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 ckig wrote:

Oh and 'cause I said I'd show do it. Size comparison of the tiny Yu Jing fellow.

His arms were torn off by the giants next to him. He's smaller than the CSU figure (which I think that's the smallest in Icestorm)!

The size creep in INFINITY is getting a bit...worrying.

It's definitely becoming harder and harder to explain or defend the scale differences. I'm trying to ignore it until it goes away.

I'm a big fan of Iguana Man, he's even cooler than the Iguana so that's gona be sweet I'm sure. Also Gecko.

Oh I see you're just doing ONE of them NOW. Makes sense.

Thanks for the replies!

@RedHarvest: Yeah those thighs could crush that CG (Not that I mind them ). Hoping to get started on the PanO soon! Pretty much done with my nomads for now

@Alpharius: Yeah the difference in scale is kind of off-putting. Makes me wary of buying the older stuff.

@Casey: Agreed! Gecko is coming together slowly. Will get on it soon..

@Grim: Haha yeah I'm not very good at painting multiple things at once. After the basecoat I kind of just focus on one mini at a time.

Sorry I haven't been on much past few days. Been a bit busy. Have managed to finish my Iguana Pilot so my Iguana is now ready (finally).

Update #18: Iguana Pics

Bunch of pics incoming

Some WIP pics which I didn't have time to upload before. I'll spoiler tag these so it's not too spammy.


And finished pics:
Finally added the ammo belt back in. A little wonky since it snapped and isn't all that flexible so I didn't want to mess with it too much.












And a pic with his Big Brother

To me there's a big difference between the two since the TAG was the first mini I painted. The highlights aren't as strong and a bit dulled by the varnish. I think I'll have to redo him at some point.

Also Gecko:

Half a gecko. I'll have to paint it in pieces since the big arms get in the way of the little arms. And the head is hard to paint in its little groove.

Okay! That's all! Hope you like it. Thanks for reading

Looks great! That is one really cool mini. If I ran an Iguana, I'd likely try and ensure he gets blown up so that awesome dude can eject and hit the table.

And, as the saying goes, Gecko.

Nice, crisp paintjob . and the "old" one does not look bad at all either!

Nice job on Iggy Man, there really is nothing wrong with Iggy either, you could probably go back in with the highlights over what you have now if you want a better match.

And the Gecko takeover begins. Soon everyone shall have Gecko and rejoice in unison. Did you find the legs were a massive pain in the backside? I have 4 and all the leg joins are gappy. Think I'm going to snip off the pegs to try for a better fit by eye.

Nice iguana/operator, looking forward to your gecko too!

Thanks everyone ^^

 Casey's Law wrote:
Nice job on Iggy Man, there really is nothing wrong with Iggy either, you could probably go back in with the highlights over what you have now if you want a better match.

And the Gecko takeover begins. Soon everyone shall have Gecko and rejoice in unison. Did you find the legs were a massive pain in the backside? I have 4 and all the leg joins are gappy. Think I'm going to snip off the pegs to try for a better fit by eye.

Yeah I might just go back and re-highlight the big guy. I have a soft spot for him so I don't want to do a complete do-over.

And yep the legs for all my tags including the iguana were very gappy. Left leg fits perfect and the other is a mess. :\

Yep that damn right leg, it's as if it's for an entirely different miniature. Haven't done the Iggy yet but I can't remember as much of an issue with the Lizzy or Szally.

I'm jealous of your Iguana Operator. mine's still unfinished and your paintjob just looks so much better on him.

 ckig wrote:

JoeRugby wrote:Dude

Those are super tidy!

Sorry if you've said it before but what's your recipe for the blue lights/ glory bits?

No problem at all!

It's very simple actually. I base in turqoise. Add a bit of ivory, highlight. Add a bit of white, highlight. Then pure white, top highlight. All my paints are VMC :thumbsup

Cheers for the recipe, I'll give it a try

@ Casey: I just put my second Gecko together and both legs fit perfectly :O. Maybe I was just lucky, or you were very unlucky lol.

@ Barzam: Hah thanks for the compliment! I'd love to see yours though. I like your alternate colour scheme

@ Joe: No problem! Hope it works for you. For some small areas I usually skip a highlight step since you can;t really tell anyway.

 ckig wrote:
@ Casey: I just put my second Gecko together and both legs fit perfectly :O. Maybe I was just lucky, or you were very unlucky lol.

Good news! Think it might be luck though. Doing the maths, we've had 6 Geckos between us, one of which had legs that fit on without issue. It's hard to be upset at Gecko though.

Well 1/6 ain't bad :x

Update #19 I painted a leg!
So... been taking my sweet time painting my gecko. I got his leg done in the same time it took me to paint a smaller mini lol.

Here is... The Leg.


Actually I'm surprised at how it came out. I'm really happy with it.


Some close up angles


It's gonna take a while to finish the whole dude. And then I got another one after that. Yay!

Thanks!

Yep, looking great! He's going to be awesome when all of it is done!

And what leg it is! A Gecko leg no less! Lovely paint job so far, very envious of those skills.

Gecko.


Nice leg, you've really got your red/black scheme down I'm jealous. I think I'm just hardwired to be unable to do highlights in a similar way to your method, which sticks cause your stuff looks great

That is a sexy gecko leg dude.

Can't wait to see em finished

Thanks for the words guys! Motivates me to keep going on this guy

 GrimDork wrote:
Gecko.

Nice leg, you've really got your red/black scheme down I'm jealous. I think I'm just hardwired to be unable to do highlights in a similar way to your method, which sticks cause your stuff looks great

Thanks! Haha though tbh I don't know much about my method either x). Varies a bit from mini to mini. Sometimes I just layer it which is fine for smaller minis imo but on something bigger like this guy it can get too streaky. So I try to blend it a bit or if I suck then I get a middle tone between the layers and try to fuzz the lines together :x if that makes sense lol. Like making a fuzzy motion with your brush. A lot of going back and forth for me to get the right colour and result. I guess you need patience too. I'm taking my time with this one.

And now I give you the Other Leg

Enjoy!

Gecko.

Update #20 Two legs are better than one








Hope you like it.

Gecko out.

Comng along great, you have nailed the colour and highlight scheme down.

Nomads look brilliant, nice and crisp.

Those are some serious thighs.

Awesome yet again!

Sweet, I've always been a bit of a leg man.

Thanks guys! I'm hoping I can finish him by the end of the week!

Red and black are probably the only colours I know how to paint lol.

Made a bit of progress on him but not really pic worthy. Also blocked in the rest of the body's colours so he doesn't look so messy next time.

Gorgeous work ckig - I'm seriously thinking about getting Operation: Icestorm for Xmas and this blog (along with some others on Dakka) are inspiring...

Nice paint jobs.

@ Ruglud - Thanks man! Means a lot ^^. I definitely recommend Icestorm

@ Miss Dee - Thanks for the kind words!

More progress on the Gecko coming up..

Update #21 Gecko WIP. Main Body complete!

Finished up the torso and the face!

Weird question here lol. Do you think I should paint his crotch in red or leave it in black? Am I just being picky?

Time to put on some arms I think!

Just gotta paint his backpack and attach some arms and yay done!

Thanks for stopping by!
C&C always welcome

Huh. You *could* have done it in red. But it also works in black just fine.

Great work, Black is fine IMO.

So love the way you highlight these guys, great stuff.