WGA "The Damned" KS finally arrived!

 Back in 2023, I was excited to join in WGA's (Wargames Atlantic) kickstarter for their first wholly realized "Death Fields" faction/army - "The Damned".  After many delays and changes, I finally received my "15 box set" pledge (and the many, many bonus sprues).

My order included:
The Damned Infantry,
The Damned Female Infantry,
The Damned Heavy Weapons,
The Damned Command,
The Damned Artillery,
The Damned Beastmen,
The Damned Heavy Infantry,
The Damned Brutes (Ogres),
The Damned Cavalry,
The Damned Hounds & Handlers,
The Damned Mauler

As with all WGA sets, there are no assembly instructions included, so some kits can take a few tries to figure out.

I sam in a temporary housing situation, with most of my things in storage, so have limited hobby supplies available, but am throwing together a few models - starting with the Maulers.

The Mauler went throgh several design changes over the course of the KS - but ended up being what it was supposed to be:  a basic, and somewhat modular APC that can be used for many purposes, in many miniatures collections.

The main options include "armored box troop transport", open topped troop transport, and flat bed transport (which could be a crago hauler, or have a gun mounted on the flatbed).

I chose to build each of my three kits slightly differently - although two will end up being "armored box troop transports, one is temporarily open topped - since I want to have a semi-detailed interior for the troop area.   The other one is the flatbed.



 

The flatbed was the first one I built - due to inadvertently gluing on the wrong rear body option.

I also did not figure out until later that the ladder is designed to go on the rear, so I cut them down and used them on the side of the crew compartment.

I used a troop compartment overhead door as a maintenance hatch for the engine, and the weapons rack to add some flavor to the cargo area.

I then built a basic 'transport box'.

For the third, I placed the interior parts in the troop compartment - flooring, seats, and a weapons rack.

After painting the interior, I will add the cover, which I have built with the overhead doors open.

Some assembly notes:
The seats fit better with the narrowest seat forward.
The cover is not actually symmetrical - it has a front and rear.  The rear fits in with the rear armor.