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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: joe5mc on 11 September 2011, 10:12:28 AM
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A package of Pig Iron system troopers arrived on Friday. It's been awhile since I was this excited to paint a new miniature. I finished this guy up yesterday.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6070/6135812700_9690633750_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135812700/)
System Trooper 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135812700/)
All of the figures I received were nice crips castings, with almost no flash or mold lines. As you can see, I also got some extra heads as I perfer the more Halo-esque style. I think it is very important when painting these guys to have a heavy contrast between the armour colour and the colour of the fatigues underneath, otherwise you are going to lose a lot of that great detail.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6135812742_b5655e4d97_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135812742/)
System Trooper 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135812742/)
It took me about two hours to paint him up, once he was based and primed.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6135265937_cc8c9ce8ef_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135265937/)
System Trooper 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135265937/)
As you can gather, I'm a bit of a basing minimalist. This guy is mounted on a 5 Euro cent. Most of the system troopers will fit on this coin, though there are few with wider stances who will not.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6135812640_4f6dc26a9c_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135812640/)
System Trooper 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26498657@N02/6135812640/)
If you are looking for some Space Heavies, you can hardly go wrong with these guys!
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Nice job - I like the colour scheme it rally makes the different materials pop. Lovely little minis aren't they/
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Not bad at all, my only advice would be to thin your paints a touch and even though granted that Si's casting's are reasonable mould line free, there are still a few that you can easily remove with some wet and dry paper.
Thanks for sharing.
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nice job, now you need the rest of the unit. keep at it
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Very nice! Still not convinced by the 'fire-standing-on-one-leg' pose, but a really nice paintjob.