Manhunter

“Blood is the coin of this realm now, and she is the paymaster.”
— Kommander Sorscha Kratikoff

A few funny things happened after I said to myself “I think I’ll start on one of the Iron Fangs after seeing drab greens!” I did start assembling the Iron Fangs, and the process was tedious with lots of drilling and waiting for glue/epoxy to dry. I came up with the brilliant idea that I would start painting the second Widowmaker while the Iron Fangs are being prepared. So 24 hours later I had my second Widowmaker basecoated, right around the time I played my first Warmachine game at Dueling Grounds, and realizing that at the speed I'm going, I will finish my army sometime in 2012. Heeding my first opponent’s advice, I turned my focus away from mass troops and onto solo model units (an unit that has only one model, essentially a more elite unit) to reduce the time needed to ready a complete unit. That’s when I looked to the pile of pewter from my crazy Boxing Day 2008 shopping and picked out the Manhunter.

Long story short, 23 hours later (and many weeks later in real-time) I have my Manhunter painted and based. So as this story comes to a close, I’m reminded of another funny thing: I picked up Alten Ashley the Monster Hunter after playing against a Hordes army in my first Warmachine game. Alten is like a sniper that will shoot a warbeast dead. So, putting everything in my pile aside, I will start Alten Ashely next!