Kommander Sorscha 02

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. As always, any comments, constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome.

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