It's been an infinity since last time I posted...

 ...but it's because it took me all this time to think of a title for the post.

After my first incursion into these ranges, it was time for the Yu Jing set! Well, first thing I have to say is that they are, of course, as detailed as their Panoceania counterparts, and that's wild. I mean, they all are gorgeous sculpts, but they are pretty challenging because of that!

This time I found the main base colour at the first try, which makes me utterly happy :D

It's a particular orange. I used a 50/50 mix of Vallejo... "Transparent Orange"? (a pretty neutral orange) and Deep Yellow:

So now it's really a kind of yellow

And then I used GW's Iyanden Yellow Contrast as a wash, as I've done some times before. This provides a kind of orange I' happy with:

I can work with this

So, you know, as usual in my techniques, the key is to use the paints to any other purpose different than they were designed for. Do it wrong to make it right!

Anyway, I painted all the oranges on a row:

At this stage the main precaution is not to lose any bit

You may notice there's an intruder there, the girl with the rocket launcher down in the pic. It's Oktavia Grímsdóttir, a special character who doesn't really belong to this faction. However, I had to paint her jacket in this colour, so I just got her there. I'll have that mini finished for the next installment of the project.

Now I had to paint different kinds of not-really-black clothes. For the trousers I used a mix of dark green- dark blue- black mix (highlights from there with more blue). For the cloaks I went for a more neutral grey (black and grey) and the armour pieces were made with a mix of German Camo green and Black. Finally, weapons were made with a Royal blue and Black mix, adding grey to the mix for the highlights.

You haven't read the above paragraph and I'm OK with it

I dared to use the Apothecary White Contrast paint, and I was surprised with the result:

Unexpected success

In the end this is what I got. Here you have the armour guys. The guy on the left is a Dàofěi (of course I had to google all the names). Apparently it translate as "Bandit", a name taken from their training methods. My research says that in Mandarin it should be pronounced "Tǔfěi". Not really essential data, but if I know that, now you have to know it too.

The one on the right is a Jujak, which is Korean Shock Infantry. My research on this unit has been quite frustrating as I have found almost nothing, but no doubt he looks like a tough guy.

You don't want to mess with them

Not as impressive, but don't mess with them anyway

The sniper lady is a Hùndùn, which translate as "faceless", after the evil creature from Chinese mythology who embodies chaos and confusion. The bloke with the shotgun is a Gŭiláng ("Ghost Wolf"), who are the special arctic branch of the Yu Jing Army.

I hope I'm just writing those names right

I'm not sure if those coats are practical, but of course they are cool

Finally, the Zhànshì Qízhì (Troops of the Banner), the core of the army, light infantry troopers:

I wouldn't dare to paint an Imperial Guard sized army this way, but the minis are gorgeous

Well, I really don't see those tight pants in service in the military, but that's another issue

 Yu Jing has eight separate armies, each one with their banner. The one on Svalarheima, where this Operation Kaldstrom takes place, is the White Banner Army.

I'm used to WH40K, where finding background on the units is pretty easy, but there's not that much info on this, so I'm trying my best to get the fluff. It always helps me to understand the unit itself and gives me some kind of insights when painting.

Anyway, here you have the core force painted:

 

Camouflage is clearly not an issue in this game

So these are the two forces of the core box:

I need to build a backdrop for group shots like this one!

 My pal asked for urban bases, but what you see is temporary, I will add some rubble and stuff when I have all the minis finished.

I've talked about Oktavia Grímsdóttir above, but I also have a few more minis for both sides, so this is not the last you've seen on this project!