Khador’s Iron Wolf
April 13, 2011 by beerogre
Here's what my brother and his Khador playing crew have been waiting for... news on the new Khador Warcaster who'll be making his debut in Wrath... Kommander Harkevich, the Iron Wolf!
Here's what the writers at Privateer Press have to say about this guy...
Khador’s Iron Wolf has earned a reputation as a peerless master of heavy armor on the battlefield, a war hero beloved by his men and respected even by the enemies of the Motherland. He is famous for his ability to move large numbers of warjacks at an unprecedented pace to arrive where the enemy least expects him. Where Harkevich and his iron army stride, the enemy finds itself hounded, outmaneuvered, cornered, and eventually obliterated by overwhelming firepower.
So, from the fluff, he can move lots of warjacks... so we could be talking spells like Locomotion or even Energizer... but that's a bit to Cygnar for the komrades of Khador, so I'm thinking perhaps Redline, or a CTRL area effect, watered-down version of it.
At any rate, any warcaster who specialises in making the Khador Heavy 'Jacks faster is surely going to be abusing some seriously 'jack heavy lists. Imagine super-fast Spriggans and Devastators, getting right into the middle of your ranks one turn sooner... not a pleseant prospect at all.
BoW Andy
Wow ! He looks amazing…
BoW Romain
Fantastic Model… looks a little bit like the father of Pippi Longstocking^^
He looks like the pirate son of the Butcher, which isn’t a bad thing! I think I’ve found a new friend for running my favorite Khador jack, Torch.
Roll on Wrath!
lol hmmm if this guy is ment to be good at running warjacks i wonder what would happen in a 50 point game, running him with the Karchev gun boat….
BoW Justin
I don’t like him. It’s not the fluff, it’s the look. What is this thing in his hand? A large torch? A multifunctional electric ice cream mashine? A microphone (for interviewing other casters?) A vuvuzela, importet from South Afrcia? Or is it the bad version of Santa Claus?
It’s a nerf bat, once he is on the battlefield, all enemy model suffer -1 to all their stat :P.
Just kidding, I like him, I don’t mind the stick, just curious to see what he does but he looks like another jack runner which is certainly not a bad thing!
Most of the complaints I’ve seen levelled against this guy are about his mace or his hat. The mini fashion police are aghast!
But over all, theres far sillier weapons in the game than this already, I’m looking at you Man-o-War Kovnik with your frankly insane axe-cannon
His mace seems fine to me and his hat is… jaunty!
I like him… I’ll have to phone my bro antd see what he thinks.
BoW Andy
I love this mini and he will be the second Khador Warcaster that i will get after the battlebox. after the bad santa comment i want to convert a mini of him into santa…..
I like him a lot, but I do think the pose could be a bit more dynamic.
His resemblance to Baldur is interesting. It could be just the beard and the pot belly.
Yes, he does look uncannily like Baldur… Fatter, though.
Besides, I would have painted Baldur a little more blond or brown instead of this coal black, in reference to the norse god of beauty as well as his natural druidic surroundings.
BoW Romain
He is supposed to run Jacks so what do people think his Focus will be? I’m hopping its 7 but chances are 6 and a feat that allows free running/charging.
I think you’re right. 6 focus seems to be the standard for the melee oriented folks.
I read on the PP forums that he’s going to have the spell Fortune, so some re-roll shenanigans are guaranteed, but beyond that, who knows? I doubt he’ll have Superiority, but he could have Full Throttle like the Butcher. I would love it if he had Iron Aggression. Run, Charge, Slam, or Trample for free with boosted attack roll, and it’s upkeepable? Yes, please. 🙂
I’m a big fan of this guy. Khador can never have enough beards.
So the Khador-slogan is: Play like you’ve got a beard? 😉
The beard maketh the man 😀