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The cops look fantastic, nice and uniform!

I would matt down the cape, personally, but the colours are spot-on!

Cheers guys! Appreciate all the feedback.

I might matte down the cape a bit as Para suggested. I'll see when it's done I guess.

Bit more work on his underpants and legs.



Legs are a little pinkish but I guess it still works for Mageneto; trying some new paints I got but the whole mini is a bit of an experiment.

I just realised there's only 2 days left in the month D:

I dunno if I will finish him in time >< time flies...

I think the best word I can come up with is LUSH! That looks brilliant, vibrant and deep colours, really great work.

Legs look "shiny" rather than "pink" to me.

Yeah looks like he's powering up his thighs haha. Good colors though.

The color range used is making it seem like he is popping out of the comic pages!

Haha thanks guys!

@ Shas: That's sort of the look I'm going for with the clear lines and shading. Well hopefully.

I may just get him finished for the month! Last minute painting rally! Rarrr.

Big painting session today. Almost finished!





I can do it! I just need to paint his face and attach the floating metal bits he has around him and done!

Thanks guys! You've encouraged me to finish him up.

Looks fantastic dude! But yes, i can see the gloss on the cape and its definitely worth matting down.

Classic Magneto looks great!

Thanks guys!

So it was 95% down before, just finished up the face and the base plate now.

Here he is:

The Master of Magnetism


Mugshot. Hmm, sorry it's not clearer.


Just testing a different backdrop.


Those abs.


Did matte him down a bit but my varnish also left some stains in some areas which I had to touch up even though I did thin it down. Never happened before :(. Might need another coat but I'm scared to do it now .

Oh yeah, I forgot the tiny bits of floaty metal. Ah well. I will add them on later.

Hope you like it

Thanks for looking!

Mag Neat-o

Simply stunning!

That's just....

Well...

It's beautiful, Jim lee would be proud

Magneto looks incredible. The fuzz look fantastic as well.

Hey guys, hows it going, how are you all?

Thanks everyone for the kind words ^^

I've missed my blog a bit but I haven't been totally idle! Who's excited for the new Infinity starter? Have you pre-ordered your's yet? Can't wait for mine. Gotta say that I am really happy with this year of Yu Jing (my favourite faction). In anticipation of that, I've decided to try and clear a bit of my infinity pile.

So I've put together a list full of models from my unpainted pile. I quite enjoy the list building actually, even though I don't get to play much. It's a fun theoretical exercise and the army builder is a great tool.

I've gone with the Imperial Service sectorial as that is my favourite part of Yu Jing. Love those swish imperial agents. I'm glad that N3 has given them a boost in popularity with new models and a bunch of new link team options. I think there are over a dozen combinations in there.

Here's what I've come up with:

Imperial Service
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GROUP 1 10
CELESTIAL GUARD Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13)
CELESTIAL GUARD Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13)
CELESTIAL GUARD Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21)
CELESTIAL GUARD (Forward Observer) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13)
IMPERIAL AGENT Lieutenant (Sensor, X Visor) MULTI Rifle, 2 Nanopulsers / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 52)
GARUDA Tacbot HMG / Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 30)
PANGGULING Hacker (EVO Hacking Device) Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 25)
PANGGULING (Total Reaction, Repeater) Combi Rifle / Electric Pulse. (0 | 21)
LÙ DUĀN Mk12, Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (0 | 21)
RUI SHI Spitfire / Electric Pulse. (1 | 20)

GROUP 2 2
IMPERIAL AGENT (Chain of Command, X Visor) Combi Rifle + E/Mitter, MadTraps / Pistol, DA CC Weapon. (0 | 36)
IMPERIAL AGENT (Multispectral Visor L1, Marksmanship LX) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 32)

5 SWC | 297 Points

Open in Infinity Army

The idea behind the list is to have the Crane as a beefy Lt (I'm of the belief that the leader should be someone special not a simple line troop hiding at the back). He's a solid toolbox heavy infantry supported by a link team of celestial guards to protect him. The hacker to stop enemy hackers getting at him, and a couple of speciliasts in the team as well. Then you've got a bunch of remotes to pad out the group. Garuda for some drop troop shenanigans, some support bots, and some MSV against enemy camouflage. In the second group You've got a couple of Pheasants as a duo team. More defensive with the mad traps and sniper rifle. And as they're free agents, if the first group takes casualties, I can slot them in to replace them. Plus they have Chain of command in case my LT dies, I've got someone to take over.

Anyway that's the theory behind it. What do you think. Not that I know what I'm talking about, I'm not much of a gamer or tactician

So here is the list all assembled.



It was actually kind of a pain to put them all together. All the models here are older N2 models, i.e. very tiny, small contact points, and the pegs/holes don't fit that well. It really made me appreciate how much nicer the newer models are. Corvus Belli have done a really great job improving the quality of the miniatures, not just in sculpting but the casting and design of the moulds. The remotes and garuda in particular were particularly annoying. Nothing wanting to stick or stay in place. I actually glued the guns on the second remote wrong, so they are pointed down a bit instead of forward. They are underslung on the wings with a tiny contact point which I thought was ridiculous. Illjust pretend the wings can rotate up and down to aim the guns so all good.

Sorry for the babble! So here's the first painted model

The Imperial Agent Pheasant Rank.


He is actually one of my favourite models and one that first drew me to infinity (then Icestorm came out and tipped me over the edge). I'm a fan of the older pheasant models, I'm lad I picked them up. I don't like the direction they've taken the new one at all. This one was a bit tricky to paint just being so tiny, made a mistake on his knee pads which should be black not green as they're part of his padded pants not the solid armour plates on his shins. But not a huge deal. So that's that one done.

And the next Pheasant, WIP:





Need to highlight the purple, paint the green and should be done

So that's it for now. Of course and comments are welcome! Thanks for stopping by.

Lovely golds on that second chap! It's all good, but that is just stunning!

I've not preordered Red Veil as I don't want to repeat to what I did with Icestorm, buy, paint then do nothing with it for two years, but I'll definitely be looking to pick up one or two of the minis from the set down the line, there's some cracking stuff in there.

Good progress, ckig.

Awesome painting CKIG!!! I love the gold helmet on the first fellow, and the gold linings and cloak on the second is coming along nicely. Solid and crisp painting as per usual from you. I love it!

I prefer the older Pheasant design as well. The sniper has a bit of swagger to him that I really like. Someday I should pick it up before it goes out of production. That purple looks really good. Is it all hand painted, or did you use an airbrush to apply it?

Great stuff dude

Spectacular!

I was justwatching a series of anime and the nobles or Orbital Knights wore a suit of burgundy with trim, that sniper in purple and gold trim coat reminded me a bit of that.

Ariadna first drew me in for Infinity figures, and then I had to go get Morats,,,I like the brutal, and simple stuff I guess.

The murder monkeys are hard to resist.

I do like the color scheme on the pheasant ranker.

Not going to pre-order Red Veil. I'll wait for a Miniature Market Deal of the Day. ($60 instead of $83. The LE Yuan-yuan is not worth $23 to me.) Or just get the Haqq starter pack in January or February.

Hello!

Just popping in to say i'm alive!

Been pretty busy with real life stuff. Haven't had much hobby time unfortunately.

I had to check where I left off since I forgot. It has been a while..

And well here's that pheasant agent from last time that's finished.





Trying to get back into it now. Slowly slowly. Past few days I've been painting up this guy:











Feel a little weird to handle a brush again but it's nice to get back into it.

Hopefully I can keep it up a bit now .

C&C always appreciated! It's always a good motivator

Thanks!

Hello!

So the Yan Huo was almost done anyway, but here he is finished.













Up next:

Painting more black.



Quick and simple

Disgustingly talented as always!

Seriously, that Infinity mini is great and I can't wait to see what you come up with for Bats!

Man if I could pull off that green I'd do a sons of Medusaarmy in a heartbeat. Beautiful work ckig

Fantastic colour on the infinity, great work as always, but that black on the bat is looking extremely good.

Lovely green as usual.

Good start to Batman.

Paradigm wrote:Disgustingly talented as always!

Seriously, that Infinity mini is great and I can't wait to see what you come up with for Bats!

Always encouraging. Thanks Para!

Theophony wrote:Man if I could pull off that green I'd do a sons of Medusaarmy in a heartbeat. Beautiful work ckig

Thanks Theo! I'd love to see that actually. And my green is actually quite simple. Yellow Green mixed/shaded with Green Ink. Add ivory/white to for highlights Although Yellow Green paint is a pain to work with. Terrible coverage and terrible consistency.

Camkierhi wrote:Fantastic colour on the infinity, great work as always, but that black on the bat is looking extremely good.

Thanks Cam! I've been painting so much black, getting a bit tired of it actually. Going to paint something more colourful next.

Dr H wrote:Lovely green as usual.

Good start to Batman.

Cheers! Hope you like the finished one

Here's the Dark Knight painted up.



So I tried to keep the highlights on the cloak a bit more subdued just enough to distinguish it ... because I know I can sometimes take the highlights too far but I didn't want it to take the focus away from the main body.

This Bat is based on the Nolan Trilogy and his armour is actually quite dark in the movie, you can't make out much. But there's all these weird shaped panels all over him, I think its good to bring it out on the mini, so they are definitely highlighted a bit more and are more grey than black. But I think keeping the mesh underneath black helps and the more subdued cloak keeps that 'black' look that befits the Batman.

Just a lower angle for you to see.


It's a very two dimensional mini, I didn't bother taking a picture of the back as all it is, is his cape. But maybe I should have anyway. For posterity.

Anyway quite happy with how he turned out. Looks fine from a normal distance and that's what matters

On to finishing his mounted version on the batpod. I tried to take a WIP shot but since its most of it is still base coated black it's really hard for my camera (phone) to focus on anything. So I didn't see a point. Will show some pics when it's more painted.

Thanks for looking! C&C appreciated.

Looks great, and indeed black. Good job.