JMGraham

They're up on eBay, along with a 2013 Walpurgis / Adepticon Fate Deck. Please feel free to spread the word and make an offer, if you like: https://www.ebay.com/usr/jgraham612?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

I’ve decided that, given that I’ve played one game of Malifaux 2e when it was first released and haven’t touched it since, It’s likely time to send my Malifaux crews to a new home. I thought I’d try the forum for a bit before going to eBay. Unless otherwise stated, these are the classic, original metal Malifaux models. They are lovingly painted in a very distinctive, eye-catching style. They tend to do exceedingly well in tournament scoring for best painted. I’m not willing to paint additional models, but I’m more than happy to provide the specific paint “recipes” that were used for the models, and to give some friendly advice on how to capture the style if you’re wanting to commission more models in a similar style from someone else. A word on pricing – these models are mostly OOP metal models that have been lovingly painted to a high standard. I’m not really looking for a trade. At this point I won’t split up painted crews. Shipping to the US is included. International shipping would be additional. Thanks for looking! Dreamer Crew Using Warstore discounted prices, these models would be about $130 in the current (unassembled, unpainted) plastics. These are assembled OOP metals, painted to a high quality. I’m asking $300, US shipping included. I also believe I have some of the additional base inserts I used to toss in (sculpted by yours trulty, cast by Black Cat). The full album is here: https://imgur.com/a/7IWrq 2 x Teddy Lord Chompy Bits Lilitu Lelu 2 x Stitched Togethers Collidi Insidious Madness alternative model Insidious Madness (I think it is an old metal D&D aberration of some sort?) 3 x Daydreams Dreamer Unpainted: 3 Primed Alps 2 Unpainted Headless Alps (with no heads – spooky!) Ressurectionists Using Warstore prices, the current (unassembled, unpainted) models would cost over $300, not including Seamus’s Avatar of Dread (going for $100+ unpainted on eBay) or the two Nightmare Edition models (Lady J and the Judge), the laser-cut markers, or the Ressurectionist Lab terrain. These are assembled, mostly OOP metals, painted to a high quality. I’m asking $900, US shipping included. I’ll also throw in a laser-cut turn/soulstone counter and a bunch of tokens and status effect basehuggers. The full album is here: https://imgur.com/a/mUEFR Nicodem 7 plastic Mantic zombies (used as Mindless Zombies) McMourning Flesh Construct 2 x alternative model Flesh Constructs (I believe one is West Wind and one is Reaper) Alternative model Rogue Necromancy (plastic, converted from a GW Dire Wolf) Sebastian Zombie Chihuahua Canine Remains Seamus Seamus Avatar of Dread (resin) 3 x Rotten Belles Madame Sybelle Copycat Killer Necropunk Jack Daw Bette Noir Killjoy Convict Gunslinger Necropunk 3 x Crooked Men 2 x Ressurectionist Lab scenery pieces (West Wind, I think) Unpainted/Primed: 3 x Canine Remains Mortimer 2 x Necropunks 2 x Hanged Grave Spirit 2 x Nurses 3 x Zombie Punks OOP LE Unpainted metal: Undead Headless Lady Justice Undead Judge

Yes, yes, and yes again. Preferably Insidious Madness. If not, than a Silurid. Miss Carriage (tasteless!) Miss Take Miss Shapen (a horrible resser abomination, possibly a flesh construct?)

Yea! Thank you mysterious and unidentified moderator Also - Funded!! With the Human Corps stretch goal added.

Cursed auto-correct! EDIT: Cursed inability to edit topic headers! Thanks for the heads-up, Goat. If someone with topic-edit privileges happens by this thread, could I ask you to correct the title to "Worldsmith"?

I hope maybe you could indulge me in a bit of shameless self-promotion? Perhaps in the guise of miniature-related news? I just launched a Kickstarter for what I hope will grow into a healthy resin terrain and gaming-aid company. For now I'm focusing on producing a series of wrecked science-fiction vehicles, to use as markers after a vehicle explodes. While not too useful for Malifaux, I hope to create some cool steampunk-themed terrain after the Kickstarter ends. Regardless, if you play "other" miniature games, please check it out. Thanks a million! - Jim http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/48375726/worldsmith-industries-wrecked-vehicles-for-sci-fi

Well moderated forums are oases of joy and calm on the Internet. I approve!

Apologies for the delay in this. What a great weekend! Thanks again to everyone who came out and gave Walpurgis their all. I hope folks were having fun - given the amount of cheering and laughing, it certainly seemed like it. The results are listed below. Best Gunslinger was decided by total VP, then TP, then DIFF. Best Looking was voted on by all of the players (3 points for top appearance vote, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd). Best Storyteller was decided by an end-of-tourney vote for your top 3 favorite opponents of the weekend (3 points for top, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd - ties went to the player with the highest VP). Wooden Spoon went to the player with the lowest VP (Riley didn't play on day 2). Note also that I (Jim) recused myself from any awards based on VP because I found out after my last game that I had been playing my crew without taking into account the bury errata (that burying removes someone from a companion chain). I'm not sure that it made a huge difference, but I know I did it wrong at least two times in my last game. Completely my fault for not closely tracking errata. Mea Culpa! Loren (of the Warhamsters) took TONS of photos, but it'll take me a long while to get them sorted and posted. Watch this space for more info! [code] VP Paint Favorite Mark H Resser Nicodem 38 1 4 Best Gunslinger, Best of Faction: Ressers Ryan G Outcasts Leveticus 37 6 4 Best of Faction: Outcast Jim Neverborn Dreamer 32 51 8 Best Looking Darren Outcasts Viktorias 29 0 1 Tylre Resser Yan Lo 29 3 12 Best of Faction: Ten Thunders Sean Resser Nicodem 29 0 15 Best Storyteller Shayne Outcasts VonSchill 27 3 4 Blaine Arcanist Mei Feng 25 28 5 Best of Faction: Arcanist Ryan B Guild Lady J 25 0 5 Best of Faction: Guild Josh C Neverborn J Lynch 25 5 8 Best of Faction: Neverborn Corey Outcasts Viktorias 25 2 14 Ray Outcasts Somer T. 24 0 12 Andy W Guild Perdita 24 41 1 Andy B Arcanist Marcus 23 1 3 Dan Outcasts Viktorias 22 2 4 Josh V Arcanist Rasputina 22 15 3 Jon Outcasts Ophelia 21 4 3 Mark S Outcasts VonSchill 21 0 7 Chris H Arcanist Marcus 21 2 15 Andy M Guild Lady J 20 27 8 Chris P Guild L McCabe 20 9 5 Glen Outcasts Viktorias 20 0 1 Derk Outcasts Somer 19 1 14 Flynn Outcasts VonSchill 19 15 2 Ellie Neverborn Lilith 19 0 6 Christo Neverborn Zoraida 19 0 10 Josh N Arcanist Ramos 18 1 14 Bennett Outcasts Somer 18 4 10 Ricky Resser Seamus 16 0 3 Adam Neverborn Zoraida 15 6 11 Brenden Resser Nicodem 15 0 1 Terry Outcasts Viktorias 14 0 2 Jamie Neverborn J Lynch 13 4 14 Wooden Spoon Riley Arcanist Ramos 9 0 4 [/code]

I was doing so well against you for the first several turns, too! I should have withdrawn farther, hidden, and tossed a few roadblocks at you. Well played, and well deserved!

Apologies for the delay in this. What a great weekend! Thanks again to everyone who came out and gave Walpurgis their all. I hope folks were having fun - given the amount of cheering and laughing, it certainly seemed like it. The results are listed below. Best Gunslinger was decided by total VP, then TP, then DIFF. Best Looking was voted on by all of the players (3 points for top appearance vote, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd). Best Storyteller was decided by an end-of-tourney vote for your top 3 favorite opponents of the weekend (3 points for top, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd - ties went to the player with the highest VP). Wooden Spoon went to the player with the lowest VP (Riley didn't play on day 2). Note also that I (Jim) recused myself from any awards based on VP because I found out after my last game that I had been playing my crew without taking into account the bury errata (that burying removes someone from a companion chain). I'm not sure that it made a huge difference, but I know I did it wrong at least two times in my last game. Completely my fault for not closely tracking errata. Mea Culpa! Loren (of the Warhamsters) took TONS of photos, but it'll take me a long while to get them sorted and posted. Watch this space for more info! [code] VP Paint Favorite Mark H Resser Nicodem 38 1 4 Best Gunslinger, Best of Faction: Ressers Ryan G Outcasts Leveticus 37 6 4 Best of Faction: Outcast Jim Neverborn Dreamer 32 51 8 Best Looking Darren Outcasts Viktorias 29 0 1 Tylre Resser Yan Lo 29 3 12 Best of Faction: Ten Thunders Sean Resser Nicodem 29 0 15 Best Storyteller Shayne Outcasts VonSchill 27 3 4 Blaine Arcanist Mei Feng 25 28 5 Best of Faction: Arcanist Ryan B Guild Lady J 25 0 5 Best of Faction: Guild Josh C Neverborn J Lynch 25 5 8 Best of Faction: Neverborn Corey Outcasts Viktorias 25 2 14 Ray Outcasts Somer T. 24 0 12 Andy W Guild Perdita 24 41 1 Andy B Arcanist Marcus 23 1 3 Dan Outcasts Viktorias 22 2 4 Josh V Arcanist Rasputina 22 15 3 Jon Outcasts Ophelia 21 4 3 Mark S Outcasts VonSchill 21 0 7 Chris H Arcanist Marcus 21 2 15 Andy M Guild Lady J 20 27 8 Chris P Guild L McCabe 20 9 5 Glen Outcasts Viktorias 20 0 1 Derk Outcasts Somer 19 1 14 Flynn Outcasts VonSchill 19 15 2 Ellie Neverborn Lilith 19 0 6 Christo Neverborn Zoraida 19 0 10 Josh N Arcanist Ramos 18 1 14 Bennett Outcasts Somer 18 4 10 Ricky Resser Seamus 16 0 3 Adam Neverborn Zoraida 15 6 11 Brenden Resser Nicodem 15 0 1 Terry Outcasts Viktorias 14 0 2 Jamie Neverborn J Lynch 13 4 14 Wooden Spoon Riley Arcanist Ramos 9 0 4 [/code]

Hi all - almost there! I updated the first post with the schedule, and will upload the scenarios shortly. I'll update the first post shortly. For now: [code]Saturday 9:00 – 9:30 Check in 9:30 – 10:00 Introductions and Wind-up 10:00 – 11:30 Round 1 (25 ss) 11:30 – 11:45 Break 11:45 – 1:30 Round 2 (35 ss) 1:30 – 2:30 Lunch 2:30 – 4:15 Round 3 (35ss) 4:15 – 4:30 Break 4:30 – 6:45 Round 4 (45ss) 6:45 – 12:00 Dinner, Open Gaming Sunday 9:30 – 12:00 Round 5 (45ss) 12:00 SET UP CREWS FOR PAINTING JUDGING 12:00 – 1:30 Lunch, Judge Painting 1:30 – 3:15 Round 6 (25ss) 3:30 Prizes and Raffles[/code] ---------- Post added at 02:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:45 PM ---------- Due to the ... interesting nature ... of some of the scenarios, some of you may want to pre-read the scenarios. It might help speed up gameplay. Due to the narrative nature of the event, some of you may want to wait until the tournament to read the fiction and the scenarios. Heck, I know some of you who won't read the scenario until right after you finished the last one, so you can be surprised as you go along. Whatever you choose is fine. Remember, the purpose is not to win games. The purpose is to tell a story. For those of you who want to read the scenarios, they are here. Otherwise, ignore this post. See you at Walpurgis!

Whew! Swag has been finalized. There’s still some stuff finishing up production, but we know what it will all be. Here’s a painted version of the Turn/Soulstone counter: We had some scratch left over, and I’ve always gotten the feedback that folks would rather have more swag than more elaborate things on the prize table. As such, I figured wargaming and drinking go hand-in-hand. I mean, you have to stay … err … hydrated, right? As such, folks will be getting this stylish 22 oz stainless steel Warhamster waterbottle: Here are some of the Grubs (with paint, this time!) provided by Ed and the folks at Troll Forged. There’s a variety of head and body types. These are limited-edition metal casts of some figures that will be released as Troll Forged’s incredible Assimilation Host Kickstarter: Finally, here’s the swag back each participant will be getting (their’s will be unpainted, of course): Holy, cow, that’s a lot of loot! The final tally (and credits) is: 1 Through the Breach Podcast Fate Deck 1 metal Wyrm Grub (by Troll Forged Miniatures) 1 plastic Emerson Goodfellow miniature (by Warlord Games) 1 MDF Turn/Soulstone Counter (designed by Jim Graham, cut by Advanced Deployment) 3 resin 30mm Wyrm Egg Markers (sculpted by Jim Graham) 2 resin 50mm Wyrm Maw Markers (sculpted by Jim Graham) 1 resin Wyrm (sculpted by Nathan Lough) 1 resin Grand Maw (sculpted by Jim Graham) 3 MDF Broken Stone Walls (designed by Jim Graham, cut by Advanced Deployment) 3 MDF Gravestone Bases (designed by Jim Graham, cut by Advanced Deployment) 1 acrylic Measuring Widget with 1, 2, 3, & 4” measures (designed and cut by Advanced Deployment) 1 Bellingham Warhamster Water Bottle Next task is finishing up the scenarios and player's pack, and getting the MDF terrain pre-assembled for folks. Whew!

Two weeks left, and still 4 spots open. Please let me know quick if you're hoping to attend! Also, in case you haven't been following the swag thread, here's what each participant will be receiving in their swag bag (theirs will be unpainted, of course!):

Howdy, all - another update. I'm very, very excited to announce a new sponsor to Walpurgis: Troll Forged Miniatures. Ed Fortae and the good folks at Troll Forged produce all kinds of cool stuff, and have lately really expanded in to production casting with a newly-developed process of roto-casting plastic. Their work can be seen on a number of Kickstarters and boutique miniature companies, including Impact Miniatures, Mythos Foundry, Kingdom: Death, Raging Heroes, and Red Box Miniatures. Heck, even the Warhamster's own Nathan Lough has done some work for their Sculpting Collective, in the form of some Hoth-themed guardsmen. More recently, Troll Forged completed a successful Kickstarter campaign of their own, funding the sculpting of what promises to be the coolest alien miniature line the wargaming community has ever seen, Alien Assimilation Host. Ed and the folks at Troll Forged have generously provided a number of limited edition, metal casts of the alien grubs from their Assimilation Host line. Each participant will get one, and a handful of extras will be put on the prize table for some lucky participant to walk away with. These will serve as the juvenile form of "The Dwellers Beneath", one of the creatures the participants will have to contend with. The miniatures were sculpted by Ed Fortae, and cast by Troll Forged. Just one surprise left, and I think we're about done with the swag (the Stuff We All Get, that is). I'll be working on getting the turn counter and the grubs painted up so that, by the time the last piece arrives, I can take a photo of the entire loot pile in one fair swoop. Now some pictures! There are 5 different body sculpts and 5 different head sculpts - it should provide tons of variation. Here's a shot with our friendly neighborhood gunslinger to show scale. And here's the lifecycle of the Dwellers Beneath, from egg, to juvenile, to adolescent (both burrowed and emerging from the ground), and a full grown adult.

Yea! Glad folks like the cards. Sorry Tadow, there may be a spare scheme deck or two after all is said and done, but it's not likely.

Yea! I'm glad folks like it (both the stuff being produced for the tournament, and the cards). Re: Walpurgis vs. Adepticon - different beasts entirely! Adepticon is an enormous mini wargaming convention, that has a good variety of Malifaux events. Individual tournaments, team tournaments, etc. Certainly enough going on to play Malifaux for all 4 days. Walpurgis is definitely NOT a con - it's more of an "event". A specific narrative played out over the course of two days in a loose, tournament format. Nothing else going on but that one event, though we aim to make it pretty incredible. Apples and oranges, I think. Depends on what you're after. The only solution is to play in them both! Glad the cards are working out! Working with Richelieu has been great. No plans whatsoever to re-do the strategy and scheme decks. This year's reprinting was only done under duress due to needing to update for the new book. I hope Wyrd picks up the idea and runs with it! Re: the fate deck, AFAIK, there will not be a reprint, but if you're interested in any more remaining copies, I'd check with Richelieu.

Some more progress. Here are some of the gravestones. I had tried to do a gravestone design contest, but ended up getting zero responses. Alas, I went to town with Illustrator and made some homages to some fictional and real idols. See if you can catch the references! Designed by me, cut by Advanced Deployment out of MDF. Here's what two of the graveyard sets look like assembled and painted. Each participant gets enough for three of the wall sections and three bases of tombstones. Here's Nathan Lough's ground-bursting wyrm with a lick or two of paint on it: The cards came in! These were generously donated by Mark Dieter and the others at Through the Breach Podcast. They turned out absolutely gorgeous! Here's a group shot of the completed swag going to each participant so far. I didn't include the turn counter yet, as I'm in the process of painting it. The widget was designed and cut by Advanced Deployment - it has surfaces that are 1, 2, 3, and 4 inches wide. It makes it easy to measure melee distances without having to try and squeeze a tape measure into awkward spaces. Not done yet ...there's still more to add!

The rules for the Plague Doctor, and the tournament, that includes the scenarios and backstory from last year, The Incident at Mining Station 17, are available here: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?32090-Walpurgis-2-Story-Encounters-Incident-at-Mining-Station-17 I'm pretty sure the story encounters from the first year, The Strange Case of Phineas Tillinghast, are also posted up somewhere. As will this years scenarios, once the tournament has finished. Enjoy!

Thanks! To be perfectly frank, I think it's getting a little over-the-top this year. I've just got a commitment from another sponsor that I'm really excited about, and then Ravyn at Advanced Deployment had an idea for another cool piece of swag that's too cool to pass up. Still, it's a blast to have an excuse to exercise all of my hobby-skills. I've learned tons over the past 3 years. I'm not sure that I would have picked up sculpting & casting to the extent I have, or card design, and designing laser cut stuff at all if it wasn't for Walpurgis. I really enjoy having a reason to create all of the crazy stuff I dream up. If you want to make it over to Washington, there are still 5 spots left....

Thansk for the kind words - This stuff is really fun to make. @Evilbleachman : Oh no - sounds like you missed the pre-order thread: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?38825-Custom-Fate-decks. Perhaps you can try shooting Richelieu a PM?

And .... some more swag. Things are really coming together (which, I suppose they should, given we're a month out now!). There's another announcement that I'm REALLY excited to make, but can't make quite yet. Did I mention there are still 5 tickets left? If you're interested in coming to an incredible weekend of narrative storytelling, see the link in the first post! This is a combination turn (the big dial) and soulstone (the little dial) counter. Designed by me and cut by Advanced Deployment out of 1/8" MDF. It should look particularly sweet once it's painted up in some metallics and distressed a bit. Got to use it in a game last night, and it's pretty handy! I hope the tournament attendees like it. The 30mm base is included for a size reference (also, ignore the piece of the upper left cog that I forgot to punch out). Every world full of nasty horrible monster needs something to hunt them, correct? This is the (currently) unnamed big game hunter. The miniature is a plastic by Wargames Factory, and this particular one was painted by me (tournament participants will get theirs unpainted, of course). I've stared painting up some of the wyrms. These are the 3 egg markers, 2 50mm adlescent wyrm markers, and 1 ginormous adult wyrm marker that participants will get (unpainted, of course). I'm still working on painting up Nathan Loughs gorgeous sculpt of the large adolescent rearing out of the ground.

One month to go. I've updated the participant list, and there are just 5 slots left. If you want in, nows the time. Also, if you haven't already, check out the ongoing swag blog: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?38571-Walpurgis-3-Swag-and-Terrain-Blog-%28Custom-fate-deck-cool-terrain-and-more!%29 Everything is starting to come together, and there will be some neat updates in the next day or two.

For those who ordered scheme decks or scheme deck updates only (no fate decks), I just dropped the packages off at the post office. They should be rolling in by Wed or Thursday. Thanks for your support, everyone, and I hope you like the cards!

Whew! Stuff is starting to come together. This is the nerve-wracking part, where we're past the point of no return on most of the plans, but I'm still not 100% certain that they will all work out. Got some "craters", eggs, and the (as yet unnamed) big game hunter painted up, I'll post some photos later. For now, here's some shots of the test cuts of part of the graveyard terrain set. Each participant will get one set of 3 broken stone walls, and a few bases of tombstones. The terrain was designed by me and cut by Advanced Deployment. For variety, I did 2 versions of the walls: ---------- Post added at 10:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:31 AM ---------- Also, for those keeping track, the swag tally for each participant so far is: 1 Through the breach Custom Fate Deck 3 30mm resin egg markers 2 50mm resin adolescent wyrm markers 1 resin adolescent wyrm minitaure 1 ginormous resin adult wyrm marker 3 laser-cut MDF broken walls With hints made towards all sorts of other things! only 6 or so spaces left - sign up quick!

Remember, we upped it to a 55ss pool! Just bring a list day-of, and we'll check it on site.