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And for an update on my original post, heres the Percival Provost. Roundels, finflash and codes were masked and painted.

Find a bundle deal with the cutting mat and maybe some extra blades. The standard auto blade is more than enough to cut masks. Oracal masking film is a commonly used masking film and at $20 for a 25ft roll, is great bang for your buck. As always, i'm open to suggestion for better alternatives! The supplied free factory software does now include drawing tools like the "Trace " function. Its actually fairly comprehensive. The software is easy enough to use, and there are countless video tutorials online. Dont limit yourself to just watching modelling tutorials. Take the time to experiment and play around with it. The vinyl and masking film is relatively cheap, so making a mistake is an inexpensive learning tool.

these are monex masks or hand cut sorry for the link for some reason won't let my paste them into the insert image tool

so what else is needed besides the vinyl to cut if you buy the basic machine besides the software. Does it come with a cutting matt? any other blades or tools? The bundles include a lot of extraneous crap I think. With black friday coming inquiring mines and all that

Perhaps they have Kev, I’m pretty sure my Cameo 3 didn’t have those features before I had the Designer upgrade, but good on Silhouette if they have incorporated it!

It's odd that you say that, Max, as I only have the Basic version (am yet to upgrade), but I was still able to import an image and auto-trace it. Perhaps they've beefed up the Basic version? Kev

From a modelling perspective, the basic software enables you to draw straightforward designs for masks such as roundels, crosses, stars etc as well as letters, but the real game changer is the Designer software which is an add-on package, not expensive, but so worthwhile. With this package you can import photographs for instance and trace around shapes, this opens up so many other possibilities. Yes, there is a whole library of designs that I’ve never used because they are intended for people who make cards, for scrap-bookers etc. but the tools (draw, copy, paste, orientate, scale, delete, group/ungroup etc) that are used for any craft remain the same. You’ll never regret buying one and investing in some time to learn how to use it. Max

I am toying with getting one as well what about the soft ware included with it? Do the bundled packages worth it as well they include a lot of things I do not think i would need though

It's been too long and busy a day to open the box but tomorrow morning I'm gonna start playing with it. I bought some mask sheets at the store to learn on but also ordered a bunch of Oramask 810 sheets that should be here next week. I'm sure I'll have questions but I hope I'll be able to contribute to the site soon too. Al

The standard blade supplied with the machine is adequate for the vast majority of jobs. I bought the heavier duty blade for cutting thicker plastic but I haven't really tried it out properly yet.

What Blade(s) should be looking at? Might pull the trigger this month.

nice i just orderd mine with a nice discount now waiting for the mailman Mark