Arena Rex: Ludus Magnus ‘Tribune’

It has been a long time since I painted anything for Arena Rex, but after an afternoon of a few games a couple of weeks back, I felt like getting another model down on my painting table.

With the excitement of Indomitus for Warhammer 40,000, he took a little bit longer than expected, but 'Tribune' for my Ludus Magnus is now completed.

Tribune

Tribune

Painting Points: 2

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Arena Rex: Beasts 'Nero'

I was able to squeeze in some time the other day and work on 'Nero' for Arena Rex.  'Nero' is a Beast and a Titan, and he is also part of my Ludus Magnus when he has his rider 'Septimus' with him.  When you use a rider for the mount, you also have to provide a foot model for when they dismount.  So my riding 'Septimus' will be painted at the same time I do my foot version.

'Nero' also comes with two cards, or better known as Stages.  Once his Vitality Track is completed on one card, then you play his second card.

 Nero

 Nero

Nero

Painting Points: 5

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Weekly Chronicle 2018 #33

Wow, it was actually a pretty decent week for me last week in regards to my hobby.  I was able to get in a few games, built some terrain, and painted some models.

Gaming: I was able to get in a game of Warmachine/Hordes on Thursday night against my friend TJ, which was not a very good outcome for my Khador army.  Then on Saturday morning my son and I got in another game of Arena Rex, which again was not a good outcome for my myself.

Terrain: I built a 4Ground South Point Tenement 1 for Batman Miniature Game, and I was able to complete some Spikes for Arena Rex.  I have more terrain for Arena Rex on the bench and those will be posted soon.

Painting: I was able to start and finish my Ludus Magnus Starter Set for Arena Rex.  ‘Micon’, Marcus Furius’ and ‘Infelix’ all were completed.  Up next for Arena Rex will be the Starter Set for Legio XIII.

So, all in all, it was a very good week for me and this week should also be very good.  Next week (the week if the 27th) will be a little slow as we get ready to leave for the NOVA Open.

Games Played: 2

Models Completed: 6

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Arena Rex: Ludus Magnus ‘Infelix’

This post will be wrapping up the final model in my Ludus Magnus Starter Set for Arena Rex, and that is ‘Infelix’.  It seems like Ludus Magnus is all about gaining and using Favors and that is no different with ‘Infelix’.  ‘Infelix’ has an ability called Countervail that instead of gaining a Fatigue to make a Counterattack Reaction, he can spend 1 Favor instead.  Through his Vitality Track he can gain 3 Favors before his death, so I can he see him using Countervail a few times throughout the game.

 Infelix

Infelix

Before I continue on with any more Ludus Magnus models, I will be tackling the Starter Set for my son’s Legio XIII.  Once those are done, I will have to take a look at my remaining models and configure my queue for them.

Painting Points: 1

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Arena Rex: Ludus Magnus ‘Marcus Furius’

With the NOVA Open being only 2 weeks away, I highly doubt it that I will be getting any Warmachine/Hordes models painted beforehand (since my lists are all completed), but I still have some time to paint up some Arena Rex.

Yesterday was my first post of a model for my Arena Rex Ludus Magnus and today we continue on with another, ‘Marcus Furius’.  He seems to really benefit when he is engaged with a model (hence the net on the model) with his ability Harrier, gaining a Favor dice whenever an engaged model removes Fatigue.

Marcus Furius

Marcus Furius

Painting Points: 1

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Arena Rex: Ludus Magnus ‘Micon’

Well I finally started painting my Arena Rex models that I had purchased at this years GenCon 10 days ago.  Along with a few other models for Arena Rex, I had purchased 2 Starter Sets, Ludus Magnus and Legio XIII.  Ludus Magnus was for me and Legio XIII is for my son.

Once I start priming and painting a model, I do not want to play with that model until it is fully completed, hence why I try and paint my models pretty quickly, so I usually pick a guy that looks pretty easy to start with (to get me motivated in painting the other models) and I go from there.  I wanted to make sure I could get a few models completed before my son and I play again.

The first model up for my Ludus Magus is the big guy called ‘Micon’.  When I looked at this model, I saw a lot of skin, then just a few spots of armor.  I thought this would be a good one to start with and I could get him completed pretty quickly.

Micon

Micon

As with the bases I painted for my Spikes Terrain, I am very happy with how the color of my sand is coming out.  This is more just for a reference for me in case I forget years from now, but the base is done with 2 coats of P3 Rucksack Tan, then drybrush Vallejo Iraqui Sand, light drybrush of Vallejo Pale Sand and finally the ring is done with P3 Thamar Black.

Painting Points: 2

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