The First Day, Kings of War!
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Day One of Isolation
With me working in a shop, taking public transport, living with a sister in college and a wife working in a school, it was pretty much a matter of time before we had to isolate. And so, I shall attempt to tackle my backlog.
The Targets
My main focus is going to be on building and painting demo kits for the shop. I can then use my own projects as a palette cleanser. First up, the Kings of War starter set.
I had started this a week or so ago, but hadn’t made the time to buckle down to it. The set pitches Ratkin against Goblins, so I fully expect the finished project to look like a battle between two sentient rubbish heaps.
Before this enforced isolation, I’d built the Goblin Sorceror, three Trolls and ten goblins with Bows on the Goblin side.
The Ratkin by comparison had their Character built (A Warlock), the Night Terror Large Cavalry, ten Ratkin with sword and Shield, and 12 with Spear and Shield.
My plan is to build the remaining spear ratkin to make a regiment of 20, another 10 ratkin with swords to make them up to 20 (both units have a minimum size of 20), and then basecoat them with Colour Forge Trench Brown spray before moving on to the rest of the Goblins.
For the Goblins I’m intending to build another 10 with bows, and then a block of 20 goblins with sword and shield. Once these are completed, a coat of Colour Forge Governor Green should suit them nicely.
Final steps for them will be a wash, likely the ever-helpful Nuln oil, some metal and rust to pick out details and on to basing!
Opinion on the set so far
The models are very characterful, with a reasonable range of options for the rank and file troops.
The characters are resin, with a single pose. There’s some bubbles, but they’re generally small enough to hide.
The larger monsters such as the Trolls and Night Terror are made of a different type of plastic than the troops, darker and more flexible. It holds detail well, although the surface is a little smooth and shiny, and I worry that paint won’t grip too well. Time will tell.
The meat of the box is in the troops. Having options for multiple troop types is nice, but having to ensure that all the soldiers will rank up meant that I’ve had to shuffle arms and bodies around, and still managed to make a bit of a mess of it.
Still, I’m happy with how they’re looking, and look forward to getting them on a board!
