Nomad Spektr Update

Sometimes Infinity models can be taxing. Sometimes high standards can be taxing. 

The level of detail and intricacy of Infinity models can be very demanding on a painter and I've decided to call this gent a done deal...for now. 

I need a break. 

Next up on my painting table is a nice change of pace - a 40k Dreadnought. It'll be a welcome change before I bring brush to Infinity figs. 

Everybody was Kuang-Shi Fighting!

 Another post celebrating a awesome time at Adepticon.  First- a photo of (some of) the players and organizers.  John, the TO, is second from the far left, with his back to the camera.  Two of our regular crew are also pictured here.  Sure, we didn't get the giant conference hall / ball-room, but we also didn't get gamer stank.

Next batch of armies-  This is Tim's Yu Jing force.  Sadly, the vivid green boxtop made it rather difficult to get a good photo.  Bad Tim! Bad Tim!  Doesn't make much difference, since his Su Jian has already been featured on the blog.  He just needs to post pics of his more recently completed figures...

Lost Cateran brought his Aleph army... no, just kidding, it's his Ariadne force.  Check a few posts back to read his battle reports.

Kevin G brought his Nomads.  Good natured to the end, G took the far opposite of first place and walked away with an Inquisitor Sketchbook and Warhammer Fantasy paperback for his pain.  He seemed quite pleased, though on the Infinity Forum he posted a photo of a baby seal...

Adepticon Infinity Armies

First and foremost, I have to say the Infinity tournament at Adepticon was great fun.  Kudos and thanks to John and Co. for running it so well.  I won't bore anybody with battle reports (yet), but will go ahead and post some photos of the armies that showed up to play.

My first opponent, Andre, brought his Nomad army all the way in from Germany.  Andre teaches demo games back home and was helpful in setting me straight with some of the rules that I had been fuzzy on.  I had to apologize several times for being so slow in round 1.

In round 2, I faced off against Milan's Kazaks.  I learned the hard way how tough Dog Soldiers can be, and how chain guns can burn Kuang Shi out of trees with relative ease.  See that hot medic in the middle of the photo?  Sexy, but deadly- to her own troops.  Apparently Milan lost not one, but two of his own troops to her failed medical rolls.

Final opponent was Brian, the younger and more devious brother of Lost Cateran.  I played this game a bit more aggressively, but wound up losing due to a crap close combat roll by my Ninja and really awful deployment of my Yaokong.  Oops.

This was the army I took.  Their performance was middling, but apparently their livery was well received.

Showcase: Sun Tze

A bit of eye candy. Since our weekly game got snowed out last time, and I've got nothing worth sharing from the "in progress" catalogue, I thought I'd post a few photos of Sun Tze.


I entered him in an online competition via the Infinity forum back in December. He didn't make the final cut, but that's fine- he does fairly well on the game board with Stragegos L3 and some other nifty features.


The mini features some freehand details on the cloak and shoulder pad, and for fun I tried doing some OSL on his gauntlet.


The only thing I'm not happy with is how a relatively thick mold line runs right down one of his eyes. I just couldn't get rid of all of it.

Game Gallery

Same night as the epic Battle for District 8, the much shorter and toastier "Recon at Outpost Zulu".
Yaokong lies in wait, projecting the Yu Jing presence forward into the enemy lines

Ariadne soldiers prepare to assault...

...but quickly find the Chain Rifle to be deadly in close quarters.

Game Gallery

We still haven't mastered the combined art of Gaming, Drinking, Taking Photos, and Recording Movement. 3 out of 4 ain't bad. Without further ado- here's some eye candy from a game between OSH's Yu Jing and Morgrim's Pan-O armies. I give you- "the Battle for District 8".

Techno-viking orders Pan-O to "Obey", and they oblige!

...but Yu Jing is well protected

...and ready to deliver long-range death.

"Cover me..."

Any moment now...