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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7416443" data-attributes="member: 6796661">If you want an inexpensive way to build armies, consider buying a paper-cutting machine like a Silhouette or Cricket. You buy the print files from someone like One Monk Miniatures or Paper Heroes (both on DriveThruRPG), you print them on card stock, you then feed the printouts into the paper cutter and it will cut everything out. Most of the better designers will provide the front and back in one piece that can be folded over. I useually glue together with a glue stick and I may touch up the edges with a sharpie--but that's entirely optional. You can buy bases made for 2D miniatures from litko or you can print and cut your own. One Monk provides the base designs and cut files with his miniatures. For durability and to save on crafting time, I prefer  just buying a bunch of Litco bases. I'll print 50 zombies the night before a game for the cost of paper and ink. You have to replace the cutting blade in the cutting machine now and then but i've had mine for well over a year and have not had to replace it yet.   The intitial calibration and testing to get the best and fastest cut for the paper can take a bit of experimentation, but for the most part the software makes it pretty simple. Another benefit is storage. I can put large number of 2D miniatures in a a small plastic drawer in craft drawer that could only hold a handful of 3D minis. I have so many 2D minis now (both printed by me and plastic 2D minis from Arc Knight) that I have a large box and have the minis in envelopes placed in the box in alphabet order. I carry many hundreds of minis in what is basically a large shoebox.</blockquote>

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