The Hyperion Colossal Roars into Life for Warmachine
July 13, 2012 by brennon
All you Retribution of Scyrah players who were waiting patiently for your Colossal from Privateer Press will only have to keep biting your nails for a little while longer. Check out a preview of the mighty Warmachine below...
A fairly mighty looking beast. How do you reckon this is going to compare when it goes up against the other Colossals of the game?
Khador are also bulking up their forces to deal with the onslaught of Colossals. On top of the variety of warjacks that you see above there is also a set of infantry that will be dodging around them trying to get to the heart of the enemy.
But all of this so obviously fails in comparison to the next model. Why take Khador and Scyrah when you could head to the Mercenaries and get a Rhulic warcaster called General Ossrum onto your side!
A great model not simply for being a Dwarf. I love the angry snarl on his face and in an interesting twist with Warmachine Dwarves, no beards! Loads of detail here to be getting stuck into as a painter.
So what appeals to you from these previews?
the only colossal i have liked so far, not only is it sleek, but looks intimidating and powerful, love it. The rest of the release i dont like as much, the warjacks are much needed but look kind of boring. I like the dwarf but the weapons just dont do it for me.
Its good to get even more plastic kits and as khador player I am happy that some of those are for khador.
That is by far the best colossal so far. I guess this makes up for the “what is this?” that was their battle engine. I could see myself picking one up even just to paint.
Really loving that Ossrum mini. I can see several of my players wanting to use that for their character mini when the new IK RPG comes out!
I actually like those new plastics for Khador, probably they’ll be just like the other ‘jacks – easy to build.
As for the colossal – he seems to be melee only which isn’t bad given the look but how he fairs on the table top remains to be seen.
Funny thing is, his ranged attack has the highest boostable ranged damage in the game.
I like the new devastator. The pose looks more menacing and less turtle-like than the old model. I know that technically, the devastator’s big strength is it’s ability to turtle whilst launching local fiery AOE doom, but the old model just kind of looked too defensive to me. This one’s forward-leaning stance looks more like it’s advancing rather than just standing there. The new spriggan looks good too. I’m on the fence as to whether it’s an improvement, but at least it will easier to build. I’m curious about how the Demolisher will play. It looks like a cross between… Read more »
This is how Scyrah models should look, like the ancient monster constructs from atlantis the lost empire, the paint job is probably the best i’ve seen on a Retribution model yet.
Need 😀 !
Lookin good. But waiting for the Judicator 🙂
Same i cant wait for my Machine of righteous flamey death to arrive i may even shell out to get it and a new brush set to put scripture on it
That colossal is definitely a Huge centerpiece for a Retribution Army. I’ll get it at some point, but right now the local warmachine community around here is so weak that I can’t see myself investing so much on the game just to have a piece to show, not to play.
I predict some bad paint jobs for the ret colossal, there is too much plain smooth area for such a big model. People are going to do the studio scheme and realise it looks pants, on the up side it has a huge great gun.