Painting the New Citi-Def Minis.

[Roebeast45]

I got my miniatures from the Mongoose Kickstarter this week and have been prepping them for painting. Hopefully I'll have them finished over the weekend. Here are the initial steps and I'll post the painted version as I finish them.







I was at first underwhelmed by these sculpts when I first looked them over but I've warmed up to them as I've started painting them. There are still a couple of issues, primarily with their enormous size and stiffness of pose, but they should be fun to paint and look good on the tabletop. It is very cool to have a whole squad of Citi-Def fighters and I'm hoping to start some Block Wars asap.

The minis had bright metal on them so it's obvious that someone was going over them to lessen flash and mould lines and overall the castings are fine. I did a little clean-up of my own and glued them to the bases. I added some bits of textured styrene and then built the bases up with some stuff I call "rubble rock". I make this by taking old Hirst Arts castings that mis-cast and grinding them in an old coffee grinder. This creates a texture that looks a lot more natural than railroad ballast or sand. I use screens and strainers to separate it into three grades, coarse, fine, and dust. I use thick PVA glue and add the rubble rock coarse first then fine and finally dust. I do this before priming since I don't want to mess with glue and stuff around a newly painted mini.





Now I'm waiting for the primer to dry and hopefully start adding some color tomorrow evening.

[Van-Helsing]

Lucky sod, Im still waiting for mine!!!!!

[Major_Gilbear]

Lucky sod, Im still waiting for mine!!!!!

Ditto; I ordered these and the Specialist Judges!

Anyway, I can't wait to see how these turn out. 

[Christian]

Wow, I wish I'd jumped on that bandwagon! Can't wait to see the paintjob!!

[rob_alderman]

Lovely, I'm looking forward to the paintjob!

[fafa]

I'll wait they are in the mongoose shop...Are they sold in a pack or separatly?...What is the color scheme (impossible to find something in the web...).

Regards,

Fafa

[Commander Vyper]

Lucky sod, Im still waiting for mine!!!!!

Same here... would 've good to get these before they are released in the shop. 

[Van-Helsing]

I'll wait they are in the mongoose shop...Are they sold in a pack or separatly?...What is the color scheme (impossible to find something in the web...).

Regards,

Fafa

All City Blocks have their own defense force, the Citi-Def these (weekend warriors) are reserves recruited from the residents supposedly during crisis situations to assist the Judges in times of a citywide emergency.

As they are "tied" to a specific City Block - there is not "set" colour scheme.

[obsidian3d]

I'm envious! You have a good start on them already and I haven't even received mine yet.

[tomek917]

They look really good!

[fafa]

Thank's for informations about color scheme, Van Helsing.

[Van-Helsing]

Thank's for informations about color scheme, Van Helsing.

Any Time!

The Foundy City Def is painted Lilac and Green for some reason, obviously the guy in charge of uniforms was colour blind.



This unused T-Shirt design is a non-descript green colour.



This colour scheme is from 2000AD Prog 1787 and is a black and purple blend -



The guy who does the "Roebeast's Magical House of Sunshine" Blog used the old Gangs of Mega City One for his Citi-Def, and painted them in a Red and Yellow scheme.

[fafa]

Well...Strange choice indeed...A little bit too "retro" style...

[Mason]

The guy who does the "Roebeast's Magical House of Sunshine" Blog used the old Gangs of Mega City One for his Citi-Def, and painted them in a Red and Yellow scheme.

This is Roebeast's thread......

[Van-Helsing]

LMFAO SUPERB!