Converting my first WM army

[Drakeoss]

Well hello all, I'm new to warmachine and have decided to start off with the mercs my two friends that are also starting with me are both doing khador so I wanted something different and I've always been a fan of beat up, dirty, rough and tumble models and well thats mercs in a nutshell so here i am . Now with my past expirince (Orks) from another game I got not to bad at doing this and am now having fun with this new force saddly I dont get to much time to play but I've always been more into the art aspect of the hobbie anyway so thats ok and that was another draw for me since you dont need 100 models to have a force, so that brings me here I figured it was time to start posting some pics of what I've been doing, and to get some feed back from others out there. Also need to keep myself motivated and nothing says keep going like others saying "hay looking nice keep going" lol so here we go.

First off my first jack ever.....and i couldnt help but cut him up a bit and do some reposing on him realy wanted that I'm coming for you feel to him after all he is a rover and whats better than a big metal bulldog charging his foe to rip him a new one lol (sorry first pics a bit blurry but you get the idea)



and his Old buddy my nomad, for this guy I realy wanted to show his age since nomads tend to be pretty old so I wanted him to look it but still look like a bad......donkey XD

[Drakeoss]

and a little taste of my next thing I'm working on

[whitekong]

I like the jacks, and I love the pose on ol boomie. Great job, keep up the good work!

[Drakeoss]

Thanks for boomie really going for that rock star pose that we all know he is lol

[Drakeoss]

Updates soon just finishing up a moving away gift for a friend in my gaming group what do you guys think?, think he'll like it ?

[MadMasha]

That is pretty sweet! It will be even better if you tell me it makes that awesome noise, and fades off of the table once the dice are removed...

[Drakeoss]

Well update time, first off heres the nomad with a bit more work done on him still going with the tough beat up look


the poise is also somewhat based of one of my fav anime char who I'm hoping my nomad lives up to lol
and got those nasty holes in boomies leg repose filled in and dealt with

[Drakeoss]

Also been working on Alexia and her risen doing some interesting things with them but will show later but for now heres the boss Alexia herself, now I have to admite I love the model, good poise, nice armour, love the flow of her cloak and so on but I hate the face. I think its the fact that its just so stone like its like shes wearing a mask or something so to fix the minor problem on an otherwise great model I got out my tools and filed down her hair and got out the green stuff, and before you could say "get up you lazy sack of bones" alexia found herself with a hood, covers the face and adds to the mystery of the model so here she is



loong forward to hearing what you all think of my fix and my work sofar for this budding army

[Ghostwolf67]

Very nice work on the jack reposes. Love the running legs on Rover and his axe arm, its hard to get high held weapons to have a natural feel to them.

The bases are really interesting too, old technique from warhammer?

The main kits coming out in delicious 'doesnt take 24 hours to convert' plastic makes me hopeful for the merc jacks.

[Washburn]

Great GS work on Alexia dude, really cool.

[Drakeoss]

Very nice work on the jack reposes. Love the running legs on Rover and his axe arm, its hard to get high held weapons to have a natural feel to them.

The bases are really interesting too, old technique from warhammer?

The main kits coming out in delicious 'doesnt take 24 hours to convert' plastic makes me hopeful for the merc jacks.

Thanks wolf, the repose was fun to do. Running just seemed right to me after all it’s called a rover so I just imagined a big old dog chasing down its fav chew toy and not letting anything stop it lol

well despite my many years of warhammer its not from there, one of the things that helped draw me into warmachine was that its smaller forces and is more realistic to do more artistic things with your models, I'm much more of a converter and painter than a player (stupid needing a job to pay bills :P) as for the bases I got it from No. Quarter 40 the back to basing article and I was thinking of having my mercs based like there in an old ruined jack factory that the forest has reclaimed so once done there will be some old rusted machine parts chunks of ruined building and grass and even trees and so on, just having more fun with it

And yes the plastic kit makes converting the jack’s soooo much easier

and thanks Washburn it was alot of fun to do, and I'm working on alot more GS work here for the future

[Loki_333]

Some really good and solid model work you've got going. Looking forward to some paint.

[PG_Ghool]

I am so stealing that Boomhowler pose....

[Drakeoss]

Well had a pretty busy weekend was working a gun show with the family buisness this weekend but did get a little paint done the first glimpses of my colors hope you like them




I'm going to be roughing up the orange a bit to give it a more dirty merc feel to it and the purple will get a bit of a highlight and maybe some dirty and damage to, so there it is I look forward to getting feed back from everyone out there

[Drakeoss]

oh and this was one of the more interesting things I picked up at the show

yes its real just decomissioned

[Lucmin]

Love the nomad pose. Looks like Guts. Cannot wait to see more.

[komodokeeper]

Well had a pretty busy weekend was working a gun show with the family buisness this weekend but did get a little paint done the first glimpses of my colors hope you like them




I'm going to be roughing up the orange a bit to give it a more dirty merc feel to it and the purple will get a bit of a highlight and maybe some dirty and damage to, so there it is I look forward to getting feed back from everyone out there

hmmm. . . .now that Hulk Hogan is Single, he's gone Merc, but kept his wrestling colors

[Drakeoss]

hmmm. . . .now that Hulk Hogan is Single, he's gone Merc, but kept his wrestling colors

lol well I was thinking more Halloween to be honist but having a warcaster doing the whole Hulk-a-mania thing to works well :P now do I do his facial hair blonde hhmmmmm

[Drakeoss]

ok been a bit since my last post but was pretty busy with life, but I did get to do some things so heres an update got alexia and her risen done
Family pic

the boys

[Drakeoss]

and the lady herself
(also fist pics with new light box)


kinda glad got the greenstuff smooth enough to not look funny on the back

[Drakeoss]

and my current painting project the madman himself are friend gorman
still very WIP

[Drakeoss]

Well been a bit but its update time again, done the repoise on the 'Old Man' aka my nomad worked on his arm to give him a more layed back feel like he doesnt care if your a big and new jack he'll still teach you a thing or two, opening his hand up like that was a bit of a pain tho, but still fun and that being said here he is



well there he is still a couple of minor gaps to fill but thats him, as for the mini's on my paint desk will have a couple of pics of them tomorrow.
As always C&C arealways welcome and thanks

[ennuii]

Wow this thread mentions THWORP THWORP THWORP the Doctor, and quotes Army of Darkness. WIN THREAD! You should easily be able to fit 2x the dice in that container, it looks bigger on the inside!

[Drakeoss]

Thanks Ennuii, and saddly only so much dice fits in it but the epicness inside is unmesurable lol and as for the rest well what can I say "The Geek is strong with this one" and heres an unpdate to finished painting gorman and a little buddy not based yet but will be soon so here they are my first fully painted warmachine mini's




not the best pics but you get the idea, as always C&C are welcome

[Drakeoss]

working on gorman and his little buddie's bases and starting to paint my first warjack pics to follow, soon I hope

[Drakeoss]

Hello all long time no type and time for a bit of thread necromancy lol lifes been nuts but got some work done mostly building things since the weather has sucked and made the idea of priming my models a joke, so here is what I've been making a nice little bodygaurd for Alexia

the idea is since he is protecting Alexia thats his gear is more suited to his role and to be honist in the merc book its short (about one line) but it does talked about Black Bokur that protect necromancers and I've never seen anyone do one so here he is

[Tarma]

It looks fine, but I think that a little more colour, on the Risen, would help. If the fabrik was the same purple, it would connect the Risen, to the rest of the army. Some rusty armour would help to.

Tarma

[SpecialK]

and my current painting project the madman himself are friend gorman
still very WIP

Darkwing Duck? :P

Everything looks great though.

[I-am-robot]

That coffin-lid shield is a cool idea! Very nice touch.
I'm thinking that it and the polearm look a little big, but the bokur's a big guy so I guess it all works.

[Drakeoss]

thanks for the feed back all

Tarma :about the cloth color and the rusted armour I was actually trying to go for the more ghostly look to them like so many other great artists on here have done with there risen but with purple for my army, I admite it didnt come out to glowy but it was my first time so with practice I hope to get better

SpecialK :yes I know what you mean, I had my colors for the army picked out long before I got gorman and was trying to figure out how to apply them to him and a friend mentioned how gorman looked like darkwing and well one thing lead to another lol

I-am-Robot : Thanks I wanted to do something different as you can see I like to alter my models a little lol and I figured since he's going to be gaurding alexia and with her gifts why not a coffin lid for a sheild and almost done the green stuff on his pole arm, as for the size thing ya I do relize its a bit big but as you said hes a big guy and I think it works, I was going for a sheild to body size of a roman legion sheild, from the neck down to the feet kind of look since he is there to block the shots meant for his client

thanks again and please keep the feedback coming everyone

[Drakeoss]

Well update time again been awhile bu getting flipped from night shifts to eairly morning (aa 6am shifts) kinda throws life on its head :P but getting used to it and getting back to my mini's. that and took part in my first turnament that helped spur me into getting things done so heres an update on the paint for rover

and some close ups of the sheild

there you have it and as always C&C are welcome

[Drakeoss]

well going to have more updates soon just sighned up for the local stores Summer rampage and hoping to get my 35point army finished for it, going to take some work but its just the goal to help keep me going so I'll have new pics soon. ( I hope XP)

[Drakeoss]

Well update time again Rover is all done now so time to move on to more mercs

as always C&C are always welcome thanks

[Drakeoss]

ok another update Finished gormans base so hes now finished now onto the rest

[Mweef]

I love what the crate says. Bonus points to those who get the reference.

[Lucmin]

Love what you have done with Rover and his shield, never see anyone do that kinda of thing really adds to it.

[Drakeoss]

Thanks Lucmin I just wanted to do something different and push my talents with my warmachine force one big reason I switched from the other war game, I can focus and do more with the fewer models instead of trying to paint a few hundred to have an army.

Well now its on to another update finished Drake Finally some camera issues so more and better pics to come but heres what I got now

[Flindo]

your a really good painter man.

[TheNoob]

wow that Rover is awesome!!!!! love the idea of doing that! great painting skills man!


can you tell me how u did the risen? I really like the look.

[Drakeoss]

Thanks Flindo and TheNoob

as for the risen its pretty easy actually just base coat them with a white primer then I gave them two washings of a thinned Leviathan Purple from the GW Washes then finally a dry brushing of Bleach Bone, I know GW recently changed there paints around so the names might be different but I have so much of the old stuff laying around and have a hard time getting pp paints so that's what I use for now. Hope that helps