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Well... if it cuts leather then surely...

And the 32 is nice for the new space marines too.


Just dipped Envy and Hex, you'll have to wait till they're sealed to know what I'm talking about though.

Gonna spend any remaining hobby time today working on lacquering my remaining sticky bones models and on sorting out this multibase thing.

Just bought this for $2.12 with free shipping
1" Ceramic/Glass Cutter Drill Bit

Should be faster and easier than using a punch of any sort, if it isn't overkill. For $2.12, I'm willing to find out.

Sounds like it'll cut through most anything that isn't metal.

May tear up something soft like paper/cardstock but then again it may not. My only experience with hole saws saw the material get pretty abused but.. meh, probably had the wrong thing anyway.

Let me know how it works



Also was thinking about my Daughter's table that I had mentioned earlier. Can't find anything the right height for the supports. Was thinking getting a 4x8 sheet of plywood or similar and having that cut into 8 2x2' sections, and then cutting down some 2x4" boards to make legs to go between two of the flat sections. Basically making oversized end tables like you'd use in the living room to set drinks on. But then 4 of those in a larger square formation to receive the 4 2x4' MDF sections. I could also probably get some flat thin board/particle/even reused cardboard and make the little tables into kind of square shelves where she could keep her little dudes. And given the cost of plywood, 2x4's, and nails... this is still cheaper than anything else I've come across. What would really make my day is finding pre-cut 2 foot lengths of board as that's a lot easier than me trying to cut them all off perfectly 24"... will have to fish around.

You can get the punch in a 1", I'm just at work now and can't look it up right now. But I bought that set and then the 1" separately. You get to release your frustrations by hitting them with a hammer. Dsteingass was the original finder of these and I saw it on his old thread and made it one of my must buys. Cuts plastic card great.

Yeah... I'll probably get a set sometime. One of those things that's good to use to eat up any cash someone gives me as a birthday/x-mas thing.

Got the Infinity models done, just gotta base them. Wizard is getting based too. Ordered more bases, 375 total in 3 sizes... Sheesh, 90.55 shipped. Oh well, should do for quite awhile.


This rebasing project really has me fired up to finish another batch or two of skeletons, zombies, and miscellaneous undead. Got some stuff set out to clean, but I've also got 10 mantic skeletons already cleaned and assembled. Gonna try to find a safe and reliable way to remove their integrated bases as that will allow them to sit level with anything on the clear bases in their slots.

Infinity model photos here in a moment.

More nomads!



Both of these guys are with the Observance, part of the/a religion/cult that's big in Bakunin (and probably elsewhere on the Nomad ships, not really too immersed in the fluff yet). The big guy is a Sin Eater, I get the idea that they're kind of like the crazy albino monk from the Da Vinchi Code. I'm calling him Envy, but what's he jealous of I wonder. Sin Eaters have some heavy duty upgrades that allow them to react preternaturally fast, but it makes them a bit slow when it comes to taking the initiative and acting on their own. The gal on the right is Hex. She's a Reverend Custodier and which is basically the elite hacking/info warfare corps of the Observance. Basically surviving what she does for a number of hours puts them up at veteran status (I guess it's hard work!) so she's pretty young to be so good at what she does. I love that the pose has her pulling out some cables (presumably from the back of her head GitS style) to jack into a system. She's also got a marker underslung on her combi rifle which is kind of like a WiFi extender. Anything within a certain range of a planted marker will be something she can reach out and touch with her hacking skills.

I've got just one more Sin Eater to do, but I do have the Reverend Healer as well. Still contemplating picking up the other Custodier sculpt to make a 3-man link team with Hex and the healer. Distantly considering picking up the 4 moira box too, but I kind of like the other observance models a little more than them (though the new moira look is still awesome and superior to the one I've got already).


Probably gonna clean up my remaining two Sputniks next as entries in Paradigm's painting challenge for this month. I might feel froggy and finish the last 3 nomads (that aren't from Icestorm) or I may change my mind and do something else after that. I've got a lot of primed models and the airbrush is technically back in working order so I could do anything.

Oh almost forgot, here's that warlock finished and on his base:


And all 3 recent nomads for good measure:

They look fabulous

While I like the clear bases I think I'll have to forego them on my Zombicide stuff. Maybe for my Black Plague figures when they hit.

Nice work on the Infinity figures there. I'm also looking forward to seeing how the KoW basing project comes along.

I did have an idea to do a Infinity force based on the Reverend Moira's. But that has run out of steam as I focus on other hobby goals. Maybe one day.

Like seeing my dreams come true with your painting though. Keep the Infinity models coming please.

Good stuff! Bakunin is a wierd one for me; the Observance stuff is awesome but I'm not a fan of the mutant-people or moderators don't do a lot for me. Might have to grab some Revs and Sin Eaters at some point for vanilla lists.

Thanks guys

Should be working on at least a couple more Infinity minis in the near future, as well as a regiment or two of Kings of War just to make sure I've got the new tray layout sorted.

@Para, I like the mutant-people (uberfallkommando, Morlocks) maybe the most, even though I don't have any. And the Moderators have really grown on me from the beginning. I do like the Observance stuff, obviously, and if I actually played I would probably want to run a mostly/all observance list sometimes just for fun. But I definitely like the whole of Bakunin. I'm more like you when it comes to Corregidor, the whole lot is pretty, but I'm pretty much just interested in their sexy TAGs and a couple of individuals.

Bleh work week incoming. Dunno if it's gonna be hot, or rainy, both, or even mild. Still in August so I expect at least some heat, though I'd prefer it to be within tolerable levels! Looking forward to fall. Still gonna try to chip away at some models as the week progresses.

$25 squall at miniaturemarket

I think I'm officially staying away from infinity for a while. I jumped in with "the big explosion" (of GW expatriates), but they've been sitting unattended and my main gaming buddy has NO interest whatsoever.

I know your pain on the heat in August, your not far away from me and I've worked outside enough during those months. Just don't over work yourself with it. What do you do during winter time if you don't mind me asking? I'm sure you've mentioned it, but brain ain't working right now.

I saw it. Not sure I want it with the Seraph having sexy new concept art. Squallo is also one of those models that comes on sale reasonably often.

May get one though if its still there after work. Would need reposing.

The old Empire Gray Wizard looks pretty good. I've always thought that the Reverends-Custodier ( or Reverend Custodiers ?) were some of the best minis in the whole Nomad range.

Thanks! I like the grey wizard, I think he makes a good warlock for the new 5e dnd rules.

I like the custodiers too, may get the other sculpt to hang out with the healer.

Your Observance are looking really good. I still can't decide if I'm a fan of their look, though. The Sin Eaters do seem like they'd be pretty useful. You've got both of them now, right? Which one would you say is the better sculpt? The HMG or the sniper?

Lovely looking nomads! Makes me want to go back to mine as well soon.

Thanks ckig. You can wait to do your Nomads for a bit, mine pale in comparison and they don't need the competition

If there's an HMG sin eater, I don't have it. I have the MK 12 that comes in the starter and the multisniper from a blister, but they're the same pose with different arms. If I recall, the HMG guy is actually aiming his gun but maybe looks a bit different.


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Look how tiny those orclings are! Even the snotling is 2-3x their size I don't think I'll be using these 1-1 for models on a multibase... probably just sprinkle them around to make the 12-15 snotlings I use in a regiment look more filled out.

That skeleton looks like he's using either semaphore or guiding a plane in.

Yeah, orclings are tiny-- they look like kindergarten-aged snotlings if you put them on the same base. Which I did.

I really like looking at your Infinity work. Do more of those, please.

Yeah, the twin-weapon skeleton pose is a little lame. Really good sprues though, next one of those I may angle him a bit more.

I don't think the Orclings will get hats, they have to earn them in battle! Well some of them have hats but I'm talking about the white caps.

@Josh, thanks I'm working on two Sputniks right now but I'm gonna have to paint something simpler sooner or later as these kind of exhaust me


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Got one sputnik ready to be mounted on pins for painting. Gotta do the other yet. If I get ambitious I may try to do the batroid and imetron beacon and make a small diorama of an ambush but I doubt I'll have time. Dug up some KoW/dnd friendly heroes, some will need bases. That's OK, I've got nearly 400 coming...

Gonna have a crap load of rebasing to do too. I have upwards of 30 gcps sanctioned zombie marines to do, as well as everything from mars attacks so far. Over 50 models with just that. And several fantasy minis and bones will be getting the new bases too. I'll order more 25mm bases as necessary, but the 40s and 55s I hope last... They're pricey.

The wizard mini is really cool.

By the way, the Sin Eater HMG is one of the infamous guitar heroes of the Nomad nation (along with the old Intruder HMG)

Haha that's kind of great .


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Haha that's kind of great .

It does look almost like he is wailing on a guitar

Wait so nomads have noise marines

Pity about the cost of bases. The clear look so cool.

Yeah they aren't cheap but I think they still come out better than fancy resin bases.

It's a struggle I'm facing as I'm looking for super cheap quantities, but I want the pretty bases too. Well I'm just staying the basics route now and will revisit them later.

How thick are the bases? Just out of curiosity. I take it the edges from what I have seen are polished? Do they have any angle on the edges or are the square? And finally is there a little radius on the top edge?

@Theo it might be possible to do the bottlecap sticker thing that was discussed several pages ago. Basically pop those stickers off their backing and plop them down on the other side and cut them out. Would take more time but not a crazy amount. I think those sticker things have the potential to yellow over time though and if the plastic ever got somehow removed from the bottom they'd pick up dust with their sticky side. Could be significantly cheaper though.

@Archer you can get clear acrylics in 1.5, 2, and 3mm so far as I know. 3mm is standard GW thickness but I think the 1.5 is much better at that not being noticed thing. 2 is just the size some companies make them (thinking maybe fenris or w/e).

I dunno if the edges are polished or if that's how they look when they get lasered or whatever it is they do to them. But they are smooth. They're sheer, perpendicular to the ground with no tilt in or out. So basically they're 25mm across on the top and bottom. Or 40, or whatever they're cut at. No bevels.

I think some people have been know to cast a GW base in clear to be 100% above board but meh, I don't play that game anyway.

Too hot and too late today, no hobby stuff.

I do have like 12 primed smurfs though... gonna knock those out sometime soon and make them into a KoW regiment. Probably generously sprinkle in orclings (smurflings) to help pad the unit size visually. Maybe some mushrooms