Infinity Japanese Secessionist Army

With the time now right to expand my JSA army I decided to start by adding two more keisotsu who are the ‘basic grunts’ of the JSA force and a couple of specialists, a doctor and an engineer.

As the uniforms of the models have many similarities it made sense to paint these models as a batch paint, adding some extra details to the specialists to differentiate them on the tabletop.

As stated before I had no record of how I painted my previous models, so this was going to be a case of matching as well as I could the scheme I had already used.

The models are all metal and were cleaned and assembled and based. A simple sand texture was applied to the bases with PVA before priming everything white.

The following base colours were applied to models. All colours are Vallejo Model Color unless otherwise noted.

All models

        Boots, armour – German Grey

        Trousers, shoulder pads – Orange Red

        Hair, gun – Black

        Skin – Chocolate Brown

        Boot details, straps, forearm bracers – Basalt Grey

Engineer

        Helmet, backpack, pouches – German Fieldgrey

        Face mask – Basalt Grey

Doctor

        Cap, backpack, pouches – Luftwaffe Uniform

With all the base colours down I applied Citadel Agrax Earthshade over all the models for some shade.

I applied only a single highlight colour to each colour unless otherwise noted here.

All models

          Boots, armour – Basalt Grey

          Trousers, shoulder pads – Bright Orange

          Hair, gun – Dark Grey

          Skin – Cork Brown then a second highlight of Basic Skintone

          Boot details, straps, forearm bracers – Neutral Grey

Engineer

           Helmet, backpack, pouches – Khaki

           Face mask – Neutral Grey then a second highlight of Sky Grey

Doctor

           Cap, backpack, pouches – Intermediate Blue

The final step was the addition of some accent colours to various small details to add visual interest.

Keisotsu

           Gun muzzles – Neutral Steel

           Forearm details, gun details – Light Turquoise

Engineer

           Trouser rivets, pouch strap attachments – Neutral Steel

           Forearm details, gun details, pouch details, neck pipes – Light Turquoise

Doctor

           Medikit, pouch strap attachments – Neutral Steel

           Cap badge – White with a rising sun symbol freehanded in Vermilion

           Forearm, gun and pouch details, trouser clips – Light Turquoise

For basing I painted the bases in German Grey then applied a drybrush of Neutral Grey and then a lighter drybrush of Sky Grey.

The base edges were painted back and then I applied Orange Red with a sponge to the front 180 degree arc of each models base as a models arc of sight is really important for Infinity’s game mechanics.

Overall I am happy with the colours and feel the models sit well against my older paint jobs keeping a unified look for the force.