Legion of Everblight Army

After years of painting various different Privateer Press models, I finally decided that I want to give playing Warmachine / Hordes a shot. And with the introduction of the Army Box this year, what better time to start. I decided to purchases the Legion of Everblight faction, since they are by far the models that I gravitate towards from Privateer Press.

And as if I don't already have enough different projects going, here I am starting yet another one. I plan on working on the army as fillers whenever I need to take a break from any of my other projects. Ideally I will get more painting and modelling time in, since I can work things in whenever I don't really feel like working on any of the other projects that are currently on my table.

So to kick things off, I'm starting with the starter Battlegroup.

I have already cleaned up and assembled all of the models from the battlegroup and will eventually post individual threads for each model as I work on them. But to get started, I decided to focus on the bases, since I want to have all of the bases for the figures in the army done in a similar fashion.

I filled in the slot for each of the four solid bases using Apoxie sculpt. For the fifth base, I used my dremel to carve out a slot for the clear riser for the Neraph since he is a flying model. The first step was to take each model and decide what kind of base I had in mind for the individual models. I decided that I wanted a couple larger rocks for a couple of them, so I placed those large pieces using super glue. Next, I coated each base with a little Elmer's glue mixed with some water and sprinkled a mixture of a couple different kinds of terrain. After the glue dried, I mixed another coat of Elmer's glue and water which I applied over top of the terrain. This second coat is to ensure that everything is firmly attached to the base. After the glue had dried, I then primed the bases with my black Stynylrez primer through my airbrush.

The picture below shows the bases from the starter group primed and ready to be painted.

 

Next time we will look at how to paint the bases...

Update

It has been a few months since I have posted anything new.

I attended World Expo in Chicago in July and JerseyFest in September.

World Expo was a great experience. The quality of the entries there was simply amazing. I took my Nurgle Daemon Prince, Warmonger and Heavy Combat Biomech. The Biomech is a piece that I worked on earlier this year mixed in with my work on Fire Wings and the other two entries are my personal favorites from my collection. My Warmonger was picked to be judged and received a Bronze medal.

JerseyFest was hosted at a new venue this year and under new management, but all in all the show was just as much fun as it has been every year. I had the Heavy Combat Biomech as my only entry and it received a Silver.

Sadly, my initial plan to have Fire Wings completed in time for World Expo was apparently a little too aggressive for what I could actually get done. However, I have not abandoned the project, it was simply put on hold and I intend to resume work on it in the next couple of weeks. I have been working on a few other things here and there in between, but as of now I don't really have anything to post for any of those projects.

On a completely different front, I received my first wave core box of Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 and I intend to post a thread as I start working on some things from that in the near future.

Until then, I posted a few pics of the Heavy Combat Biomech in the gallery.

Enjoy!