Friday, October 10, 2014

Of Androids and Toasters

Last year I participated to the Warzone Resurrection KickStarter. I was a fan of the setting ever since one of my friends made me play the old Siege of the Citadel (SotC) game. At first I was thinking of using some of the miniatures of the KickStarter to pimp my boardgame. But as the campaign was coming to a close I though I'd give a try to Wargaming. And so I got onboard heavily to stock up on the various factions on the cheap. I've received a first shipment in Febuary of this year and it was a mountain of plastic!!! Now after more than 20 hours of slaving away at that mountain of plastic I can say that I'm getting better at that painting thing. My Cybertronics are half way there. Still have plenty to do. If anyone can recommend some fast painting techniques I'd appreciate it.

Now for some chrome and circuits!

Dr. Diana Commander

Had some issues with this model. First try the colors where all wrong and I had to strip it and start anew. Then I lost one of her arms to the roaming vacuum. Good thing I had spare models from the KickStarter. Magnetized the Med Kit for easy repositioning and to give me some options for future alterations. Also real handy for transporting. Decided for the classic look for this one: blue coat with green stripes. Quite pleased how it turned out, though if I dared, I'd retouch the eyes a bit.

Dr. Diana Neo-Clone

Decided to magnetize the base for this one. Since they can be used as Squad Commander upgrades and as Lord choices I decided I wanted to keep my options opened. I've also magnetized the back as I did with the Commander. Also suffered of the roaming vacuum attack for this model. The arms on these are so small that it's real easy to lose them if you're not carefull... Managed a conversion with one of the Reaper Bones zombies arms and a spare gun. Since Cybertronic is known for its cybernetics it fits quite well with the feel.

Everasure

Now this is one kickass miniature. Love the style of it and it was a real pleasure to paint. My only beef, there's so much small details that it's sometimes hard to determine what to paint.

Attilas

Terminator's long lost relative. Nothing fancy for those but the bases where fun to do.

Enhanced Machinators

Now these guys where a real pleasure. The only problem is that you have to be carefull with the limbs. I dropped one the other day and its leg broke. Nothing too serious that a bit of super glue couldn't fix but my heart skipped a beat when it happened.

Chasseurs

The new chasseurs that are available are light years better than those that where shipped with the KickStarter: crisper details, easier to assemble and a lot less flash to clean. Makes me wonder what I'll be doing my KickStarter kits now that I have 3 squads of chasseurs...

Exterminator MK1

Haaaa! Now that's a robot! Love the details on this one. I was aiming for a worn and battered look and I find it came out quite well.

Cybertronic wants you!

All in all, I'm having blast painting this faction! Can't wait to see how my scorpions will come out.

2 comments:

  1. Wow. Makes me want to revisit the world and play again. Awesome work.

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  2. Alex, must have missed them before, but IMHO these are the best painted Cybertronic I have seen so far!

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