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Warhammer 40K vs Infinity: Models & Painting
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Jan 16, 2024
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and their tenold dungeon terrain over
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the years I've heard loads about the
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positives of infinity from coros belly
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uh a lot of love for the game and the
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Miniatures itself um I collect lots of
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metal Miniatures lots of plastic
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Miniatures from all manner of
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Manufacturers but I hear a lot about
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Infiniti never built anything from it is
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it as good as they say so I think we
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should pick the Benchmark which is
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warmer 40,000 my favorite Army of course
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which is the ash
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so I think that we should build
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alongside each other and paint some Ines
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up and see if they really are as good as
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they say now there's something to bear
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in mind is the comparison between
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infinity and warmer 40,000 majority of
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warmer 40,000 nowadays is plastic kits
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whereas Infinity tends to be metal kits
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now plastic I love plastic because it's
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lightweight uh easy to convert kit bash
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um usually when you glue it together
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often it stays glued and un like me you
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stally want to snap bits off and when
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you paint it rarely do I need to Varnish
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it cuz it Doesn't chip off on the flip
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side done a lot of metals obviously over
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the years Infinity predominantly all
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metal um I hate glute metal uh it it is
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a nightmare because often it just you
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glue it and it will come apart so that's
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something to bear in mind when building
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any kind of metal figures is you will
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need some robust glue but the first part
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of this is like the cleanup side of of
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metals yes you're going to get mold
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lines regardless of which plastic or um
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or metal figures you're going to get
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mold lines uh I find the metal ones a
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bit harder I tend to use a modeling file
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if I can or a sharp knife but you get
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all the flash as well that can be quite
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frustrating sometimes because you go
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around clipping off all the flash um
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they're just the extra little feed lines
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from the two-part molds and stuff and if
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you're not careful or you're not as
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Vigilant you might find one rear its
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ugly head halfway through the painting
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process so sometimes you know check
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twice uh so yes clean up metals I find a
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little bit more vure than I would with
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plastic models um however with these
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Infinity ones I did find the assembly on
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a lot more enjoyable than I was
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expecting because they're designed in
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such a way which is I was surprised that
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they have a lot of plugs or um little
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fittings that actually make it a nice
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snug fit and once you glued they they
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stay pretty much glued so I was quite
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impressed by that the only thing I found
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a bit weird 40K a lot of plastic kits
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out there you get the model you glue it
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to the base done you carry on with your
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life and you paint it with infinity you
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have like little slotters here and there
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on the model's bottom of their bases or
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bottom of their feet and stuff the
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actual base itself it's got a cross and
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they have like some little uh this at
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the moment of filming I have no idea
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what these little things on the side of
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the base and the front of the base mean
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um but I know that this there's a little
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thing at the front and it looks like
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that's where all the models face so you
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need to align the models to be facing
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forwards and you got like a bit of a
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Slaughter underneath their base but you
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also have to cut your own hole to make
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it fit in but it does make it a snugger
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fit and you don't have like massive
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great big holes all over your your base
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like you would let's say with blood Bowl
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if you're trying to build blood Bowl you
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have like the slotters and just a big
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gaping Gap with some of those so that
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was interesting but once i' done one or
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two um was actually quite easy to just
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cut through cuz it's quite a thin
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plastic as well on the bases so again
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not a chore so normally not a bigger fan
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of metals but the Metals with this
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Infinity stuff was actually quite
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enjoyable to build and clean up which
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fairness we're going to paint both the
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ariadna model that we've built and the
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cadan uh in the exact same color scheme
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the reason for this is it it is fair but
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also um it will help me work out from a
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comparing point of view what the
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differences are like with I'm fairly
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sure with Metals they're a bit slighter
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they're a bit ther the details are a bit
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sharper whereas Plastics tend to be a
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bit more bulky a bit more softer um but
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Al also it's just a really good way of
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looking like how things compare from
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like doing the the cloth in comparison
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to the webbing in comparison to the
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metallics in comparison to like the
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Leathers so isn't there much of a
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difference between the two or is they
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not let's find out and get these models
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painted first up we need to start off
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with a nice undercoat on going with
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mechanic standard gray as always if in
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doubt gray is great because you can go
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anywhere with that so gray is how they
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starting off now the first C I'm going
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to be using is going to be alga green
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I'm going to use this mostly for the
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clothing fatigues whatever but I'm just
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going to C over most of the model so
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just take your time you might want to do
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a couple of coats it's quite a nice
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vibrant green as well um I found mostly
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you only need one coat but in some
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places you might need to TI up a little
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bit so just take your time and coat all
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over those clothes with the cloth done
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we're now going to move on to picking
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out all the web in chest rigs pouches
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armor um maybe even the putties on the
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boots and for this we'll be using German
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field gray it's kind of a nice sort of
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material green gray kind of color which
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is really nice perfect for webbing now
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we're going to move on to picking out
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some black details for this I'm going to
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use rubber black mostly for the boots
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and gloves cuz I think black boots and
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black gloves look cool but I'm also
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going to pick out all the guns or any
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like machine guns or pistols or whatever
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using rubber black as well as a starting
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point ready for the next step as well so
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just work your way around picking out
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all those little black details now
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moving on to the weapons I like a gunmal
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color for the Warhammer 40,000 version
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I'm just going to pick out some details
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here and there like the barrel like some
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of the switches the magazine I'm going
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to use gun metal for that for the
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infinity figure I'm just going to
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lightly dry brush that gun metal over it
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so it looks like the actual gun itself
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has been chipped up a bit and then I'm
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just going to get some gunmetal and just
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do some extra little fine chips as well
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just gives that sense of like it's a
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black painted metal gun that's been
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chipped up and used a lot for the color
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of the hair use what you want here I'm
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just using brown because I've got like
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extra little brown details like the hilt
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of the knife um maybe like some extra
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straps here and there so I'm just using
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brown leather cuz it's a nice Brown and
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that's for the hair and for the skin I'm
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a fan of cork I'm going to use cork a
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lot so it's a nice color I'm going to
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use that on the cadan and the arms of
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the infinity figure again couple of
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coats take your time on it just nice and
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it stands out against the Green and the
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dark tones as well so it it's a really
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good contrast for at least for this test
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then with all those base coats applied
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all I'm going to do now is get some
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Black Knight usually I would thin black
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knight down first and apply over but
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I've been finding certainly following
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the Richard Gray method is to apply it
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on quite heavily and then just get some
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water or some medium and then just thin
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it down on the actual model I quite like
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that cuz you have a bit more control of
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as to what gets thinned down a bit more
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so get some Black Knight on there drench
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the model in it and just add some water
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move it around you get a nice blend
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going across the model so at this point
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we now have both our one 40,000 and our
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infinity figure pretty much at a
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tabletop level so you can just go off
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and base them and you know carry them
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with your life but if you want to add
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some extra details tidy up those raised
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areas do some highlights on it and stuff
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like that stick around for this because
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that is the part where we we add a bit
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more finer details for more of an
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intermediate level so we're going to
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move on to that now now the first thing
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I like to do on most of my painting and
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certainly with these videos is one of
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the the key next steps you could even
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count this as tabletop as well if you
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wish to is just a up with those basee
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colors because you got the wash all over
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once it's dry it's actually quite nice
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just to get all those base colors you
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used and just pick out some of the
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raised areas I'm not like saying recat
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over everything just just just areas
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like folds of the cloth that stand out
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bits of the leather boots bits of the
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chest rig bits of the armor bits of the
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skin uh and it's a really good way of
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getting a second or a first highlight in
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some cases um from one color so just go
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around tip with the greens tied up with
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the skin tied with the Leathers um and
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then just get ready for the bit of
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highlighting after and our first
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highlight is going to be using grass
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green and this is for the green fatigues
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it's a really nice striking green uh and
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I'm just going to pick out a couple of
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folds here and there where the light's
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going to catch so I'm not going to go
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mad just a little bit here and there
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next up is to use camouflage green to
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highlight up the gy field gray now on
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the Caden I'm just going to use this
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mostly for like the rock sack the PES
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and stuff whereas on the actual Infinity
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model I'm probably going to do a lot of
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the actual dark green tones cuz their
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details are a lot finer um so so it
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needs I think it needs a little bit more
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help to pick some of those out with the
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War I guess the difference in comparison
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here between the warmer 40,000 figure
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and the infinity figur is the details
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are slighter so you need to work into
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that a little bit more whereas I think
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the 40K ones can be a little bit more
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forgiving because they got larger
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surface areas so you don't have to go
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mad highlighting everything at least I
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don't cuz I'm an army painter I don't
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have to do that moving on from the
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greens we're going to go on to
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highlighting the skin and for this I'm
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going to use radiant flesh again and a
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nice striking flesh tone that just
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really helps work with that cork and I'm
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just picking out like a couple of
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extremities you know couple of bits on
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the nose cheeks brows that kind of stuff
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Knuckles if you've got them on the hands
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now at this point you could just leave
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the models base them but I felt like the
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cadan and the infinity figure needed
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something to distinguish the two of them
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the cadan for me I like stripes on
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shoulder pads I think looks great so I'm
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just going to put some white stripes on
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the Caden shoulder pad and then chip
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back into that with a bit of gim and
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field gray just to make it look a bit
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scr Ed and used and just add a little
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bit of extra detail to the infinity
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figure I mean there wasn't much to add I
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mean I was happy enough with the paint
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job but those ey lenses needed picking
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out so I used a little bit of rubber
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black sword out it at hand uh I didn't
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do this next bit on camera cuz I didn't
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think about it until after but I got a
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little bit of the gun metal and just
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went around the ringlets on the eyes as
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well uh which you'll probably see in the
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360 so just for a bit of smartness and
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it was easier to do it really close up
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to my face as opposed to on camera so my
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bad uh you didn't see that happen but
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we're going to move on to Basin now just
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to make him all stand out and look
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finished now with the Basin for the
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Infinity figures I I did a bunch already
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um and I really like this idea of just
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like not like concrete flooring or like
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you know like Paving slabs but um I
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didn't want to sit there pain Paving
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slabs and make them so I just went with
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a really thin scattered dust effect and
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I used Luna desert so I applied a lot of
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water down Luna desert to the base and
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then just a few like patches of thicker
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stuff and it gave it quite a nice sort
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like you know destroyed Street or um
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Plaza or something like that so you just
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got like chunks of dirt and filth uh so
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I used the same method when I was doing
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the cad in as well just again just
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thinned it down quite heavily bit of
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water around the feet and then just a
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couple of little dollops here and there
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and to add to that Dirty Vibe I got some
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light clay and then just applied that
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over the lunar desert um I didn't
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actually shake this and I I did this
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purposely I didn't shake it too much
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because I wanted it not too neat so I
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wanted it a little bit thin down which
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was quite nice so I just used a little
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bit of thin I mean you could just apply
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neat and then use some thinners but I
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just know from using this stuff enough
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that I could just get away a little
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shake and it would just be the right
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consistency as to what I need so I just
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applied that to the base and let it dry
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and it just gives it a bit of a dirt
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crusted dust destroyed City debris look
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and then I went against all my training
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and everything I believe and I painted
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my rim
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black I
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know sorry # team steel Legion D failed
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you uh it's cuz it was there it was a
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hand literally in reach I couldn't be
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bothered to search for steel Legion grab
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so I went black and it's a game it's
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very little boor game so it's fine so
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yeah paint the rims black only this once
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so there we are we' have painted a 1
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40,000 figure and an infinity figure and
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I really enjoyed painting The Infinity
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figures I was I was generally surprised
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I've heard a lot of people talking about
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how good they are um not played the game
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yet yet so I can't make judgments on
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that I've painted similar stuff like
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there's hasslefree out there there all
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these other companies that and crooked D
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that do like amazing metal figures so it
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felt similar to that so I was in comfort
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zone of that kind of level metal but
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just the details like the the scaling of
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the weapons um just feels really
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realistic um whereas obviously you get
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the more heroic scale with one 40,000 so
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things have like blown out proportion a
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little bit more um but weirdly side by
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side each other they actually scale
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quite well together so you could
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actually you know feel some of these
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figures in in either system I guess if
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you really wanted to um as long as
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you're not going to an official
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tournament or anything um but I enjoyed
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the process I I found um I could I could
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cut Corners more with the warmer 40,000
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figure whereas with the infinity 1
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because it was very much like this is a
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military chest rig this is like a belt
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buckle that has like the clips on it
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this isn't a what would look like a
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genuinely realistic gun um it was a
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little bit less forgiving so I had to
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put a little bit more sort of like
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thought into like oh yeah I need to pick
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out that thing or pick out this thing a
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bit more for the most part as an army
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painter I could still cut corners
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without being a bit of a chore but yes
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uh side by side um I can't really I know
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this is going to seem really lame I
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can't really pick a winner um I'd always
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be a fan of w 40,000 and Cadence cuz
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they're Mega um but I am now intrigued
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I've not seen all the other stuff for
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Infinity granted I've seen the nomads
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which are a bit much for me they seem
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like tow uh bit over the top but I do
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like the ariad and the stuff and that
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that they they just feel like modern day
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military in a Sci-Fi world so I actually
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quite like them um I might use them for
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other game systems and stuff but yeah I
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I am converted to the the world of
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infinity it it is not what I expected it
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to be so yes I I've enjoyed the process
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um and I think I will paint more so I
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hope you've enjoyed this video I hope
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you found something useful from it
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whether that's from like a comparison
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point of view or building assembly point
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of view or even a painting point of view
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um if you want to n to paint more ashar
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Regents check out one of the videos
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we've got for that so just look on the
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channel we've got plenty of those also
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we do lot of stuff on camo as well so
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check them out too um I really enjoy
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this process I do think Infinity will be
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something I'll get my teeth stuck into
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so definitely looking forward to
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painting more of those down the line um
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I think the takeaway from this as well
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is you hear stuff and you think nah it's
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not for me but sometimes you just got to
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put yourself out there and give
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something a try you know try new things
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and I know people check in the comments
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that I should do that with blood ball
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