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<\/a><\/p>\nLucky for me, the infantry I was painting used a pretty simple scheme of just taking the base primer grey, adding black details like the boots, belts, and helmet, then washing it all in pure GW Nuln Oil.<\/p>\n
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After the Nuln Oil wash, I add their captain’s red paldrons and orange goggles to separate them from my other infantry with green goggles.\u00a0 These are a set of Marine Force Recon infantry, the best infantry in the Resistance faction, and work well with Commander Rodriguez.<\/p>\n The Citadel painting handle worked fantastic even for these little figures while they remained on their sprue.\u00a0 I didn’t try them individually but the sprue worked well when placed across the handle’s “jaws.”<\/p>\n Next I quickly painted up a squad of Mehmed Siege tanks.\u00a0 These guys are for serious demolition works and I’m excited to how well they roll. Again, an easy scheme made these guys possible.\u00a0 Primer grey (different shade this time), followed by liberal applications of Army Painter’s Dry Rust, craft paint silver for the weapons, craft red for my army’s telltale blood stripe, and black and some yellow\/orange for minor details.\u00a0 Another liberal application of Nuln Oil and these guys were ready to go.\u00a0 This was almost the exact same scheme I used for my orbital laser<\/a> so I figured it would work out easy.<\/p>\n All told, those two squads took 2 hours to paint and then some additional time to dry, seal, and base.\u00a0 The only thing that was a little disappointing was that I didn’t have magnets to magnetize my tanks.\u00a0 I’ll have to pick some more up and finish them off later.<\/p>\n And now we have the main event. I covered this guy in Army Painter’s outrageously expensive primer\/color spray Gun Metal.\u00a0 I also picked up their pot of Gun Metal as well to help with clean up but it didn’t work as well as I’d hoped. I picked up the Gun Metal to prime my Stark army in ASOIF so this also was going to serve as a test.<\/p>\n Rodriguez’s Spirit of Manhattan<\/em> command vehicle went down pretty easy since there wasn’t much to the model after the Gun Metal priming. Blacking out the windows and props then highlighting the weapon systems and lighting finished off the main model.\u00a0 I don’t try to push much beyond “tabletop standard” so I don’t line the seams of the metal or accent the windows. I just want ‘er done and playable.\u00a0 I did indulge in a little nose art of the Statue of Liberty torch, which was pretty easy to do and came out well enough.<\/p>\n Since this ship is unique and pre-war according to the fluff, I have to imagine it is hanging together with duct tape and grit so I rusted it out as much as I could.\u00a0 Pity the sculptor didn’t incorporate that concept to the model and have damage and repair over repairs showing.<\/p>\n I went with the metal design (a first for my army) to harken back a little to the famous Chrysler building in NYC.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n