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the years I've heard loads about the
positives of infinity from coros belly
uh a lot of love for the game and the
Miniatures itself um I collect lots of
metal Miniatures lots of plastic
Miniatures from all manner of
Manufacturers but I hear a lot about
Infiniti never built anything from it is
it as good as they say so I think we
should pick the Benchmark which is
warmer 40,000 my favorite Army of course
which is the ash
so I think that we should build
alongside each other and paint some Ines
up and see if they really are as good as
they say now there's something to bear
in mind is the comparison between
infinity and warmer 40,000 majority of
warmer 40,000 nowadays is plastic kits
whereas Infinity tends to be metal kits
now plastic I love plastic because it's
lightweight uh easy to convert kit bash
um usually when you glue it together
often it stays glued and un like me you
stally want to snap bits off and when
you paint it rarely do I need to Varnish
it cuz it Doesn't chip off on the flip
side done a lot of metals obviously over
the years Infinity predominantly all
metal um I hate glute metal uh it it is
a nightmare because often it just you
glue it and it will come apart so that's
something to bear in mind when building
any kind of metal figures is you will
need some robust glue but the first part
of this is like the cleanup side of of
metals yes you're going to get mold
lines regardless of which plastic or um
or metal figures you're going to get
mold lines uh I find the metal ones a
bit harder I tend to use a modeling file
if I can or a sharp knife but you get
all the flash as well that can be quite
frustrating sometimes because you go
around clipping off all the flash um
they're just the extra little feed lines
from the two-part molds and stuff and if
you're not careful or you're not as
Vigilant you might find one rear its
ugly head halfway through the painting
process so sometimes you know check
twice uh so yes clean up metals I find a
little bit more vure than I would with
plastic models um however with these
Infinity ones I did find the assembly on
a lot more enjoyable than I was
expecting because they're designed in
such a way which is I was surprised that
they have a lot of plugs or um little
fittings that actually make it a nice
snug fit and once you glued they they
stay pretty much glued so I was quite
impressed by that the only thing I found
a bit weird 40K a lot of plastic kits
out there you get the model you glue it
to the base done you carry on with your
life and you paint it with infinity you
have like little slotters here and there
on the model's bottom of their bases or
bottom of their feet and stuff the
actual base itself it's got a cross and
they have like some little uh this at
the moment of filming I have no idea
what these little things on the side of
the base and the front of the base mean
um but I know that this there's a little
thing at the front and it looks like
that's where all the models face so you
need to align the models to be facing
forwards and you got like a bit of a
Slaughter underneath their base but you
also have to cut your own hole to make
it fit in but it does make it a snugger
fit and you don't have like massive
great big holes all over your your base
like you would let's say with blood Bowl
if you're trying to build blood Bowl you
have like the slotters and just a big
gaping Gap with some of those so that
was interesting but once i' done one or
two um was actually quite easy to just
cut through cuz it's quite a thin
plastic as well on the bases so again
not a chore so normally not a bigger fan
of metals but the Metals with this
Infinity stuff was actually quite
enjoyable to build and clean up which
was a surprise I was surprised I'm not
normally surprised that was a surprise
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fairness we're going to paint both the
ariadna model that we've built and the
cadan uh in the exact same color scheme
the reason for this is it it is fair but
also um it will help me work out from a
comparing point of view what the
differences are like with I'm fairly
sure with Metals they're a bit slighter
they're a bit ther the details are a bit
sharper whereas Plastics tend to be a
bit more bulky a bit more softer um but
Al also it's just a really good way of
looking like how things compare from
like doing the the cloth in comparison
to the webbing in comparison to the
metallics in comparison to like the
Leathers so isn't there much of a
difference between the two or is they
not let's find out and get these models
painted first up we need to start off
with a nice undercoat on going with
mechanic standard gray as always if in
doubt gray is great because you can go
anywhere with that so gray is how they
starting off now the first C I'm going
to be using is going to be alga green
I'm going to use this mostly for the
clothing fatigues whatever but I'm just
going to C over most of the model so
just take your time you might want to do
a couple of coats it's quite a nice
vibrant green as well um I found mostly
you only need one coat but in some
places you might need to TI up a little
bit so just take your time and coat all
over those clothes with the cloth done
we're now going to move on to picking
out all the web in chest rigs pouches
armor um maybe even the putties on the
boots and for this we'll be using German
field gray it's kind of a nice sort of
material green gray kind of color which
is really nice perfect for webbing now
we're going to move on to picking out
some black details for this I'm going to
use rubber black mostly for the boots
and gloves cuz I think black boots and
black gloves look cool but I'm also
going to pick out all the guns or any
like machine guns or pistols or whatever
using rubber black as well as a starting
point ready for the next step as well so
just work your way around picking out
all those little black details now
moving on to the weapons I like a gunmal
color for the Warhammer 40,000 version
I'm just going to pick out some details
here and there like the barrel like some
of the switches the magazine I'm going
to use gun metal for that for the
infinity figure I'm just going to
lightly dry brush that gun metal over it
so it looks like the actual gun itself
has been chipped up a bit and then I'm
just going to get some gunmetal and just
do some extra little fine chips as well
just gives that sense of like it's a
black painted metal gun that's been
chipped up and used a lot for the color
of the hair use what you want here I'm
just using brown because I've got like
extra little brown details like the hilt
of the knife um maybe like some extra
straps here and there so I'm just using
brown leather cuz it's a nice Brown and
that's for the hair and for the skin I'm
a fan of cork I'm going to use cork a
lot so it's a nice color I'm going to
use that on the cadan and the arms of
the infinity figure again couple of
coats take your time on it just nice and
it stands out against the Green and the
dark tones as well so it it's a really
good contrast for at least for this test
then with all those base coats applied
all I'm going to do now is get some
Black Knight usually I would thin black
knight down first and apply over but
I've been finding certainly following
the Richard Gray method is to apply it
on quite heavily and then just get some
water or some medium and then just thin
it down on the actual model I quite like
that cuz you have a bit more control of
as to what gets thinned down a bit more
so get some Black Knight on there drench
the model in it and just add some water
move it around you get a nice blend
going across the model so at this point
we now have both our one 40,000 and our
infinity figure pretty much at a
tabletop level so you can just go off
and base them and you know carry them
with your life but if you want to add
some extra details tidy up those raised
areas do some highlights on it and stuff
like that stick around for this because
that is the part where we we add a bit
more finer details for more of an
intermediate level so we're going to
move on to that now now the first thing
I like to do on most of my painting and
certainly with these videos is one of
the the key next steps you could even
count this as tabletop as well if you
wish to is just a up with those basee
colors because you got the wash all over
once it's dry it's actually quite nice
just to get all those base colors you
used and just pick out some of the
raised areas I'm not like saying recat
over everything just just just areas
like folds of the cloth that stand out
bits of the leather boots bits of the
chest rig bits of the armor bits of the
skin uh and it's a really good way of
getting a second or a first highlight in
some cases um from one color so just go
around tip with the greens tied up with
the skin tied with the Leathers um and
then just get ready for the bit of
highlighting after and our first
highlight is going to be using grass
green and this is for the green fatigues
it's a really nice striking green uh and
I'm just going to pick out a couple of
folds here and there where the light's
going to catch so I'm not going to go
mad just a little bit here and there
next up is to use camouflage green to
highlight up the gy field gray now on
the Caden I'm just going to use this
mostly for like the rock sack the PES
and stuff whereas on the actual Infinity
model I'm probably going to do a lot of
the actual dark green tones cuz their
details are a lot finer um so so it
needs I think it needs a little bit more
help to pick some of those out with the
War I guess the difference in comparison
here between the warmer 40,000 figure
and the infinity figur is the details
are slighter so you need to work into
that a little bit more whereas I think
the 40K ones can be a little bit more
forgiving because they got larger
surface areas so you don't have to go
mad highlighting everything at least I
don't cuz I'm an army painter I don't
have to do that moving on from the
greens we're going to go on to
highlighting the skin and for this I'm
going to use radiant flesh again and a
nice striking flesh tone that just
really helps work with that cork and I'm
just picking out like a couple of
extremities you know couple of bits on
the nose cheeks brows that kind of stuff
Knuckles if you've got them on the hands
now at this point you could just leave
the models base them but I felt like the
cadan and the infinity figure needed
something to distinguish the two of them
the cadan for me I like stripes on
shoulder pads I think looks great so I'm
just going to put some white stripes on
the Caden shoulder pad and then chip
back into that with a bit of gim and
field gray just to make it look a bit
scr Ed and used and just add a little
bit of extra detail to the infinity
figure I mean there wasn't much to add I
mean I was happy enough with the paint
job but those ey lenses needed picking
out so I used a little bit of rubber
black sword out it at hand uh I didn't
do this next bit on camera cuz I didn't
think about it until after but I got a
little bit of the gun metal and just
went around the ringlets on the eyes as
well uh which you'll probably see in the
360 so just for a bit of smartness and
it was easier to do it really close up
to my face as opposed to on camera so my
bad uh you didn't see that happen but
we're going to move on to Basin now just
to make him all stand out and look
finished now with the Basin for the
Infinity figures I I did a bunch already
um and I really like this idea of just
like not like concrete flooring or like
you know like Paving slabs but um I
didn't want to sit there pain Paving
slabs and make them so I just went with
a really thin scattered dust effect and
I used Luna desert so I applied a lot of
water down Luna desert to the base and
then just a few like patches of thicker
stuff and it gave it quite a nice sort
like you know destroyed Street or um
Plaza or something like that so you just
got like chunks of dirt and filth uh so
I used the same method when I was doing
the cad in as well just again just
thinned it down quite heavily bit of
water around the feet and then just a
couple of little dollops here and there
and to add to that Dirty Vibe I got some
light clay and then just applied that
over the lunar desert um I didn't
actually shake this and I I did this
purposely I didn't shake it too much
because I wanted it not too neat so I
wanted it a little bit thin down which
was quite nice so I just used a little
bit of thin I mean you could just apply
neat and then use some thinners but I
just know from using this stuff enough
that I could just get away a little
shake and it would just be the right
consistency as to what I need so I just
applied that to the base and let it dry
and it just gives it a bit of a dirt
crusted dust destroyed City debris look
and then I went against all my training
and everything I believe and I painted
my rim
black I
know sorry # team steel Legion D failed
you uh it's cuz it was there it was a
hand literally in reach I couldn't be
bothered to search for steel Legion grab
so I went black and it's a game it's
very little boor game so it's fine so
yeah paint the rims black only this once
so there we are we' have painted a 1
40,000 figure and an infinity figure and
I really enjoyed painting The Infinity
figures I was I was generally surprised
I've heard a lot of people talking about
how good they are um not played the game
yet yet so I can't make judgments on
that I've painted similar stuff like
there's hasslefree out there there all
these other companies that and crooked D
that do like amazing metal figures so it
felt similar to that so I was in comfort
zone of that kind of level metal but
just the details like the the scaling of
the weapons um just feels really
realistic um whereas obviously you get
the more heroic scale with one 40,000 so
things have like blown out proportion a
little bit more um but weirdly side by
side each other they actually scale
quite well together so you could
actually you know feel some of these
figures in in either system I guess if
you really wanted to um as long as
you're not going to an official
tournament or anything um but I enjoyed
the process I I found um I could I could
cut Corners more with the warmer 40,000
figure whereas with the infinity 1
because it was very much like this is a
military chest rig this is like a belt
buckle that has like the clips on it
this isn't a what would look like a
genuinely realistic gun um it was a
little bit less forgiving so I had to
put a little bit more sort of like
thought into like oh yeah I need to pick
out that thing or pick out this thing a
bit more for the most part as an army
painter I could still cut corners
without being a bit of a chore but yes
uh side by side um I can't really I know
this is going to seem really lame I
can't really pick a winner um I'd always
be a fan of w 40,000 and Cadence cuz
they're Mega um but I am now intrigued
I've not seen all the other stuff for
Infinity granted I've seen the nomads
which are a bit much for me they seem
like tow uh bit over the top but I do
like the ariad and the stuff and that
that they they just feel like modern day
military in a Sci-Fi world so I actually
quite like them um I might use them for
other game systems and stuff but yeah I
I am converted to the the world of
infinity it it is not what I expected it
to be so yes I I've enjoyed the process
um and I think I will paint more so I
hope you've enjoyed this video I hope
you found something useful from it
whether that's from like a comparison
point of view or building assembly point
of view or even a painting point of view
um if you want to n to paint more ashar
Regents check out one of the videos
we've got for that so just look on the
channel we've got plenty of those also
we do lot of stuff on camo as well so
check them out too um I really enjoy
this process I do think Infinity will be
something I'll get my teeth stuck into
so definitely looking forward to
painting more of those down the line um
I think the takeaway from this as well
is you hear stuff and you think nah it's
not for me but sometimes you just got to
put yourself out there and give
something a try you know try new things
and I know people check in the comments
that I should do that with blood ball
and I will there will be time I will do
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