Privateer Press Bring Ruin, Revenants & A Mighty Cryx Army To Warmachine
March 5, 2015 by brennon
Privateer Press have a whole bunch more awesome stuff on the way for you when it comes to Warmachine and it focuses in on Cryx this time a little bit with a side order of Khador. See what you make of the new Cryx All In One Army Box, the Revenant Crew of the Atramentos and Ruin, a new character Warjack for Khador...
First up we have said All In One Army Box for Cryx which comes jam packed with everything you need to get started in the world of Warmachine without much hassle at all. The set contains a thirty five point force alongside the rulebook allowing you to get your head around all the mechanics at the same time...
• Warcaster Wraith Witch Deneghra
• Leviathan Helljack
• 2 Nightwretch Bonejacks
• Bane Riders Unit
• Bane Thralls Unit
• Bane Thrall Officer & Standard Unit Attachment
• Warwitch Siren Solo
Now I'm no expert on Cryx but I do know that a lot of people like Deneghra so that sounds like a good option for a Warcaster. Apart from that I leave it up to you to tell me whether or not this is a good box!
Next up we have the Revenant Crew of the Atrmentous which is an awesome looking scurvy-ridden undead crew set to lurch out of the ocean and bring pain to those on land...
"Deathbound to the Dragon King, the infamous blackship Atramentous and her revenant crew are the scourge of the Broken Coast. The revenants die a thousand deaths in service of the Dragonfather, for Lord Toruk grants them the necromantic power to rise again and the strength to destroy their enemies."
I love the lead character and, like with most things in Warmachine and Hordes, I think these are things that I'd love to have in my collection just because they look awesome. I think I might start taking that approach with my own Trollbloods. This unit box, it should be added, is no different than the last one but instead gives you a complete unit now.
Last but not least is Ruin, a Character Heavy Warjack for the warriors of Khador. I always loved the idea of character Warjacks and brings me closer to the idea of just playing an all Warjack game and sacking off the Warcasters in favour of some other system for running these guys on the tabletop.
"Ruin is a blend of engineering and black magic, an unsettling fusion that has resulted in a malevolently aware machine. Ruin’s scarred chassis is festooned with powerful Orgoth relics that possess a willful hunger to harvest souls and whisper incomprehensibly directly into the warjack’s cortex. Orsus Zoktavir has been entrusted to exploit Ruin as a weapon for the Motherland, whatever the cost."
I love that Ruin has trophies from practically every enemy he's encountered plastered over his armour and I love the Circle Wolf cloak he has draped across his shoulder. I fight Circle a lot so that's something I'd appreciate.
What do you make of these offerings?
"The set contains a thirty five point force alongside the rulebook allowing you to get your head around all the mechanics at the same time…"
"an awesome looking scurvy-ridden undead crew set to lurch out of the ocean and bring pain to those on land…"
Love Ruin, maybe have to pick up the Butcher after all
That Cryx boxed set does look really good. While Revenant Crew is not bad looking bunch it’s not so good either. Ruin is nice but gives me heavy Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought feel.
Ruin is cute… the skin is a nice touch !
My word. Ruin is an epic sculpt. Going to have to pick him up, not that my Khadorans need another ‘jack!
If you run Butcher then you’ll want Ruin regardless. Berserk, Reach, and it gets Boundless Charge when fielded by Butcher.
All good points, personally though I decide on buying when I saw the thing. However given I am considering really learning to play with the butcher it good. Is there any butcher in particular you would recommend?
Butcher3, and if you’re going to a two-list steamroller tournament taking Butcher1 as your other list is a pretty good complement.
Cheers @redben, don’t have 3 but that is a damn good excuse for buying two great models or should that be 4 🙂
butcher 1 seems the simplest to get to grips with, plis if you are not interested in tournies and just play casually pick up 2 circle argus and a butcher 3 stat card
@Demyse, I do play infrequently and casually – but it a great excuse to buy butcher 3 – love the model. Got plans to up my gaming and butcher one probably starting point, also want to try Harkovic and Karchev -both built and awaiting paint.
Unless finance is an issue then I’d definitely buy Butcher3 as it’s a much superior mini to Butcher1.
Butcher1 can do some serious damage in melee, but getting him somewhere worthwhile to do it isn’t always easy. With his feat, Iron Flesh, and Fury he’s more of a support caster who can do some damage. Butcher3 is a straight up killa. He can get to the opposing caster from a long distance away and once he’s there, his feat usually means it’s game over that point.
God, all those things sound so horrible o_0
These All in One boxes are a brilliant idea, I’ve been sitting on the fence when it comes to Warmachine and Hordes but I’m seriously tempted by Cryx and Trollbloods.
Dooooo it! I’m using them as extensions for the armies I already collect. Such awesome value! Going to get this Cryx one for sure 😀
Privateer press are really just doing all the right things at the moment for me, been torn on army boxes – going to grab Trolls, to break up the Khador but Cryx and Legion, and even more Khador where appealing.
Funny how they show the duplicate sculpts from different angles. It’s almost as if they’re trying to trick buyers into thinking there’s more variety than there is 😉
Ruin? More like Howard the duck with that face.
Ruin looks ace. Might just have to start playing with my Khador force and adding Ruin after some playtests.
Army boxes seems to be great value. I´m biding my time for a Convergence army box.
The duplicate models don´t bother me when it comes to robotic forces and I got a nice blue metallic paint scheme in mind!
They’re not releasing All-In-One boxes for Convergence of Cyriss, Mercenaries, Minions or Cephalyx unfortunately. It was confirmed on PP Forums a week or two ago.
That´s too bad. Oh well, money for something else then. 🙂
That big box of Cryx looks great apart from eDeneghra, she doesn’t look more epic than pDeneghra. Going to find out how she plays though as that box is amazing value, need to pick it up.
PP are back on track!
That is a truly sweet all-in-one box deal. I may pick that one up.
I can’t speak to the competitiveness of each box vs each other, or in general, but they all seem to be really good deals, and it is a bit of a shame that they’re only going to be limited runs.
I’m interest in the story implications for Khador now using Orgoth tech as a ‘any means necessary’ kind of thing. wonder if that means we will see them using Cryxian tech for Karchev.
Not thought of that, but could see it happening seems a will to do whatever is necessary. I am half expecting a colossal Kharchev sometime down the line, after the horny wheelchair for Xerxis