I missed Cato on his initial release, but once his mount Ladon became I available I knew I’d eventually make him mine. Plus, his Exilii benefits give me an excuse to buy whatever other models from the line appeal to me. Win-win?
Cato
I’ve been doing a lot of greens and reds, so I decided to focus on blue for Cato. As usual, the Arena Rex models are beautiful, if finicky in the thin parts.
Ladon
Ladon followed my usual approach for beast models. Airbrush the main color, with some highlights and modulation. Then wash and drybrush. The drybrush falls apart if you look very closely, but otherwise I’m happy.
Cato with Landon
Like Caho-Ta, I drilled a small hole for a magnet so that I can add/remove the rider as desired. The spear is metal, where the rest of the model is resin. This has the advantage of not being droopy like some other thin pieces, but it bends super easily.
Gjallr is the new Zephyri model release at Adepticon this year. I couldn’t let my chosen faction get left behind, could I?
Gjallr
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.
The Lone Guard Commander is the final Advocate model from the latest Relicblade Kickstarter. He’s an individual model that thematically goes with the Lone Guard faction pack.
For the Lone Guard human characters I used the same three colors in different combinations of pants, shirt, and cloak. I needed the commander to match while still getting a distinctive look. Thus, the orange cloak and shield (unique color) but burgundy accents (common color).
The Bounty Hunter was one of the stretch goal individual models from the latest Relicblade Kickstarter. She continues my red hair obsession.
Bounty Hunter
She’s a fun single-piece model. I’d think the eyepatch would mess with depth perception when sniping with the crossbow, but who am I to argue? In game, she can move dodge tokens between characters, handy if you’ve got a rogue that’s thirsty for them.
