Warmachine/Hordes planner update

I've been doing a few small tweaks to the Warmachine planner:

• Added the official Retribution of Scyrah units for MK1 (the planner is , at the moment, MK1 only). This makes the database 100% complete for MK1 Warmachine and Hordes.
  
• Fixed some bugs.
• Made epic warcasters and warlocks respect the 750 point limit minimum. So, if you don't see them listed in there set the maximum points to over 750 and they'll show up.

Hopefully, if time allows, a new interface for the planner will be up by the end of the week and it will mark the closing of the development of this small piece of software. Following that, the MK2 planner will be in the works. Everything should be much faster and more compact while taking advantage of everything that has been done for MK1 so far.

Khador Destroyer done

Here's the Khador Destroyer that I've finished. I tried two different paint sets on it. The body is done with Vallejo model colors and the arms with P3 paints. As you can see there is not much difference excepting for the paint fluidity which will improve with practice.

I tried to use as many P3 paints as possible to make the warjack look as close to the reference models as I could. It's not really there, but I'm sure the quality will improve with the next 'Jacks.

Warmachine forays

I've been working a bit on the warjack arms that come with the battlebox. I believe I'm quite ready with the red part over there, but I guess I'll try and to an extra layer of highlights for the Khador Highlight color, because at its current state it will blend perfectly after varnish is going to be sprayed on. I've cleaned up all the non-red parts with Thamar Black , and the next stage will be to paint the metallic pieces and make them look good.

Also, in the image above you can see my first attempt at non metalic metals on the bombard cannon arm.

The Warmachine planner has been updated with some minor fixes regarding field allowance (Fenris, Zerkova, Gun Mage Adept, Yuri the Axe) as well as made the epic versions of characters to exclude the non-epic from the list and the other way around.
Hordes factions and minions are also complete , so you can plan out your Warmachine AND Hordes list on the same page.
I'm considering some interface improvements but they will have to wait a bit because of some unexpected developments in a very important project I'm working on. I have also added a link to the Warmachine planner on the right navigation bar, right below the BOLS mini-banner.
Closing the Warmachine section, if you have any suggestions for the planner or spot any inaccuracies in the unit prices, field allocation values , etc don't hesitate to send me a message here or comment on the blog.


On the 40K front I'm seriously considering getting a couple of Land Speeders Storm to make a strong 1000 point list. Won't use them both at the same time, but still.

Warmachine planner update

I've been working a bit on the Warmachine planner. You can find it by clicking

HERE

Here are the changes since the last update:

• All Warmachine data is in
• Warcaster-dependent field allowance has been implemented
  
• Mercenary contracts have been implemented
• Field commanders (units who allow other units to be placed in a list) have been implemented

Also, the UI changed a bit:

• Unit tooltips have been partially implemented - I'll need to get a word from PP people in order to fully implement or eliminate them.
  
• Add units window has been altered a bit.
• Compressed view checkbox - this simplifies the army list a bit, only showing essential information.
  

Enjoy :)

Assault squad & Khador

Here's half of my assault squad with the chapter logo freehanded on the left shoulder.




Also, some work in progress Khador. So far only the reds have been done. Much more work needs to go into them :)

Warmachine planner

I haven't posted for a long time, mainly because I was working on a little "secret" project. It's a small Warmachine army builder, and today I can start showing it to the world.

You can go check it out by clicking here: http://www.forceplanner.com/warmachine.html .

It's still under heavy development, so if you have any feedback on it don't hesitate to comment. But how is this Warhammer related ? The structure behind it is extremely data-driven and a Warhammer version of it should be very easy to make, providing I have all the required data.

Now, on to painting:

• I finished half of my assault squad, pictures incoming when batteries become available.
• Tried some Reaper paints for the first time. Their Olive Green (which is equivalent to GWs Camo Green) has an amazing coverage and flow. I'll play some more with it, but it seems that those paints are winners, at least in some nuances.
  
• Painted the armor plates of a Khador warjack using Vallejo Model Color paints. Very good pigment, good coverage, but vinyl paints dry very strange on the pallet and you tend to get some solid paint on your brush if you're not working fast enough.

Necron warrior done and Sorscha WIP

I've finished my Necron warrior, together with his base. It has been a slow week as far as painting goes, since I've been busy with other issues.

On a side note, I cleaned up the Sorscha model that came with the Warmachine battlegroup and painted its cape using Vallejo colors. Still working on that :)