From here to Infinity

With the enemy TAG still immobilized a stalemate developed that threatened to escalate into a full fledged battle if it continued for long. As fire continued to be exchanged between the opposing sides to shapes plummeted down out of the sky at great speed. At first glance they might be missiles but the roar of deceleration thrusters just before impact revealed them to be a pair of Tiger Soldiers. Two plumes of snow obscured vision of their landing site on the enemy’s flank,  but not the sound of combat shotguns doing their deadly work.

Next up were a pair of Tiger Soldiers (technically I’ve only got one in the list now but no sense leaving one lonely). Even as medium infantry these guys are pretty much all armor with less accessories (no side arms, less straps, etc). This lead to them mainly being white. I tried to balance this by going fairly heavy on the orange/yellow which I focused on their jump packs.

For the most part I used the same methods as earlier with the one unique bit being adding the tiger stripes to their armor. This was important both to tie back to the name of the unit and to break up all that white. To keep it from being too pronounced I first painted up the white (starting with Rainy Grey followed by Pure White as before and then added the stripes using Faded Black – 09657 – 2/1. Once they were dry I did another layer of Pure White at 2/1. This dulled the black a bit and, I think, helped integrate it rather than leave it looking painted on top. I finished with Pearl White, avoiding where the stripes were.

Now it’s time to turn my attention to our stealthy Ninja. Easily half the model is the building peak he’s standing on. My plan it to try and demonstrate his high level of mimitism but we’ll see how it goes.