Ye Olde Log o' Infinity!

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So a bunch of fellas on this site are starting up Infinity armies, and it was recommended that a project log be created for all of us to post our progress in. So far, the participants include:

asecondtoolate
Lithian
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nanktank
IJW

So, let the logging begin!

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As for my personal progress, I attempted to order the Yu Jing Starter Set, but it is apparently out of stock at the moment. The store ordering it for me will be re-ordering in a couple weeks. Argh, more waiting!

[nanktank]

Eeeexcelent

Well I have a wait for my nomad starter set, bought it off ebay last week, and its coming from the UK, then through Defense's internal mail system so should be a couple of weeks yet.

[asecondtoolate]

I'm picking my mini's up tomorrow. excitement!

[FearFrost]

Sweet! Cant wait to see some progress!

[IJW]

Participant number four-and-a-half* - IJW.

I picked up the big six-legged walker last week, and am planning how to put it together.







*I'm buying some Infinity models, but more for use with my own Appleseed-based rules than for Infinity. Although that might change depending on local players.

[IJW]

For size purposes, here it is with one of the (fairly beefy) new Eldar Rangers:


The pieces are pretty clean from flash, but there are a lot of air channel spikes, given the hardness of the metal these can be quite vicious!

Pose - the legs come positioned exactly symmetrical, if you look carefully at the image in the box you'll see that I've already bent them into slightly different positions. Rather than putting it on a flat base, I'm planning to model it climbing up and peering over some kind of terrain, maybe a trashed car if I can find a nice SF-looking car the right size.

Paint scheme - I'll be aiming for a fairly realistic camo scheme, not being that into bright anime colours for this kind of stuff. Probably it will be similar to my old 1st ed Sentinel:



Plenty of weathering and a cluttered base!

[chuckyhol]

That old sentinel is amazing![dice0]

[nanktank]

What a sweet model!

The more I see of these sculpts the more I like the style. I used to have a couple of the chicken egg sentinals, they would always get eaten by genestealers though. Back on topic, I reckon maybe an urban camo scheme would look pretty nice.

[Lithian]

Alright, I placed my order today. After reading the rules a couple of times, and making some tough decisions, I’m not going to do an Ariadna force. The coolest part of the game for me is the whole TAG, Remote, and hacker electronic warfare aspect. Ariadna doesn’t get any of that cool stuff.

Here’s my initial order:

Nomad starter
Hellcat blister

PanOc starter
Sikh commandos blister

I also ordered Mars Station from World Works Games. That should give me plenty to work on. Maybe I’ll start working on a Chicken Hawk dropship while I’m waiting for my stuff.

Later!

[sheep]

Looking good guys, i'm really interested in this infinity stuff, but have to many other projects atm.

IJW, Love that model, but i hate the fact that its feet have little wheels at the bottom. How feasible woulld it be to put feet, like big spider legs, instead?

Cheers

Sheep

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IJW, I'm really looking forward to seeing that model assembled with paint.

-peace out
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[FearFrost]

Wow, that Maghariba Guard looks really sweet...I think that leaning on the car idea is a good one, too

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Participant number four-and-a-half* - IJW.

Edited into first post.

[IJW]

IJW, Love that model, but i hate the fact that its feet have little wheels at the bottom. How feasible woulld it be to put feet, like big spider legs, instead?

It bothered me in the pictures online, but 'in the flesh' it looks better than expected. They are more like the omni-directional things you find on small robots than conventional wheels. As it seems to be based heavily on the Fuchikomas/Tachikomas from Ghost in the Shell the wheels are actually from the source material, but a bit undersized.

All that said, it would be pretty easy to cut off the wheels and add something else instead.

I think that leaning on the car idea is a good one, too

Loadsa bullet-holes seem in order.

Anyone know of a suitably high-tech/Bladerunner-esque kit?

[IJW]

Here's a close-up of the foot-wheels with a 25mm slottabase for comparison:



As you can see, cutting it off just above the wheel and then sculpting a couple of 'toes' would be relatively easy.

P.S. If any of you think the footwheels on this are bad, just have a look at the size of the feet on one of the upcoming models. Either this thing's got anti-gravity or it only ever walks on solid rock/concrete...

[sheep]

Thanks for that IJW.

I'd almost think of using the wheels as part of the leg, ie a motor or something, and attach the new legs below it.

Idle thoughts since i don;t have the model, and you're using it as stock.

What diecast cars? they come in mutitudinous scales and would be easy as hell to beat up.

Cheers

Sheep

[IJW]

I've been doing a bit more work on the pose of the six-legged tank, in preparation for finding a good car for it to crush. Plus a 28mm figure for scale.



Needless to say, it won't be sitting on a big LEGO wheel... although that could make quite a nice display base.

[IJW]

And a top/rear view, which you don't tend to see of this model:


Off car-hunting in the toy shops tomorrow...

[Boss_Salvage]

That six-legged walker tank is my favorite model in the game so far, and very cool to see that it's getting The IJW Treatment that the little egg sentinel got. Very much waiting to see where this heads, and that goes for this whole log in general, should be quite cool all over.

- Salvage