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If this is in the wrong place please move the post. I was in one of my FLGS that I discovered sales infinity (hadn't been to it in a while) anyway they had some nice fancy smancy order counters etc for sale from i believe microartstudios. They were pretty and sturdy and expensive ($27.99) and contained less than what my operation Ice storm box contained. I'm all about durability when its something thats going to be handled A LOT. so since I just got O:I I figured I would pass on buying the pretty order counters (for Now). today my wife an I were at Hobby Lobby and We saw these neat acrylic adhesive clear discs and bout a couple packs (they were $2.99 for a pack of 24, and they were then 50% off at the moment so $1.50 each pack!)

when we got home it turns out they are perfect size for the Ice Storm counters!

Heres the completed product! and a side by side of how much thicker these are now with the acrylic stick on attached! long story short, save a few bucks and add some durability to your infinity counters!

Great tip. I bet loads of people are going to be looking out for them now. Have you got the packaging so we can see if there is a size on it or a company name so people can try and get them online.

sure! hold on!

Heres the packaging header. Its near the scrap booking stuff (at least at my local hobby lobby)

Thanks!

Man, I'm really struggling to find a seller other than Hobby Lobby in the USA or the UK. If only we knew what these were for maybe we could find someone else who makes them. Goodness I don't even want any but I'm determined now.

Edit: 'epoxy stickers' is a much more fruitious search.

Ha sorry! I have the clear acrylic bases on the brain and these are similar to the bases but not suitable for use as bases

I used poker chips for mine. Print out the marker sheets - punch out with a 25mm circle punch, glue to chip.

Green for regular, red for irregular and white for impetuous - leaving me with blue for command tokens.

They're 40mm but the markers fit into the centre circle - but since I keep all my counters in the same box, in individual slots, it's not a big issue.

 Warsmith262 wrote:
Ha sorry! I have the clear acrylic bases on the brain and these are similar to the bases but not suitable for use as bases

No, no, it was my error. I was trying to search for 'The Paper Company Spare Parts' without much luck for a while.

The friend that got me into Infinity bought a HUGE amount of counters made like that from someone in our local area.

I took the idea, and went to Hobby lobby and did the same thing after I found out how they were made.

They work great and are a really inexpensive way to make nice order counters.

For better looking markers, make sure to print on photo paper. Mine are on regular printer paper right now, but I'm going to make some more on photo paper at some point.

I did this. If you have a circle one inch punch, you can punch out the ones on the ears of the boxes too, or your own printouts much more nicely than with scissors too.

 Daba wrote:
I did this. If you have a circle one inch punch, you can punch out the ones on the ears of the boxes too, or your own printouts much more nicely than with scissors too.

My wife and I just got back from Hobby Lobby again to pick up more epoxy discs and a 1" punch lol

Ah, the scrap booking isle. That's why I couldn't find those when I went looking for them. That looks like a nice way of making the Operation: Icestorm and box flap markers more useful.

Although I do really like the weight to the more expensive alternative:
1. Print out a sheet of markers on sticker/mailing label paper
2. Use 1" circular hole punch to punch out stickers
3. Apply stickers to 1" round decorative mirrors.

A 1" circle punch and a 1" square punch are amazingly useful things for producing lots of wargaming tokens.

I have seen a few others...somewhere...utilize these. Amazon carries them, btw. Search 'clear epoxy bottle cap pendant stickers'.

whats the box flap counters everyone is mentioning?

 Warsmith262 wrote:
whats the box flap counters everyone is mentioning?

Random image found searching

(second image on this page http://screwedupdice.blogspot.com/2012/03/infinityaraiadna-starter-pack-unboxing.html if that doesn't show up right.)

They put things like wound markers, prone markers, TO Camo markers for TO Camo models, etc., on the flaps of all of the boxes. Only exception I know of are the Bootleg models--American biker Penthesiliea doesn't have any counters on it.

Sure, it's just cardboard tokens. But it's four less tokens that you have to buy/print/find/whatever.

Pretty awesome! I figured it was something like that

I found loads of these on ebay uk. They are called dome seals. They might also be useful for bases. Good find OP.

Thank you!

They're extremely cheap on eBay in bulk lots. They fit perfectly over the circle cut by a 1" round punch & are super easy to apply & really add a lot to the look & durability of even the printed counters. I highly recommend this method over the huge cost of the MAS ones which are the same graphics as those provided for free by CB just printed on a silver background & then sealed over. As an FYI a gw cavalry base gives good heft to a printed out suppression fire marker.

I personally just use the MAS tokens. You don't need that many. Personally I only have 1 set of orders and my friends and I just swap them during our active turns. Then unless you're really spamming something, you'll only need a few of the other sets as well, only one of each that has things you need.

Plus I sell them cheaper than MAS while letting you pick exactly the ones you want.

That said, ones with the dome stickers look extremely good and if you've got a good home printer (and use good quality paper etc.) will have higher print quality than the MAS ones.

Yeah I have to admit the MAS token are pretty grainy.

I'll be doing this once i find them. No luck at local stores today, going to look at a different shopping center some other day.

Money saved on making decent counters is more money to buy minis.

Ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301291638878?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&var=600315515793&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

While the MAS ones are nice, some of us like to manufacture our own:
http://infinitytheforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/21897-memetic-entity-monitoring-emblems-custom-tokens/

They are stickers attached to 1inch wooden discs, but I'm not really happy with them as-is (that and a spray-varnish mishap left them all cloudy and smudged...)

That was version one, I'm picking up some of those epoxy stickers for version two

My plan has always been to get custom clear resin 'bases' for my markers from Warmill. That said I really like the idea of sticking those domes onto some OI counters. That shape is quite tactile which is a bonus if you are going to be handling them a lot.

I'm glad my post has been helpful =D

Here are mine all done, they look awesome now.


Now I just need a solution for the teardrop shaped templates. Does anyone know if the 40k ones are usable in place?

The round one, yes and no. It's about 5mm larger in diameter and doesn't have the dispersion directions (which for N3 are 36* apart - 10 equally spaced directions for 360*).

The small teardrop is about 5mm LONGER than GW's one, but narrower at origin point, too.

There is no current match for the large flamer template from CB in 40k.