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Yep, he's one of Anvil's figures. It's a bit too late though as I've already gone back over him. He's received a wash, new highlighting on his uniform, and OSL on hia lenses. I'll have new pics of him up tonight. Speaking of tonight, I'm planning on painting up one of the Republic Commandos. Assuming that the painting gods favor me and my house isn't as ridiculously hot tonight as it has been for the last couple of days, I should be able to get him done in one go. With luck, he'll be posted tonight as well.

Okay, here's the updated CRANE trooper.



And, here's a rough estimation of what I want to do with the Republic troops. This was a really rough job, so I'm actually going to strip the paint and redo him completely. I think I'll do like I did on my previous Republic troops and use the Strong Tone dip on these guys.

I was busy last night. I managed to paint four zombies as well as that Republic Commando. I also got my replacement Gecko parts from CB, so I was able to start work on them.

I promised Grim some size comparisons, I believe.

Vs. Gecko and Spinx.





You may notice that my base looks a bit nicer this time around too. I found a lubricant that seems to work fairly well, hand soap. Only downside to using it is that the base wants to slide around a fair bit more than when I used water. But, this one came out much cleaner and sharper.

and here's the zombies.

I'm guessing Mantic zombies?

So those tags are on what, 32mm bases? Must be huge for Infinity, right?

I'm assuming that's a Basius base on the metal one, right?

I need some greenstuff myself. I might need you to bring a tiny bit on Saturday- need to fix the barrel on one of my dwarf's guns.

Hardy har har. It's on a 40mm base and these are supposed to be smaller TAGs anyway. The Geckos are a better deal than the Sphinx at least. The regular TAGs should actually be on bases somwhere around 55-60mm. For some reason, they thought it would be better to use 40mm bases with extensions.

I'm actually just about out of Green Stuff myself, actually. The tube I've been using has lasted a several years, if you can believe that. I'll need to stop by the hobby shop tomorrow and get some along with some more washes.

Take a look in the consignment case and see what's left. You probably would recognize my painted stuff.

Cool, thanks So they Iguana *is* bigger, but not all that much bigger. I dunno if you can really call the Gecko a mini-tag so much as a squat, sturdy tag. Sphinx is small, but still noticeably larger than regular infantry. Good stuff to know

Zombies look good too

Aye, the Zombies are great! definitely 'borrowing' an idea or two when I get back to mine!

So, apparently, to go with my Zombie Fry, I now have creepy German Professor Farnsworth.



I was on a little bit of a Weird War II kick this weekend. I picked up the German Lab Rat (that Farnsworth looking guy) from Brookhurst Hobbies' clearance bin for about a buck along with an NKVD Psychic Officer. And then today, I snagged a German Sniper for about $4 along with some sweet Menoth deals from the consignment case. I got Reznick for $10, Severius for $5, and a Paladin of the Wall for $5. All figures were complete and even had all of their cards. All I had to do was glue on some bits that had fallen off and do a little bit of cleanup. Not a bad deal. While at Highlord Tamburlaine's house for dinner, I challenged him to see who could finish their Reznick off first. I suspect he will since I didn't really do any work tonight, but we'll see.

Speaking of my NKVD guy, here he is.



The guy had quite a few extra bits. Three head options, four left arm options, and two right arm options. For heads, he had the one I used with the cap, one with a fur hat, and one bare. He had this For right arms, he has this one raising the pistol, and one holding a PPSH. For left arms, he has this gesturing left arm, one that has his hand to his temple (which I wish were available as a right arm instead), one pointing a pistol, and a fourth that's meant to go with the PPSH to cradle it. I'd like to this with his current setup, he's using his psychic powers to choke some poor sap who tried to run away, or he's force-pushing some Germans.

Here's the German Sniper I picked up today.



I know the pants aren't an accurate portrayal of WWII flecktarn camo, but it is one of the few times where I've been happy with the result. This guy again came with a few options. He had three heads to choose from, this one with the soft cap and balaclava, one with just the balaclava and goggles, and a third with no balaclava and a steel helmet. For arm options, he had the STG-44 with Infra-red scope that I used, and something that appeared to be an FG-42. It's kind of odd to have a sniper carrying automatics instead of, you know, a sniper rifle, but it's pretty cool either way. Plus, it's a new weapon to add to my German arsenal.

As luck would have it, I got to play a game of Song of Blades and Heroes tonight. I played against my cousin, who decided he'd use his Panoeania against my team of knights and Kitsune assassin. The objective was for my guys to storm an enemy camp and wipe out the defenders. I did manage this, but at great cost. I lost everyone except for one lone swordsman. But, I managed to kill most of my cousin's forces. The only reason I actually wound up winning was because his remaining unit, an assassin failed her morale check and broke away for the table edge. I'm honestly amazed I won though since most of his guys had ranged weaponry and managed to cause some serious damage before I could get close enough to do anything. Next time, I'm bringin the Mechanicus to lay the smackdown.

Nice stuff

Sounds like a very interesting game what with the range of models you guys use for it

creepy German professor looks great. great shading on the coat. also nice infinity TAGS.

So where's Reznick? You said you were going to get him painted!

Mine's already started...

All I did with him last night was put his bits that fell off back on and prime him. I suppose I'll get to work on him today.

Got my Reznik done, pics to come later. Time finishsd: 5pm. Looks like I win.

Okay, time for photographic proof that my Reznik is actually finished!



You lose, Tamburlaine. Even if by some chance you actually did finish yours first, I still got mine posted first.

Nice work. Looks clean, and the paper looks like a zoomed out paper more than random squiggles like I'd do.

I shall concede victory to you in this case. He looks good too. You did a nice job on him.

Mine is still in base coat mode, as I got distracted painting (and repainting) Khador fatigues in a color I was satisfied with.

Plus I was cutting up that stupid tree that fell over in my yard. Turns out there's two more I have to deal with, so my painting time shall be somewhat limited this week.

My Reznik should be done by Saturday though! The gauntlet has been thrown!

Excuse me, sir, but have you heard the glorious word of Menoth? His holy flame cleanses all who would defy his Tue Law. Have you used magic today, sir? If you have, you've been in direct violation of Menoth's word, and that means you need to be purged like the filthy heretic you are!

Tonight I finished my $5 Severius. Now I've got my wizard for Frostgrave!



I should have a Paladin of the Order of the Wall done by tomorrow. He'll be replacing one of the Cygnar Sword Knights as a Knight for my Menoth warband.

Nice. A wizard who looks like he kept up with his self defense classes, that staff looks srs bidness.

Reznik and Menoth are both looking really good. I am hearing a lot of good things about Frostgrave...what comprises the rest of your warband?

GrimDork wrote:Nice. A wizard who looks like he kept up with his self defense classes, that staff looks srs bidness.

The funny thing is that Severius is actually an old man. He's supposed to have really crap defense stats, too.

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Reznik and Menoth are both looking really good. I am hearing a lot of good things about Frostgrave...what comprises the rest of your warband?

So far, nothing since Ihaven't gotten a chance to play it yet. But, pretty much all of the fantasy figures I've been painting lately have been done with the intent of being used for Frostgrave. If I remember correctly, I was planning on starting out with a wizard (obviously), an apprentice, two templars, and a pair of archers. I think I was planning on running Severius as an Elementalist, too.

Menoth and their heavy icons!

Speaking of heavy icons, I probably get the Monolith Bearer at some point. Once I finish my Paladin, Menoth will be taking another long break in favor of something decidedly more shooty.

I've got some more Weird War Soviets coming that I'm really looking forward to working on. They should be arriving very soon. Along with them, I finally got myself a priest, so my Fear and Faith warband will soon be complete. I also got some Westwind German heads that I'm really hoping will fit my German infantry.

I'll give you my Monolith Bearer for... a Skorza?

Honestly, if you want mine you can have it. He's pretty much finished, but he's done all up in his evil cultist purples.

Too evil for your religious zealots possibly.

But.. my Menoth are all wearing purple.

Got the Paladin done tonight. His shield isn't my best work, but I'm not really bothered by it all that much. The figure itself actually looks quite good and took a surprising amount of time to do. I though Reznik would take the longest, but this guy feels like he took longer to finish.



So, that's it for fantasy for a little bit. Time to work on something else. Like zombies.

This guy was too fun to pass up. Who wouldn't want a chainsaw wielding zombie in their horde?



Like my other Reaper non-Bones zombies though, he's oddly large. Like, coming close to Dystopian Legions big. He was actually real quick to paint. Mostly he was just washes and drybrushing. He'll receive some basing material and some sealant. Beyond that, he's done.

I'm thinking that tomorrow, I'll get back to work on stuff that's in my pile. At least until I get my new Soviets. Probably going to work on an Ariadna Mormaer.

Menoth like their purple and white with gold trim

Nice paladin and zombie. I really like the zombie, quite terrifying

shasolenzabi wrote:Menoth like their purple and white with gold trim

I like that regal look to them. They're probably the fanciest army in the game.

GrimDork wrote:Nice paladin and zombie. I really like the zombie, quite terrifying

Reaper's zombies are generally quite fun. I've enjoyed painting every one of them that I own. The fact that most of them are single piece figures is an added bonus. I love it when assembly of a metal figure consists of just gluing the guy onto a base. I'd like to get a few more of their metal zombies for my horde. There's a large one carrying a pair of legs that would go very nicely with my Plague.

Back to work on sci-fi stuff tonight. I started working on my Mormaer, but abandoned him for the time being to work on some other stuff.

Got the first layer of paint down onto my first Gecko.



Not sure how I'm going to hit up some of those details though. I should've left the arms off, I'm thinking. You'll note the lack of operator arms. I'm leaving them off of my Geckos.

I also started working on one of my Bolts. Just one for now though since I needed a refresher on how I did them. It's been a good long while since I did my first trio, and I've completely forgotten what colors I used on them. I think I got it mostly right though. Only thing I really did wrong was that I used a wash on the dark gray parts of the arms and, if I remember correctly, when I did my first batch, I didn't use a wash anywhere except on the backpacks. I'll have to go over the biceps again.



I'm not actually happy with the hair. I'd wanted to do a Bolt with green hair, but it doesn't look as good in reality as it did in my imagination. Not sure I want to risk trying to redo it though. I'd probably slop paint all over her and screw it all up. So, green hair remains! Now, this figure got some conversions. This is the female Bolt from the NCA starter box. I swapped in the HRL from the Bolt SWC box and, low and behold, the arms are a match! (This means I can make a close approximation of the limited edition Bolt) Now, I want to avoid pose repetition as much as possible, so, I left her correct left arm on, but I lopped off the hand. It took me a while, but I found a Reaper figure, female, aiming a gun left-handed. It's a decent enough size match, so, their hands got swapped. I know it's a bit hard to see because of the color and lack of highlights, but she is aiming a pistol with her left hand. She's got it somewhat sideways, gangsta style. I would've avoided that if I could, but if I rotated her hand, it didn't look right. I couldn't rotate her arm without it looking weird either, so gangsta it is.

I just so happened to work on that Reaper figure tonight as well. I don't remember what she's called, but I do recall that she's referred to as an anime heroine.



That's the Bolt's left hand there. I don't know what kind of anime they were basing her design on though. I've never seen a character dressed like that in an anime. I'm guessing whoever sculpted her must've been looking at one of Masamune Shirow's Intron Depot books. That costume looks sort of like something he'd design.

Got my order from FRP in on Thursday. Turned out to be a day earlier than estimated, which is always nice. The entire purpose of the order was to get some Westwind German gasmask heads for me AEWWII Germans. I wasn't sure if they'd scale right. Turns out they scale... okay. They're ever so slightly too big, but they don't look that off on the figures when you consider that the guy is wearing a helmet and a bulky gasmask. Anyway, I couldn't just order the heads, so I threw in some Soviets and a priest. I spent Thursday evening putting everything together and doing some converting and Friday evening was spent actually painting them.

So, here's the fruits of Friday night's labors



This is another Secrets of the Third Reich Soviet Survivor Squad. This one is armed with an assault rifle variant of the PPSH. The little bit of converting I did here was just head swaps. Two of the guys are using heads from the Soviet gasmask head sprue while the other two are using heads that they came with. I'm thinking to better help differentiate the assault rifle guys from the regular ones, I'll give them blue lenses on their masks and the others will have red. More than likely my Soviets will be seeing action in Song of Blades and Heroes, likely being led by their psychic Commisar.

This Ariadna Mormaer was started earlier this week. I'd wanted him to have green armor, but combined with the camo uniform I'd wanted him to have under it, it just didn't come out looking very good. So, I went the easy way out and just gave him the gray and blue armor most people give them.



I'll probably go back over the blue parts and scuff them up like I did the shield.

Lastly, we have a priest.



I suppose my freehand could be better, but it's good enough. It looks close enough to writing, especially from tabletop distances. This guy is Reverend Grimme from Reaper's Savage Worlds line. I'd been wanting a priest to use in Fear & Faith. He'll be the leader for my Vatican strike team, keeping humanity safe from the creatures of the night. I did a little converting on him. His right hand is normally empty and I really wanted him to have some kind of ranged weapon. So, I lopped off his right hand and swapped it with one from my Wargames Factory Survivors box. Perfect fit! So, what does my Vatican strike team look like?



There's premade stats for high-tech monster hunters in the rules. I'll be using Infinity knights to represent that unit. I've got enough I can swap in Order Sergeants if I need to. I might even consider picking up some Bakunin Observance units to supplement them. I'd love to do a Fear & Faith campaign using these guys.