Yu Jing has revolutionized the concept of Heavy Infantry. The fourth generation of servo-powered combat armour implies a qualitative step up in mobility and in info-biotechnological protection. These unique new Shang Jí (“Superior”) armours are faster, lighter and definitively better. Only the best equipment for the bravest defenders of the People!
— Jin Ren Min
Ever since I found out about the game Infinity in 2008, I’ve been drawn to its distinct art style in their models. Some of my favorite models are from the various factions in this game.
I went to Meeplemart on a Thursday to pick up stuff for a friend, and there happened to be a demo game being set up. Played it and felt the turn-interruption and order pool mechanic was something special and thought that, hey, I’ve always loved their models, when wil be the best time to buy a load of them if not now?
So I picked the Yujing faction and picked up their starter box and few essential units. The Yujing is the concept of Sinosphere turned reality in the future: a massive East Asian union of assimilated nations centralized on China and the Chinese culture. Yujing is a strange mixture of restored Ming/Qing emperors as figurehead of the state, and the overbearing Communist party in true control behind the scenes, riding on an enormous and thriving economy and industry. It is where the old Forbidden Palace guards are brought back wearing power-armors, ninja and samurai from the Japanese contingent close in on the enemy in thermo-optical camouflage and dice them up with armor-piercing katana, Shoaling monks dart across the field behind a screen of smoke grenades and wielding electrical swords, and Japanese bōsōzoku are encouraged to join the army as an effective fast attack force.
I have several Yujing models in progress, the first one I finished was this Shang Ji Invincible. Yujing focuses on heavy infantry (in-game they can field the most heavy infantry models) and they pride themselves on this fact by calling their armed forces the Invincible Army. Shang Ji is an upgraded version of the typical Invincible trooper and came with the starter box. I hope they start selling them individually because their weapon load outs are quite sweet.
Box to sealing: 16.5 hours.
