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Yeah, I suspect i'll have hidden things for awhile. I believe I've found most of the *important* hobby related stuff. And my computer is running so I don't think I'm missing anything there


Meh. Gonna go rattle can prime this movement tray. I have a brief window to airbrush but I'd rather the paint stay on this thing than chip off in seconds. Still not a fan of airbrush priming unless it's the dead of winter and there are no other choices (like bones, or I really need the ultrasmoothest coat evar).

May then paint on this dwarf, or perhaps spray my remotes.

I think you just talked me into priming some buildings to use for Zombicide. I wasn't going to, but all this talk about rattle cans...

I haven't bothered with trying to get my airbrush going in months, but I was constantly messing with it and never getting the hang of it.

Airbrushes and their compressors can be a complete pain in the rear. Sometimes not even worth messing with it. But it does let me do some stuff that would be inconvenient or difficult otherwise, and helps for priming in the winter. Need to find a new white primer I like though.

Yeah, I just never could get the spray right, the one time I did then the gun gummed up on me. The brushes are working fine for me right now, so I'll just do it the old fashioned way.

They're tricky, sometimes it's all I can do to undercoat things with them. Certainly, I still don't have a handle on painting models to look good as so many people seem to have...but sometimes I can at least get more than one base coat color down or apply a simple OSL kind of thing.

Guys, two things. Keep the paint thin, and keep the airbrush clean. That covers 98% of the troubles. A bent needle is 1.5% and the remaining 0.5% is just the universe bending you over a barrel.

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I wish I had some remotes. But, your pic is reminding me that I need to bust out my Mag Guard and redo it. I had nearly finished it before I moved, but the move itself got it busted apart and the paint all scratched up. Enough so that I might as well just strup it and start over.

I'm also both looking forward to and dreading the MM sale.

Beware of the Nomad Remotes. Exercises in Frustration. Pan-O remotes, the Dronbots and the Armbots go together very well, as do the Haqq Kameels. Get Mags re-done before the new one comes out

Even the Zonds? They seem like they'd be easier ones to do. I'll get back to the Mag... eventually. At least it seems like I've got plenty of time. CB doesn't seem to be in any rush to get the new one out.

I know these things about the airbrush, but its still a PITA some days

I'm doing OK with the Sputniks.

That's what the Russians said . I know they are great useful tools, but I really need a class or something to work them out.

Bye-the-bye, miniaturemarkets sale finally started, still having issues, but at least the list pops up. Not a whole lot, some of the older infinity models, pathfinder and reaper figures too. But nothing that grabbed me.

All I can say is OOPS... I uhh... Managed to make the free shipping threshold...

And only ~50% of the order was summer sale stuff... The main thing I wanted was under 20 and ticking down as I watched...

Looking forward to seeing what you picked up!

Currently deciding if I wanna be catty or open about my next project. I doubt I can keep quiet though.

I'm sure we won't be disappointed if you let the cat out of the bag . Plus everyone starts talking about it and I always get a few good ideas from the crew before I start instead of after. Which makes me not want to rip it up and start from scratch.

Yeah I know, I know. Obviously I ordered *even more* infinity... /sigh.


I've been wanting a TAG for a long time. Geckos are cool. You can take 4 geckos in corregidor. 4 geckos, 5 auglaciles, and one odd dude make a perfectly legal/ITS-viable 300 point list.

So yeah.

That's what I ordered: 2 gecko boxen as they were better than half off, TAGs (even small ones) for 13.50 a pop is pretty sweet; the SWC/special weapons box set of Auglaciles because I only have 3 now and needed to have some options to make the list (even though I may never play it) viable/versatile/fun. Oh and Senor Massacre. I haven't really been exposed to very much Deadpool, but what I've seen, I've liked. The list basically needs a 0 SWC distraction between 10 and 30 points and Massacre fits the ticket.

Everyone is gonna get painted white to match the rest of my Nomads but Massacre will have a very not-deadpool scheme, it's his job to be distracting anyway

I'm gonna have to do some conversion on these guys. More than any Infinity stuff so far. The geckos will get their two boxen spliced to offer maximum variance in poses. I may even include some off-spec hardware just to make them special snow flakes.

The Auglaciles are gonna do some arm/hand/gun swaps with existing Nomads in my collection. The missile launcher probably doesn't have any other home so that one will stay stock, and the light grenade launcher is pretty cheap so I'll probably live that one alone. The heavy machine gun and multi sniper rifle will probably be swapped out if I can find anyone to take them who can trade a combi-rifle. As long as I do one swap I can make the list (5 augls with combis, and or one with a LGL. The HMG may be affordable too so I may find a way to make that work).

I think the Spektr I have can have the MSR and comes with a combi so that's probably happening. Beyond that I don't know.

I also nabbed the ADHL Prowler to join my Bakunin/general Nomads because I needed to break free shipping. It cost like 2 extra dollars to add him on over what I would have paid in shipping.

Sounds fun. Wish I new you were needing geckos as I had picked up a box for $20, and then got the replacement parts for it. Oh well, one day we will have to play it, guess I'll need to start on my PanO.

I have no idea how viable the list would be, only that it is legal.

I mean the Geckos themselves are basically heavy infantry with extra TAG-based weaknesses and fairly light weapons (combi rifle with an extra shot, or MK 12 which isn't bad but it's not an HMG or HMC). I think they're not terrible for the points as long as you watch out for electronic warfare and enemy hackers, they only have BTS3 so that's probably the easier vector by which to attack them.

I could have picked up a clockmaker to support them with his engineer skill but... yeah... I'm pretty sure that any turn my opponent is trying to kill one or more of the Geckos... he's gonna do it all the way down to riddling the pilot full of holes once he pops out. I figure them having to waste an inordinate/inefficient amount of firepower to do so is the goal.

They're also not as fast as bigger tags. Basically HI with some extra weaknesses for their big size and TAG specific countermeasures, and with no ability to link. A 5-man mobile Brigada time would probably be stronger but... 4 Geckos is gonna look sweet


So I'm combing the unit profiles PDF to look for potential transplant candidates for my Alguaciles. The only other model I have that can take a missile launcher is the Grenzer, and he would be trading back a multi sniper rifle so that's basically pointless. Lots of people could take the HMG, but that's probably the strongest single option for a special weapon in the Alguacile link.

The Spektr can totally take the MSR, though he still only has BS 12 and it would make him pretty expensive in terms of SWC. Though, given that he'd go into a generic/vanilla list anyway, I could probably work around it. Plus TO sniper makes sense to me, leave the close work to Spooky and her regular camo.



Hmmmm.... just redid the list in a less panicked state. Turns out to be legal *none* of the alguaciles can have special weapons. I can get a paramedic and a forward observer as they have no SWC, but the LT costs 1. Balls.

I should still be able to model it correctly, just disregard the LGL upgrade to the one combi rifle and convert the sniper... but meesh. I mean. I guess I'm ok with it. The thing was to have a list that's at least playable with 4 geckos and a alg link made the most sense for backup under 90 points lol. I could also always drop one of the Geckos and add something different back in like the Mobile brigada or something. He could totally be the LT. Just to switch stuff out, on the off chance I got to play enough to need to do so.

Meh, maybe I'll turn it over to the army list pros of the Infinity sub forums.



Oh and about playing the game someday... I'm sure if you could get 3 fusiliers and 1-2 backup units you'd have all the models we could possibly figure out in a given day for the first time Seasoned gamers or not, I think Infinity really benefits from a slow progression of rules integration.

That's a lot of gecko mate

Yeah.... Probably could have started with two but the parts that come with four will help conversions...

I'm calling it stress shopping... Work has be rough with the heat and weird spats of rain, the move was kind of stressful, and the whole two kids thing is an experience to say the least.

Of course now I gotta get my butt in gear finishing the rest of my Nomads to make way for the reinforcements!

Where did you see an Alguaciles SWC box in the sale? The only SWC box I saw was a PanO Fusilier one.

Nice haul, love Geckos! A list with 4 sounds nasty!

No only the geckos were summer sale, the algs were normal ~20% off.


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Jurisdictional Command of Corregidor
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Group 1 10 0 0
GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (1 | 53)
GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (1 | 53)
GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (1.5 | 55)
ALGUACIL Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (10)
ALGUACIL Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (10)
WILDCAT Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (19)
GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (1.5 | 55)
ALGUACIL HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 18)
ALGUACIL Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
ALGUACIL (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)

6 SWC | 297 Points

Open with Army 5

This is one potential fix, pick up a combi rifle wildcat for the LT and suddenly all 4 geckos fit AND the alguaciles can have an HMG, forward observer(s, could take another one in those points) plus a paramedic. The main hitch is that the best/only way to get a combi rifle Wildcat is through the starter (and then you get 3, and 5 other models I don't *need*). Slippery slope much? The CR intruder would make another potential LT option and the Alguacile hacker would bring my number up to a round 8 so I'm not dismissing it out of hand... just not right away.


Jurisdictional Command of Corregidor
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Group 1 10 0 0
MOBILE BRIGADA Lieutenant MULTI Rifle + Light Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife. (39)
GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (1.5 | 55)
GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (1.5 | 55)
GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (1 | 53)
ALGUACIL Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
ALGUACIL (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
ALGUACIL (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
ALGUACIL Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 14)
ALGUACIL HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 18)
SEÑOR MASSACRE Combi Rifle, E/M Grenades, Zero-V Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW, E/M CCW. (28)

6 SWC | 298 Points

Open with Army 5

This second list swaps one Gecko for the Mobile Brigada from Icestorm snagging me plenty of points and a bonus SWC from switching out the Alg LT for the MB. Enough points to fit Senor Massacre back in, as well as fully outfitting the alguaciles with two forward observers, a paramedic, an HMG, and a light grenade launcher. I'd maybe rather have the missile launcher but it's hard to fit much in when taking so many TAGs, even if they are mini-tags. Other options include taking the ML with an alguacile hacker (make use of those forward observers and their repeaters, plus help defend the Geckos...). Hmm so...


Jurisdictional Command of Corregidor
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Group 1 10 0 0
MOBILE BRIGADA Lieutenant MULTI Rifle + Light Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife. (39)
GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (1.5 | 55)
GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (1.5 | 55)
GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (1 | 53)
ALGUACIL Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
ALGUACIL (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
ALGUACIL (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
SEÑOR MASSACRE Combi Rifle, E/M Grenades, Zero-V Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW, E/M CCW. (28)
ALGUACIL Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18)
ALGUACIL Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 15)

6 SWC | 299 Points

Open with Army 5

Which is also just enough points... Hmm... Hacker synergy with the HI and Geckos seems pretty useful, plus that missile launcher would be at +3BS and +1 burst. Interesting I could make this list now too if I just use the lady Alguacile from Icestorm as a hacker.

Bit of progress on the remotes. I think I'll revert back to the brush to finish things off.

The army lists are a reason I haven't gotten deeper into infinity, I just look at them and think the game is still in Spanish as I have no idea what half of it means.

I swung by MM yesterday to see if there was anything new in the dinged and dented section worth the money. Lately I haven't seen anything worth while.

Pm me your address. I still have your x-wing base and a bunch of orclings that need a Smurfy new home .

I had something typed out about the army lists being pretty simple but I was about halfway through that particular dissertation when I noticed my daughter was crying (we were at the park). Turns out there were some fething wasps under one of the pieces of equipment and she got hit a few times before I could get to her (only a couple of feet away but she didn't see them till she got stung anyway). We did the baking soda thing and got some benadryl into her, fortunately her Nana lives extremely close to that little park. Doesn't seem allergic and is pretty chipper atm for getting stung more than once. May have to take her out for a toy and some icecream later since she's being such a trooper...


Anyway, the army lists are pretty simple. Every type of unit technically comes from it's own military unit/squad/whatever and each profile is effectively just different gear one of those guys can have. Names should be self explanatory, and the guns are pretty simple and fairly similar with just some slight difference in damage output and the range at which they're best employed. Some units get special abilities but those are really easy to google, same with the different types of ammo.

SWC-special weapon cost, is just another resource you gain at the rate of 1 per 50 points of army list (could be a table but I know its 6 at 300 pts so the math follows...) and you can only legally take lists that have a total SWC between all models up to your limit.

First list is kind of jumbled so skip it for a minute. I'll break down the third one as it may be my favorite at this point:

Mobile Brigada is just the heavy infantry that comes in Icestorm, he has a profile with the stock weapon that allows him to be the lieutenant. Multi rifle can shoot special ammo types but its pretty similar to the basic guns, this guy is pretty simple.

Two of the three geckos have MK 12's which are like.. i dunno battle rifles? They hit harder and are longer ranged than combi rifles but aren't as accurate up close. Blitzens are 2 use disposable EMP launchers for tackling enemy TAGs and units with advanced gear. The chain-colt shoots a small template kind of like the 40k flamer. The other gecko profile has two combi rifles (so he gets one more dice when he shoots them) and a panzerfaust is just the armor piercing version of the blitzen.

I'll jump to Senor Massacre so I can do the Algs at once... The grenades are just another type of weapon, smoke grenades provide cover, he has two different close combat weapons as well.

The Alguaciles are all little snowflakes rather than just being stock boring combi rifle guys. The paramedic can attempt to fix injured organic friendlies with the medkit. The forward observes have a repeater that they can deploy kind of like a mine, it creates a zone around it that the hacker can attack even if he's not in sight of it (I believe, it's been awhile) and can spot for other units/do tournament objectives as they're specialists. The hacker can hack stuff! The missile launcher guy shoots missiles bwahaha.

See, easy stuff

Probably for the best that there's nothing on the dent and ding table right? Save that cash

I'll get around to PMing, not in a rush

Defying White Anglo-Saxon Protestants picking on little kids ....oh wait you meant the bugs . Either way they owe her an apology and plenty of snuggle time with Dad should have her on the mend.

I'm sure your right with how simple the lists are to understand. It's just my dyslexia and my insanity teaming up with the names that aren't completely English to rattle me.

Nice start on the remotes as well.

Now that we're down to conventional brush-work I think I can get a bit more time in on them. We shall see. Keen on getting them done by the end of the month for Paradigm's painting challenge.

Also just got word from MM that my order has shipped. 3 day delay, but I guess not if you order pretty early on the first day

Ah, you had me worried that in my rush to push through the order before MM's servers crashed, I'd missed something awesome.

Are you sure you wouldn't want to have an engineer in those lists? I'd think you'd want an engineer to keep the Geckos repaired rather than a medic.

Medic is only there because it's a 2 point upgrade off the basic Alguacile. There aren't many good engineers that fit in the list as I've been structuring it. I don't like clockmakers aesthetically and they're kind of boring as a unit too. * At least one of the (noun)-cats units probably has a serviceable engineer and so I may consider taking one over Senor Massacre if I find a good profile that fits and still lets me balance things.

My feeling is that, while geckos *are* technically TAGS and that makes them 'sort of' tough, if my opponent is determined to remove one it's going to die all the way in that same round. I think that kind of thing happens to big TAGs all the time, and these are closer in stats to heavy infantry.

It *is* a valid point and one that I will consider when I'm looking to pick up an extra nomad mini.


Just dug out the rest of my Icestorm box, may as well get the Healer, Grenzer, and CSU cleaned and on bases for painting too.. just in case the whim hits me. Was just gonna take the Algs but then I realized i needed the Brigada too, and the Spektr may as well be out for that incoming arm swap sooo.. just grab the lot, it's easier!

Got some more drone work done too, Buttercup is getting pretty close... just needs some highlighting passes on the grey and the lights and other minor details finished, then I can dip. Blossom still needs grey everywhere but I'm gonna do them leap frog instead of batch this time.


* Ahh yes, the Tomcat Engineer with Zondcat is only a couple of points cheaper than Massacre and has no SWC. So *if* I ever get to play and realize I'm making a mistake in not trusting my Geckos to be sturdy... that's pretty much a perfect fit. The only bad thing is it's another 4 model box, just like how adding the starter set to get a combi wildcat is a 6 model box... Probably still happen eventually.

Medics are overrated. If you suck enough to get shot you deserve to bleed out. That will teach the next person to be a better soldier and motivate them to fight harder.

Can you tell I went to commissar school?

Tomcats are supposed to be really good units. You'll probably want one. I don't think you need to take the Zondcat though. I bet you could still find the individual Tomcat blisters. You could also get the Wildcat blisters and just proxy them if you don't want to do any converting.