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You guys are lucky. I'm looking at 2-3 more weeks :-(

Those look really good Dark Severance.

Great idea for a brush-pad as well there Carlos (to dry your brush) - What are those minis you have on the board there (some kind of SWAT team guys?)

Cats go where they please. If I am painting at the time is of no consequence,

Yeah they are swat and police types I am painting for fist full of Kung fu,

I'll be getting mine in a few hours. All the content is known already, but if someone has any question, I'll be able to answer it this afternoon.

Everyone who has icestorm already can you post any pics of what/how many pieces each model come in?

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Everyone who has icestorm already can you post any pics of what/how many pieces each model come in?

I can't take pictures now, but I can make a list:

Nomads

- Female Alguacil: body + backpack + right arm + left arm with CR
- Male Alguacil: body + backpack + right arm with CR + left arm
- Male Alguacil (lefty with urban hairdo): body + backpack + right arm + left arm with CR
- Mobile Brigada: body + backpack + head + sprue with antennae + right arm with MR + left arm
- Spektr: body + right arm with CR + left arm with knife
- Grenzer: body + lower half of the coat + left arm with MSR + right arm
- Reverend Healer: body + right arm with CR + left arm with Breaker pistol

PanO

- Female Fusilier: body + left leg + sprue with a) right arm with CR and b) left arm
- Male Fusiliers: body + backpack + sprue with a)right arm with CR and b) left arm (two different male Fusiliers with the same amount and type of bits)
- ORC Trooper: body + right arm with MR + left arm + backpack + sprue with antennae
- Akal: body + sprue with a)right arm with CR and b) left arm + jetpack + antenna (tiny bit) + sprue with two bits of the jetpack
- Nisse: body + backpack + right arm with MSR + left arm
- Father Knight: body + backpack + right arm with sword + left arm + sprue with two antennae

I hope that helps

My thoughts on the minis: all of them are really beautiful. The Reverend Healer is like really really beautiful. The Akal, Nisse, Father Knight, ORC, Spekter, Grenzer, etc, are badass. BUT: the little antennae on the differente models that have them (Mobile Brigada, Nisse, Akal, ORC and Father Knight) are going to be a pain in the ass, as usual. Also, the little bits on the jetpack look like quite fragile.

I forgot the CSU: body, left arm + right arm with CR suitcase

Thanks much Erasoketa! I'm never satisfied to build bulk infantry straight outta the box & I plan to turn at least the female fusilier into a hacker to increase the # of specialists for ITS scenarios. I'll be adding Bipandra as a paramedic & Angus as... a douchey fusilier lol.

I was a bit worried about the antennae tbh as I've yet to build any CB kits with them but the husam spec ops was annoying enough with whatever the hell those canister things on the sekhban's backs are.

You're welcome.

I don't know why, but I still don't dare to convert Infinity minis. I guess it might be because you don't repeat models usually, so most of them are unique.

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Thanks much Erasoketa! I'm never satisfied to build bulk infantry straight outta the box & I plan to turn at least the female fusilier into a hacker to increase the # of specialists for ITS scenarios.

You do know the new fusilier hacker is coming out this month?

 Pierzak wrote:

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Thanks much Erasoketa! I'm never satisfied to build bulk infantry straight outta the box & I plan to turn at least the female fusilier into a hacker to increase the # of specialists for ITS scenarios.

You do know the new fusilier hacker is coming out this month?

Limited budget. I already have the train rescue & icestorm on order. That's 5 fusiliers so I might as well just use some of them as specialists

Does anyone know if Corvus Belli will email a tracking number before posting? I haven't had any correspondence from them so far, not even an order confirmation. I'm a bit worried it's just going to turn up unexpectedly, and I won't be in.

 Erasoketa wrote:
You're welcome.

I don't know why, but I still don't dare to convert Infinity minis. I guess it might be because you don't repeat models usually, so most of them are unique.

I'm the same way. GW figures are clunky enough that my conversions can be passable. But with Infinity figures it would be like taking permanent markers and drawing mustaches on a Botticelli.

I'm planning to convert my Moderator sniper to also have a combi rifle. At some point. 'Cause I don't see using the MSR outside of a link team and sometimes you want things that don't mesh with a moderator link team. Maybe a spitfire. Maybe just to be cheeky I'll take a deadzone reb dudes gun and use it instead!

Not sure I'll need to convert anything in icestorm though.

A few of the models I got in a trade had certain weapons glued to the back of the model. That could work too.

 MWHistorian wrote:

 Erasoketa wrote:
You're welcome.

I don't know why, but I still don't dare to convert Infinity minis. I guess it might be because you don't repeat models usually, so most of them are unique.

I'm the same way. GW figures are clunky enough that my conversions can be passable. But with Infinity figures it would be like taking permanent markers and drawing mustaches on a Botticelli.

GW figs are built with this in mind, with so many extra bits and interchangeable parts like so many legos.

Infinity figs, though, have such detailed sculpts and are so well posed that I feel even a little bit bad adjusting arm angle with a bit of green stuff.

I like adjusting the arms. The boarding shotgun Gwailos looks cool posed normally, but I feel that mine is a little bit more aggressive, and I like the way my malignos is holding his blade.

I would probably have done more conversions by now but so many things are kind of left to suggestion as it is already. Pistol out is the default "whatever gear you want" it seems, and hackers seem like they can pretty well be anybody who has the same weapon type as their profile. Hell two or three of my shasvastii are just holding knives at all.

 GrimDork wrote:
I like adjusting the arms. The boarding shotgun Gwailos looks cool posed normally, but I feel that mine is a little bit more aggressive, and I like the way my malignos is holding his blade.

Wanna learn a secret? The arms are swappable with the multi rifle body.

I have put together 5 minis of each faction in the box, including the ORC Troop, the Akal and the Mobile Brigada. I still haven't felt the urge to smash the models against the wall, so I guess the antennae and jetpack thing hasn't been THAT bad so far

I have yet to build both snipers, and the three special minis (Father Knight, Reverend-Healer and CSU).

The Reverend Healer is easy-peasy to clean and assemble but pay attention to her medi-gun or whatever it's called. That one little bit sticking out of the top is not flash. Or not all flash.

The female fusilier or either of the others can simply stand as a hacker, no conversion needed. If you get Angus and Bipandra, then Angus can stand for anything ( makes a great impersonator too) since he has no weapons. It is perfectly acceptable to proxy. I use Bipandra as a trauma doc for my ASA, and Angus is the machinist.

I was surprised to see the heads were not separate, which means that you need to watch for those mold lines on the faces. Not a problem on my minis. Fortunately.

 Red Harvest wrote:
The Reverend Healer is easy-peasy to clean and assemble but pay attention to her medi-gun or whatever it's called. That one little bit sticking out of the top is not flash. Or not all flash.

Ha! Thanks for the tip I think I still haven't mauled any of this minis, but it wouldn't be my first time LOL. And I think it's a Breaker pistol.

I ordered from The Miniature Market - I've no idea when they'll be shipping it out...

 Erasoketa wrote:

 Red Harvest wrote:
The Reverend Healer is easy-peasy to clean and assemble but pay attention to her medi-gun or whatever it's called. That one little bit sticking out of the top is not flash. Or not all flash.

Ha! Thanks for the tip I think I still haven't mauled any of this minis, but it wouldn't be my first time LOL. And I think it's a Breaker pistol.

Naw, definitely the medi-gun in her left hand. I think the piece is supposed to be some sort of vial. I've encountered it before (Bipandra and the Haqq Doc). Fortunately I consulted the photos before clipping it off.

Yep, definitely be extra careful and triple-check everything if it's your first time working with infinity minis, the detail is much higher than you might be used to.

"Oh, a mold line. *file file file* , that was a pants seam!"

And I definitely recommend using emery boards (GW's worked fine but of course they had to kill the one product I bought from them) over files, files are only for the metal feeder tabs.

 Alpharius wrote:
I ordered from The Miniature Market - I've no idea when they'll be shipping it out...

According to their customer service they'll probably start shipping out at the end of Sept/early Oct. I share your pain!

Warstore seems to have it listed as "Late September": http://www.thewarstore.com/product93647.html

I read on the Infinity website it comes with a playmat and cardboard buildings/crates.

Question: What is the mat made out of? What size is the mat?

I'm a LONG time 40K player, but in its current state I'm at a crossroads and a new edition of Infinity is VERY appealing.

The mat is about 33x23" and made of paper. It's intented to be used with the smaller intro games from the O:I rulebook. I've played the first two missions and it does a good job.

I'm also a long time 40k player (21 years) who has recently switched to infinity. Let me just say that it's by far a more in depth game than 40k. The gameplay is far more interactive & you stay involved even in your opponent's turn. There's none of this watching your troops die wholesale & there's nothing you can do about it, all just because you failed to roll initiative.

 Red_Starrise wrote:
I'm also a long time 40k player (21 years) who has recently switched to infinity. Let me just say that it's by far a more in depth game than 40k. The gameplay is far more interactive & you stay involved even in your opponent's turn. There's none of this watching your troops die wholesale & there's nothing you can do about it, all just because you failed to roll initiative.

Amen to that, brother.
I grew up playing video strategy games and 40k. I love strategy. But in the past few years, even when I had fun, I still didn't get my strategy itch scratched from 40k. I craved it. When I left and went to Warmachine and Infinity, I instantly felt that I had found my games.

Has anybody else had a problem with their fusilier arms? Both of my male fusiliers came with the same set of arms, and I can't get them to line up on the guy supposed to be aiming his combi, which makes me think they're not supposed to be identical...

Managed to get the arms lined up, but not in the position they should be...