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
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.
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.
Now that the Starter Set for my Ludus Magnus is completed, it is time to move onto the Starter Set for Legio XIII. For now my son is playing with the Legio XIII models, but in the future we may mix and match the models to form our own Cohort, although if at least 75% of the Gladiators are from the same Ludus then you gain access to that Ludus’ bonus abilities and tactics, know as Ludus Benefits. So for now we are playing with the same Ludus and benefiting from their abilities.
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.
