The Ground Rumbles As The Rhulic Earthbreaker Appears
September 25, 2013 by brennon
We knew it was coming since before Gen Con and now it's finally arrived in fully painted glory. See what you think of the Ghordson Earthbreaker for the Rhulic Mercenaries of Warmachine by Privateer Press...
Now that is one monstrous piece of Colossal kit...
"When the wealthiest Rhulic clans need to leverage immense power—whether at a construction site or on the battlefield—they mobilize the Ghordson Earthbreaker. This hulking construct, outfitted with drilling torpedoes and massive steam claws, can level opposing soldiers and warjacks as easily as it moves mountains of earth. While these great machines were once employed only within Rhul, the emergence of colossals in the wars of the Iron Kingdoms has motivated Rhulic mercenary warcasters to invest in Ghordson Earthbreakers to maintain their competitive edge."
Now I like the Conquest and the Mountain King for Khador and Trollbloods but I have to say that Privateer Press seem to have outdone themselves when it comes to the Mercenary Colossals. I love the look of both this one and the Galleon that we already have access to.
Annoyingly this just made my shiny syndrome spark off once again and now I'm genuinely considering getting into Rhulics for Mercenaries. I am making sure to repress this with the knowledge that my painting table is still heaving.
What do you think of this beast who will be coming in the standard collection of resin and white metal pieces?
Drop a comment below.
I like the idea that the dwarfs have discarded the idea that their largest robot needs to be humanoid. It is a very nice model with very nice rules.
Love the model – bar the arms, they look too long to me.
But other than that a great model with some very cool rules (spoilt in No Quarter 50 out now 😉 )
Really gives the Rhulic some punch.
Superb !
And absolutely as down-to-earth as dwarves would be. One thing puzzles me : the first real efficient machines made by humans for reasons other than aesthetics were decidedly not humanoïd, so why should they be in Fantasy worlds ?
finally i get a colossal can’t wait to get it
this is defiantly going straight into my lists
does any one know the release date?
That looks good enough to get me playing Warmachine.
wow this is first collosal i can have/like for my kahdorians. previous didnt hit my shiny button
Don’t like it, it’s the legs that do it for me i like the chassis and arms. But those legs just ruin the whole thing while i don’t want more anthropomorphic looking ones these ones just dont work in my opinion. Maybe treads would’ve been better even if it wouldn’t look WM lore wise it would have a bigger converted feel to it.
I love how this thing basically always existed for the Dwarves. “Oh, you guys call them colossals? And you just made them now? That’s nice. We use ours to level mountains.”
rather like it know someone at my club who will grab this first chance…
I get the feeling that this is just the tip of the mountain for rhulic big boys.
Met him with my Everblight and Skorne army, facing Durgen. Daaaaaamn he is nasty, my Merc friend who got him just says “Many would prolly trade him for the Galleon”.
Even though I’ve won both of the fights against him, he really chews up infantry and the knockdown on his torpedoes are silly effective.