Some Warmachine under the belt

So, I had an opportunity to play Warmachine last night with my Khador army. I was playing agianst trollbloods... wow, talk about hard to kill. Anyway. I learned 2 things. The first is that I need more infantry then jacks. Yes the Jacks are cool and I still plan on getting Karchev as my second caster.... mmmmmm jacksuit.......aggghhhh. I played with this list last night:

35pt Khador Roster (Standard Game)
* Warcaster (22pts)
    * Kommander Sorscha (22pts)
        * Warjacks (27pts)
                Beast 09 (11pts)
        Destroyer (9pts)
        Juggernaut (7pts)

* Unit (13pts)
    * Man-O-War Shocktroops (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)
    * Widowmakers (Ldr and 3 Grunts) (4pts)

The reason I went with this list is that I already own the Man-O-War units and the Jacks and Sorscha. I borrowed the widowmakers from another player at the store. Both games ended in a caster kill. Unfortunately it was my caster that took the hit. The second game was alot closer though and really came down to poor Focus management on my part as Sorscha nearly killed the enemy caster in hth.

I feel encouraged though as this list did decently well but felt too jack heavy and was similar to the list I want to run of:

35pt Khador Roster (Standard Game)
* Warcaster (13pts)
    * Kommander Sorscha (13pts)
        * Warjacks (18pts)
                Beast 09 (11pts)
        Juggernaut (7pts)

* Unit (19pts)
    * Man-O-War Demolition Corps (Ldr and 2 Grunts) (6pts)
    * Man-O-War Shocktroops (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)
    * Widowmakers (Ldr and 3 Grunts) (4pts)

* Solo (3pts)
    * War Dog (1pts)
    * Widowmaker Marksman (2pts)

In the list I ran last night the Shocktroops didnt do too much with the Shield Cannons but were able to hold thier own against the enemy and I think the addition of another Man-O-War unit would benefit the army greatly. I also think the War dog would make a great unit to go along with Sorscha, as it does for every Khador caster.

I hope I can get this army together before the new League begins this Feb and see how they do. I might end up doing some proxying to get a feel for it though before I ever buy the units to make sure they work together how I would like them to.