Here are some bigger pics of the (nearly) finished Ghulam for those who wanted them:
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Here are some bigger pics of the (nearly) finished Ghulam for those who wanted them:
R.
Very cool! Like the battle damage on "Snake."
Presumably the work of the lady next to him.
R.
I have had some of my Yu Jing minis sitting on my shelf for a few weeks now, sitting bare metal. I had built the two forms of my Su-Jian (I could not resist putting it all together) and put my 3 keisotsu on bases. While painting some ships and minis for other games, I wanted to get a start on Infinity as well.
After starting I have now come to this realization: Despite the fact that I will only need to paint a few minis, I will find this a challenge to paint (which is always fun). Anyways, pics:
She's still PIP but I am happy with my work on the pants (though this pic doesn't show it well) and I hope to start on the white soon for her torso armor/ deltail around the calfs & shins. I am thinking I will need to prime these in either grey or white as I am having a hard time seeing detail with it being truly 28mm and the black primer. If she comes out great, good, if not...she will get a second chance after a simple green bath
P.S. precinctomega, please post more pics. Your Haqqislam is superb!
Nice pants!
Keep going.
I've been slowly building a very simple collection of Infinity-suitable terrain and took some pics yesterday:
Overhead shot:
Three-quarter shot:
A different alignment (adding in another building that was still drying when I took the earlier one):
But my favourite bit is how well it all packs up. Here's all the little stuff in the medium building:
You'll notice that the box also contains a pack with all the counters, the templates and my Infinity dice.
This then gets the twin containers put on the top of it:
Everything else fits into the big hexagonal box:
The small hex box goes on the top of the big hex building as a lid, and the big rectangular building goes on top of the medium building:
I reckon I can still fit some more in here, plus - did you notice the enormous piece of foamcore it was all sitting on? That's going to be turned into a "Russian doll" set of multi-level terrain, too.
R.
I've also found a little time between paying projects to do some work on my own Infinity minis:
These are both still WIP, but are mostly done.
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I took some time out to have a go at getting my new Druze to a playable standard:
The guy on the left is converted with a head from Defiance Games's UAMC. I thought it looked pretty cool.
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First, I've finished a Hassassin Lasiq:
Second, I've started on a converted Hafiz:
Third - no pics - I've changed the camo on the Druze to something that I think is a bit more striking. Once I've finished it, I'll update the pics for those.
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I'm liking the dark gribbly look you got going on there for the Druze!
Ah, well you may not like the re-paint, then...
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Oh, that's a wip? You should label it as such!
I'm sure I'll like them just fine when they are done!
It wasn't a WIP. I just decided I didn't like the dark, grimy look and re-did the camouflage pattern. I'll post some more pics later.
In the mean time - tangentially Infinity connected:
There's long been a Wulver girl agitation thread on the Infinity forums, so - inspired by that - I'm sculpting a (somewhat feline) interpretation of the Wulver girl for Hasslefree's Summer Sculpting competition.
This is the second WIP photo (see the afore-linked thread for the first one - I didn't think I should keep spamming it with my WIP shots).
I started adding the belt, gave her trousers side pouches and re-worked the right hand so I can put a sword in it. *I've also done the design of the back of her vest. *However, I'm debating giving her a short jacket, so this work may turn out to be academic. *Oh, and she's got a band on her left wrist to help serve as a strong connection for adding the gun and hand on that side.
All the entries in this competition will be cast and put up for sale. I don't get a penny for my efforts (unless I win, which is fairly unlikely), but I will get a cast of my own model, so eventually there should even be a painted version on this thread!
R.
Last edited by precinctomega; 01-07-2012 at 14:47.
So here's the updated paint scheme on the Druze:
Again, not finished. But illustrative of the final look. I prefer this a lot to the darker, more subdued scheme.
R.
Today's progress:
I've started work on her jacket and armoured shoulder pads, plus the harness she wears so she can carry her claymore across her back. I'm still puzzling over whether she'll be holding the claymore, though. I'm worried that I won't be able to sculpt it such that she can be cast as a single piece, so I might end up putting it on her back and having her hold something else. Suggestions are welcomed.
R.
Simple solution: switch the hands, so the sword is in the left hand and the pistol in the right.
Now, that sword is clearly not a claymore. I know that. But I did some studying of Claymores, looked at the ones on the existing Wulver models and also considered the parameters of the competition (models that conform to the Hasslefree house style and models that can be cast in a single piece will be given precedence over those that don't). I ultimately decided that a gladius-style blade would suit her better. However, in deference to the claymore style, it'll be two-handed.
The pistol isn't what I want it to be, yet. I think a certain amount of careful slicing, shaving and filing will occur before I'm prepared to give you people a better shot of the design. The idea, though, is to capture the look of a compact automatic weapon and, probably, to give it a sling rather than a holster. This is partly practical (a pistol in heroic scale always looks enormous!) and partly aesthetic, because I feel that a holster would ruin the look of the model).
R.
Thanks for the comments, guys. It's really encouraging.
Here's today's offering, so far:
You'll see that the changes aren't all that radical. It's getting to the point, now, where I'm adding the fine detail of the model: the pommel on her sword; I've added (you can't see it) the bottom of the grip on the pistol and the cuff of her right glove, as well as the right shoulder pad. Also out of sight is the other side of the sword, and the strap that allows her to carry it across her back (I'll probably take a pic of her back tomorrow). The problem with these is the issue of the lazy thumb. This happens to me all the time: you spend 20 minutes getting a piece of detail just right, move on to the next and, when that's finished, you realize that your lazy thumb has been gently resting on the piece you did before.
To avoid that, and given that we have until the end of August to get our entries in, IIRC, I'm working on just two or three bits of detail at a time and am then allowing that to set before I go and do anything else.
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I know I said I'd do shots all round in the next update, but my windows of opportunity to work on this mini and get pictures have been very limited. So here's a WIP of her hairstyle:
Should have more of the rest of her later.
R.
The process now is very slow, as it's a case of identifying what I don't like and finding a way to fix it. This shot is a good illustration:
What's changed? Well, she's got those pouches on her belt, front and back, and her pistol has acquired an extended mag. But where's the pistol gone?
I removed it. It's currently being re-sculpted to see if I can get the effect I want to achieve on the existing armature (I basically filed all the existing "detail" down to flat surfaces). The challenge is giving it that really symmetrical, sharp-edged look of a piece of hardware to contrast with the more organic appearance of the rest of her. As you can see, I used a piece of plasticard for the magazine, so I might well end up abandoning my efforts so far and just going to the plasticard option for the pistol, too. The real cop-out alternative would be to buy one of the weapon packs from Hasslefree to use (as that's allowed in the rules). But I don't want to cop out quite yet.
Also, I'm not sure if that magazine is going to be castable. I may end up having to remove her whole right hand and make the model two-part... Don't want to, as the most favoured entries will be one-part casts. We'll have to see.
R.
P.S. I will post some pics of my other Infinity stuff soon, too!
Did another piece of terrain between projects, today:
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