i can appreciate a 5th border Legion scheme =] Bob i am digging that Beast-09 conversion. simple but effective. Where did you get the Shoulder spikes? is that brass rod for the Axe Extension?

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    @ Blackclad: man, you've really outdone yourself on that Pyre Troll!!! Going lighter on the flames was a good idea and I love the scorched grass around the feet Mr. Pyre has lit up more winter guard than the Motherland is likely to report to High Kommand... Seriously keep it up, and can't wait to see what you do with the Winter Troll!

    @ ratch: Thanks a lot man! I went for a very quick to execute scheme that still looks good tabletop. Though now that GW has discontinued the colors I use, I'll need to either stock up or find a way to replicate... Beast was the easiest conversion ever. I had a bunch of GW Orc and Goblin plastics from years past, so plenty of bits in the Bitz box. The spikes are what I believe are supposed to be helmet spikes for Orc warriors (i had a ton) and the Axe is just an Orc Warrior Spear, which I cut the pointy ends off the haft and then simple pinned between teh Arm and Ice Axe head. It was just the right width and ended up working perfectly, but really very simple and All plastic, with minimal pinning. I'm glad you think it works! Widowmakers on the painting table (this week's project) hopefully will be posted by the end of the week...

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    Whoa I want to check out that Pyre Troll IRL, that thing looks sick.

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    Grades finally pretty much done, so here's the frosty variant...I tried to freeze the ground near his feet, and frosted over the rest of the grass lightly with white paint, too (woodland scenics hates being drybrushed, let me tell you!). I think it came out pretty well, though not as well as the scorching on the Pyre Troll.



    ...and the rear shot...



    ...and a closeup so you can get a look at his fuzzy kilt (which was a pain but a lot of fun, too).



    Amidst my commission work on the Circle Warpack, something very big, hungry, and angry has found its way onto my paint station...

    ...actually, TWO very big, hungry, angry things...

    Rar. Stay tuned. =)

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    So I thought I might post up my circle before I look bad by comparison to blackclad's commission work. Also a good chance to show off some shoddy camera work.






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    and because they do not allow more than 4 pictures per post here are the rest





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    I got some painting done. Morghoul and a Savage have the gold work done and the Gladiator is primed and ready for paint. I'm still fixing the giant crack on the other Savage.


    The Agonizer is done except for a bit more work on his base.

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    Really great work everyone. Happy to see you all getting really into the spirit of the League!

    Blackclad: Trolls are top notch. Love love love the Winter Troll. Yheti's for the win!
    Loon: Nothing like a nice classic Circle scheme! Really great work, keep it up!
    Tz: Looking fantastic! You set the bar high with the Cryx, so really looking forward to seeing how you take the Skorne.

    I have 3 widowmakers almost done. Hope to get them posted in the next couple days. I still need to prime the 4th after deciding that the Lazar Grigsov model I was going to use will actually become "Kell Bailoch" instead. Then i have the whole lineup for my Spetznaz Sniper detachment: unit, Marksman and Bailoch!

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    Hey guys, got my trollblood battlebox done. Lot's of firsts, first albino skin, first tartans, and first troll skin. CC always welcome. Here are the pics.

    Alt Madrak




    Impalers


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    (insert pithy comment here)

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    Impalers Together:



    Axer:



    (insert pithy comment here)

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    Awesome stuff!

    So many trolls, so little bullets!!! (gulp)

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    Yeah, these flensing fingers are pretty cool. You know what would be really badass though? A fan.



    Not the face! Not my pretty ARM13 face!


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    And 15 points are painted with this guy




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    Now you guys are getting me really revved up for the JL starting in April at Dream Wizards. I just have to decide if I'll go expected and finally paint some of my own Cygnar or surprise everybody and bring Retribution.

    I'll also need to cross the bridge (shudder) and check out Eagle & Empire. I've heard about it for years, but Alexandria is soooo far away. Do they have a good selection of Warmachine?
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    Wait, is that a Chicken hanging from the belt of the trolls?

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