Khador support units & more!

so....

I've had a couple of weeks off work which has been nice so spending lots of time faffing about with the Golden Child, but whilst the pigmy was sleeping I did manage to get some more Khador winter guard done in the form of 2 mortars and 2 field guns,

Close up of the field gun, I have noticed that the molded khador symbol is on the opposite shoulder to the other winterguard models though? which is strange??

Mortar close up, 

Overall not that hard to paint and was certainly alot easier than the normal winterguard guys, maybe I spent too long painting with the dip technique and speed of the results produce,

So next on the production line for the khador, shock troopers ready for spraying....

But these bad boys have been stripped using detol & swarfega (a degreasing agent that also leaves your hands feeling smooth and fresh!)

so the first model that I tried to strip....

After a bit of faffing about, and getting so cheap tooth brushes I managed to strip one back to this... 

So whilst I'm doing that lot I'll also be working on my cutlass gang and now I've had a couple of games I'll more than likely post a review of the system and share some thoughts and feeling on putting together a starting gang, and I'll also explain at a later date with the crazy colour scheme that I've gone for!! 

Also whilst on my way back from airsoft I popped into maelstrom games and picked up some secrets of the third Reich, I'd been tempted to pad out the Germans that I picked up years ago, but decided that I was going to go for the British as they appear to be the underdogs with the alternative history that has been wrote and there are some really cool unit rules as well as models.

now if this preacher does....

then I'm converting to god!! ;)

Leader of MI-13... more on this lot another time!

So after all that lot I'll be doing what is becoming a jack carpark.. I've picked up the conversion kit for black Ivan but just need a khador plastic jack to get him sorted,

On to the pledge....

So far its going quite well this month,

30 models bought and only going to pick up the khador jack and konvik joe so that should be it!

44 models painted so far I managed to boost the numbers with some epic that I blasted but all thats left for my epic is a reaver titan that I've managed to repair with some spare weapons, But the actual model count I think will be less than a 100 for this month unless I really shake a leg and get some hardcore painting in!!

Khador reinforcements for the motherland...

Well after the test piece and the new caster I've cracked on with some winter guard and a Spriggen, For some reason it was a bit of a chore to get the winter guard done.

Could it be the lack of alternative poses or that the celts that I'd done recently where so random I just painted what ever I wanted? With these being more uniform the grind of the production line did give me flash backs when I painted a guard army once!

The Spriggen I painted in parts so that I could get into the tight spots and make it look nice, but I'd forgotten how pants khador metal jacks are to put together! I could have done with a spot welder at some points! and the lance arm is slightly wobbly so I'm more than likely gonna have to pin that.

But at least it weighs enough to KO someone when they get on your tits and tell you how to play your army!

So the whole lot so far... 

Max size infantry unit with officer and standard with 3 RPG'ers, just waiting for a bloke called Joe to turn up ;)

 

Close up of a normal chap, I wanted to keep the colours fairly earthy and not have that many "flashy" parts to represent the conscript look, Think of enemy at the gates where they get one rifle between two!

 The other side... 

The standard, I wasn't too sure about the red, but once it was done it stood out like a beacon for the army to rally around... Or for the enemy to aim at! 

So the Spriggen, I've not touched the Khador since Mk1 and even then it was only once in a while thanks to a regular drubbin from a menoth player, So with all the Khador bits and bobs its like learning them all over again! 

I wanted to keep the scheme fairly basic but the camera doesn't pick up the highlighting well, 

I tried a normal light to show the underside as it was quite dark but now it looks like its walking towards flames! would make a great project for directional lighting (but I'm way too lazy for that!)

The other side.. 

So the 144th Assault Company is coming along nicely and eventually I'll be aiming for a 50 point list that I can use at the nationals next year so that'll involve 3 casters and plenty of play testing!

So if there are any Khador players out there what you add next??

June Update & new kid on the block!

Well hasn't the month of June just come and gone in a blink of an eye!

I've managed to achive quite a bit this month with the Bushido gang that I picked up from expo,  getting loads of planes done for CY6, and putting some finishing touches to the celts, doing some odds and sods for the ever expanding epic army that should really be put to bed now!

With the release of wrath for warmachine I'm back on the full throttle steam jack system, I stole my Khador back off one of the guys and as I mulled over them I decided to "restart" them by stripping back the old stuff that I painted a good 9 years ago, reason for this is that there is a number of Khador players at the local shop and club and most of them have painted there armies in the tradational Khador red, and a couple of them look very nice, so I've gone for a alternative scheme that keeps in with the theme of Khador and the "russian" look...

So rather than painting an entire warjack I opted to do a wreck marker that has been sitting in a blister on my painting table for about 3 years!

With it being a wreck marker I could be quite rough with the painting and get a general feel for the scheme,

So with that done and I'm quite happy with the russian tank green look I splashed some paint on the new kid on the block for the Khador, the Iron Wolf...

I'm not sure on the read cap but it is starting to grow on me and does hint towards that the khador red should have some place in the army, even if its the odd arnour plate on a warjack or something like that to represent replacement parts from the factorys being field fitted but not painted?

the angle that I'll see the guy from, bit concerned about the health and safety of that blanket hanging over that hot boiler!

Close up of the "ice cream cone"

So onto the "pledge"

Bought
25 models

Painted
113 models!!

Differance
88

so the third month in a row that I've hit a ton, but with all the celts now done and the army dip now put away the chances of painting in those volumes are going to be tight now, but with the khador back on the painting table I need to at least try and do a 25 point army before getting distracted by god knows what...