More green glow!

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I went back to my sogarat, not happy with the blue glow, just looked, meh... I hit it with a green one to give it some va va voom!  Also I'm putting off getting on with the daturazi, they are so detailed and I want to do them justice... Anyway my sogarat... 

Oh and a better pic of my Yeogats!

Thanks for looking!

More Painted Stuff! Oznat, Engineers - DONE!

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My painting mojo has burst a pipe and I just cant get enough! I'm now really enjoying painting the Infinity miniatures. They do provide a challenge as the scale is actually different to GW 28mm. All the details are really fine, small and twiddly. It can actually be off putting, but once you get your eye in its fine.

The other problem is my Ipad seems unable to take a decent picture of my models (I think because of the size of them). I don't want to blow my own trumpet (although I will!),  these genuinely look MILES better in the flesh. I say this because they don't look like my best painted models compared to other pics. But in the flesh I'm pretty god damn pleased with them!

Oznat (in game she controls aggressive Genestealer type monsters - called Hungries)

Engineers (fix stuff, disarm mines and blow stuff up!)
(Not pleased with these pics in the slightest, you'll just have to take my word they look better in the flesh!)

Next up will be a Zerat hacker, they kind of work like wizards or psykers in game, only they carry devices that can hack in to all sorts of things and do cool stuff. You have Hacker Vs Hacker battles all sorts. THIS GAME IS COOL!!! I cant emphasis it enough. I am now a Fan boi!

Sogarat.... DONE

Got this guy done today... Pretty pleased overall, but I had a frosting issue with the varnish. Managed to fix it, but some areas are a little flatter than should be!

WEEKEND PROJECT!! Shanty Town!

I was watching Sky Blue last night and it has inspired me to make a board. Its based on a city (Ecoban) that runs on polution which looks very Infinity 'esk' while outside it, the human population lives in industrial shanty towns. Its a good watch if you havent seen it! 

Link here if you can't see movie clip.

Now the great thing about this is I can make close packed scenery for little cost. Should be able to provide great sniper positions, but also plenty of cover. Also I'm starting to build a narrative for a campaign that may loosely be based on Sky Blue... basically Im going to nick the premise and throw in the Infinity factions...!

Anyway, I was going to use my Realms of battle board, but I happened across this forum post, here..

This looks awesome!

NOT MY WORK OR PIC CLICK TO VIEW THE SOURCE!

As you can see from the WIP it is modular which I think will work really well, and I can add to it in time. I will also add Anime style graffetti and some advertising boards to tie it into the Infinity universe. 

I have to pick up some board and clear a space in my shed... and wait for a tumble dryer to be delivered tomorrow, but bad weather forcast means hobby time, so I should get a good crack on, and of course I will blog my progress! Let me know what you think.

Thanks for looking!

An actual game, on my blog!

Yes it's true, I'm actually gaming, not just taking ages painting black marines (Raven Guard!). Only I'm totally hooked on infinity. I just love the mechanics, and I'm just starting really to get the hang of them. A game has more ups and downs than a trampoline! I haven't actually won yet, but I feel I'm close. The models whether you put them on gothic, ww2 or any kind of scenery look really atmospheric. It's Down to the true proportions of the models, and hidey nature of the game.

Anyway I played my new gaming mate Chris tonight with his Nomads and my Morats, 300pts. I used my new TAG (see previous post!) and the mission was supply run. You basically have to collect and hold on to a choice of 3 objectives that you pick up.

To cut a long story short, both 1st turns were pretty good, my Tag took out a lot. But on the second turn I needed to take out a pesky sniper that was bedded in a good position and stopping my game plan advance. I threw everything at it, to no avail and it sucked up my orders. Chris had two objectives and by the third turn I hadn't done enough so it was pretty straight win for Chris in the end. If I could have managed to have that sniper, it would have been a thrilling end I think! (You only play three turns - but a lot happens!)

The pesky sniper!

In the end my engineer refused to pick up an objective sucking another 2.5 orders!

Not the most detailed bat reps, but hey!

On hols next week so should get some painting done....

Thanks for looking.

Infinity, Armored Brigade Raicho, This guy looks like something off Power Rangers!

In a good way!! Cant wait to field and paint this up... Wasent actually to bad to put togther, needed alot of glue on legs...

Infinity and more Infinity!......

And I have been actively been gaming, even going to my LGS!!!

I have pretty much been exclusively playing Infinity.  Im not going to do a GW hate post, but the system has rekindled my love for the hobby and not just painting. In fact the guy that paints the Infinity models (Giraldez) is so good its an inspiration! But wierdly more in the way that I shouldnt be so finicky with my paintwork and just get on with it! (because i will never reach that kind of standard!)

So the game... its a steep learning curve - Im not going to lie, maybe because I have 40k so ingrained in my mind its taken its sweet time for the rules to sink in. The system uses D20s (of course I got fancy big ones - I have a dice problem!)

The game is fast and frantic - even when its not your turn as you react to the active players turn. Your constantly looking for Line of Sight - although now Im an Infinity player its 'Line of Fire' :). The core rules are simple - very simple, its when you start adding in grenades, laying mines hacking and skills etc, the game starts to get in depth and its easy to forget stuff, at least for me anyway! Im really looking forward doing a campaign as I think the game and fluff (Which is awesome) will really make it all come alive. 

My one crit so far, is the models are a bloomin pain to put together, they look great, but man... wow, credit to GW for making our lives easy in this department! The newer models are improving to be fair and I have had some easier models to put together.

My Combined Army is really coming together now and Im going to blast some paint jobs this week...

Oh and I have pulled/torn a muscle in my calf so I cant get out on my bike, so Im a grumpy chops at the mo... I havent had chance to test out my new 'sweet' wheels yet either. I guess it leaves more time for hobbying.

So what of the Raven Guard I here you cry (well the odd person who has read this far!) well, i think they look badass if I do say so myself, and yes they are all black (its a crit I keep getting!) but I really love the finished look and I will be diving straight back on the once i have cleared my infinity back log. Not sure I will play much 40k though as havent memorised 6th ed yet and Im not sure my mind can cope with two memorised systems, but I am supposed to be doing a ToS later this year so I will have to get up to speed at some point!! Thanks for reading and Im keeping this papa updated from now on!

Marts.

Some more Raven Guard... and some Infinity...

Good weekend of nerdery, got to love this bad weather!!

Pretty damn pleased with these fellas, tho I think I took the pic to close up...

Also built these fellas last night. Was supposed to do the whole starter, but I have to admit they were an F ing bull cacker of a turd to put together. The detail and proportions are awesome though, which make my rines' look a bit clumsy when put next to them...

Test game of Infinity tomorrow night cant wait!