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Corvus belli infinity site has been down for a long time and my personal life also got crazy busy so only now i can post the last 2 months news here... lots of goodies.

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I will get for sure the new sexy ninja and the gribbly Obsidon

The Djanbazan, Bagh Mari and Ninja stand out for me, the rest are not far behind, either.

All good stuff again though I wonder about the rationale behind the "odalisque." Can seduce a man at 20 feet without exposing an inch of skin, according to the fluff!

The Combined Army is starting to have a good selection of weird alien creatures -- this mechanoid doctor could easily be used other games too.

The weakest release for me is the Nomad Interventor. I just think the pose is poor and I don't get the idea of a computer hacker carrying a huge gun. Aso, there are already two other hackers in the Nomads range.

http://www.mayasphere.net/ is the new Infinity website.

That's some really cool stuff. I dig the sniper's pose, and the veteran Kazak is cool. The foregrip on his weapon is a nice touch. The Ninja and the Mechanoid are really nice too.

I always love seeing Infinity's new releases because unlike GW, they produce uber top-quality paint schemes with NMM. Always an inspiration.

Kilkrazy wrote:All good stuff again though I wonder about the rationale behind the "odalisque." Can seduce a man at 20 feet without exposing an inch of skin, according to the fluff!

Haha, isn't that her midriff there? Or is it some flesh-colored underarmor apparel?

Yeah, Infinity's painting really is top notch. They really take the art to the next level, compared to most of the recent 'Eavy Metal stuff from GW.

Me wanna Ninja!

Why these guys keep makig me buy their minis. My wallet can not stand it!

M.

And yet it's the paint jobs which annoy me. Same with Rackham when they still recognised painting as being an important part of the hobby.

Why? Because with such gorgeous paintjobs, it becomes difficult to see which detail is sculpted on, and which is clever paint techniques.

Overall I prefer to see the models in the buff, shall we say before I decide to buy or not.

ninjas remind me of striking scorpions

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:And yet it's the paint jobs which annoy me. Same with Rackham when they still recognised painting as being an important part of the hobby.

Why? Because with such gorgeous paintjobs, it becomes difficult to see which detail is sculpted on, and which is clever paint techniques.

Overall I prefer to see the models in the buff, shall we say before I decide to buy or not.

You should suggest that to Infinity.

A good way to highlight detail is to put a wash of black ink on a bare metal figure.

Hordini wrote:Yeah, Infinity's painting really is top notch. They really take the art to the next level, compared to most of the recent 'Eavy Metal stuff from GW.

There are differences between Infinity and GW which explain that.

Firstly, lots of the GW figures are designed to be painted with relatively simple techniques. SMs, Eldar and Tau, for example, have quite stylised armour which paints up well in simple colour blocks with hard edge highlighting and gives a clean, attractive appearance. It's what I call the 'heraldic' painting style.

Secondly, 40K is a mass game, you need a lot more figures, usually at least 40 for even quite a small army. Infinity 'armies' are generally 10-12 figures, so you can spend more time making each one more detailed.

I think too much attention is paid to top class paint jobs. I mean, the quality of a really well painted figure, photographed well with a high-resolution digital camera and posted on a web page several times its real life size, gives a false impression of what is realistic or necessary to create a good wargame army.

I've got nothing against Golden Demons, but I worry that some players put themselves off painting by comparing their stuff with the very best work around.

If you have a horde army, a very good result can be achieved by the magic dip technique.

Some of the corvus belli sculptors blogs show the bare sculpts.

Personally for me the paint jobs shows the potential of the miniatures and are much more appealing to see than just the sculpts... the paintwork gives you hints of technique that are precious to me.

Kilkrazy wrote:
Firstly, lots of the GW figures are designed to be painted with relatively simple techniques. SMs, Eldar and Tau, for example, have quite stylised armour which paints up well in simple colour blocks with hard edge highlighting and gives a clean, attractive appearance. It's what I call the 'heraldic' painting style.

Secondly, 40K is a mass game, you need a lot more figures, usually at least 40 for even quite a small army. Infinity 'armies' are generally 10-12 figures, so you can spend more time making each one more detailed.

I think too much attention is paid to top class paint jobs. I mean, the quality of a really well painted figure, photographed well with a high-resolution digital camera and posted on a web page several times its real life size, gives a false impression of what is realistic or necessary to create a good wargame army.

I've got nothing against Golden Demons, but I worry that some players put themselves off painting by comparing their stuff with the very best work around.

If you have a horde army, a very good result can be achieved by the magic dip technique.

I see what you are saying but I kind of think that no matter what level of painting a company presents there will be always folks that cant achieve it and will give it up... So why not show the best possible paintjob to inspire all painters overall.
There are somethings that really lose appeal if they are to much simplified ( painted miniatures is one of them).

Sure GW armies do need lot more miniatures but that shouldnt be a "choice" of the Heavy metal team, in my opinion they should paint the best they can... although the clients should paint the way they choose to ( dipping drybrush or nmm etc)

I feel the painting pros outhere should raise the bar as much as they can because thats the only way to evolve, if they hold back and keep it simple, not only the general appeal of the mini is not fully explored but also the miniature painting evolution will ultimatetly stop.

If the Mechanoid only would look a bit more dangerous I would be all over it.

@Navarro: I do not think the bar can be risen any higher right now, there is only a variation in style and trends.

That Combined Shasvastii suffers from a serious case of "GW Tongue", but other than that, another awesome batch from CB!

I love their figs.

Their expensive, needs-a-whole-bunch-of-terrain-to-play-a-game-with figs.

NAVARRO wrote:
I see what you are saying but I kind of think that no matter what level of painting a company presents there will be always folks that cant achieve it and will give it up... So why not show the best possible paintjob to inspire all painters overall.
There are somethings that really lose appeal if they are to much simplified ( painted miniatures is one of them).

Sure GW armies do need lot more miniatures but that shouldnt be a "choice" of the Heavy metal team, in my opinion they should paint the best they can... although the clients should paint the way they choose to ( dipping drybrush or nmm etc)

I feel the painting pros outhere should raise the bar as much as they can because thats the only way to evolve, if they hold back and keep it simple, not only the general appeal of the mini is not fully explored but also the miniature painting evolution will ultimatetly stop.

These are my thoughts as well. I like models like this figure because they remind people that you can paint all sorts of little details on your models. GW's studio paintjobs sometimes have little inscriptions, but no personal heraldry, armor borders, or quirky little freehand designs like you'd see on Infinity, Warmachine, or Anima Tactics studio paintjobs.

Their expensive, needs-a-whole-bunch-of-terrain-to-play-a-game-with figs.

LOS rules and character prices make it similar to 40k.

I really like that first one, though I don't know about the angle of her head. I could definitely be tempted to pick up her and the assassin for my Inquisitor Pals in the future.

I agree with NAVARRO, just because someone feels that they can't paint a miniature doesn't mean that a company like CORVUS should tone down their choice of paint quality...which I add, definately shows how weel these miniatures are sculpted.

On the other point, I have long since stopped comparing Infinity to GW (at least in my own head )because I believe they are in different leagues...cost wise and quality wise....to me, its like comparing a Bugatti to a Ford!

I think you have to "love" GW minis for what they are....simple table top gaming figures....while the quality of Corvus's stuff means that it can range from a simple table top counter to (in the right hands) a top quality display figure.....buyers choice!

Brilliant - if they were GW compatible size wise, I'd order the entire batch...

migsula wrote:Brilliant - if they were GW compatible size wise, I'd order the entire batch...

Check this review.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/MERCS_miniatures

It shows pics of the Infinity and Mercs figures, and a pic of the Mercs and assorted GW figures.

The size is basically compatible, though due to the 'heroic' style of GW figures you might find the Infinity range work best as a separate army rather than mixed in among iG or whatever. For example, use them for a 'counts as' Eldar army, or humans from a low gravity planet or something.

The figures are expensive individually compared to GW though.

migsula wrote:Brilliant - if they were GW compatible size wise, I'd order the entire batch...

Proportion is more of a problem than size, I've found. The Knight Hospitaller I own is about GW-size, but he's built differently.

That article shows an RT-era Beakie. I don't know if that's the greatest way to judge scale.

BYE

It's the only one I had available when I took the picture.

FWIW I just measured my beaky against a modern AoBR SM.

The beaky is 25mm sole to eye, 29mm sole to top of helmet. The AoBR one is 29mm sole to eye, and 32mm sole to top of helmet.

The beaky is therefore 10% shorter than the AoBR but he is in a more crouching pose which takes a bit off his height.

I think there would be no trouble mixing beakies and AoBR in an army, but as Agamemnon2 said, the proportions of the Infinity figures have longer limbs and thinner torsos than GW figures generally.

Killkrazy

I think the Infinity miniatures are more anatomically accurate than GW figures, especially in the armour department. This, for me, accounts for the apparent mismatch in terms of stature and form.

e.g Take a look at the gap between the legs of a Terminator.....and now imagine the same trooper without his armour.....dude is gonna look weird! The only figs that GW produce that seem to be anaywhere close to "correct" in humanoid terms is the Eldar.

Don´t forget the weapons. They appear to be huge GW like assault rifles but quite a few Infinity minis use heavy machine guns and assault shotguns as weapons instead.

M.

Infinity figures are excellent as always, although I'm not sure I'd run right out and grab them. The ninja and the assisin get top marks, though, and would probably be an impulse purchase.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Their minis do look awesome but in looking at the catalog one day I noticed some things that looked like they had been touched up...not to different than you would see in a magazine. Has anyone seen these actual minis in person and compared to the pics are they touched up and softened in colors?

I would hate to give that GD any discredit as I know that guy put a lot of time in it but I think that fig is way to busy and looks like he is wearing drapes. The detail is incredible but on the scale model it is just drives my eyes buggy heh.

Boarding Shotgun - freaking awesome.

Nice, very nice.

Fishboy wrote:Their minis do look awesome but in looking at the catalog one day I noticed some things that looked like they had been touched up...not to different than you would see in a magazine. Has anyone seen these actual minis in person and compared to the pics are they touched up and softened in colors?.

I'm not sure if you realise, but these miniatures don't come pre painted.....so I'm not really sure what you're asking. I own a considerable amount of these miniatures, and yes, in their pure form they are extremely detailed and appear in "real life" as represented in the catalogue.....the painting, however, is up to the end user.....

Fishboy wrote:I would hate to give that GD any discredit as I know that guy put a lot of time in it but I think that fig is way to busy and looks like he is wearing drapes. The detail is incredible but on the scale model it is just drives my eyes buggy heh.

I really have no clue as to what you're talking about here.....maybe you can elaborate.