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Groovy mechs. The designs are interesting-- neither Gundam/Robotech influenced, nor Battletech/CAV.

Ion Age is definitely influenced by 40k more than anything. Their armors have a decidedly medieval look to them though. The Micropanzer mech is absolutely based on the designs from Titanfall. I've got some pilots as well that are clearly unofficial Titanfall miniatures to go with the mech.

Got some more stuff done today.

I finished the three final Space Marines from my Khurasan Miniatures set.



I painted up a couple of my Ion Age movement trays. This isn't the best picture for showing off the detail though. They have a nice rocky texture to them.



I got around to painting my Xin logistics robot that came as a freebie back when the range was first launched. I kept it pretty simple though.



I painted up the Micropanzer attack beast that came with my Micropanzer Tomorrow's War set. He's supposed to belong to the alien faction, but I have no problems fielding him with my humans.



It's a little hard to tell, but he's got horns on his head like a bull.

I also finished the hab unit I purchased from Ground Zero Games. This baby is solid metal and was quite the paint to put together. It's also pretty heavy. I kept it pretty simple to make painting faster.



In the 28mm field, I painted up my CCC Macine Gunner from MERCS.



I also painted up the RPG version of the Atilla from the Cybertronic Mutant Chronicles set.



Comparing this guy to pretty much every figure I got from the initial Warzone Kickstarter, the difference in quality is like night and day. This guy has such a clean, crisp cast! You almost wouldn't even think they were made by the same company the quality improved so much.

I think I've got that same MicroPanzer alien somewhere. Mine might be a yellowish color though.

I like all those Marines. Did that movement tray come pre- textured? Hadn't seen those. Don't you usually base all your guys on pennies as opposed to actual bases? And they still fit alright?

Yes, the movement trays are pre-textured. They also come in numerous sizes. The pennies I use fit just fine. Actually, 1 yen coins fit perfectly.

Micropanzer actually makes Marines with similar heavy EVA suits. They have them armed, unarmed, and zero-g poses.

One more thing to add. This is the Skylark Maintenance Cradle, from Ion Age. Since I had a Skylark, I figured I ought to get one of these.

Nothing impressive to update with tonight. I mostly finished my first challenge figure of the month.



Yoy may notice the gloss. That's from GW's Gloss Washes. The stuff really does create the same effect as the floor polish dip with none of the mess. Obviously she still needs to be dullcoated and based. I'm just going to wait on the dull coat until I've got the whole starter set finished. Do them all at the same time. The other two Ghulam will be my focus tomorrow night. Their uniform basecoats are already done, I just need to start work on everything else. I've got some other figures I'm working on on the side that I'll be posting as well.

Eh, I couldn't resist. Here's the Immortal, one of Cybertronic's hero characters from Warzone: Resurrection. I got this guy with the Kickstarter. So, since he's one of the early casts, the quality is just not very good. I'm curious if I purchased a newer one if the casting would be sharper and crisper?



Since he's one of those early casts, I'm not so miffed if the paintjob I gave him doesn't look all that amazing. It gets the job done.

I like the paint job. Looks quite heroic in blue and white ala the Ultramarines.

I know you've done a few other Cybertronic pieces in a similar scheme. Since you got a starter if I remember correctly, ever given any thought to doing the basic troops in a similar scheme?

I really like that cyber tropic hero. The colors work perfectly. The glowy bits are impressive. To me, the control panel on that docking cradle is also really impressive.

The glossy lady looks like she's ready to go clubbing with Kei$ha...

The little space marines have a great old school sci fi vibe with the glossy helmets. By contrast, the CCC gunner has a sort of washed out modern sci fi look that is nice, although I feel his gun doesn't quite live up to the rest of him in terms of color contrast. Perhaps I'm nudging you to paint more glossy, glowy bits.

Eh, I prefer to generally keep the weapons fairly plain. I'm happy with how the rest of the CCC guy's uniform looks, though. I ought to try and do more this month if I have the time.

I got the first half of the first part of my monthly challenge done, now. All three Ghulam are totally finished. The old Haqq starter has three more figures to go.

Here's Ghulam girl, whom you have already seen. I may decide to paint her eyes someday.



Here's Solid Snake Ghulam. He's been a little converted. I did an arm swap between him and the other male Ghulam.



Here's the third Ghulam, who received Solid Snake's arms and I used the spare helmetted head from the Hussam Spec Ops.



The reason I converted him was because I actually had a duplicate of that guy that I got some time ago (and have posted on here before).
Here's a groupshot of all four of my Ghulam together.



Yeah, I know. The older one's base doesn't match. I may change the newbies eventually to match up since the rest of my Haqq have grey bases.

Aside from those, I painted up some random things as well.

Like a Bones Pathfinder Goblin that was kicking around with my spare bits.



The Siege of the Citadel Kickstarter got me wanting to work on Warzone minis, so that's what got me to do that Attila and The Immortal. I also even built and painted one of my Chasseurs!



I had to do a slight conversion, attaching his gun to his arm. A lot of the Chasseurs I got had the fingers on their left hands broken/missing. So, to counter that, I figured it'd work just as well directly attach the gun to his arm. What do you know? It looks just fine like that, too!

Lastly, I painted up a pair of long OOP Striking Scorpions for my Eldar.



I found these guys in the consignment case at one of my FLGS. Not a bad find, I think.

I see you did end up doing the bone armor for those scorpions. Looks good. You going to hold on to them or let them back into the wild?

Your solid snake guy looked good too. Was that sculpted like that intentionally?

I need to one day finish up my Haqqislam minis.

Heh, I just like more shineys. As your taste and painting skills are superior to mine, I will yield to your authority.

That Solid Snake guy looks great. Really makes me want to finish my (Catachan) Konami Contras. So many red (and blue) headbands. The conversion looks flawless to me, which is impressive since they are metal. The bone Scorpions also look sharp, especially with their glowy green jewels.

How much of the detail on that Warzone guy was painted on?

The Scorpions will stay with me until I can possibly get my habds on the modern sculpts. The like the dreadlocked, Predator-esque look that they have a lot more. The problem is that I have yet to come across a set of them in metal at a reasonable price.

Solid Snake is very much intentional. CB have had a few "familiar"likenesses show up, like most of the cast of Lost as Acontecimento Regulars, X-Men as Nomad Morlocks, Deadpool as Senor Massacre, and Clint Eastwood as an Ariadna Ranger. I'm pretty sure all of the current Ariadna Highlanders are sporting celebrity likenesses as well.

Bob, you should totally finish those Catachans and pist them. That's a great idea for them.
As for the conversions I made, it wasn't anything difficult. Just an arm swap, really. The hardest part was actually the headswap for the guy with the helmet since I had to remove his original head. The Akali sniper I'd done took significantly more work.

The Chasseur's details are all sculpted on. I just blocked a couple spots out for the white. The problem with the Kickstarter Chasseurs isn't their lack of detail. The figures are actually very detailed. Their problem actually lies in their brittle fingers and the shallowness of their details. Most of mine have broken fingers on their open hands and a lot of the details just got obliterated when I applied paint. You wouldn't know it to look at the pic, but that Chasseur had some really fine, tiny pistons sculpted into his arms. They just disappeared when I added paint. It seems that Prodos rectified both issues when they resculpted the Chasseurs though. My RPG one has none of the issues the Kickstarter ones have.

Here's a little something I finished up tonight. This is the Reaper, from CAV. It's a bit on the small side, but I'll be using it as a support mech for my 15mm armies.

That looks really good.

That's a nice little weapon swap on snake. ( and reminds me I need to paint my solid snake ghulam.)

Paint gulam girl's eyes. You won't regret it.

I'm not really familiar with the CAV line. Are they all as funky as that one? The missile pods are bigger than the rest of the model.

No. Some are quite conventional.

Brutal mecha!

Red Harvest wrote:Paint gulam girl's eyes. You won't regret it.

You want me to paint eyes!? *shudder* I have to go back and repaint their bases anyway, so I might take a crack at them then.

JoshInJapan wrote:I'm not really familiar with the CAV line. Are they all as funky as that one? The missile pods are bigger than the rest of the model.

I think it's just the perspective of the shot. They're not that huge. No worse than, say, the Destroid Phalanx. I think there's guns mounted on them as well, so they're bulking the pods up a bit.

I'm nearly done with my old Haqqislam starter box. All that's really left to do with the final three figures is paint their bases and dull coat them. Then I'll be halfway through this month's challenge!

Okay, finished up the previous Haqqislam starter set tonight.



Here's the retouched Ghulam with their redone bases and eyes added to the female one.



Here's the Janissary, Hunzakut, and Naffatun.



This now gives me 7 Naffatun with a mixture of heavy and light flamers and five Ghulam with an additional three more in the Red Veil box. I've also recently purchased the new Bashi Bazouk and the old Tuareg hacker who I will use as a medic.

I also painted a Warzone Heretic. I don't recall ever seeing this figure before though. She works great as a random civvie. Too bad my camera washed out the details on her clothes.

Tonight I painted a Brother Vinni figure! This, I believe was supposed to be a 40k style naval officer. Or maybe she's supposed to look like a Mordian? I don't know. I painted her to match my Sons of Rasputin though, so she'll be leading them.



If you look closely, you'll even see that I actually painted her eye!

That's a nice batch of models.

Nice mini's, i got the female too

I got a few more items that aren't part of my pledge done this weekend. I'm thinking I may not achieve the second half of my pledge this month since I'll be out of the country next week. I'll try and get as much done as I can though.

I completed a Capitol Ranger Captain from Warzone. I probably should have taken the shot from a lower angle.



I painted up a Wraithguard, which BobtheInquisitor should recognize.



I did another Cybertronic Chasseur. I think he's supposed to have some kind of plasma rifle.



And lastly, I painted a Haqqislam Tuareg, which despite being a hacker model, will probably act as my army's primary medic.

Got my Azra'il painted up today.



I may not be able to get to Red Veil this month, but I will be able to get some other minis, including other Haqqislam models finished. I've got a new Bashi Bazouk all primed and ready for paint next.

Nifty. I like the olive drab. It makes the model look like military hardware.

I really like that wraithguard. If you're going to paint them all so nicely, I'll have to try to find the rest of my metal Eldar so you can have them.

The ranger and chasseur both look badass. The tuareg looks cool, too. His gun looks white and red, which made me think it was an in-universe toy. The goggles really pop.

Hey, if you want to pass your old metal Eldar on to me, I'd certainly be happy to take them off your hands.

Looking back at the pic, the Tuareg's gun does almost look like a Nerf gun. It's actually gray and brown, but it really does look white and sort of orangish. I suppose I might have to use a darker gray on the next batch.

Tonight, I painted the new Bashi-Bazouk. I love the design of this guy and knew I'd buy him as soon as I saw the artwork. I just hope I did him justice with my paintjob. I was attempting to keep it somewhat similar to Giraldez's. He actually retains all of the colors of my other Haqq models, but the tan armor bits really brighten him up and make him stand out among the others. I suppose that's fitting though, since a Bashi-Bazouk is a mercenary and wouldn't match up with the rest of the troops he'd be serving beside.



The freehand was actually kind of fun to do on him. I think I should've waited until after I applied the washes though, since they muddied the colors a bit.