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Hello hello first post here. I've been thinking of getting into Infinity for a while and have read quite a lot about the game. The factions that most intrigue me are Yu Jing and Nomads. I understand that it's easier to learn the game with smaller armies but I wanted to come up with a couple lists that I could aim for while buying cool models. I've been playing 40k, FB and Mordheim for over 10 years now so the concepts of wargaming aren't new to me and in general the more tricks I have up my sleeve in the army the more I like to play it (like in 40k I like to include a little bit of everything in my army instead of spamming the same unit again and again). I toyed around with the army tool and came up with these two lists that I'd like some opinions on.

YU JING
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GROUP 1 10 0 0

SHÀNG JÍ Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower / Pistol, Shock CCW. (42)
HAC TAO HMG / Pistol, Shock CCW. (2 | 67)
DÀOFĚI HMG / Pistol, Shock CCW. (2 | 61)
BÀO TROOP (X Visor) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (29)
GŬILÁNG (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (29)
CELESTIAL GUARD (Kuang Shi Control Device) Combi Rifle + Light Smoke Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 13)
CELESTIAL GUARD Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 25)
ZHANSHI Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (11)
ZHANSHI Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (11)
ZHANSHI Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (11)

5 SWC | 299 Points

Open with Army 4


I think this is what I'll aim for first with the yu jing starter and a couple of blisters. I could take a shien warrior with machine gun instead of the daofei. I definitely want to include the hac tao but maybe not in the smaller games starting with something like 3 zhanshi, the grenade launcher celestial guard, shang ji lt and a shien with hmg and expanding to the list above with possible changes.


NOMADS
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GROUP 1 10 0 0

REVEREND CUSTODIER Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Marker / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 38)
INTRUDER Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (36)
RIOT GRRL Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 36)
REVEREND MOIRA HMG / Pistol, Shock CCW. (1.5 | 39)
ZERO (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (21)
SPEKTR Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 45)
VERTIGO ZOND Guided Missile Launcher / Electric Pulse. (1 | 34)
SALYUT (EVO Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 13)
ALGUACIL Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (10)
TOMCAT Doctor Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower + 1 Zondcat / Pistol, Knife. (28)
ZONDCAT Electric Pulse.

6 SWC | 300 Points

Open with Army 4

YU JING
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The nomads seem more like a guerrilla faction and the models are cool, I don't like the line troops that much though and was thinking of using the spec ops dude as the lone alguacil. I was thinking of getting into the nomads after learning the game with yu jing but painting some of the prettiest models at the same time ( like the riot girl and reverend custodier).

The Yu Jing looks like a good start but you have many that come in boxed sets. Like the Bao is a box set of 4. I think you should start off with the ISS starter. That will give you some Celestials, a Wu Ming which you can use as a proxy for another Heavy, a Hsien which you can do the same, and then an Agent.

http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/en/2011/miniatures/the-imperial-service/

I run a very similar Yu Jing list except with a Tiger Soldier instead of the Bao. You might have trouble getting an offensive hack off with only one hacker, a lone hacker on the opposing side can shut it down completely since his or her ARO covers the entire table and forces your Celestial Guard into FtF against the hacker.

I've gotten more mileage out of the Minelayer Guilang as a mix up for the Daofei and to disguise TO hidden deployment or Tigers. If you're interested in hacking offensively I would try to make room for a Hacker Guilang. Functions like a mobile repeater and you can coordinate hack to bypass a single defensive hacker.

Unless you have something against the aesthetic of the Tiger Soldier or don't like AD, think about buying the HMG/Combi blister. They are great at every point level.

Nomads look fine to me. Just deploy to cover the Vertigo and Custodier, especially against AD, since those are the obvious targets. Maybe switch the Zero and Spektr profiles since the Spektr is more likely to survive when it FOs and the 1 WIP difference isn't that important for infiltrating hackers.