It's a snow day here and I used the opportunity of being stuck in the house to break out the light booth and take some pictures of models I painted 9 months ago. I have a back log of miniatures to photograph so today is catch up day.
Infinity was another low-cost, buy-in game much like Warmachine but emphasized low model count games which I love. It gets progressively more expensive as you go but I'm willing to suffer for my hobbies. When I was choosing a faction for Infinity, I went purely on how they looked and Nomads, specifically Corregidor, was my favorite. I bought up almost everything with a "cat" in its name because I think they look cool and as it turns out, aren't half bad on the table.
I only painted three models so far but intend to get the other seven in the list I made ready to play. I decided to use Mobile Brigada as my LT over an Intruder, so I made sure I painted her up first.
When I was deciding on the paint scheme, I was trying to figure out how to make the models look far away from the Corvus Belli stock models. The easiest solution was to use the P3 paints I already have! Most likely, the stock models are painted in Reaper or other brand; by simply using another company's colors, you can make models look very unique. I started out with a solid white primer and washed the model with P3 Armor Wash for the grey areas and heavily watered-down P3 Brown Ink for the beige parts. The Corvus Belli models are beautiful; however, the details are extremely fine and can get easily lost to a heavy-handed painter. I suggest trying to use washes as much as possible and save your paint for highlights or broad areas lack of detail lines. A good example is the helmet on this Hellcat:
I used Iosan Green with P3 Green Ink to add some brightness to the models as well as to keep the Anime feel to them. Originally, I made the Hellcat's helmet green but I didn't like the outcome and decided to go black with a green tint. I liked how this turned out much better. Next is an example of my favorite Nomad unit and the bread and butter of my list; the Wildcats:
On the guns, I first painted the whole thing with Bloodtracker Brown. Then I proceeded to paint the "camo" on with Battlefield Brown in uneven thick wavy lines. I probably could have taken a lighter brown and did a couple splotches but I felt that simplicity is bliss. I topped it all off with a wash of watered-down P3 Brown Ink. After looking at these models in the pictures, I can see I have some areas to clean up or even put some highlights on: this explains my love/hate relationship with photographing my minis. :-P
One of the best lessons I learned when it came to art is this: "When in doubt, leave it out." A wise teacher taught me this and I have applied it to all my projects. When you aren't sure how something will turn out, unless purely experimenting, don't do it. There is such thing as over doing something to the point you ruin it. So, paint on!
