Infinity: Defiance & Beyond

It’s been feeling like a bit of a slog recently.  I absolutely love Infinity miniatures but I have been painting them for quite some time now and for someone like me, that’s hard work.  I keep looking at other miniatures sat on shalves waiting to be painted and wishing I was doing that.  But then I think about how close I am to the goal of being able to play Infinity: Defiance with all painted miniatures and I somehow find the will to continue.  I was playing Imperial Assault recently with my neighbour (totally new to gaming but absolutely loves the Star Wars games) and commented that he had been looking at Imperial Assault online and how much better the game looks when all the miniatures are painted, as mine are.  So although this is supposed to be a hobby and not a job, the effort being put in now will be paid back many times over when I sit down and play the game with gorgeous painted miniatures.

So.  Jazz and Billie.  I have to say, I find the little robots that seem quite common in Infinity to be a bit strange.  I guess maybe it’s some anime thing that I don’t get, having never been overly interested in anime.  Painting that robot, while not difficult just felt like I was painting something for the sake of it.  Painting Jazz was a lot more enjoyable and that might explain why “Billie” as the robot is called, sat unpainted for 2 weeks after I completed Jazz.  In fact I actually sat painting doors and other random scenery bits using speedpaint rather than paint Billie.  Anyway they’re done now and that’s the 4 core crew members done.  Only one more item to go…