Redux: Slayer

More reduxing today (its a real word) this time more Cryx love with the Slayer;

Redux: Cankerworm

Another Redux post ladies and gents, this time its the Cankerworm and a real pain to paint he was.

Colossals Spoilers

All this was taken from Steamforged with a bit of my own thoughts thrown in

The new toys on the block.  These gargantuan models look amazing and everyone is praying that the rules match up to the same inspection.  So what do we know up to now?

DISCLAIMER – All the information below is gathered from whipsers in the wind and secret notes passed around – as such it could/could not be true so take it with a pinch of salt!

Focus – They can be allocated 3 focus a turn like a regular warjack.  Unless they have special rules they don’t generate their own focus per turn and they also cannot be Jackmarshalled.

This makes sense I suppose although I did have something in mind along the Behemoth sub-cortex with each ‘side’ of the colossi being separate due to more advance cortex being used. Jack marshaling could have been fun…

Battlegroup – They are counted as part of the battlegroup and classed as a Huge Based Warjack – all very important for what spells effect them.

Interesting that they are very much identified differently suppose we could see future casters that love to use them. Maybe the eeNemo?

Damage – Little confusion here but the basics are this:  Damage wraps within left/right arc grid then transfers to the next once full, d6 to determine column.  If an attacker has its base in both the left/right arc they can choose which side to damage.  Back arc you can also choose the left/right arc.

Continuous effects, damage without a point of origin and damage not from an attack, etc. are basically randomised with a 2 step process.

Makes sense, but will be interesting to see it in practice.

Attacks – First up power attacks that come in 2 forms:

• Power Swipe – Open Fist needed, basically a Slam without the direct line restrictions/movement.
• Sweep – Thresher like attack

The Colossals can also make ranged attacks while engaged like Battle Engines.

They all have 2″ Reach as standard.

I am surprised they have given them reach…it makes sense I just didnt think about it

Conquest :

• SPD 4, ARM 20
• 2X P+S 22 Fists
• Main Gun RNG15, AOE 4, POW 15 Crit. Devastation
• Small Guns (4 of) AOE 3, POW 12
• Creeping Barrage: Can put down 4 AOE 3″ Covering Fire Templates within 12″ of itself that cause POW 6 to anyone entering/ending movement in them

That is some scary looking stats I did notice that it appears you can use all the weapons in one turn which is crazy. Part of me feels that you have to choose between which gun type you will use that turn. No idea if that is fair or balanced it is just a gut feeling I have..

Kraken – Cryxian spoilers ahoy:

• SPD 5, ARM 20, MAT 6
• 4″ Reach on Melee Arms P+S 18
• Big Gun RNG 16, POW 14, AOE 3
• Meat Grinder ability allows the Kraken to gain corpse tokens (up to 3) each giving it +1 STR

That is some nice stats for the Kraken this pleases me oh to have snipe on a Cryx caster

More Colossal

So a couple of things extra today first up a very good article from Trollblood Scrum regarding how the new huge shiny things from Privateer will even inadvertently change the landscape of the game.

So it has been quite some time since my last blog post here on the Scrum, and even though I have always had ideas about to write about, I feel that I owe it to the Scrum followers out there to put out a post that not only gets across certain opinions of mine but also brings up food for thought, makes people think and hopefully sparks debate.  After all there is no such thing as a right or wrong opinion.

I had been brewing on the idea of the topic of this particular post for quite some time, but it was not until I basically walked Goris through my thought process that I was convinced that I was onto a winner.  Essentially this post will be all about why I think that even though Colossals will be well balanced by PP, they will still be game changing pieces on the battlefield for anyone who can afford them.

Keep reading HERE

And next up is obviously this bad boy;

So far I have not been let down by any of the colossi(?) minis yes he has a stupid gun but I love it and how can you say no to choppy tentacles??

Although I do have issue with the static feel of it compared to the Khador & Cygnar ones but then this is true of all the crab-jacks. I await with baited breath for the Retribution one

Finally the book is now in the Gallery;

• Powerful new colossals—enormous warjacks that dwarf even the largest heavy ’jacks and bring all-new strategies to the table.
• New warcasters for each faction, including the third incarnations of some of the Iron Kingdoms’ greatest champions.
• Fully compiled and updated Unbound rules, allowing you to recreate iconic large-scale battles with specialized rules to enhance gameplay.
• New narrative fiction picking up directly after the exciting events of WARMACHINE: Wrath.
• A painting and modeling guide to help you prepare your colossals for combat.
• Theme Force lists for each new warcaster, which allow you to create armies based on the specialized forces found in the WARMACHINE world.

So we have a new caster, the colossals and the unbound rules but no mention 0f units/solos this makes me sad as it could be a pretty thin book although suppose it gives more room for the story which always good

Poll: Favourite Battle Engine

So I am bored a figured I should do a poll just for something different. So then what is your favourite Battle Engine?

You can go on rules/fluff/miniature its up to you but you are allowed 2 votes if you want to split Warmachine and Hordes up.

Below is some pics as well to help you decide if you are not a PP player.

If you would like to discuss whys and what-nots head on over to the forum post HERE

Asphyxious the Hellbringer

Well Mr Gaspy has just got a lot nastier. Really towering over that McThrall, almost Terminus size??

Looking forward to why his weapon has been reforged as well.

Overall I approve