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The title pretty much says it all. I have never done pinning and have heard through the grapevine that it is necessary with Infinity miniatures so I thought I would ask.

I haven't ran into anything specifically that needed pinning, though I've added some pinning to make my life easier when trying to glue things together.

I've read that there are a few that will almost require it though. Mostly one needs to keep in mind that Infinity miniatures are highly details, but often frustratingly tiny in pieces too.

As long as you don't mind a few challenges here and there it's not so bad, just don't expect the ease of assembling some 40k plastic marines.

I've pretty much had to pin most of my stuff. I use custom bases and the models are either top heavy or their trying to balance on one foot. Which brings up something I've been meaning to ask whats the deal with these guys trying to stand on one foot it doesn't make much sense and often enough it makes them look silly.

Luthon1234 wrote:I've pretty much had to pin most of my stuff. I use custom bases and the models are either top heavy or their trying to balance on one foot. Which brings up something I've been meaning to ask whats the deal with these guys trying to stand on one foot it doesn't make much sense and often enough it makes them look silly.

If you're talking about the Mobile Brigada for example, I got your point. One of the ugliest Infinity miniatures, maybe because it's an old model

If you're talking about the Sniper Spektr, that's one of the coolest action pose i've ever seen in a sniper... i'm a panO player and I know someday I will paint that guy!

bou wrote:

Luthon1234 wrote:I've pretty much had to pin most of my stuff. I use custom bases and the models are either top heavy or their trying to balance on one foot. Which brings up something I've been meaning to ask whats the deal with these guys trying to stand on one foot it doesn't make much sense and often enough it makes them look silly.

If you're talking about the Mobile Brigada for example, I got your point. One of the ugliest Infinity miniatures, maybe because it's an old model

If you're talking about the Sniper Spektr, that's one of the coolest action pose i've ever seen in a sniper... i'm a panO player and I know someday I will paint that guy!

Really? I just feel like its not really practical (I know scifi miniature game) maybe if I modeled some rumble for the second leg to stand on it would look ok.

Urgh don't talk to me about models standing on one foot. The Aleph Dakini Tacbot in that daft running pose is simply more trouble than it's worth IMO. First there's the fact that all the tacbots are a right pain to assemble, then you've got a weak ankle which holds the entire weight of the miniature. Mine snapped there after only 5 or 6 games. I've not bothered to repair it and have since dropped all the tacbots from my army.

As for pinning the only model I've come across so far which has needed pinning is my Marut TAG, speaking of that model I really ought to get round to getting it built properly one of these days.

The only time a model should be standing on one foot is if it suppose to emulate it landing or taking off. See hellcats makes total sense for them to be on one foot even if it is annoying it makes sense.

For some reason the moira from the bakunin starter set doesn't want to stand either, I think the arm with the gun might be making it a little too heavy so I guess I'll have to pin it. Any of you guys have any suggestions for pinning such small models?

I haven't pinned any of my Infinity minis (around 12 Aleph ones and about twice that in Ariadna), and haven't had any problems so far. I use Araldite (two-part epoxy resin) if a thick, gap-filling superglue doesn't do the job.

I'm only planning on pinning things like the TAG's, vector operators, and combined army drones, just because I don't like leaving a top heavy ball joint unsecured.

Luthon1234 wrote:The only time a model should be standing on one foot is if it suppose to emulate it landing or taking off. See hellcats makes total sense for them to be on one foot even if it is annoying it makes sense.

For some reason the moira from the bakunin starter set doesn't want to stand either, I think the arm with the gun might be making it a little too heavy so I guess I'll have to pin it. Any of you guys have any suggestions for pinning such small models?

Small drills and rods?

I use a .85mm drill and rods for most the stuff I have, but on a few cases I have had to use the .50mm drill and rods.

I've never had to pin anything Infinity or otherwise. I've gotten by with superglue and greenstuff in some cases only using one of the two. I put together the old Boarding Shotgun Odalisque so I feel prepared for anything.

I pin everything unless there's some reason I can't figure out where to put the pin, or I am completely certain that it doesn't need it. Right now I'm pinning the legs and tails onto my Rebots. I also pinned the ears and arms onto my Yudbot. Oddly enough, I did NOT pin together the legs of my Marut. I couldn't figure out where in the mess of that knee joint to put a pin, and then I discovered that somehow glue was holding it fine.

As I use resin bases, I also pin everything down to their bases.

Yes, for me, building Infinity models is an arduous process that often involves many blisters.

I've found it best to pin any metal minitures, helps greatly with those little mishaps, you know when they drop off the table.

At the moment, none of my minis are pinned and every model that fell survived =D
I'm using GW superglue and water.

Von Skyfury wrote:At the moment, none of my minis are pinned and every model that fell survived =D
I'm using GW superglue and water.

I know what you mean (I think), but that still looks funny!

Haha, yeh. I have had a bad habit of not pinning some of my Infinimunda Gang, if i had my time again i would have. My Nomads are all going to be prepared with pins before i assemble. Every joint. The best tip is to use staples, they are really good because they are so thin.

I don't pin mine simply because the paices are generally way too small. I've only had one mishap where my cat pulled a whole foam tray worth of stuff from a height of about 4', which broke a couple of models.

That was a rather unusual situation though.

I have not pinned any besides my Nomad Tsyklon remotes (which are notoriously unwilling to stay together). My models will certainly break if I drop them on the floor, but it is easier to glue them when/if that happens then to pin every little contact point and possibly much it up. A bit of greenstuff and good glue will hold most 28mm models. I would pin for remotes, tags etc in which the pieces are larger and heavier chunks of metal.

I'm a bit pin crazy and do it even if it might not need it. I figure it can't hurt. It's not like I need to 50 figs so I don't mind. I only have a hand drill though and can be killer after a few min of drilling.

Shouldn't be with a sharp drillbit.

A fresh sharp bit cuts through stuff like butter. As they get blunt, it becomes more of a challenge.