Other Side of the Portal: Another Hellcannon

With my Infinity figures painted and my motivation for the Arabian Knights is rock bottom, I decided to do a project that I had in mind for quite some time now. Some of you might remember my other hellcannon, her sister actually (yes, it is a she, problem?). The monster is in fact a SPAWN action figure. It was in the form of siamese twins, both of which I used as the monster part of my hellcannons now.

The idea I had in mind was a scene of the summoning, with the monster is just about the step (stomp?) in from within the portal. I first started with the portal. The portal was done brick-by-brick with Pegasus Hobbies' bricks. Then I glues a cardboard between the brick frame and did the swirling portal effects with Vallejo's Oxid Paste. That stuff also helped closing the gaps here and there. Before it was completely dry, I buried some tiny skulls in the portal.

After the foundation of the portal was done, I had to decorate it with some bits. I started with a couple of torches. I think they were Ainsty Castings stuff; but since I had them forever, I really can't recall. I thought a couple of hooks and hanging skulls on the side were enough, all of which were GW's bits. Finally, I cut a Hashut symbol from balsa to go on the top of the portal.

As for the crew, I must say my bitzbox made me a very happy man. There's a metal hellcannon crew (guy that carries the chain) with his hand bits are from OOP dwarfs box. There's the other guy with the hook. His body is from Forgeworld's infernal guard, head from Mantic's abyssal dwarf and weapon from OOP dwarf box. And the last guy were made of FW torso-Mantic head again, and also his scepter was from Mantic's halfbreeds. The bit with the book on top should be from Ainsty Castings again.

Originally, my plan was to place the summoner guy on a higher ground, only accessible with spiral stairs; but since the monster occupied a huge portion of the base, I had to drop it. Baaad planning...

So, that's all for today. Here are some more photos, enjoy...

Ariadna 112 Emergency Service

Here I am with yet another Infinity miniature, 112 Emergency Service. It is kinda special for me since it was my birthday gift from Mr.Lee some one and a half year ago. Recently, I thought that it gathered enough dust in my deep drawers and decided to paint it.

So, this figure is also from Ariadnian army list, one of the very few doctor choices in the list actually. Since they are trained for the worst, they are not only doctors but also trained troopers and firemen (hence the axe). I just love the dynamic pose and of course, the shotgun he totes.

I tried to follow the studio painting schema; but I feel I utterly failed :) I just couldn't manage to achieve that blue color of his coat with a green tint in it, so I went on with more blue; but I think I nailed the yellow parts. I am also happy with how greens turned out.

With this figure is done, my stock of unpainted Infinity minis has depleted. From now on, I will observe how will the interest in Infinity be in my local club before investing more. I've been running demos for quite some time now; but unfortunately I haven't been able to get this game going until now, so we will see...

I'd like to thank Mr.Lee once again for this beautiful gift. I think we learned our lesson since though, because since then, we only presented painted figures to each other :)

Photo time...

Ariadna Scout Sniper

Operation: Ariadna is still going on. This time, it is the Scout Sniper figure which I believe is currently out of production. I have had this model forever, possibly bought it along with the starter kit when I was starting the game some 2-3 years ago. Phew, time flies so fast...

There really is not much to tell about this mini. No conversion again, I just added some rubble on the base and painted the camo out of it. Camouflage, infiltration and sniper rifle, hmm... Perfect combination :)

With this guy, my painted Ariadna force is now over 250 points. I have one last guy waiting on my desk to be painted and it is kinda special for me. I will try to show some extra love to him and then I will go on and buy some more models I guess :)

The writing on the base is the Russian for Oleg (i hope...) in case you are wondering.