Albeit late, we’re finally coming around to posting pictures of our first Warmachine figure, a Khador Destroyer that we completed in late April to early May. It’s the first wargaming figure that we completed from scratch, and though we can see room for improvement, we’re quite happy overall with how the figure turned out.
For those not versed in the steps necessary to bring a typical wargaming figure to life, each miniature comes in multiple pieces which need to be glued (and sometimes pinned) together after extraneous hang-ons are removed. Gaps in the pieces are typically filled with putty, and then the figure is primed. After that, the figure is ready to be painted, and in our first attempt, we ended up doing a lot of coats since we hadn’t yet worked out the proper consistency for the paints we were using. We even messed up the first paint-job when we first attempted to use a wash to better define the figure’s shadows, resulting in us having to re-base the figure entirely.
With this figure, we attempted to duplicate a colour scheme used on German tanks in late WWII. We used P3 paints, and Yellow Ochre turned out to be a reasonable stand-in for the German dunkelgelb used on the Panzer fleet. Rather than paint on shadows and highlights (which we think gives miniatures a more cartoony look) we opted instead to use washes and drybrushing. Whether this was ultimately the better choice or not, we’re content with the results. Later on, we may attempt to add decals to the figure, but for now, we’re going to place the figure aside and work on the second warjack from the Khador Battle Box, the Juggernaut. We intend to stick with the same colour scheme, though we’ll initially base-coat the second figure with a darker under-colour, which will hopefully accentuate the yellow “final” coat. Yes, we’re still n00bs at painting miniatures.
As though to reassure ourselves one more time, we’ll say again that we’re happy with how things turned out with the Destroyer, and despite our inexperience with this sort of thing, we think the figure looks a million times better than any “pre-painted” miniature, which is relieving. We’ll talk more about Warmachine as a game, and as a backdrop, in the future. For now, feast your eyes on the gallery below.
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