Another 13 Mobile Infantry finished this morning. Shadowrun and Warzone have been doing a pretty good job of keeping me distracted lately but I'm finally almost done these guys...or girls.
-Jay
39 down, 13 to go!
...slightly closer up
Showing posts with label Starship Troopers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Starship Troopers. Show all posts
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Completed (2 of 4)
I put the finishing touches on 13 more of my Mobile Infantry today. I thought I would wrap these up alot sooner than this but between Shadowrun and Warzone I've been super-distracted in terms of hobby projects lately.
At any rate another 13 are now done and I think it will be back to the distractions tonight!
-Jay
I put the finishing touches on 13 more of my Mobile Infantry today. I thought I would wrap these up alot sooner than this but between Shadowrun and Warzone I've been super-distracted in terms of hobby projects lately.
At any rate another 13 are now done and I think it will be back to the distractions tonight!
-Jay
Group shot
Close-up
Friday, 15 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Completed (1 of 4)
Now that the time pressure is off (having already lost) our painting challenge I slowed down a bit and instead of painting to tabletop standard and moving on I've gone back to do touch-ups and finish bases before calling finished.
This is my first batch of 13 Mobile Infantry Troopers completely finished.
More to come.
-Jay
Now that the time pressure is off (having already lost) our painting challenge I slowed down a bit and instead of painting to tabletop standard and moving on I've gone back to do touch-ups and finish bases before calling finished.
This is my first batch of 13 Mobile Infantry Troopers completely finished.
More to come.
-Jay
First 13 completely finished!
...and a slightly tighter shot
Sunday, 10 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Day 8 (The Agony Of Defeat!)
It's almsot the same margin of defeat for me as last time. I was about 2 hours from being done when I got the e-mail letting me know I was now slugging it out for second place in our painting challenge.
Congratulations to Darren who not only won our challenge but did it in-spite of starting later than everyone else and without the benefit of cheater-dip.
Over the next couple of days I will post the crisper clearer pictures of my completed MI models and lament what might have been.....
-Jay
It's almsot the same margin of defeat for me as last time. I was about 2 hours from being done when I got the e-mail letting me know I was now slugging it out for second place in our painting challenge.
Congratulations to Darren who not only won our challenge but did it in-spite of starting later than everyone else and without the benefit of cheater-dip.
Over the next couple of days I will post the crisper clearer pictures of my completed MI models and lament what might have been.....
-Jay
Saturday, 9 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Day 6
(Day 6 was yesterday, this should have gone up then)
Back to the Mobile Infantry! So last night I got another 13 figures done for my MI troopers and got the bases, guns and flesh done for my last 13. At this point I have 39 finished and my last 13 started, so I am conservatively 75% of the way done.
As I mentionned previously I am happy that this is all moving along but to be perfectly honest so far it's taken me almost exactly twice as long as I thought it would. My original plan in terms of time frame was going to be to paint 13 figures per day from start to finish but between distractions and real-life creeping in I just haven't been able to keep up the pace I had originally set for myself.
If I keep going at the rate I have been (rather than the rate I was planning) I should be finished late Sunday night...which I have a sinking feeling we give me a second place finish (out of 4 participants).
Once I'm all done I'll post crisper photos of all the figures together.
-Jay
(Day 6 was yesterday, this should have gone up then)
Back to the Mobile Infantry! So last night I got another 13 figures done for my MI troopers and got the bases, guns and flesh done for my last 13. At this point I have 39 finished and my last 13 started, so I am conservatively 75% of the way done.
As I mentionned previously I am happy that this is all moving along but to be perfectly honest so far it's taken me almost exactly twice as long as I thought it would. My original plan in terms of time frame was going to be to paint 13 figures per day from start to finish but between distractions and real-life creeping in I just haven't been able to keep up the pace I had originally set for myself.
If I keep going at the rate I have been (rather than the rate I was planning) I should be finished late Sunday night...which I have a sinking feeling we give me a second place finish (out of 4 participants).
Once I'm all done I'll post crisper photos of all the figures together.
-Jay
Getting close to the finish line!
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Day 4
I managed to get a bit more painting done tonight. Finished 7 more of the same figure I painted yesterday so I now have 26 figures done and 26 figures still to do, I'm halfway there!
I'm definitely feeling good about my progress so far, now the only question is did anyone else pull a marathon paint session and get ahead of me?
-Jay
I managed to get a bit more painting done tonight. Finished 7 more of the same figure I painted yesterday so I now have 26 figures done and 26 figures still to do, I'm halfway there!
I'm definitely feeling good about my progress so far, now the only question is did anyone else pull a marathon paint session and get ahead of me?
-Jay
Half done!
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Interlude Two
I decided to do another side-project to my Starship Troopers figures this morning as opposed to getting more work in on my Mobile Infantry. I've always found these diversions help me keep up a regular painting schedule but while I'm in a race I don't think they're doing me alot of good. Having said that when the basic figs with rifles are done I'm sure I'll be happy to have some other interesting stuff to supplement them with.
This morning I painted a Neo-Dog which is a cybernetically enhanced dog that is used primarily by Pathfinders in ST but can also be bought as 1 off upgrades. Mongoose used to sell whole K-9 units but sadly for me all I have is the single Neo-Dog from the 'Heroes Of The Mobile Infantry' box set.
Check back in later tonight for an update on the actual main project.
-Jay
I decided to do another side-project to my Starship Troopers figures this morning as opposed to getting more work in on my Mobile Infantry. I've always found these diversions help me keep up a regular painting schedule but while I'm in a race I don't think they're doing me alot of good. Having said that when the basic figs with rifles are done I'm sure I'll be happy to have some other interesting stuff to supplement them with.
This morning I painted a Neo-Dog which is a cybernetically enhanced dog that is used primarily by Pathfinders in ST but can also be bought as 1 off upgrades. Mongoose used to sell whole K-9 units but sadly for me all I have is the single Neo-Dog from the 'Heroes Of The Mobile Infantry' box set.
Check back in later tonight for an update on the actual main project.
-Jay
Woof!
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Day 3
What was I saying the other day about hobby A.D.D.?
Tonight I SHOULD have been painting my next batch of 13 troopers but instead I got sidetracked and spent a couple of hours converting some figures for an upcoming game. When I got back to my Mobile Infantry it was much later than I intended.
Long story shory I got 6 more figures almost finished today. I just have to clean up the black bits and do the eyes. I should be able to do that in an hour before I leave for work tomorrow.
So at this point (calling those figures "done") I've got 19 figures finished and 33 left to go. Basically I'm 40% done after 3 days, that's not a bad pace but I doubt it's enough to keep me at the front of the pack.
Hopefully tomorrow will produce a better result and I can keep myself from getting distracted by shinny things.
-Jay
What was I saying the other day about hobby A.D.D.?
Tonight I SHOULD have been painting my next batch of 13 troopers but instead I got sidetracked and spent a couple of hours converting some figures for an upcoming game. When I got back to my Mobile Infantry it was much later than I intended.
Long story shory I got 6 more figures almost finished today. I just have to clean up the black bits and do the eyes. I should be able to do that in an hour before I leave for work tomorrow.
So at this point (calling those figures "done") I've got 19 figures finished and 33 left to go. Basically I'm 40% done after 3 days, that's not a bad pace but I doubt it's enough to keep me at the front of the pack.
Hopefully tomorrow will produce a better result and I can keep myself from getting distracted by shinny things.
-Jay
6 more!
Monday, 4 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Day 2
Timing is everything isn't it? After meandering through my painting projects for most of the last 2 years with no particular goals or deadlines I take on this painting bet and within a few days find myself with commitments to get nearly 100 new models for 2 separate projects done in a fairly short amount of time. Will this distract me? Probably. Will it stop me? I don't think so.
Tonight I managed to finish my first 13 troopers, apologies for the poor picture quality I took the photo in my painting area not my photo area. Hopefully tomorrow I'll put up a better picture alongside the next work-in-progress shot. So basically I'm 25% done (13 done, 39 left) with another 13 figures roughly half done.
If I can just keep my old adversay Hobby A.D.D. from kicking in I should be fine.....
-Jay
Timing is everything isn't it? After meandering through my painting projects for most of the last 2 years with no particular goals or deadlines I take on this painting bet and within a few days find myself with commitments to get nearly 100 new models for 2 separate projects done in a fairly short amount of time. Will this distract me? Probably. Will it stop me? I don't think so.
Tonight I managed to finish my first 13 troopers, apologies for the poor picture quality I took the photo in my painting area not my photo area. Hopefully tomorrow I'll put up a better picture alongside the next work-in-progress shot. So basically I'm 25% done (13 done, 39 left) with another 13 figures roughly half done.
If I can just keep my old adversay Hobby A.D.D. from kicking in I should be fine.....
-Jay
First 13 done!
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Interlude
I got up early this morning as planned but after I made my coffee and got everything sorted out I just wasn't feeling the urge to paint those Mobile Infantry. Still I was sitting at my desk and thinking I should get something useful done, so I decided to speed paint a single MI Officer model.
This figure represent a command level officer and member of the military intelligence unit in the Starship Troopers universe. What made him appealing was that his simple colour scheme meant I could get him done in under an hour and still have a little time to put in some much needed work on my troopers.
Later tonight (much later tonight) I should be posting an update on my actual trooper models.
-Jay
I got up early this morning as planned but after I made my coffee and got everything sorted out I just wasn't feeling the urge to paint those Mobile Infantry. Still I was sitting at my desk and thinking I should get something useful done, so I decided to speed paint a single MI Officer model.
This figure represent a command level officer and member of the military intelligence unit in the Starship Troopers universe. What made him appealing was that his simple colour scheme meant I could get him done in under an hour and still have a little time to put in some much needed work on my troopers.
Later tonight (much later tonight) I should be posting an update on my actual trooper models.
-Jay
SICON Advisor
Sunday, 3 February 2013
50 Figure Painting Challenge: Day 1
After all the build up I finally got brush in hand and got down to it tonight and realized it's been a long time since I assembly-line painted models.
My basic plan is to paint my figs in 4 groups of 13. There are 4 variants of the trooper models so basically I'm painting 13 identical figures before moving onto the next batch. The exception is that anytime I put on anything that has an extended drying time (washes & texture paint mostly) I'm working ahead on the next batch of 13.
In my head the plan tonight was to get the first 13 completely finished and to get the next 13 to the point where I could easily finish them tomorrow night.....I fell well short of both goals. My first 13 are probably 75% done which means it should take me about 2 hours to finish them tomorrow but my next 13 are barely started. I still feel good about the progress that I made and if I can catch an extra hour or two in the next couple of days I'll be back on track, otherwise I may have set myself up for second place finish (at best).
Tomorrow should be an interesting day. I'm hoping to get some painting done in the morning to start catching up a bit on my schedule.
-Jay
After all the build up I finally got brush in hand and got down to it tonight and realized it's been a long time since I assembly-line painted models.
My basic plan is to paint my figs in 4 groups of 13. There are 4 variants of the trooper models so basically I'm painting 13 identical figures before moving onto the next batch. The exception is that anytime I put on anything that has an extended drying time (washes & texture paint mostly) I'm working ahead on the next batch of 13.
In my head the plan tonight was to get the first 13 completely finished and to get the next 13 to the point where I could easily finish them tomorrow night.....I fell well short of both goals. My first 13 are probably 75% done which means it should take me about 2 hours to finish them tomorrow but my next 13 are barely started. I still feel good about the progress that I made and if I can catch an extra hour or two in the next couple of days I'll be back on track, otherwise I may have set myself up for second place finish (at best).
Tomorrow should be an interesting day. I'm hoping to get some painting done in the morning to start catching up a bit on my schedule.
-Jay
It begins!
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Standing on the starting line!
Kick-off for the painting challenge is tomorrow! My 52 troopers are now primed and ready to roll.
I've got a simple plan that should allow me to finish all 52 fairly quickly. I'll post the timeline for completion once we're actually done, I know that sounds backwards but declaring the pace I'm going to paint at ahead of time seems like a surefire way of losing.
I also managed to complete my last 2 'test' models for the project so I thought I would show those off today as well.
See you tomorrow with my first update!
-Jay
Kick-off for the painting challenge is tomorrow! My 52 troopers are now primed and ready to roll.
I've got a simple plan that should allow me to finish all 52 fairly quickly. I'll post the timeline for completion once we're actually done, I know that sounds backwards but declaring the pace I'm going to paint at ahead of time seems like a surefire way of losing.
I also managed to complete my last 2 'test' models for the project so I thought I would show those off today as well.
See you tomorrow with my first update!
-Jay
Just looking for some troops to lead into battle!
Ah, there they are!
Thursday, 31 January 2013
I agreed to what? That doesn't sound like me at all.......
So starting Sunday I am in a 4 way painting challenge with; Darren (Skaven), Nick (Orcs) & Carmin (Chaos) to see who can get 50 trooper models done first.
I always think these painting bets are a good idea and then I line up 50 models infront of myself and do a double take. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gainned.
So today I've got my 52 Light Infantry cleaned and glued into their bases and I'll be black priming them tomorrow in preparation for starting painting on Sunday.
I'm actually super-excited about getting these figures done as they have been sitting in my basement waiting patiently for paint for well over 3 years now. Hopefully after I get them all done I can find a game to use them in.
Tomorrow I will post my first month end summary of what got completed in the hobby for January.
-Jay
So starting Sunday I am in a 4 way painting challenge with; Darren (Skaven), Nick (Orcs) & Carmin (Chaos) to see who can get 50 trooper models done first.
I always think these painting bets are a good idea and then I line up 50 models infront of myself and do a double take. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gainned.
So today I've got my 52 Light Infantry cleaned and glued into their bases and I'll be black priming them tomorrow in preparation for starting painting on Sunday.
I'm actually super-excited about getting these figures done as they have been sitting in my basement waiting patiently for paint for well over 3 years now. Hopefully after I get them all done I can find a game to use them in.
Tomorrow I will post my first month end summary of what got completed in the hobby for January.
-Jay
Ready for priming....I'm trying to remember how long I've been using that same Pizza Pizza box for....
Monday, 28 January 2013
First 2 test models done! Would you like to know more?
This Friday I begin my newest painting bet with Darren and Carmin; the first one of us to complete 50 troop models wins and the 2 losers have to paint a figure for the winner.
My plan as I mentionned in a previous entry is to paint 52 Starship Troopers Light Infantry Troopers. I wanted to sort out how I would be using my paints before hand so I primed up 4 figures and tried a variety of ways of achieving the look of the troopers in the movie and in the end I'm happy with what I ended up with. Now the real question is can I get all 52 of them before Darren and his cheater dip paint a huge block of Skaven? I'd trash talk Carmin as well but I'm not sure what he's painting yet.
-Jay
This Friday I begin my newest painting bet with Darren and Carmin; the first one of us to complete 50 troop models wins and the 2 losers have to paint a figure for the winner.
My plan as I mentionned in a previous entry is to paint 52 Starship Troopers Light Infantry Troopers. I wanted to sort out how I would be using my paints before hand so I primed up 4 figures and tried a variety of ways of achieving the look of the troopers in the movie and in the end I'm happy with what I ended up with. Now the real question is can I get all 52 of them before Darren and his cheater dip paint a huge block of Skaven? I'd trash talk Carmin as well but I'm not sure what he's painting yet.
-Jay
Basic easy to paint sci-fi troopers
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Would you like to know more?
At the beginning of February I'll be kicking off my latest painting bet with Darren. It will be a race to see whether he can finish 50 Skaven before I can finish 50 Light Mobile Infantry. We're also looking to corral a few others into joining us but the basic gist of our challenge this time around is; first person to complete 50 trooper models after the starting gun goes off wins.
I've decided to do the Light Mobile Infantry because I bought them years ago and just never got around to doing them because the Starship Troopers game just never caught on with any of my gaming groups. Having said that I still really like the models and think they make excellent generic sci-fi infantry for any setting or system (does anybody remember the episode 'The Train Job' from Firefly?)
The true goal for me will be to complete nine ten-man squads. So during the ramp up to the actually painting-bet I will be painting a few test models as well as hopefully getting some of the support (leaders, snipers, radio-men, etc) models done so that the big batch represents the end rather than the beginning of my goal.
Wish me luck!
-Jay
At the beginning of February I'll be kicking off my latest painting bet with Darren. It will be a race to see whether he can finish 50 Skaven before I can finish 50 Light Mobile Infantry. We're also looking to corral a few others into joining us but the basic gist of our challenge this time around is; first person to complete 50 trooper models after the starting gun goes off wins.
I've decided to do the Light Mobile Infantry because I bought them years ago and just never got around to doing them because the Starship Troopers game just never caught on with any of my gaming groups. Having said that I still really like the models and think they make excellent generic sci-fi infantry for any setting or system (does anybody remember the episode 'The Train Job' from Firefly?)
The true goal for me will be to complete nine ten-man squads. So during the ramp up to the actually painting-bet I will be painting a few test models as well as hopefully getting some of the support (leaders, snipers, radio-men, etc) models done so that the big batch represents the end rather than the beginning of my goal.
Wish me luck!
-Jay
Test models
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