DarkDesigner
05-30-2012, 02:12 PM
These models represent my first foray outside of Games Workshop miniatures. I bought the 2-player Warmachine boxset for the Khador miniatures. Khador appealed to me as I think they epitomise the steampunk element of Warmachine more than the other factions.
I painted the models with a metallic red rather than the traditional matt red, as I felt a warlike nation like Khador would rather forge the metal in its national colours and be done with it than faff around painting it post-production. I achieved it by mixing a pot of bright red with silver to create a base colour, stipling on copper and then washing in red ink. The steel areas were pretty standard, just chainmail washed in black and drybrushed with silver.
You may notice I have based the models as a sandy desert rather than their usual snow. The reasons for this are threefold:
1. I felt that Khador are more likely to be on the attack than defending their own realms.
2. I was also partly inspired by the nation of Ragna from the anime film Origin: Spirits of the Past, who are from a desert environment (I do intend on collecting Circle Orboros as a Hordes force for the same reason)
3. I would have had to buy modelling snow. So no.
For Kommander Sorscha I decided on blue eyes and blonde hair, basing her loosely off of the character Jessica from Origin. I spent ages altering the shade of her coat, as I wanted it to be a bright red but also be distinguishable from her armour, which I hope I achieved well enough.
I'm pretty proud of this force and look forward to expanding it some time in the future. As always, any comments, constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome. So, enough waffle, here's the force as it currently stands:
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3695/kommandersorscha01.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6236/kommandersorscha02.jpg http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8470/kommandersorscha03.jpg http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7204/kommandersorscha04.jpg
I painted the models with a metallic red rather than the traditional matt red, as I felt a warlike nation like Khador would rather forge the metal in its national colours and be done with it than faff around painting it post-production. I achieved it by mixing a pot of bright red with silver to create a base colour, stipling on copper and then washing in red ink. The steel areas were pretty standard, just chainmail washed in black and drybrushed with silver.
You may notice I have based the models as a sandy desert rather than their usual snow. The reasons for this are threefold:
1. I felt that Khador are more likely to be on the attack than defending their own realms.
2. I was also partly inspired by the nation of Ragna from the anime film Origin: Spirits of the Past, who are from a desert environment (I do intend on collecting Circle Orboros as a Hordes force for the same reason)
3. I would have had to buy modelling snow. So no.
For Kommander Sorscha I decided on blue eyes and blonde hair, basing her loosely off of the character Jessica from Origin. I spent ages altering the shade of her coat, as I wanted it to be a bright red but also be distinguishable from her armour, which I hope I achieved well enough.
I'm pretty proud of this force and look forward to expanding it some time in the future. As always, any comments, constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome. So, enough waffle, here's the force as it currently stands:
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3695/kommandersorscha01.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6236/kommandersorscha02.jpg http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8470/kommandersorscha03.jpg http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7204/kommandersorscha04.jpg