Thursday 29 December 2016

From VictorK - There is a world... (30 Points)

Hello there from (not so) snowy Saint-Petersburg, Russia!

This is my first try in participating in Challange. I've heard of it from one of the fellow bloggers, AlexS, the way he described this activity was really encouraging to take part.

Having set a fairly reasonable amount of points (500), I thought I would paint mostly my antique 15mm romans, but things went their way (as they always do).

We're playing lots of pen-and-paper RPGs with my friends, one of them is lasting for more than year of real time. Recently we decided to start using miniatures for combat. The setting is Sci-Fi, the year 2500, humanity is spreading, corporations and governments are taking almost the same part in controlling the universe. Story of the party is taking place on Frontier - the youngest colonized worlds on the border of humanity.

This miniatures (except one) are for one of corporations - "Serenity" (It's impossible not to use this name in Sci-Fi, if you know about "Firefly"), which was one of the opponents for the party. Sorry for the quality of photos. Miniatures used are Corvus Belli's Infinity - Nomads faction, they look quite "advanced".


4 figures from the left are regular "security specialists", "operators" and "combatants" of corporation. Next to them is the powerhouse of the Frontier - power armor.





The last figure is one of the party members (me). Former pilot in "Serenity", Roxanne de Leon left the corporation to save her brother, who made some anti-corporate things. Now she is the captain of the pirate spaceship, owner of the private military company ("daughter" of "Serenity") and she is eager to explore the world.


The last word would be about bases. We decided to use transparent bases with some etching to give it a "Sci-fi" flavour.


Next miniatures to paint would be some Roxanne's crew members - pirates, even more corporates and some regular street bandits (which are no match for space pirates, Yaaarrr!)

I wish good luck to all of you, and a happy New Year!

Hello Victor and welcome to the Challenge! It's great to have you with us for the first time. It's not snowing here in Sydney, Australia either but it's 40C so I think you're likely to see snow before I do.
I'm a huge fan of Firefly / Serenity and I'm really impressed by your take on the setting and how you've translated that to your paintwork. I've not seen any of the Corvus Belli Infinity miniatures before but I like what I see here and you've done them justice with the brush.
So that's 30 points to kick off your tally mate. Well done!
Cheers,
Millsy

38 comments:

  1. Welcome to the Challenge! What a great collection of figures for your debut Viktor :)

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  2. Very nice Victor! I have those figures to paint up as well. I like the choice of Serenity. :)

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    1. Havong 3 fans of "Firefly" in party and don't name something in the world as "Serenity" is impossible =)

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  3. Welcome! Good start with the lovely Infiniti figures

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    1. I really like details and sculpt of Infinity, they are just awesome

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  4. Welcome aboard I sometimes find starting is very hard so at least you have some points on the table. never seen Firefly I probably will if it comes to Terrestrial TV in the UK. But the figures look good and I would like to see more.

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    1. I do recommend to watch "Firefly" if you think that space-cowboys and laser-sounding revolvers are nice =)

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  5. Welcome to the challenge and what a great first entry, you nail that yellow. The whole colour palette really works very well

    Ian

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    1. The colour scheme was taken from artworks, which were shown by Game Master - these are colour schemes for some organisation in Mass Effect game.
      Had hard time painting this "lots-of-white" miniatures, thanks for your words =)

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  6. Welcome to the challenge, great starting salvo

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  7. Great opening sally, Viktor - terrific paint job, and you've got points on the board, which is more than I've managed so far!

    I second what Millsy says about the heat here in Sydney and surrounds - it's not going to snow here in a hurry!

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    1. Thanks for those encouraging words =)
      Hah, as I now, there is a summer in Australia now? We here used to a bit colder weather, than now, +2C isn't the "Terrific Russian Winter", and no snow for the New Year is pretty dissapoining

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  8. Very nice! Well done on keeping an RPG campaign going for so long, you're also reminding me about all the infinity miniatures I have lying around to paint!

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    1. We're roleplaying for 3-4 years now, almost with te same people, usually campaings last for year or year-and-a-half. I do hope, that this campaign won't finish soon, we have to use this miniatures as much as possible =)

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  9. Welcome Alex and great initial post - I love Serenity too!

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    1. Alex is a person, who called me in, he is the first to get 1000 points this challange, I'm Victor =)) Thanks for your words =)

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  10. Welcome to the challenge Victor. Nice looking figures and nice background story.

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  11. Well done. You did a lot with a fairly simple colour palette. Hard to think of Firefly without being sad that there were not more seasons.
    Welcome to the challenge! I think Barrie, Ontario must be as snowy as St. Petersburg, RU today!

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    1. I've never painted almost whole figures in white, it was not so hard as i thought.
      Firefly is... Oh, that's one of the awesomest things I've ever watched and the small remembrance we can give it calling something in it's honour in our games is a must-do deed.
      Regretfully, the New year is 23 hours from now in S-Pb, and no show at all, only small rain =(

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  12. Great work Viktor! Those Infinity miniatures are not the easiest to paint but you've done a magnificent job.

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    1. Thanks al ot, mate! Those figures are really detailed, one of the best I've ever painted

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  13. You've done a very nice job on these miniatures. They are gorgeous castings but the studio paint jobs are so perfect it's discouraging. You've made them accessible and beautiful. Very nice!

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    1. Thanks, as I mentioned, they are really nice sculpted =)

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  14. Welcome along Victor... a great start

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  15. Welcome and very nice painting work!

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    1. It's nice to hear so much good word guys, thanks!

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  16. Very nice figures and welcome to this year's challenge Victor!

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  17. Welcome to the Challenge Vicktor! These look wonderful! I love the background to the figures and the transparent basing. Lovely painting!

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    1. Transparent bases is the GM's idea, he has access to laser-cut, and provides bases and terrain for our gaming club, I think he hit the spot with these "Sci-Fi"-style bases

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  18. Very nicely painted, Victor! I was also interested to read the backstory.

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  19. Great entry and welcome to the Challenge indeed!

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  20. We come to the challenge, Victor!
    Scifi is my bag and this crew is glorious!
    The bases are pretty neat too with a Troy vibe to them.
    I really like those sculpts, but I have yet to hold an infinity sculpt in my hand, so it may be a bit before I do...it is on my short term list to try and paint though! ;)

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  21. Lovely figures Victor and those bases do a wonderful job in placing them in a sci-if setting.

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