Archangeleong's Painting Log: Defiance

Thanks Guys for the encouragement. I don't use airbrushes because I am too lazy (It takes me more time to set up and clean one than actually paint!).

 

INFINITY DEFIANCE: Aïda Swanson



Aïda Swanson
Another nasty little traitor. Like Victor, I based her differently than the other villains due to her duplicitous nature as a merc playing on both sides. It was fun trying to come up with a non-green colour scheme for her and doing some wild purple and turquoise camo.

 

INFINITY DEFIANCE: Combined Army

Combined Army
So they ended up being quite a colourful lot of villains. I had some second thoughts when applying my Halo theme to the character models, but I'm happy overall with how everything turned out (just a bit more outlandish than your typical army with all matching colours). The Combined Army sure do remind me of the Covenant with it's mix of different species that all share the same insane goal of universal domination.

I was also hoping to channel a bit of synthwave retro futurism with the fluro colours combined with the purple armour and magenta guns. To this end I think the alien tufts of grass (from Gamersgrass) sell this better than I painted it. All up it was quite a marathon to get all these guys done in one month but I managed pulled it off in the end.

 

Good luck with your SW. I didn't get any reinforcement packs. Just too many minis to get through. It would melt my brain and crush my motivation to have that many to finish at on time. I only like to by and work on a manageable amount of minis at on time.

Thanks. I'm glad it seems to work as a whole.

 

INFINITY DEFIANCE: Jazmin "Jazz" Caticovas & Billie


Jazz & Billie

These guys were the first heroes I did in the set. It was nice to work on something different to all the purple Combined Army villains. I tried to match her colours with my Nomad army. I didn't stray too far from the artwork in terms of colour selection but I did use black instead of white as a contrast colour. The writing and logo on her top was a cool little detail that I never noticed until I worked on her.

 

INFINITY DEFIANCE: Qiang Gao

Qiang Gao

This guy was fun to paint. So chonky. I added lots of little markings here and there so he would tie in to my Invincible army. Had plenty of practice painting Yu Jing yellow/orange armour so this guy was a breeze to paint, although he took the longest out of the heroes just because of his large size.

 

INFINITY DEFIANCE: Uma Sorensen


Uma Sorensen
There were lots of fine details on this mini that took ages to paint. I enjoyed sprucing up her guns the most. I like her a lot in the game. Once she is upgraded she can take out most enemies in one turn.

 

The detail was so fine there that I think I almost filed it all away too. In the end I had to paint it back on carefully myself

 

Thanks and good luck. I studied the artwork to carefully trace the lines around her midriff with paint. I also used what remained of the detail that wasn’t scratched off to help sketch where the lines should go. Hope that helps.

 

INFINITY DEFIANCE: Cadin "First Strike" Donn

Cadin "First Strike"

So this guy is my first Ariadnan. That said I wasn't really sure what colour scheme to follow. I did want to keep him green though as each hero in Defiance is essentially a game piece done in a primary colour. I studied pictures of soldiers' army fatigues and in the end settled on Vietnam era US soldiers for my main colour palette. The mini has a dynamic pose that was pretty fun to paint.

Cadin starts out pretty weak in the game but once you upgrade his weapon and movement speed he lives up to his name and strikes hard and fast, smashing his opponents aside with satisfying ease. He went from a bit of a benchwarmer to mvp in my Defiance roster.

 

Lol, na it took about 2 weeks to get all 6 heroes done. I’m just trying to write up and post pics each day this week before I start work :-)

 

thanks... I think? Lol :-)