Spring Cleaning Military Orders

So it’s been a few days. My Action pack arrives on Thursday I was busy Friday but actually started this proper on Saturday.

These models are mostly beautiful with one exception that I will come to at a later point. There is a lot to look forward to.

So if this was a normal project the past models would have been test pieces (pigs not included) now it’s time to get stuff done!

Odd thing is I did have a mind blank and ended up using my own step by step at points. So these are painted in the exact the same way. The only difference is that these include some dark sea green areas.

I also disliked some elements of the studio scheme (still amazingly painted) I didn’t like the additional striped on the tabard or the way the swords were painted. This was personal preference.

In my mind this set had lots of heads and I was going to try and focus on painting faces. Oddly I have two left. Also I think I done a better job in painting the female faces than the male which is a shock but you can make your own judgement.

The thing I love about infinity is you don’t have 9 guys that are pretty much the same in different poses. They each feel like a unique character. Coadjutor Crosiers are effectively the line infantry of military orders. This translates to assistant staff (staff being like a fancy gold quarter staff)

I did find a detail I found hard on the lady’s. That was tiny sunken lights on their calves. I still have problems with sunken lights in general but being so small this didn’t help.

Anyway enough of me typing lets look at some pictures.

So this took some time.

I did batch paint some sections usually up to the armour section then treated them as individuals and changes points of light and altered some highlights.

This was less conscious painting than Joan so I was less focused and critical overall,  but still using some of the same thoughts when painting.

Each of the female faces took about an hour each, this is mental as it’s such a small section but I am so bad it it (compared to where I want to be) I needed to take my time and the colour changes need to be so soft so they don’t look masculine.

Talking of time I would say each model is about 6 – 8 hours painting which is about 4 – 5 hours less than it was when I painted Joan. this is probably the same amount of painting time but I lost the thinking time which no one factors in.

Again it was great having a set right away to take pictures. takes the thought out of it. Still think it’s doing it’s job.

I have 9 more models to paint for this project with unique difficulties. I actually cant wait, I just wish there was more hours in the day.

At least that’s the equivalent of the tactical marine done.

Without a doubt more to come.