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<\/a>From the rubble we rise.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Forward we march.<\/p><\/div>\n
History<\/h2>\n
After\u00a0six\u00a0long years of hard\u00a0service, this retires the Emperor’s Champion model that Lovell<\/a> gave me with\u00a0some Tactical Marines to get me to start playing 40k. It’s a great model and the paintjob is\u00a0ok—and was really good for one of my first models—but it’s definitely showing its age. A thin model to begin with, the Champ\u00a0doesn’t really convey the beefy W3, 2+\/3++ Vulkan statline I play him as. The random, funky gun I originally cobbled together to represent a mastercrafted boltgun also\u00a0doesn’t really stand in well for Vulkan’s heavy flamer. I am a little bummed to set aside a model that’s been the heart of more than half a decade of great gaming. But this update\u00a0certainly conveys the in-game character better and reflects my current level of\u00a0painting and hobby skills.<\/p>\n Captain Angholan 1.0 on the left, one of my first models six years ago. Epic edition 2.0 on the right.<\/p><\/div>\n The model is one of Forge World’s Legion Praetors<\/a>, and it’s incredible. I think the archaic, artificier-crafted\u00a0Terminator armor really conveys Vulkan’s W3 2+\/3++. In a 40k rules context the Volkite charger is a\u00a0credible stand-in for\u00a0Vulkan’s heavy flamer and the sword\u00a0works perfect for a flaming relic weapon (+2S, mastercrafted, digital weapons). I’ve been calling it Angholan’s\u00a0Vorpal Blade.<\/p>\n Forge World’s preview photo.<\/p><\/div>\n Capt Angholan, all washed up and drying out.<\/p><\/div>\n Work in progress.<\/p><\/div>\n I only made a couple tweaks on the model. The sword has been cut up to give it more of a flaming, archaic feel. The head cavity in the armour was also drilled out a bit and the leading arch of the backpiece sliced off to make room for putting\u00a0a Grey Knights Strike Squad helmet on instead of a bare head.\u00a0I think the character is actually more relateable when you don’t have a specific face to put to\u00a0him. It also goes with a bit of Kingbreakers fluff that Angholan is rarely out of his armor and relies on it\u00a0heavily due to all of the post-Forestway reconstructive work.<\/p>\n The base has been built up with some GW terrain bits and greenstuff. Functionally that gives the model a lot\u00a0more height and bulk, making him stand out as a\u00a0leader should. Symbolically\u00a0it\u00a0references the fallen monastery and Angholan’s long dark night buried alive until his rescue at the last minute before the planet was extinguished. The 40mm base is probably\u00a0a disadvantage for me, as it’ll make him harder to place for flaming targets when deep striking out of a pod, but it certainly looks\u00a0cool and helps with the bulky feel.<\/p>\n In hindsight if I had to start over I’d put a large, oversize backbanner on him with the Kingbreakers logo. But I’m super happy with how the model turned out. He\u00a0didn’t even take that long to paint. It took me a while to get motivated to get the primary base coats on, but after that everything went super quick.<\/p>\n Angholan 2.0 has\u00a0already had a super dramatic run<\/a> in this year’s PAGE winter Apocalypse battle royale<\/a>\u00a0and I’m looking forward to his first tournament this weekend. This is actually my first Forge World model and I think it came out great, well deserving of the extra expense. For the Emperor! Burn the heretic!<\/p>\n Captain Angholan with Sergeant Harbinger (left), First Sergeant Scolirus (right), and various Kingbreakers from Tactical 1.<\/p><\/div>\n Captain Angholan and Squad Scolirus attack Nemesor Zahndrekh in his Citadel.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not long\u00a0after Warmachine was introduced, Privateer Press realized they needed a way to resell all of the main warcaster characters. So they introduced\u00a0“Epic” versions, with more dynamic models, buffed out stats, and even greater special abilities. Fluff-wise these represented the characters later in the great war,\u00a0changed from earthshaking\u00a0betrayals, tremendous losses, or just the daily grind … Continue reading For the Kingbreakers narrative and the saga of Forestway<\/a>, it also captures Privateer’s notion of Epic edition characters. The Emperor’s Champion model is Angholan\u00a0mere months after the Fall of Forestway,\u00a0shattered and barely rebuilt from being crushed in the rubble defending the primary\u00a0geneseed vault as\u00a0the chapter monastery was leveled. The Legion\u00a0Praetor model is Angholan two years later, in fine fighting form and undisputed leader of a chapter returning from the brink rather than dwindling into oblivion, embroiled in the great campaigns of Kimball Prime<\/a>, Caldor IV<\/a>, and Solypsus 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>Model<\/h2>\n
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