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Nice use for the ripper

Mercs dudes look cool too, I like the medic's design as well.

I finally got around to finishing my original Infinity Dog-Warrior and Dog-Face set. The Dog-Warrior form itself has been done for months, I just never got around to basing it. The Dog-Face form though has been languishing in a half painted state for almost as long. I just never felt happy with how he looked and couldn't bring myself to finish him up. For some reason, tonight it just clicked and in about 30 minutes, he was totally finished.

Dog-Face



Dog-Warrior



Neither of this guy's forms are anywhere near as badass or menacing as the current Dog-Warrior sculpts, but I think he definitely still has some charm. He's not going to fit with the rest of my Ariadna with that desert scheme, but I suppose he could be a Dog-Warrior from the southern part of USAriadna. that's supposed to be a more arid and desert-like environment.

Still, good work on that older Dogface design.

Let me know what you think of my take on the newer version on my thread? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/7590/326377.page

Hey, it's time for difficult-to-photograph figures, Raging Heroes edition! I pledged this month that as stretch goals for my monthly challenge, I would start work on MERCS: Recon and my Raging Heroes. I've held true and started work on both, as you've been seeing. It's the final week of June though and I haven't actually finished all of my Raging Heroes figures. I still have the Iron Hammers command squad left to do in addition to the two heroines that I already finished. I've had something of a painter's block on them though, which is odd because I really only have to copy Drakken's colors, which isn't exactly a complicated or diverse selection. Still, they've been languishing. So, today I forced myself to work on them. I've got three of the five done! And boy, do their poses make it hard to take decent photos of them.



See what I mean?

The officer is the worst offender. Her pose is so exaggerated she's almost impossible to photograph decently. Nevermind actually getting the camera to focus on her. It's hard to tell, but I did paint the eyes on her mask.



Here's a basic trooper. Again, difficult to get a good shot of her, especially of her mask. Like the officer, I did paint the eyes, but they're really hard to see.



And for a special weapon, I chose the grenade launcher. It's something different, for me. Usually I go with a flamer or plasma rifle, but I thought I'd try to be a wee bit different this time.



I'm actually very pleased with how her face turned out.

I have to say though, I'm glad I got the metal versions of those heroines. The spin-cast resin they used just plain sucks. The stuff is super brittle and the sprue have tons of attachment points on the pieces, so cleaning them up can be very difficult. The butt of the grenade launcher snapped right off when I was removing the several pieces of sprue attached to it. I also had some difficulty getting glue and paint to stick to them, which was an issue I also had with Defiance Games *shudder* spin-cast Germans. I'm really not a fan of this stuff.

They look nice.

That comment about the resin vs metal makes me incredibly worried about the stuff coming up soon...

I always prefer metal over resin and even plastic. It's my favourite material oddly. Nice looking figs, liking the metallic armour.

I will order Papa Kurganov in Metal then, I have the sister Kurganova in metal.

These troops were from the Kickstarter. It's possible that they've improved their formula since then. I would just stick with the metals whenever possible.

I like plastic or even restic in the right places. Metal is pretty cool though. I know why we've moved away from it in terms of general hobby but I do enjoy my infinity figures.

That face did come out well.

The face looks better in person, too.

While waiting for the primer on the remaining two Iron Hammers, I went ahead and finally finished my AEWWII Buffalo Powered Armor. You've seen it before, but not with basing or the windows done.

I'm very happy with how those windows came out, btw.

Shades of Dorvack and M.Ka SAFS that guy is. Interesting.

It isn't July yet, so I met my challenge goals for the month! You've already seen the main pledge, which was the Dystopian Wars flyers and you've already seen the MERCS: Recon stuff I managed to complete. I just finished painting the remaining two Iron Hammers from Raging Heroes. Oddly enough, both are running poses.



I'm happy to be done with them. Now I won't have them looming over my shoulder anymore. Here's all of the Iron Hammers with their boss, Drakkan.



While waiting for things to dry, I finished my female Xin Youxia from Ion Age. She was another monthly freebie from a previous year.



Since the Youxia are supposed to basically be hero characters, I figured she should be painted different from the rest of the Xin. I'm pleased enough with how she came out.

And lastly, I painted up a couple more zombies.

Great stuff Barzam.

Really liking the mercs some stuff you've put up. how do the minis compare size wise with infinity?

My metal MERCS figures seem to scale just fine. The Recon plastics seem like they're a tad larger, to me. I can't quite be sure though. Either way, they scale just fine with the newer Infinity figures, but can look kind of massive against the older figures.

Today, I finished a FLGS consignment case rehab project. People have been selling off their 40k armies again and someone dropped quite a few Tyranids. I found a first generation metal Warrior with Devourer last week and this week I found a 3rd generation metal Lictor. The Lictor was completely unpainted and the only work I really needed to do was glue one of his large mantis claws back on. I've always wanted one of these guys, so I'm pleased to have him.

Gaze upon Dr. Zoidburg in all his glory

Awesome scheme and execution sir.

That lictor is fantastic. Far more menacing than the bright primary colors of the studio models.

I'm getting to a slow start with this month's challenge. For this month, my plan was to get five Infinity figures done, and five Deep Wars figures. So far, I've managed two Infinity figures.

The old Azra'il, which is now rendered completely useless in Infinity thanks to the new Ahl Fassed profile going through a complete redesign.



And, in a more completed state due to me not having to dip him, the old out of production Ariadna Scout Sniper.

Just a quick update. I completely finished the old Azra'il.



Obviously I ditched the camo. I wasn't especially happy with it as the brown I'd chosen was a bit too red for my taste. I'd originally chosen the camo because I was going to use him as an Ahl Fassed, who I have painted with desert camouflage. But, since the Ahl Fassed has been completely redesigned, much like the Azra'il was, this guy and my other Ahl Fassed figures are now useless. Since he's now useless, I figured I could try using him as a test figure for the GW gloss washes. I picked up the gloss Agrax Earthshade and used it on him. I actually rather like it. I'd heard that it doesn't change the colors like the regular version does and instead pretty much just fills the cracks and panel lines. In fact, it does! It works almost exactly like my strong tone Quickshade, only without needing 24 hours to dry, nor ruining my brushes or making a mess. It does actually tint the colors just a bit, but it does so about as much as the Quickshade did and does a very nice job of filling in the cracks and crevices. I think I'll be using this stuff to finish up my earth toned Infinity figures now instead of dipping them.

Whoa, seriously OOP minis. They look good still. I liked the '80's style desert camo on the Azra'il. But the change works well too.

The old Azra'il is now an Ayyar proxy. Until we see the new Ayyar. November at the earliest I'd bet.

Which one is the Ayyar? Did that unit have a figure before? I actually do like a lot of the OOP sculpts. A good chunk of my PanO are OOP figures. Some of those sculpts are hard to come by now, like the old Ghulams or the old Veteran Kazak. I really liked the design of this old Scout figure, so I figured I ought to get him while ihad the chance. I'm not sure if I am happy with how his cloak came out. It's my first time trying that particular woodland scheme. I think it could have been done better. I think it's the scheme I'll be using on my USARIADNA from here on out.

Three more figures for my monthly challenge have been completed, which brings me half way to my goal. All three are from Deep Wars/Shadow Sea and the other two from that half of the challenge are still being worked on.

First, we have a character! A Cephalid who I believe is counted as a mage, Yochloth- The Stealer of Minds.



Then we have a Vanguard Marine Captain, whose entire left arm appears to have been replaced with a parasitic psychic octopus.



All of the leader type figures for the Dark Mariners have those octopi on them. They're supposed to be psychic and allow the commanders to relay orders to their troops.

Lastly, we have an Immolator Biomech.



I don't know why they class this guy as a Biomech. He shares none of the visual characteristics with the others. All of the other Biomechs are clearly mechanical with organic components. This guy is just big. In fact, his concept art classes him as a Heavy Weapons Vanguard Marine. So, to me, that's what he is.

Those Deep Wars guys are wonderfully bizarre. I love the aquatic colors you used.

I agree with Josh, exactly what he said. Crazy minis, awesome paint work

Those deep wars guys are great Barzam

Fantastic creations, as others have said the colors really do give them an otherworldly visage.

Thanks guys. Glad you're liking the Dark Mariners. They're fun to paint and thanks to the recent Kickstarter, I have nearly the entire faction. I'm just missing a few Cephalids, some characters, and the two other gladiator guys. The next two I have to work on won't be matching the aesthetics of these guys, though.

Great work recently. There's such a contrast between the realistic, earthy, camolfagued schemes you're using on the infinity models (great camo, btw!) and the almost luminous blues and pinks on the Deep Wars stuff.

The great thing about the Dark Mariners is that I've been able to paint most of them using just washes. It makes things much faster and easier. Plus, it's pretty easy to paint multiple figures at once using that technique.

As I mentioned, the next two Dark Mariners are a bit different in terms of aesthetics. They're also not being painted the same way. They're being done more traditionally. Tonight, I finished the fourth Dark Mariner, the Dagathonian Man-Slayer. The Dagathonians were apparently engineered by the Dark Mariners as a slave species. They must've rebelled or something though since most of them are actually in the Scaly Horde faction. This one guy is the lone Dagathonian working for the Dark Mariners.



I decided to forgo the more flamboyant color schemes I'd been practicing for him in favor of just going with greens. I actually like how they look on him. It's kind of funny, he's one of the smaller figures in the Dark Mariners faction, and yet, look how tiny those severed heads are on him. He's still huge compared to a regular human.

That's a cool looking model and scheme. Has a real "Deep Ones" vibe to him.

Man, Deep Wars has some great, gribbly sculpts, which always seem to paint up so well. These lads are no exception

- Salvage