Khador All-in-One Army Box

Maybe this blog be should be titled 'I knew I Married Her For A Reason'

My wife casually brought up in conversation the other day she is going aboard to stay with her aunt for a week, fair enough. 'When' I asked? 'Thursday week' was the reply. Awesome a week alone... what will I do? can I blag more time off work? how much of a mess can I make in a week?

Then she informs that she is going alone and leaving the kids with me, oh well, I have no problem with this at all, but all them plans I had in them few seconds gone.

So, the postman knocks with a package this morning that my wife hands to me... I check, its not ticking, it has no haz-chem symbols so I open it.

 






'Oh', is about all I can manage. She goes on to explain that she doesn't want me to get bored while she is away. I now have 3 thoughts: 1, How awesome is this! 2. I obviously done a better job than I thought hiding all the stuff I got recently. 3. So you get a kid free week in the sun in a luxury apartment and I get a box of models. Again I have no problems with this.

So as Brad Pitt asked 'Whats in the box?'

This!

1x Epic Sorscha

2x Heavy Warjacks

1x War Dog Solo

1x Widowmaker Unit 

1x Winter Guard Unit with 3 Rocket Attachments

1x Winter Guard Officer and Standard Bearer Attachment

1x Kovnic Jozeg Grigorovich Solo

1x Lady Aiyana and Master Holt Mercenary Unit

Mini Rule Book

Strategy Cards with tactical tips

 

The mini rule book is exactly the same as the big one without all the fluff and faction backgrounds, plus its a lot easier to carry around. The strategy cards tell you a bit about the how to use the army and what they recommend for growing your force. Nothing special but the quality is top notch.

Sorscha, the dog, Joe, Widowmakers, Winter Guard Officer and Standard Bearer and Aiyana and Holt come in shell blisters with no card insert, the cards for these were tucked in the rule book. 

This is what I'm most excited about, Even though they advertised on the box you get a Spriggan and Demolisher you get the choice of all 3 Jacks that come in the standard box, so you can have 2 Spriggans, 2 Demolishers, 2 Devastators or any combination you want really. I really thought you would have only got the bits to make a Spriggan and a Demolisher, but I'm really happy to be wrong. Will have to have a look and see about magnetizing them... But 2 Demolishers marching down the field sounds pretty cool to me. 

Last but not least the Winter Guard, what more can I say, Winter Guard Death Star in a box! it has everything you can have! 

Not sure about Aiyanne and Holt, but I have the Widowmaker Marksman and a Manhunter so its an easy swap. The one thing about Aiyanna and Holt being mercenaries is that I can paint them however I want (I know I can paint anything anyway I want, but the other Khador stuff I have is red). So might give them a bit of attention and come up with something different.

That's it for now,  will hopefully be back with day 3 of the Stoic Arms soon and then I guess I'm on to Khador! 

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon.

Oh, and my missus is awesome! Don't tell her I said that... 

Speed painting Khador

Ages ago I got the Warmachine Starter Box, which has Menoth and Khador forces in. I have painted and used the Menoth force a few times but the Khador got glued together and shoved to the back of the cupboard.

Well I decided it was time that changed. So over the last 2 evenings I have done this.

Its the starter set plus the wardog. I got the wardog because the Menoth set that comes in the starter box is 1 point more than the Khador force, and when you have a point left over for Khador the wardog is the miniature you want.

I did paint him ages ago which is why the red does not match with rest (plus some of paint has chipped off, which I'm classing as battle damage).

Kommander Sorscha is the Warcaster in the starter set, I did write about her in a previous blog when there was a Journeyman League starting at the old club, shame it didn't go anywhere. She's a pretty solid caster with an amazing assassination run from a long way away.

The Destroyer and Juggernaut are the two Heavy Warjacks I also wrote about in the previous blog.

Both pretty good Jacks, but Khador have much better ones which I'll get to later.

 Man-O-War Shocktroopers are big and 'ard! With naturally high armour and the ability to shield wall as an order with 8 damage boxes each they can take some shifting! They have a good strength melee attack and a powerful yet short range attack. On the downside they are slow!

So that's what I have painted so far, on the bench I have Kommandant Irusk, a Koldun Lord and a Manhunter.

If I do take these any further, which I really want to do, I have a few ideas...

Warcaster: Sorscha and Irusk are good, but you cannot overlook the Butcher!

Warjacks: I have always loved the Spriggan, 2 ranged attacks, 2 melee attacks and a few special rules make this a great choice. If you take Irusk's tier list they are a point cheaper which you cannot argue with. Plus it has a really cool name!

The Devastator is another awesome jack, all I need say is armour 25!!! I know it drops when you attack but that is a lot of armour. Its 'rain of death' attack can also be a game winner. It too is 1 point cheaper in Irusk's tier list.

So with the tier points decrease and Irusk's 6 warjack points that's these 2 monsters for 11 points!

Units: Don't think I need to write about the Winter Guard death star, but its on the list. Iron Fang are an amazing unit, with the officer attachment and Iron Fang Kovnik nearby they last a while and really dish out some punishment, they are a maybe as I really like the Assault Kommandos. With a choice of 2 range attacks and 2 melee attacks, they are not bad. Add to that they ignore cloud effects, have the assault and battery and shield wall orders at 8 points for 10 they work for me. The attachment I'm not too sure about, it will take some testing to see if I can work out how to use him. But he does have a flame thrower!

Solos: Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich is an auto include if you have the Winter Guard, he just does so much for them.

The Man-O-War Drakhun is solid, high armour, loads of hit boxes and hits really hard. But he only has 1 attack on the charge, but it hurts!

So a few things to think about, but I am leaning towards Irusk and his tier list, even its just tier one for the reduction on the jacks...

So to add to the models painted this year I can add: Sorscha, Destroyer and Juggernaut warjacks, 5 Man-O-War Shocktroopers and a wardog (Well I only finished the base, but its still finished).

I know I should be painting Goblins for the 19^th, but just can't bring myself to do them at the moment, but I will...

That's it for now, as always, thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon.