Hey everyone. I dabbled with infinity N3 a while ago I played 3 games and I have to say I loved it. I painted up the Operation Ice-Storm starter set and then a Haqqislam army. Well, I say army, it wasn’t really a coherent force, more what I picked up off eBay. For my birthday I got the operation Wildfire box and glued together the Shasvasti. Last year I got myself a JSA boxed set and Operation Crimson Stone. Game count: still 3 games of ”starter set” scenarios.
I’m a big fan of Gorilla Miniatures Games, recently Ash & co have started a podcast called tactical awareness. One of the episodes discusses “your first tournament“ and encourages you to go even if you don’t think you’re ready. It kind of kicked me on an infinity drive, so I broke the cellophane off my crimson stone set and began painting with a view to go to a tournament in 6 months. I’m aiming for the Steel City Patriot Games satellite event in June. Now this is a 2 day, 6 game tournament in Sheffield and I am informed that although it’s as beginner friendly as any infinity event, satellite tournaments are pretty intense with more international competitors than normal.
with that in mind I thought I’d start a thread to chart my progress!
First thing I had to decide was which faction. Although I already had some Panoceania, Nomads, JSA and Haqqislam painted up and a Shasvastii Expeditionary force glued together, I decided to go with one of the new factions from Crimson Stone. I settled on Ariadna and Kosmoflot in particular. I really like the bearpode model and also love Equipe Mirage and a list that could have both those units was a big factor in my decision!
As I write, I have already painted 15 models. I’ll post further WiPs and battle reports, hoping to play at least 20 games before June which might be difficult with the limited number of players (infinity is turbo-niche In the UK).
So far then, things that I love:
The minis. They are gorgeous and there is something about metal minis that I just prefer, they feel less toy-ish if that makes sense.
Infinity Army app. Oh my god this app is awesome. All armies available, intuitive system and lets you know if your army is legal or not. All for free from Corvus Belli. I’ve sank hours into this thing having a play and making wish lists!
The Rules. Again, free pdf from Corvus Belli and a handy wiki full of links. The army app links to the wiki too. Don’t know what mimitism (-3) is? Click on the word and it will take you to the rule. Awesome. I also love that they’ve really trimmed down the N4 rules, there’s no rule stacking anymore, essentially this is where special rules have other specual rules baked in and sometimes those have more special rules baked in. It could get really confusing when you’re trying to work out what a skill does. The N4 rulebook is awesome too, clearly laid out with nice 3D examples.
Things that I don’t love:
Availability. Even the big boys like Wayland and Goblin don’t hold huge stocks of infinity minis. It means you’re likely going to have to wait to get your hands on a specific mini which is frustrating.
The minis. Lol. Love metal minis, HATE gluing them together!
The beginner’s learning curve. There is a huge amount to learn in infinity. I stand at the foot of the mountain wondering how I’m going to get to the tournament at the peak. Even CB acknowledge this and developed infinity Code One, which is essentially N4 lite. Restricted lists to stop you going down rabbit holes, more generic points totals to stop you agonising over troop choices and much fewer rules. CB and most normies recommend you start at code 1 and ”graduate” to N4. I’m going to skip this step, if I’m going to a tournamen, I need to be playing the rule set that will be in use there from the get-go.
Meet my Kosmoflot army so far:
I’m a big fan of Gorilla Miniatures Games, recently Ash & co have started a podcast called tactical awareness. One of the episodes discusses “your first tournament“ and encourages you to go even if you don’t think you’re ready. It kind of kicked me on an infinity drive, so I broke the cellophane off my crimson stone set and began painting with a view to go to a tournament in 6 months. I’m aiming for the Steel City Patriot Games satellite event in June. Now this is a 2 day, 6 game tournament in Sheffield and I am informed that although it’s as beginner friendly as any infinity event, satellite tournaments are pretty intense with more international competitors than normal.
with that in mind I thought I’d start a thread to chart my progress!
First thing I had to decide was which faction. Although I already had some Panoceania, Nomads, JSA and Haqqislam painted up and a Shasvastii Expeditionary force glued together, I decided to go with one of the new factions from Crimson Stone. I settled on Ariadna and Kosmoflot in particular. I really like the bearpode model and also love Equipe Mirage and a list that could have both those units was a big factor in my decision!
As I write, I have already painted 15 models. I’ll post further WiPs and battle reports, hoping to play at least 20 games before June which might be difficult with the limited number of players (infinity is turbo-niche In the UK).
So far then, things that I love:
The minis. They are gorgeous and there is something about metal minis that I just prefer, they feel less toy-ish if that makes sense.
Infinity Army app. Oh my god this app is awesome. All armies available, intuitive system and lets you know if your army is legal or not. All for free from Corvus Belli. I’ve sank hours into this thing having a play and making wish lists!
The Rules. Again, free pdf from Corvus Belli and a handy wiki full of links. The army app links to the wiki too. Don’t know what mimitism (-3) is? Click on the word and it will take you to the rule. Awesome. I also love that they’ve really trimmed down the N4 rules, there’s no rule stacking anymore, essentially this is where special rules have other specual rules baked in and sometimes those have more special rules baked in. It could get really confusing when you’re trying to work out what a skill does. The N4 rulebook is awesome too, clearly laid out with nice 3D examples.
Things that I don’t love:
Availability. Even the big boys like Wayland and Goblin don’t hold huge stocks of infinity minis. It means you’re likely going to have to wait to get your hands on a specific mini which is frustrating.
The minis. Lol. Love metal minis, HATE gluing them together!
The beginner’s learning curve. There is a huge amount to learn in infinity. I stand at the foot of the mountain wondering how I’m going to get to the tournament at the peak. Even CB acknowledge this and developed infinity Code One, which is essentially N4 lite. Restricted lists to stop you going down rabbit holes, more generic points totals to stop you agonising over troop choices and much fewer rules. CB and most normies recommend you start at code 1 and ”graduate” to N4. I’m going to skip this step, if I’m going to a tournamen, I need to be playing the rule set that will be in use there from the get-go.
Meet my Kosmoflot army so far:
