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Really like them Barzum

Did a little bit of work this evening. Decided to bite the bullet and give woodland camo a go. So, I painted up an Ariadna Dozer, because USAriadna would need one of those guys anyway, right?

Looks pretty good to me sir. I can't decide if I'm willing to get any Dozers or rescue service or what have you for my USARF guys. I mean I wouldn't mind having people do those jobs but I'd rather them come from within USARF.

Are you happy with the camo? Looks pretty camo-ish to me. Is he wearing one of those skull face balaclavas?

Yeah, I think I'm happy with how the camo came out. I have a Spetsnaz on the table right now, so I'll be giving it a go with a different base color. The Dozer used Khaki as a base while the Spetsnaz will be using US Tank Crew green, the same color I used on N7-117's armor, the drone controller on the Dozer's base, and my Weird War rocket troopers' pants. I think it'll be a better base for woodland camo.

And yes, I did try to do a skull balaclava like in the lineart, but I kind of flubbed it. It's such a tiny space though, I think I'll just leave it be.

I like that the Dozer is not unique to any particular sectorial. I think he can fit in equally well with USARF as he can with the Kazaks. Visually, he really isn't ties to any particular group. Emergency 112 though, not so much. That guy very clearly belongs to Merovingia as he's wearing a French firefighter's helmet. I still like that figure, though and plan to someday get him. Both the Dozer and the 112 would make great zombie fighters, especially the 112.

Honestly I think it works. And it *is* a tiny space to work within.

Yeah, using the USARF as modern/post apoc us military survivors/remnants I definitely see those guys fitting in better.

I painted up that Spetsnaz tonight. Gave woodland camo another go. I think I'm happy with it. It helps that I really like this figure anyway. Still WIP though. I'm planning to dip both of these guys along with a couple others. I'll do his mask lenses after dipping.



Again, I really like this figure. He would be awesome for post-apoc games. I actually kind of messed up painting him. I had originally intended to paint his pants using the Soviet Afgantsy camouflage from when Russia invaded Afganistan. I was supposed to base his pants using Khaki, not green. Instead, I accidentally did the Dozer in khaki. Kind of got them mixed up and I didn't really feel like redoing them, so I just went with it. I also didn't paint the striped shirt on him. That was mainly because I didn't want to paint stripes AT ALL. Still, I'm actually very happy with how he turned out.

Your Camo/Natural tone stuff is really good Barzam...that Spetsnaz is excellent...as you say it is an excellent sculpt.

The Lost Margin Mercs are damned cool as well.

The camo on that guy is really nice. Does he need dipping? The shading is remarkably effective already.

My Strong Tone dip is actually pretty light. The main purpose is just to help blend the camo together a bit and to provide a better seal than what the gloss/dull combo can do. Hopefully my stuff is still good. Last time I handled it, it seemed like it was starting to dry out.

Yeah that model is definitely post apoc friendly. And well painted too

I don't blame you for skipping the striped shirt!

You've gotta watch that dip stuff, if it's anything like stain it will betray you given any opportunity, really really likes to dry up.

Great Ariadna minis Barzam.

Nice work on these guys and their camo. It's come up well.

Alright! Last two airships are done! This completes my main goal for the month and anything else is bonus! Thus, I have completed all goals every month during the first Tale of [x] Gamers challenge!

Here's the third Icarus Class ship.



And here's the big Boaty McBoatface himseld, the Daedalus!



And the entire airfleet!



I'll have to get a picture of my entire Antarctican army together.

Look nice.

Certainly far more Dystopian Legions stuff than I have gotten around to painting...

That airfleet is pretty slick. The rest make that big one look especially imposing.

The Daedalus is actually a pretty big chunk of resin. Here's some more shots of my finished Covenant of Antarctica army from the Tale of Gamers challenge.



Higher angle



and a crappy shot with the Prussians I painted at the beginning of the challenge.

Nice work on the Space boats. Packed full of detail.

EDC

Yeah looks good. Seems like the army favors the air mostly, are all of the factions Ike that or is that an Antarctica thing?

No, that's actually just due to me having the aerial battlegroup box, which is supposed to be a starter set while my ground forces are comprised of just a few blisters. All of the major factions are fairly well balanced between air, land, and sea. I have a naval starter set for them, too. I just don't have any desire to work on it for now. Since nobody else has bothered to build or paint their armies anyway, I can leave it be for a while.

Man i always laugh at those wang drones.

the game of boat is super fun.

i never got into land though.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of those drones. Actually, I'm not a fan of most of Antarctica's smaller fliers. The Pytheus and the Ptolemy are just ugly compared to the other nations. But, their ships look so much cooler.

I decided tonight I would do something simple and work on a couple of civvies from MERCS: Recon. These are just the two generic worker sculpts. There are others that have specific classes, like janitors, pilots, engineers, etc. I don't really know if the civvie classes paly any role, but I know that you can capture workers in the game and interrogate them. It's nice to have a bunch of generic civilians though, and this Kickstarter really delivered on that front.

Here's the Office Lady, who appears to either be yawning or gasping in shock. I think she's yawning, though.



And the cowering in fear Office Man, who is likely to get blown away at least once.



The figures and the others that I got will definitely see use in other games. Backers got a bunch of extras of these sculpts, too. So, expect to see these two a few more times in different colored clothes.

Those are pretty neat. I really like most of MERCs miniatures. Just cartoony enough to entertain, while still fitting in with other companies' stuff.

Very iconic colors and well done. Look pretty useful.

Helpful Honda guy?

Best Buy Employee. Just needs a little yellow logo on his shirt.

I rather like the idea of making him a Best Buy employee. Doesn't make any sense in the context of the game, but I like it.

Tonight, I painted something random (what a twist!)! You're shocked, right? You totally are. Tonight I painted a Skorne Cyclops Brute, from Hordes. Do I play Hordes? No. If I did, would I play Skorne? No. Why the hell did I paint this then? Because it looks cool, that's why. Skorne has some cool stuff, and Cyclops Samurais are among the top of that list of cool stuff.



I decided to try (for me) a rather different color scheme. I thought turquoise would look good on him. turns out it does look good. This guy was actually a $5 consignment case rehab project. He's been sitting on my table for months with just a splattering of primer on him. I finally got some inspiration and went at him. I'm very pleased with the results. The Tseench logo on his banner could've been better, but I don't really care that much. I'm fine with it. Don't know if I'll hang onto him or try and flip him back at the FLGS. I'm actually a little tempted to get another so he can have a buddy to hang out with.

I also decided to take a tiny photograph of my other US Rocket Trooper from AEWWII that I've had finished for about the last two weeks.

Cool. That rocketpack dude is a great mini. Excellent work.

EDC

got a couple more MERCS: Recon figures done. A medic for the CCC and a Saboteur for House 9 (I think?). The Saboteur belongs to one of the two FCC factions, I just forget which. For some reason he was a freebie stretch goal while the rest of his faction box wasn't.

Here's the Medic.



I like this guy's design a lot. He's pretty much the basic trooper design for CCC. I think he may have even been the Assault Class originally. The colors I used here did not come through in the pic at all. While it looks like he's white with red markings, he actually isn't. The white looking color is more of a grayish tan and the red is a reddish brown. This figure also kind of bugs me. I like the design a lot, but the casting of this particular specimen just wasn't very good. Lots of soft detailing and very prominent, hard to reach mold lines that didn't want to come off. He's good enough for table top gaming, but certainly no display piece. I'd like to track down the metal version of him since it would have sharper details, but for some reason nobody has any in stock. Not even Ebay, apparently.

Here's the FCC Saboteur



His cast was much better and sharper. This guy just looks like he's having so much fun. Like one day he just stood up from his cubicle, started laughing hysterically, then starting running amok.

Indeed. he looks mental.

Here's a little something I just finished up. I painted one of the Rippers from the Genestealer sprue that came with my copy of Lost Patrol. Since I don't really have a use for the things, I figured I'd use them with my 15mm figures. They're a lot more terrifying when they're the size of a person.