A Host Of Retribution Heroes & More Hit For Warmachine
May 5, 2017 by brennon
A whole collection of new heroes, units and more are coming your way for Retribution over the course of June from Privateer Press. As a heads up for what's coming this is quite the extensive expansion for the Retribution Of Scyrah.
Leading the way we have the very imperious looking Lord Ghyrrshyld, The Forgiven who strides into battle with that rather impressive blade of his.
"The warcaster once known as Goreshade was an eldritch, one of a strain of abominations who fed on the spiritual essence of others and consorted with the Nightmare Empire of Cryx. Now, Lord Ghyrrshyld has been restored by the goddess Scyrah and is filled with renewed purpose.
While Ghyrrshyld does not speak of what happened to restore his body, he now fights against those who imperil Scyrah, and many speak of him as being filled with the goddess’ light."
He is matched by some additional martial focused characters that add to the lithe and agile nature of the Retribution of Scyrah on the tabletop. First, we have Aelyth Vyr, Blade of Nyssor...
...and then Elara, Death's Shadow here.
It seems like Aelyth takes a more old school approach to combat and I love the facial details on him. He feels like one of the Night Elves from the World of Warcraft which is pretty neat. Elara has a more Sci-Fi feel to her with, decked out as she is in that armour.
Retribution Guardians
When it comes to defending the realm you need folks clad in full armour with big weapons. That's where both the Fane Knight Guardian...
...and the House Ellowuyr Swordsmen come in alongside their Officer and Standard Bearer.
I reckon that, whilst the colour scheme for the Swordsmen is one in keeping with the background it would be epic to paint them in the same traditional white and blue style. Talking of Sci-Fi armour, the Fane Knight Guardian has that in spades and I'd gladly use him/her away from the world of Warmachine.
Hulking Hemera
Finishing things off for the Retribution forces coming in June we also have Hemera here.
"Designed for Issyria’s exclusive use and fitted with experimental technology that includes a cutting-edge arc node, Hemera magnifies the warcaster’s arcane abilities.
The myrmidon wades into the thick of combat to take Issyria’s place, allowing her to guide the flow of combat more effectively without putting herself in harm’s way."
Now that is an impressive looking creation and it builds on the style of the previous Warjacks for the forces of Retribution but setting aside some of the awkward design in favour of something more sturdy and dangerous looking.
Overall, if you like Retribution it's going to be a good month for you in June!
"Talking of Sci-Fi armour, the Fane Knight Guardian has that in spades and I'd gladly use him/her away from the world of Warmachine..."
Those are some nice looking angry elves.
nice the last one reminds me of the alien’s from the final fantasy spirit within film.
Interesting. I hadn’t thought of that one. The first thing that came to mind was the big guys from Halo.
It may come as a surprise to people who have read my previous posts, but I really hate elves. It is a totally irrational hatred, and totally indefensible. I tried to justify it once based on the fact that they got more stuff than obviously cooler races (dwarfs) but I suspect that is no longer the case. Anyway by irrational babblings aside, I really like the look of these and I think Privateer Press have done a great job with this army …. I look forward to whebn my troolblood army can eat them and my Cygnar lads can zap… Read more »
I am overall not a fan of a significant % of the retribution range, the armoured hammer pants don’t do it for me, but there are some stunning models in this release
@beardragon14 – a mother-trukin’ Swan ……..:o
@dags 😛
It’s quite some time ago that I played WM, but back when I did Goreshade wanted to kill the elven gods to free the elves so what happend to him that he changed his opinion?
@iceeagle85 he killed the elven gods and they got better and resurrected him and named him their champion. He was right being trapped on Caen was killing them, releasing them to Urcaen saved them.
Thanks for the information, but if the elven gods are dead and are not harmed by human magic users anymore what goal does the Retribution now have?
That bit I don’t know.
What goal does the Retribution have??? Probably the same one because an elf will never admit that s/he has made a mistake ……. bloody elves.
The Fane Knight looks a bit Guyver-esque.
@beardragon14
If I remember right their goal was to kill all human magic users because this was somehow killing their gods or they thought that was the cause, as I said I stopped playing so I never know if it was revealed if that is true or not.
But at least when their book came out that was their goal and their were liek a sect or splinter group of the elves not everyone thought they were right.
But it’s quite some time ago when I read their fluff so I might have forgotten/misinterpreted something.
@timmoth now you mention it he does look incredibly Guyver-esque