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Hi I'm Working on some Yu Jing I'm painting for a friend. He wanted a darker colour scheme so that they will look evil and sinister hopefully I can make them look like the evil scheming bastards that they are .
I would really like some comments an feedback on them.

This is what I have finished so far.







I have some more pictures of them in my gallery.

I,m currently working on a Shaolin monk just finishing up is uniform, going to work on his armour next.

Your paintwork is really, really nice! The faces are especially well done, loking forward to more!

Thanks I'm glad you like them.

Just a small update I have worked on the armour plates and the robe currently working on the face. The robe gave me some trouble with the shading and I will go back an touch it up when I'm finished with the face.

I finished up the last parts on the shaolin monk and attached his gun.

I have started work on two new metros. Have worked on the trousers and boots so far, will work on the jacket next.



I have a slight problem I'm not sure what colours i used on my previous metros jackets. I think it was P3 coal black and codex grey, will have to do some experimentation to get it right.

Wow. Very impressive! I like the splash of color on the Yu Jing combi rifle casings. I might have to try something like that as I'm not that happy with mine.
And that Metro is superb.

Wow, nice colors! Well done. I'm thinking of getting into Infinity. How does it compare to a Skirmish game like Mordheim? More luck? Less? Tactical? RPG elements?

Thanks for the comments.

@BurstFire
It was a while since I played Mordheim, but I would say that it is less luck since there are a lot of modifiers you can use to improve your odds the weapons range, cover, equipment, etc.
This also helps infinity become an extremely tactical game since it has a reaction system, so the enemy you are shooting at can fire back or try to dodge. So it becomes a contested roll where the player with the best roll wins so you want to stack the odds in your favour as much as possible. The game really rewards movement and positioning if I lose a game I usually wonder about how I could have played differently and not how I should change my list which was the case when I played 40k.
There are no real RPG elements in the original game, but the Paradiso campaign book introduces spec op units which skills and equipment can be improved.


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I have had some more time to paint the metros. Worked on the weapons and jackets I haven't been able to match the jacket colour to the old ones exactly but I think it is close enough comments and criticism are welcome.

Very impressive. That blending and highlighting is something I simply cannot match.
Also a question. Did the veteran kazak in your avatar attend Kreml High?

Ivan's painting makes me sad on the inside.

Like looking at the most beautiful woman in the world and knowing you can only look but never have her.

Which is a metaphor for painting skill... or being lonely.

Okay it needs some work.

Amazing models though man. I got a long way to go with my hard highlighting and obnoxiusly bright colors.

Thanks for the coments.
@Hinderburg That didn't actually cross my mind but thanks for reminding me now I have to watch varan teatern again .

I finished the last parts of the metros so now they are compete.


Here is a group photo with all the Metros I have painted, now I have to order the HMG metro so I can have the complete collection .

Since I managed the pass my last maths exam I rewarded myself with some new Windsor and newton brushes. I decided to try them out on the Marlene figure that came with the Infinity campaign book.

Here are some early w.i.p photos

She looks great. I love the colors. I can't wait to see it finished.

Love the spetznaz T-shirt on the Metro!

R.

Thanks for the comments, I worked a bit more on the Marlene mini painted her little robot.

They seem like they need one bright color to really pop. Maybe when you have more highlights it wouldn't be needed though.

I like it!

Are you airbrushing that at all, or is it all 'traditional' brushing?

Sorry for the late reply.

@CDK I painted the hair bright pink hopefully it will add some brightness to the figure.

@Alpharius I don't use an air brush, just thin layers of paint and some patience

Here is the finished figure.

I really like your work, and I really like that you're not using an airbrush as it give me hope that I too can non-airbrush my way to awesome looking models like yours!

It's great to see a well painted Go Go.

Thanks for the comments

@Alpharius I have never seen the need to use an airbrush on normal sized, I'm tempted to get one to paint T.A.G.s with but for normal infantry traditional layering techniques works well. The trick is to use really thin layers and remember that the highest concentration of paint will be where ever you finish your brush stroke. So for example when highlighting you always want to drag your brush towards the part that should be the brightest and toward the darkest part when shading.

Thanks for the tip (and the inspiration!) Ivan!

I think it came out great. The bright hair helps.

Thanks for the comments. I have not painted much for a while but I finally decided to start working on my PanOceania army. I painted a test figure a while ago but I was not happy with how it looked for some reason I found it tricky to get a good colour scheme for PanOceania. I liked how the Shock army of Acontecimento looked so I made a colour scheme inspired from them. I'm not totally satisfied with it particularly the gun could use some more work so I would really appreciate some feed back on the figure.

This is how the old colour scheme looked like.


And this is the new colour scheme

Lovely work, mate! New colour scheme looks grand. Do you wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry blend?

Thanks I'm glad you like it most of the time I use wet on dry blending (layering) mostly because I feel it gives me more control over the paint .

That's good to know. I haven't painted much but I've been considering my options and I was thinking that exact thing you just said. Layering may be more time consuming but there is so much more control with it.

Do you freehand your icons on?

Yes I freehand the symbols it is actually easier than it looks because you don't have to be totally exact with it. Neither of the circles are perfectly round and the symbols them selves are simplified.

Love your camo.

Wow, I love that grey armor.

And yeah, that camo is pretty boss, too. Some of the best I've seen.