Koyote

Part of what you are seeing may be the lighting and the quality of the photograph. Also, as I mentioned above, some of the detail isn't as sharp as I'd prefer. But, then again, I've assembled and painted quite a few Malifaux minis and it has been my experience that the fine detail on their metal models, especially the older ones, is always that great. What's odd, is that some of the detail, like the chains and the belt buckles, is fairly crisp, while the detail on other parts of the model, like the boot straps, isn't so sharp. With all of that said, overall, I am VERY pleased with these new minis. Clearly, Wyrd's plastics are still a work in progress and as Wyrd gains more experience, the quality of their plastics will undoubtedly improve. In the meantime, I recommend that you give the plastics a try.

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Looky what I got in the mail the other day: Miss Terious and Santana Ortega! The plastic is harder than GW's plastic and far superior to the awful, waxy plastic that Privateer Press uses. Typically, I remove mold lines by scrapping them with the edge of a new Xacto blade. When I do so to Privateer Press plastic, the scrapped section isn't smooth, but rather it comes apart all stringy. I hate it. The detail isn't as crisp as GW's Finecast, but then again the model isn't nearly as soft and bendy. Nor do the Wyrd plastics have all the bubbles and holes so common among GW's Fincast products. Some of the detail isn't as crisp as I'd prefer, such as the edges of belts and straps. Then again, other detail is pretty amazing, like the super fine chain links on Miss Terious' casket. Here's the two ladies assembled. I will let you know how they paint up.

The Judge and Death Marshal I used a Chaos Black wash to tone down and darken The Judge's jacket so it's highlights don't appear so blue. Also, the Death Marshal's coffin could use a bit more work, but for now, I think it's good enough.

Beautiful work.

The Judge

The next model on my painting table is The Judge. I've removed the model's ridiculous sunglasses and sculpted a GS face. I also removed the chain because I'm a clutz and I can quite frankly, I can see myself accidentally bending or breaking off the chain. This judge is a 'hang'n judge' so I added coiled rope to his base. As is true for many of Wyrd's early model, The Judge is very flat -particularly the lower half of the model. Consequently, The Judge has no butt and looks quite strange. To hide his deficiency, I added a satchel from a GW Empire Huntsmen sprue. And just for fun, I also added a key from the GW Flagellant sprue.

Lady Justice This thread is 20 pages long and almost two years old and I have only now painted my first Guild model. If you look at the title of this thread (which I have unsuccessfully tried to change), you will notice that this model has been long overdue. Oh well. Good things come to those that wait. The juxtaposition of Lady J and the Rezzer symbols is intentional. Quite clever if I do say so myself.

Thanks. I will be using Wyrd models for my Guild Crew. A few of the models have been modified. For instance, I removed the sunglasses from the Judge and Nino, and I replaced Nino's bowler with a proper hat. The core of the Crew will be Lady J, the Judge, and two Death Marshals, so these will be the first four models I paint. The rest of the models in the photo will get a turn on my painting table and will form a stable of models from which I can draw upon based on my opponent and the flipped Strategy. Come to think of it, I will probably add two Guild Hounds and a Watcher to the stable of painted Guild models as well. Both model types can be very useful in certain missions.

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Freikorps Specialist Okay, so I'm not quite ready to move on to my Guild Crew just yet. I couldn't help myself. The Hell Dorado Alchemist is one of my favorite models of the Saracen line and I just had to paint it. And sure, this little fella doesn't have anything even close to resembling Freikorps armor, but perhaps he uses magic and alchemy to weave about him some sort of magical protection? Regardless, the Alchemist's smoking orbs of green gas do a pretty bang up job (pardon the pun) of representing the Freikorps Specialist's short(ish) range Flammenwerfer (blast damage) and Detonate Tanks action. KABOOM!

The Micro Art bases are resin, single piece bases -not inserts. I have many many Micro Art wasteland bases and I love them. Both the price and quality of the bases are good. I purchase my Micro Art bases from www.thewarstore.com. The only downside, and it's a small one, is that the bases are taller than your typical base + insert, so if you intend to mix models that are based on traditional bases with models based on Micro Art bases you will see a noticeable difference in height. Although, if you don't mix, and your entire Crew is based on Micro Art bases, you won't have this problem.

Convict Gunslinger Before moving onto my Guild Crew, I decided to add a reinforcement to my Vik Crew -bringing the Crew up to 40 Soulstones. The Convict Gunslinger is a simple model with wonderfully exaggerated features and so it was truly a pleasure to paint. I know a lot of people don't care for this model, but it's one of my favorite model's from Wyrd's original line. Rather than paint "prison trousers," I went with plain khaki pants to better match the rest of the Vik Crew. I didn't have anywhere on the model to add green, so I added a discarded green bottle to the base. And since Islam prohibits the consumption of alcohol, I figured the empty bottle of booze would be a good way of signalling this fella's deviance. I went a bit overboard on shading the skin, but once you get a few feet away from the model, such as when it is on the table during a game, the exaggerated shading looks pretty good. Nevertheless, I may return to the model and mellow out the shading.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Sorry EB. My Brutal Effigy and Exorcist arrived in the mail Wednesday and my desire to put some paint on these beauties pushed my Lady Justice Crew over the top. I have replaced a portion of the Exorcist's crossbow with a crossbow from the GW Empire Militia box set and some styrene. I like the look of the model's original crossbow tiller (stock), but its lath (bowstave) is ridiculous and absolutely had to go. Moreover, the crossbow came out of the blister with the protruding quarrel head bent at a 90 degree angle to the shaft. Bending the quarrel back snapped it off. So, rather than carve out the remaining portion of the quarrel and carving a lath off a plastic crossbow, it was easier to simply replace the entire mess with the upper 2/3rds of a GW crossbow. And now, as an added bonus, my Exorcist's crossbow is actually strung.