An Infinite Problem
Whatcha gonna do!?
So I have a problem. I’ve been collecting & painting Infinity minis since just before the release of N3, and it’s what helped me rediscover my painting mojo (as well as an appreciation for utilizing elements of the Army Painter method). I’ve collected forces from across the Human Sphere, encompassing every faction barring Tohaa.
Now one of the choices I made was that I didn’t want to muck about with basing as it’s always been something I struggled with, so decided to make extensive use of resin bases, with a different style for each faction. My problem now though is that the two companies I brought almost all of my resin bases from – Antenocitis Workshop and Secret Weapon – have ceased operations and stocks of all their bases have now dried up.
Nomads on AW Landin Pad bases
Pan-Oceania on AW Tri-Hex bases
Aleph's valiant Assault Sub-Section, on AW Badlands bases
Yu-Jing, using SW Warp Core bases
Haqqislam, mounted on AW Hex bases
Really fancied painting the Combined Army in a more clean, heroic pallet - mounted on an AW Forest base.I think I may have to look at either a mass re-basing (ouch) or starting from scratch (even bigger ouch!)…
Happily Micro Art Studios don’t seem to be going anywhere, so sourcing Urban Fight bases for my Ariadnans doesn’t seem to be an issue. Ditto Customeeple for O-12 base toppers.
You have no idea how hard it is not to go full YOOOO JOE!!! on these...
These should be fun to paint up...
Hi, great project.
Do you have access to any 3d printing service/friend? I assume you’re not 3d printing yourself? Most of the types of bases you have (or close counterparts) can be found in .stl format or easily turned to such format.
Also MicroArts have nice jungle and forest sets of bases for your Combined Army if you’re interested.
Thanks for the advise – unfortunately I don’t have anyone local doing 3d prints. I do have it on my “to do” list for this year to get a 3d printer, although probably not until nearer the years end. What I might do is put the forces I need to reconsider the bases for on the backburner until then, playaround with the factions I can sort bases for (I have a load of unbuilt Military Orders I’m thinking could make a good project in their own right, given a lot of the units I already have in Vanilla so I… Read more »
Yeah, that’s a good idea. I also have some sectorial on different basses to the vanilla counterparts, only danger is that sometimes I double my buys to have one based for the vanilla and one for sectorial, I recommend staying away from that practice.
I think you’d get away with using different sci fi bases and leaving your current set as they are. You’re probably looking closer than anyone else.
What can I say – no one else would know, but I would know…