Infinity – Haqqislam bikers

I’m sure some minis are cursed and these certainly were. I started them years ago, when I thought I would start playing Infinity. It turned out that the system with all the extra rules for different figures burned by brains to cinders and I gave up on ever having a game. Anyway, I did have some minis already painted and these half-painted. So I started on the bikers again, finished the bikes and just had to finish the men.

Then I dropped one of them. Straight onto my palette. Straight into a blob of paint.

Cursed, wiped it clean and… dropped it again… into another blob of paint.

Needless to say, I just gave up.

But they have laid there in a box, nearly finished, for years, and every time I opened the box they were there, pointing at me with their rifles.

I finally managed to move them to the painting table and finished the men. I might not ever use them in a game, but now they are done. Finally!

Forward Observer – another Infinity podcast

Forward Observer is another Infinity podcast that is well worth checking out. Good faction reviews and suggestions for force lists. If you’re new to the game then their introductory episode is for you. (Thank you Martin for the tip)

As an Infinity bonus the chaps at D6G have devoted Episode 116 to Infinity. Haven’t listened to it yet, but it contains a lot of background and faction information and rules discussions.

Fail… and again

Long time, no posts. Lots of work and other things have taken far too much time.

Oh, and those Infinity figures…

I got really inspired by listening to Infinity O-12 podcast. Started on four figures. Everything turned out well, really well.

But I dropped one of them, just a couple of centimetres.

Nothing broke.

But I dropped it on to my palette. Straight into a blob of wet paint. First time that happened.

Cursing I picked up the figure, and cleaned it the best I could.

That was bad enough. But….

I picked up another of the figures. Grabbed the paint brush, and promptly dropped that figure too. Into the same blob of wet paint. Aaaaaaargh!

That had certainly never happened before. I took two weeks off from modelling. I was just too frustrated.

A couple of days ago I went back to the painting table, took out a couple of boxes of 20mm WWII figures and got going again. It feels really good to be back.

You’ll soon see a review of Armourfast’s Pz IVD, and after that an assortment of Zvezda kits. Also some more 6mm Italians, for the game next week.

Welcome CPBelt with A league of ordinary gamers. Really nice site, and what can I say – Girls und Panzers…. A must see! (I’m lost, I have a Lee-tank in the plastics mountain. I must paint it pink. And a red StuG…. and…)

Happy New Modelling Year everybody. 

Infinity O-12 podcast

I found a new-ish podcast called Infinity O-12.

My Infinity project is stumbling along. I love the figures, but they compete with fantasy figures, 20 + 6 mm WWII and the odd modern zombie.Now I must concentrate on the Infinity-figures I have, and do some serious painting, so that I can at least get some game going and try the rules.

At the moment I’ve completed the Haqqislam starter box, I have some more Haqqislam figures on the painting table, more or less painted, and an Aleph starter box waiting to be built and painted.

So what I really needed was some inspiration, and that I found in this podcast.

It’s bi-weekly, about two hours long, and filled with good tips on rules, factions and what not.

If you have any interest in Infinity then you should check this out. Highly recommended!

To the painting table...

Infinity – Haqqislam Starter Pack

Two Ghulam Infantry 

I’ve been salivating over the Infinity figures for quite some time, but another period/rules set… I read the basic rules (free download!) and they seemed decent. Anyway, I plunged into Infinity this summer, bought the basic rules, and was wowed. Really nice fluff, beautiful rulesbook, and decent rules. As it happened, I also bought two starter sets, Haqqislam and Aleph. Haqqislam was a must, I really like the feel of that faction. Aleph – well, I’m not really sure about them, we’ll see.

Anyway, all figures are outstanding when it comes to detailing, and if you want to spend ages on all the tiny details, then you can certainly do that. My intention was to get the figures on the table in a manageable time, but still have nice figures.

Let’s see how it turned out.

Haqqislam – I wanted a desert themed look for these figures, a lot of sand, beige etc. The starter set comes with six figures. Three Ghulam infantry – the basic grunts, a Hunzakut sniper, a Naffatun with rifle and light flamethrower, and an elite Janissaire.

The Ghulam Infantry and Hunzakut sniper

Ghulam and Hunzakut sniper

Clothing – Vallejo 819 Iraqui Sand. Armour 913 Yellow Ochre or 835 Pastel Green. Shoes and belt 912 Tan Yellow on one figure, but it was a bit too light, so I changed it to Shoes and holster 843 Cork Brown, belt 856 Ochre Brown. Backpack 977 Desert Yellow. Rifle 954 Gun Metal and shoulder stock 941 Burn Umber.

The figures were then given a wash of Devlan Mud, and the weapons had a black wash.

Janissaire and Naffatun

The Janissaire was the easiest. Armour 835 Pastel Green with clothing Iraqui Sand. Washes as above.

The Naffatun was a combination of the Ghulam and Janissaire colours.

Then off course details; hair, eyes, bandanas, grades etc. I used about 20 different paints for the Ghulams…

All in all I'm very satisfied with the quality of the figures, they really take the washes extremely well. 

There will be more Haqqislam.