Gjallr is the new Zephyri model release at Adepticon this year. I couldn’t let my chosen faction get left behind, could I?
Gjallr is another victim to my red haired kick. Somehow I thought a purple fur cloak would balance it. Or at least distinguish from the white fur of so many other of my Arena Rex models.
Once again it’s time for a reflection on a year of hobby.
Overview
I started the year with a deadline looming. A Team Yankee campaign was getting started. I had just acquired enough models to fill out an army and only had about five weeks to get it table ready. I also had Dropzone Commander and Arena Rex backburnered.
Caho-Ta is actually maybe my least favorite of the Beast models for Arena Rex. A horse is maybe a little mundane. Still, it’s a very dynamic horse. Just look at the face.
Caho-Ta is the Zephyri mount, going with Hroka. So of course I had to have him. I ended up embedding a magnet to hold Hroka in place. It’s not quite as smooth as I might like, but it’s a lot firmer than relying on friction.
One of the things that make Arena Rex models unique is how much they take advantage of the three dimensional nature. Many Malifaux models, for example, clearly are designed first as the two-dimensional character art, then fleshed out. As a result, that original angle is canonical and any other angle suffers.
Caho-Ta, on the other hand, looks quite different from every angle. A single view doesn’t capture it well.
I grabbed the last Leika on the shelf at Adepticon, while the model was on prerelease. Naturally, I dawdled on actually painting her until long after she hit general release.
I’m not quite sure the net totally works, and the trident shaft is, as always, too flexy. It’s hard to compete with the raw awesome of Hagal after all.
