Ruins for Warcry

Well I finally finished painting the terrain from the big Warcry box.  I started this last summer and had to wait for the Scottish weather to be both dry and windless so that I could finish spraying it.  The Warcry box set is no long available but GW brough these as part of their Azurite Ruins sets.

Once the weather improved (all it took was a global pandemic) these were really quick to knock out.  I wanted to make the ruins look unsual, they are located in the chaos wastes afterall.  So I primed them with a brick red (Halfords standard red primer) then I dusted them teal (Exotic Sea from Plastikote).  To dust with a rattle can hold the can at a 45 degree angle from the miniature, and make sure it is quite far away, then give it little blasts of paint.  The paint should fall on the raised areas like dust.  Just build it up until it's the colour and coverage you want.  Once all that was dry I painted all the metal grates up in a brass.  I went in quite rough with this leaving the teal in the recesses to look like verdigris, obviously if you arent doing brass over teal then this isn't going to work.  I then painted the wood a burnt umber I got from The Works, which I drybrushed with an earthy brown.  Then to tie the whole lot together I drybrushed everything with an ivory.  This give a dusty look that I think makes everything gel together.  For a little added flair I put water effects in the two wells.

I really like these ruins, and there's not a whole lot that would tie them to Age of Sigmar.  I could see me using them for a whole bunch of fantasy games, hell they'd even work for 40K.  I might pick up some more of the Azurite ruins to add to these.

The Critters for Warcry

I'm still working my way through the Warcry box.  I've now finished all the beasties that can turn up in your games.

Furies

Furies, the chaos daemons everyone forgets about.  These plastics are a massive improvement on the old metal ones that came out ages ago.   Furies by their nature are quite weak, however they are predatory.  I wanted to reflect this in their paint job.  How does an opportunistic predator get ahead in life?  Camouflage.
I've done the furies deliberately dull and muted so they blend into their surroundings.  The best way to hide in the shadows is not to wear black, but to wear uted greens and browns, or in this case canvas from Vallejo's panzer aces paint range.  Imagine them pouncing from a shaded ledge in the ruins, intent on pinning you to the floor and slitting your throat.  They suddenly go from being a bit of a joke to being scary.  Admittedly this has no effect in game, but creates a cool visual... although I've noticed through years of gaming experience that muted models get ignored, so maybe it does work.

Raptoryx

Murder birds.  These are viscous killers, so murder bird is an apt term.  I've tried to paint them to look like gothic cassowaries.  The green actually makes them look a bit venomous.  I absolutely love these things.

  

Hunt the Hunter - The Untamed Beasts for Warcry

That's the second chaos warband from the Warcry box set finished.  These are the Untamed Beasts.

I tried to keep the tribal look with these.  I've varied up the skin tones a bit to make them look less samey.  They're all wearing skins and furs and are carrying weapons made from bone.

Plains-runners

These are the basic guys in the warband.  They're pretty cheap, but that's because they're pretty squishy.  They have plenty of attacks and they do decent damage making them glass cannons.

Preytakers

One with a fanged axe and one with a sawtooth blade.  Axe hits harder, sword has more attacks.  These are more elite versions of the plains-runners.  They're tougher, hit harder but are a bit slower.

Beastspeaker

One of the better elites.  She's got a decent ranged weapon and can hit pretty hard, she's also decently tough.  She can also make nearby beasts have an extra attack action, which makes her fantastic when combined with...

The Rocktusk Prowler

Evil goat lion.  This thing is nasty, it's really fast, tough and hits hard.  Imma call it "Fluffy"

First Fang

The other tough elite guy in the warband.  This guy is slow, but has great range, and can really bring the pain.  He also can drag enemies towards him, or pull them off ledges. 

Heart-eater

The boss man.  he looks like he's walked straight tout of Conan.  He is a melee beast.  His stats are really similar to the Dominar are from the Iron Golems, making them very well matched.  You want this guy up front doing the damage.


Once the rain stops I'll go outside and prime the critters.  Or once it eases off, i live in Scotland, it's almost always raining.

We Make War! - Iron Golems for Warcry

So I picked up Warcry and it's fucking awesome.  Suck a good value for money box.  An unboxing will follow shortly, but for now let's look at the Iron Golems.

I've painted these up in an Alpha Legion style.  I wanted something different, all the Iron Golems I've seen either have black or red armour.  I've also covered the weapons in blood, their brutal fighters I wanted them to look like they've gotten some action.  Out of the factions in box these guys are my favourite.  My favourite overall are the Unmade, they wear their faces on their belts, and that's metal as fuck.

Iron Legionaries

Love the shields on these guys.  These guys aren't amazing statwise.  But with toughness 5 and 10 wounds they've got some decent staying power.

Iron Legionary with Bolas

Not as tough as the other legionaries and a little cheaper. This guy has a longer range weapon, he can attack up to 3 inches away.  He's also go his more damaging hammer if the enemy get closer to him.

Armator

Woot! Chaos dwarf! Check out his armoured beard. He's slow, reasonably tough and packs a decent hit with his 4 attacks at strength 4.

Drillmaster

That flail.  The fastest of the Iron Golems.  She (I'm pretty sure it's a she) hits pretty hard, she can hit enemies up to 3 inches away with her flail.  And up close she's pretty brutal with a base 2 damage (4 on a crit) with her club.

Signifier

He has a pretty decent statline but that's not the best thing about him.  He has a unique ability that grants all Iron Golems within 6 inches and extra point of toughness.

Ogor Breacher

Big freight train of a dude. He's hard as nails and hits like a truck.  His only downside is his low attack value.  However if he hits, lets face it at strength 6 he's probably going to hit, it's going to hurt with a flat damage value of 4 and 8 on a crit.

Dominar

He's the boss.  He's hard hitting, pretty tough and has a big hammer.

Now if you're wondering how I achieved the armour colour I can tell you it's dead easy.  Base coat the armour with leadblecher.  Then drybrush it with runefang steel.  The carefully apply Akhellian green contrast paint avoiding the trim.  Then go back in with runefang steel to fix the bits you messed up.