painting units

so I made a start on my many units for cryx starting with mcthralls as they are the biggest.  so I started with the actual unit then ill move on to the UA's and here  they are





and that's the unit, the model looks a lot better once its been cleaned up and the black has gone down for the next colours.

I'm thinking the fists will be blue,white like they have been stolen from cygnar and ret skirmishes.  the brute thralls will be red like khador as they are bigger.  the brute thralls will also be a blue grey and painted up half n half as they are ogruns and trolls that are stitched to gether they will be done next

skarre1's big day out

so inbetween winning with denny1 which is obvious I managed to build all the things that arrived and they went out for a spin I did some proxying and here is what ive learnt

whilst raiders are great super high def they do need some help VS high arm stuff playing against khador it was tough

i messed up not having my whips as the charge attacks when I countered (something to remember)

placement hmmmm wasn't great either wrong eye n snap jaw weren't in the right place they were on the right flank in future they will be in the centre and skarre can hide behind them 

i forgot barry can advance deploy and the shrikes didn't get to do the awesome trample of death this was mainly all due to placement that ill have to work on as well as removing the proxies from the list lol

first big game

so I played denny1 with the following list

triple slayer
nightmare
triple defiler

mcthralls
triple brute
skarlock
wither shadow combine

we played outlast and I was against tanith with

gharlhorn satyr
feral
stalker

reeves
ua
solo

gallows grove

skinwalker and ua
wolf riders

for me it ended very badly and very quickly we played outlast and at the end of his 2nd turn id lost near enough the full unit of mcthralls due to the reeves with affliction the auto 1 pt really hurt combined with 2 shots then a cra to dmg the brutes they didn't last long

I also ran a jack out of my control on my right flank that was down to a bad placement n moving

at turn 2 I had the wolf riders and skin walkers pretty much infront of my lines and he scored 3 pts in 1 turn

things I think I did wrong the birds were kept in a bush for stealth n they didn't need to be if id have run them centrally I could have blocked n damaged the wolf riders 

I also ran my arc nodes up to far to try n put out parasite n grasp early n couldn't do it so I should have waited

I still have no answer to the reeves combo as of yet 

wither shadow didn't do much due to lack of playing so not sure where they should be yet

I will be trying soul hunters next to see if they can give me the threat extension I need to combat ranged  (or ill drop pskarre into gun lines but that's a different post)

making progress!

so my 2nd list skarre1 and its underway some bits arrived in the post

2 sea witches

2 captains

skarre

wrong eye n snap jaw

sataxyis raiders

and so far iv built

everything but the raiders I only need the jacks and another unit and this list is done!

testing new units

I had 2 50pt games using my new units to see how they would perform whilst I won both games it didn't go exactly to plan

the main thing that didn't happen was the waves in which I wanted the list to function but I was playing the scenario with killbox 2 flags and a circle zone so I ended up splitting the big pack of mechthralls to capture my flag whilst I tried to contest the zones which worked fine.

the carrion thralls didn't really do much and neither did nightmare but I did play quite cautiously with him as well as the birds they were in a bush with stealth unit some winterguard with mini feat n they got pretty much sprayed off the table lol

so it needs some more work and trial and error I haven't had chance to try the wither shadow combine yet maybe when I get a 75pt game ill try em out lol

next on the agenda is what I'm pairing denny1 with as much as I like goreshade1 he is very similar to denny in that hell have a gd go at cracking arm but I think the pairing still has some gaps

so I decided to go for another lady! skarre1

 Cryx - skarre...

Theme: No Theme Selected
75 / 75 Army
Pirate Queen Skarre - WJ: +28
- Barathrum - PC: 15 (Battlegroup Points Used: 15)
- Shrike - PC: 6 (Battlegroup Points Used: 6)
- Shrike - PC: 6 (Battlegroup Points Used: 6)
- Inflictor - PC: 13 (Battlegroup Points Used: 1)
Satyxis Raider Captain - PC: 4
Wrong Eye - Wrong Eye & Snapjaw: 17
- Snapjaw
Satyxis Raider Captain - PC: 4
Satyxis Raiders - Leader & 9 Grunts: 16
- Satyxis Raider Sea Witch - PC: 3
Satyxis Raiders - Leader & 9 Grunts: 16
- Satyxis Raider Sea Witch - PC: 3
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GENERATED : 10/28/2016 10:07:42
BUILD ID : 2024.16-08-27

so the main idea for this list is high def skew and a jack spam counter with the amount of feedback in the list it will make playing aggressive difficult  

black spot and barathrum will chip away 2 boxes each time it damages that jack with its claws which is awesome!

the shrikes have a +4 to dmg on trample and can trample any base size

the rest is my deff skew with snap jaw and +2 deff vs shooting and ignore blasts theyl be hard to shift and they all have feedback to take out journeyman quickly n then move on to the caster

the only change I am possibly goin to make is dropping the shrikes for death rippers to make sure I have enough arc nodes to throw out black spot safely

so iv ordered some raiders the captains witch's wrong eye and skarre1 so they'll be here next week and ill try them out week after hopefully

ill post more when the arrive and after play testing  

building stuff

iv received all the models I need to finish the 75pt list and so far iv done this!

 

mechanithralls and commander

iv also done the withershadow combine and they are all primed and ready for paint!

its still very much humble beginnings  still have the rest to build n prime but the nights are drawing in and getting colder which is a pain for hobbying this time of year any sunny day is now a blessing lol

hopefully over the next week or so they will be done and then I can do a big group shot!

boom!

so blog number 3 for mk3 is



cryx!  like my legion blog this will showcase all the things I'm doing with my cryx! firstly iv finished off this my denny1 list and here it is!

War Room Army
Cryx - denny1
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Theme: No Theme Selected
75 / 75 Army
Warwitch Deneghra - WJ: +28
- The Withershadow Combine - Maelovus, Admonia & Tremulus: 9
- Deathripper - PC: 6 (Battlegroup Points Used: 6)
- Deathripper - PC: 6 (Battlegroup Points Used: 6)
- Slayer - PC: 10 (Battlegroup Points Used: 10)
- Slayer - PC: 10 (Battlegroup Points Used: 6)
- Deathripper - PC: 6
- Defiler - PC: 8
- Nightmare - PC: 18
Necrotech - PC: 2
Carrion Thralls - Leader & 9 Grunts: 10
Mechanithralls - Leader & 9 Grunts: 10
- Skarlock Commander - PC: 2
- Brute Thrall - PC: 2
- Brute Thrall - PC: 2
- Brute Thrall - PC: 2

so how do I see this list working well it'll go in waves like the ocean


lol any way  wave 1 is mechanithralls and skarlock commander. the skarlock is to stop annoying debuff spells etc from slowing me down. part 2 is the birds once the enemy has been damaged they can mop up with 4 dice for dmg as well as speed 7 they can  zoom around the board as well and flight to charge over other units.

wave 2 is the light jacks or arc nodes so that denny can safely throw out her spells if worst comes to it they'll get out in front and jam up zones and be annoying with def14 they shud need some boosting to hit before they fall over lol

wave 3 is denny heavies and the wither shadow crew who are here mainly to help with upkeeps cast free spells and spamming crippling grasp! and influence which I keep forgetting about with my succubus but that's a different story for another blog lol

so that's it next list to finish is goreshade1 and then my pairing is done!