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 JoshInJapan wrote:
That is a lot to paint. I suggest sticking it all in a closet so you don't feel so much pressure.

I agree with Josh

If you can't see it you can't feel so bad when you add to it with more shineys

Eh. I just pile it into a box and treat it like a prize draw. More fun that way.

I think I agree, I know I have too many models, and now I'm pretty sure I just don't care.

I'll buy more before it's over, and probably never finish some. But this is my vice. I don't spend money on cigarettes, booze, or other recreational substances..and sometimes shopping/collecting is therapeutic/relaxing/fun in its own right.

That's all?

I could have sworn you have more than that. Some of that's older stuff too.

At first I thought that was all from your Miniature Market order, and I was like .

Then I looked a little closer. This almost seems like a dare to bring out my closet of shame. It's not even a pile...

That's all? Like I said, that's only part of it. There's still the boxes in my downstairs closet and the other boxes in my upstairs closet.

But enough talk! Have at you!

I was fairly productive yesterday. Got four new figures completed, two were ones I'd just purchased over the weekend.

I've expanded my Frostgrave warband a bit more. Now I've got some guys I can used as Treasure Hunters or Thieves.





I kind of rushed them and I probably could have done their skin better, but I've run out of Agrax Earthshade and I'm too impatient to wait until I've picked up more. So, they're done now. These guys are from the Croe's Cutthroats unit from Warmachine. I think they will work nicely for any kind of brigand or light armored unit.

This lovely figure comes from Celtos and I had to have him as soon as I saw him.



Who could pass up a zombie Roman? He was in a clearance bin for all of .99 cents. I had to have him. I'm pretty sure zombies can be a random encounter in Frostgrave, so he'll probably be used there.

Speaking of that discount bin, here's another figure I fished out of it.



This is an AE WWII Buffalo Powered Armor Pilot. I'd been wanting to pick one up anyway. I'll be using him as an ejected TAG pilot for Infinity.

Good work Barzam, that Celtos guy is a very characterful sculpt. I am digging the purple on the Warmachine guys too. I do not think the skin is a bad job at all.

It's not that I think the skin tone looks bad, I just think it looks rushed. And it was. If I'd had some Agrax, I could've made it look better.

I do really like that zombie though. He was worth the .99 cents. Should be working on some robots tonight. Might even start the assembly of one of the Geckos.

Good stuff!

My geckos so far have been going together smoothly.I'll have to make sure and get mine done first so I don't have to follow your act.

Looking good! Undead Roman is awesome!

That sounds like a challenge, Grim. Looks like I'll need to do more than assembly tonight.

Crap! And here I am due to play Pulp Alley tonight, and little to no hope for anything else.

Well Grim, you lucked out. I popped open the Gecko box and discovered a big QC packing error. I'm missing about half of a figure and they doubled the bag with the little bits like the heels and the operator arms. So, I've got four sets of heels, four chain colts (probably the best thing about this mispack), two sets of the dual combi operator arms, two sets of the MK.12 operator arms, and four heads. I'm missing a torso front and a pair of legs. I'm not sure if the torso sculpts are unique, but I tried to fit the bits together to see if I could at least build one of the figures and one of the legs didn't match up with the torso I've got. So, I can't even build a single Gecko. I just fired off the missing pieces email to CB. You'll probably have all of your Geckos finished before I can even start building mine. I'm so bummed about the missing bits that I barely got any painting done tonight.

On the plus side though, I got my USARIADNA box today. Haven't checked to see if everything is present yet though. I'm thinking I probably should, now.

I believe you get two identical geckos with different arms. I can't find anything different about my heads, torsos, or legs. I dunno if the legs fit perfectly but mine were pretty close.

That...really sucks dude! What a bummer. Makes me think I should pop open my second box of geckos and double check the 3-4 other boxes of infantry I have just in case =/

And here I primed one gecko last night after rushing to finish building it. Don't worry, yours will probably turn out nicer in the end, even if you have to wait a bit to get started.

I had a response from them waiting in my inbox this morning. They're going to be sending me the replacements. With luck, they'll get here quickly.

I did eventually regain my painting mojo last night. I painted up a Heavy Gear Ferret I found in the Brookhurst clearance bin.



Colors were based on a scheme occasionally used by Federation Mobile Suits from Gundam. These scheme can occasionally be found on their mass production Suits, most notably the Ground Type GM from Gundam: 08th MS Team. It can also be found on the Nero from Gundam: Sentinel and on the REZEL in Gundam: Unicorn.

Nice, gotta love 'tank' legs on a robot.

Here's something you don't see too often. I'd found this figure in the bottom of a box of other Warzone figures at the FLGS. I think I paid a whole dollar for him.



The figure is a Sons of Rasputin Soldat Vicar. No clue what that title means, but he seems to be an officer modeled somewhat on an Imperial Russian officer. Since the design is so similar to that of a Prussian, I decided to base his paintjob on a Prussian Guard's uniform instead. I've got a couple of Dystopian Legions Prussians waiting for paint as well, so I figured this guy would be a perfect test run for them.

Very Prussian. Looks good.

I'd love to see you do your Dystopian Legions stuff. Curious just how much bigger it is compared to other stuff on the market as well.

I need some feedback from our dad, since he chose the colors I used. I think the jacket is too bright. Makes him look French rather than Prussian.

SoR Vicars were commissars

They're Commissars, eh? Too bad I don't have any fancier Imperial Guards for him to boss around. I suppose I'll have to remedy that someday via Mad Robot.

I did actually hear back from my dad. He thought it looked good. I still think the blues are too bright though. So, I discovered among my paint collection a bottle I'd totally forgotten about: Prussian Blue! Turns out, it's damn near perfect for Prussian uniforms. What a shock!

I took brush to figure and painted the Prussian Specialist from my little Dystopian Legions box.



I'm inclined to think he's the easier of the two to paint. I really like their designs. It's just a shame that the scale is so off.

This is hardly the best scale shot I've taken, but you can see that he's quite big.



Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the infantryman done, and then get back to Infinity.

Yep, Vicars were the Commissar like figures to kee other Sons of Rasputin fighting for their cause

Cool stuff!

I like the Heavy Gear Ferret. The paint scheme reminds me of the Junkions from Transformers the movie.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Junkion_(species)

I had totally forgotten about them. Really, I was going for an EFSF scheme on that one.

Here's the other figure from the Prussian Specialist pack.



I believe he's supposed to be reloading. Interestingly, his sculpt is actually unique. None of the figures in Dystopian Legions share sculpts or poses, apparently. This figure is effectively finished. I really just need to do some drybrushing on the base, seal him, and add some gloss coat to his helmet and boots.

And, I have one more size comparison.



All three of these figures are supposed to be 28mm tall. The Chandra on the left is a little bit taller due to being on a Microarts scenic base and the Prussian Landwehr on the right is getting a major height boost due to having an integral base. As you can see, the Dystopian Legions figures are just too big compared to everything else in this scale. Without the height boosts the other two are getting, this guy stands a full head taller at the least. They should've classed them as being 35mm. I don't think they'd have had the same issues if they'd done that.

Oh, and I will be painting that Prussian Landwehr. He's actually my dad's, but he never wants to paint 28mm stuff, claiming that they're just too small. So, Hopefully if I paint that for him, it might give him a push to paint the rest of them.

Nice stuff.

The whole 28/35mm thing is so confusing. You can have 28mm to the top of the head, or 28mm to the eye level. That guy is certainly bigger than either though.

He'll be a giant among men when he tangles with my mushrooms. They'll be up to his waist or so!

Nah, it's unlikely that you'll be encountering these Germans on the battlefield. I did them purely for display and my own enjoyment. I don't really have any intention of buying more Dystopian Legions stuff. I may try making some Prussian styled Imperial Guardsmen at some point in the distant future though. For now, your 'shrooms will have to cower in fear of my Weird War Germans instead.

I've got some new Shasvastii joining my Combined Army forces. I grabbed a pack of Seed Soldiers during Miniature Market's summer sale. I just finished painting them up.



If you're familiar with the studio scheme, you'll notice that I've deviated significantly from it for my guys. I was planning on having them with bare arms, neck, and heads, but when I got them in hand, I noticed that they've actually got armor sculpted onto their arms and they appear to have headgear sculpted on as well. For some reason, Angel Giraldez painted those bits up as skin. Last I checked, Shasvastii don't have carapaces, so it could only be armor they're wearing. If you look really closely, it also looks like they have headsets sculpted onto the right side of their heads. So, I decided to go with a full bodysuit look on them and kept the exposed skin limited to their mouths, fingers, and feet.

The Shasvastii are really kind of creepy looking. I wouldn't mind getting more. But, unless some really good deal on them pops up, my next CA purchase will be the Raicho.

As a side note, I had a playthrough of Telltale's Walking Dead playing while I was painting these guys. That finale was kind of messed up. The best ending wound up being the hardest to watch and was probably the worst for Clementine.

Very nice looking minis!