Infinity has to be one of the best table top games going around at the moment. While I wouldn't refer to myself as an anime fan, I was drawn to the game through the amazing sculpts. Initially the rules can be fairly daunting and I'll admit that I was completely overwhelmed at first, but once you get the hang of things the game can be both really enjoyable and rewarding (well... as rewarding as sitting around a table playing with toy soldiers can be).

I'm currently in the process of collecting both Combined Army (the aliens) and Ariadna. I'm also building a large amount of terrain. So, I thought I would finally get around to putting together a modelling/painting diary to keep myself motivated...

Suryat with Multi Rifle (Combined Army)

Suryat with HMG (Combined Army)





Suryat Paint Scheme:
The top half was a small amount of Fenris Grey and Scaly Green, then predominately Dheneb Stone. More Dheneb Stone was added to the mix with each layer, and then Bleached Bone was added to the mix for the last layer. A thin highlight of Bleached Bone was done at the end.

The legs were a small amount of Scab Red and Scorched Brown, then predominately Dheneb Stone. Again more Dheneb Stone being added to the mix with each layer.
The upper legs area was left as it was once the final layer painted, the lower area was then given a thinned down 50/50 mix of Devlan Mud and Thraka Green.

There was probably about four or five layers on each area, not including the final highlight.

Just jumped into the game myself with Aleph and Combine. I completely agree with how you found the rules/system daunting at first, the rule book is not laid out that well but eventually it gets easier. Still trying to crack it myself.

Lovely painting mate and quite a nice scheme, kind of between desert and urban camo in a way. The layering is very smooth and effective.

Liking the basing as well, looks like you have stamped a layer of putting with a grill or something. Synthetic desert? lol Whatever it is, I like it.

Will be following this thread mate, keep em coming

That armour looks brilliant.

What colours are you using? Washes or blending?



If the Army Builder on the Infinity site doesn't load in your browser you can download it from the Devil Team website.

The big revelation for me was the Wiki links coming off the Army Builder.
That way the rules are explained in context, much better than in the book.
It also all comes together in a logical order once you get the models on the table, its history as an RPG makes for a continuous narrative flow that is unusual in a mandolly game.

Highlander 45th - Ariadna

Great tartan, and the bases look awesome. Only suggestion is maybe pick out the details on the faces a bit more, and distinguish where the flesh meets the clothing?

Hope to see these at cancon in a couple of months!

Caledonian Volunteers - Ariadna

These are some of my favourite looking models for the Ariadna range. So despite having the worst shooting value in the force, they keep finding their way into every list I write.

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Thanks again! Yeah, I think it could be due to a few of them having stubble painted on their faces which combined with inability to take a decent photo (even after buying a decent camera) the faces aren't looking that great on here. I will say that coming from painting predominately GW figures to these, my painting is actually starting to improve a lot.

Definitely. Hopefully I can make the trip to Cancon. I think I need a lot practice in between now and then. My Caledonians have only managed to knock up a single win so far.

My favourite scots too - great models. And it may just have been the photos in the previous lot, 'cause the volunteers are painted great.

Don't worry too much about getting in games before cancon - it's somewhat of a tradition to turn up without having played much, as i can attest to!

They may have low stats but any clown with a rifle can ruin anyone's day...not to mention chain rifles!

Looking fantastic, I'm finishing up my Military Orders right now.
Making me keen to get on to Ariadna.

Where'd you pull the spare HMG's for the volunteers?

That theory seems to work for both my generic Ariadna and Morats, but my Caledonian sectorial doesn't seem to be able to hit anything. My opponents seem to have a habit of surviving Chain Rifle fire and shooting me dead for the effort.

Make sure you post some pics, I wouldn't mind seeing them.



Haha, by accident. I bought the Grey Rifle with HMG and tried to change his pose, which ended in disaster. So I then had a spare HMG. The other one I got a Veteran Kazak with HMG and just did a weapon swap seeing I had the spare rifle from the Tank Hunter pack.

I am honestly thinking about running a Volunteer Link Team all kitted out with HMGs... It'll only cost 100 points and 2.5 SWC. Which is a bargain when adding the +1 Burst, SSL2 and +3 BS.

Yeah that could potentially be very disgusting

You could also do ... 20 guys with rifles for 100 points.

That would be the brown pants moment for me.

At least one HMG on the one Linked Team, though, for sure...and have another Linked Team with one HMG ready to start up when the first gets shot.

Most of a Linked Team are there for support so a mix works better.

I'd crank through what you want to paint and see what you have left.

?? Where?

cheapest you get is 6 Point Highlander with Chain rifle or 6 Point Volunteer with chain Rifle.

You could have 12 guys with rifles for 100 points...

Ah dedhed's been cheating again. Should have known

12 x 6 = 100????

Its more like 16.66666666666

Lets meet half way and call it 16!

As always, love your work Din and thanks for the shotgun. Havent put it on anyone yet as I got distracted by my CA.

I meant the dude worth 8 points with a rifle. would be 12 for 100 points.

AHHH. Now I see.

Wombats, how have I been cheating?

Oh I'm probably talking crap.

Think you point at a 5 man Caledonian bunch said they were worth 25pts.

Like "hahahaha you just lost x killing 25 pts of crap!"

This is, of course, useable in court.

Yours were crazy dudes with broadswords, though.

30pts*

*chain rifle Galwegian is 6 points...

Yeah, the rulebook can be daunting, but like Wombat mentioned the Wiki that is linked to the Devil's Team army builder program is fantastic and a lot easier to navigate. I think there's a few links in the Infinity thread on this site.

I found that the best way to learn is just to make sure that everyone in your gaming group has a grasp of the basics and then the special rules that apply to the models they're fielding. It's way too daunting to try to get an understanding of everything early on.

The basing is a thin sheet of plasti-card from Evergreen that's been made to resemble a grill (I think that's the best way to put it). I just wanted something a little different than the normal sand and flock for these guys.

Cheers for the feedback!

EDIT - spellingz

LOL

Hoth / Echo Base Inspired Table

I'm looking at running an Infinity day at my place with a bunch of mates, so I need another table. Seeing my main table (a futuristic city) is still in the process of being finished, although is capable of having games played on it, it is one that I'm taking my time on. This one I want to be able to get finished in a few weeks and not have too much of an impact on my wallet... blah blah...

Here's the basic design for my Hoth/Echo Base inspired Infinity table (made in Google Sketch Up). It'll be 4x4 in size, made out of foamcard and cut into two halves for storage. Not sure how I'll do the snow just yet.

May need a Wampa somewhere too.







The main entrance will probably be cut wider and have a blast door halfway down or destroyed. The aim is to have the main entrance as the deployment area for one force and the hangar as the deployment area for the other, with the cave entrance to be another are worth fighting over (Wampa could go in here). Also I don't want the outside areas to be neglected and seeing Infinity can be brutal without cover I'll need to try avoiding making that area too open or flat.



Apologies if the pics are too large

That is so awesome

Thanks, glad you think so

Actually after a bit of thought and some input from some friends I'm looking at making the following modifications...



I'll ponder some more on it at work today and then it's off to get the supplies to make it.

I thnk you need more entrances, weather they be made from explosions or whatnot, as it stands, it is far to easy to cover the entrances and have no one move cause the first to do so will just die.

The cave network is supposed to have a hole that drops down to the interior of the base (not sure if it can really be seen in the pics) so that'll be three, but more definitely can't hurt. I like the idea of having a hole made by an explosion... so perhaps one of the turrets/bunkers or something will be used for that.

Cheers!

That is fantastic!

I had an idea of an Aleph base out in the wilderness with a hole blown through the wall by Ariadna/Haqqislam/whatever.

Maybe a big blast hole will open it up a bit?

You will probably want more doors when actually playing.

The edited design...

Awesome, cant wait to see how it turns out.

Its getting more and more awesome, cant wait to see it WIP

very wicked.

my research facility has 5 entrances and it feels at times like it needs 1 or 2 more entrances

i'd also install chain weapon high density magnets (prevents chain weapons being used within a certain radius of magnet locations)

will stop the **murder** in the bunker

Morat Vanguard (Combined Army)

Finally put some paint on my Combined Army force...







Morat Vanguard Hacker

Way to go Din!


Brilliant work

Dozer Field Engineer - Ariadna

My Dozer Field Engineer armed with the Akrylat-Kanone... while nowhere near my favourite model in the range she was interesting to paint.

Really love the bases on your Combine mate, did you just cover bases with putty then press that design into them? What did you use for that effect?

Mate you're seriously inspiring me...this thread has just made me want to paint my ALEPH and buy a Morat Combined army

Very nice work!

I really look forward to seeing work on that Hoth Base...very very kewl indeed!

I'll have to check out google sketch...

Deez

Thanks mate, it's actually just Evergreen styrene sheet stuck to the bases and then cut/filed to shape. I've then filed down the areas where the feet go. Really simple to do and they have a wide range of designs. Worth a look.



Thanks! My Morats stink bad and I can't remember the last time they won a game, but they are the faction I still am the most interested in and keep coming back to. Something has to go my way soon...

I've just put the finishing touches to my Jungle terrain, so I'll be starting the Hoth table in the next week or so.

Google Sketchup is free to download and really simple to use, so if you're planning on putting a table or some terrain together it's definitely worth a try.

Spectacular. How do you do the skin?

Terrain: It's a Jungle Out There (part one)

Before beginning on the Hoth inspired table common sense kicked in, and I decided I should really finish my other two tables before starting a third...

One of which is a jungle table. It've already made enough barricades/walls, two bunkers and it has plenty of trees/plant/rock formations to provide enough cover to keep the mechanics of the game working.



The last thing that this table required was a centre piece of some sort. So, I've decided to go with a not-so-secret research facility which will also create a focal point for objective based scenarios.



It was made out of foamcore on top of a cardboard and foamcore base that is roughly A2 is size. Balsa wood (seeing I had some close to hand) was used to add a little detail to walls which would of otherwise looked fairly boring.







Next episode: painting it!

Thanks!

Caledonian Volunteers
The skin on these models (as the colours I use generally change with time/model/mood) were painted with a 50/50 mix of Dwarf Flesh and Vomit Brown, this mix was then gradually highlighted with Bleached Bone added. I then washed the skin with either Gryphone Sepia or Gryphone Sepia and a tiny amount of the original mix (pre-Bleached Bone) added. The eyes were then painted, as you can fix up any mistakes in the the final stages. A few final highlights are then done with the Flesh/Vomit/Bone mix with more Bleached Bone added as I see fit.
Stubble was added with mixing a tiny amount of the original mix with either Devlan Mudd or the Black wash.

Dozer Field Engineer
The skin on this models was painted with a 75/25 mix of Dwarf Flesh and Vomit Brown, this mix was then gradually highlighted with Bleached Bone added. I then washed the skin with Gryphone Sepia and a tiny amount of the original mix (pre-Bleached Bone) added. The few final highlights are then done with the Flesh/Vomit/Bone mix with more Bleached Bone added as I see fit.
The cheeks has a really small amount of Blood Red added to this mix.

NB: The highlights were done with keeping the colour/paint really thin.

That looks amazing, Din.

The table looks really cohesive.

That is the first time I've liked the Dozer Field Engineer model.
You brought out the contours much nicer than the studio paint job, I really like it. Looks Caledonian, too.

Stop talking about Caledonians, I have a box full of them and want to get my Pan Oceania done first. They are calling...

That table is looking amazing!
Those combined morats came up tops too!

I have a question on the jungle board - were you able to buy the aquarium plants in bulk somewhere? I've been looking around, but pet shops seem to charge too much to make it worthwhile.

I actually just got lucky to be completely honest. I had a fair amount of the GW plastic jungle plants donated by a friend that didn't want them. I also bought a single pack of aquarium plastic plants from a pet shop for about $14.00, and althought they were a different (better) colour they looked to be from the same type of mold (or very similiar) as the GW ones.
I also stumbled upon these large sprues (the one in the photo is about half the size of how it came) of smaller plastic plants for a about $5.00 each from an Asian ornament and furniture store. These are fantastic for adding more depth and colour, you can also cut the leaves off and stick them individually to a models base.
Also I went hunting at a couple of the Discount shops here in Adelaide and found batches of Aquarium plants for about $2.00 a pack. Individually they look fairly plain, but when mixed together with the rest of the plants they do the job of adding variety and colour.
I also went and bought a single pack of the GW Warhammer trees and mixed them up with some of the old 40k jungle kit. worked out pretty well, but a bit too costly for the end result.

Hope this helps, and if you discover anything in your searches make sure you send me a PM



Top Left: plants from a pet shop... I bought one pack for about $14.00
Middle: GW Jungle Plants (which were actually the same mold as those I got from the Pet Shop)
Top Right: GW trees with bits from the 40k Jungle kit added
Bottom Left: the sprues I found picked up for $5.00
Bottom Right: the $2.00 packs I found at one of the discount stores here

Thanks for the rundown.

There seem to be a few cheaper ways to get Infinity terrain done and still maintain the quality.

Terrain: It's a Jungle Out There (part two)



The research facility needed furniture and other things to add some detail. A quick rummage, a bit of converting and some assembling and I was on the way. The computer screens and couches I had picked up from Antenocitis Workshop a while back, the work stations and pot plants were from styrene card and some left over jungle plants. The generator-thingy is from AT-43 (or whatever it's called) and finally the 'ventilation systems' were from some old skool GI-Joe backpacks I had come across.



The cyborg/test subjects were made from assorted GW bases, some old salt and pepper plastic containers, liquid glass, painted pin for the wiring and a miniature from an old range that I can't really remember. I used some of the 40mm Infinity bases turned upside down with the circular indents painted to represent lighting/heating, the photo below gives a better view of this.



It was my first time using liquid glass so there was a fair amount of bubbling and mess, but I'm actually okay with the bubbling as it makes it look like the vat/system is actually functioning rather than the cyborg just sitting in still liquid.

Those vats are so full of win. I love it.