Zond

I'm taking the plunge into 2e. It's been on my to do list for a while and I need help navigating the finer points of my plan. I'm open to starting any faction but Resurrectionists, undead burnout man. And I get that every master within a faction has a different play style, so it's not necessarily like I'll never get a chance to be tanky or a glass cannon if I play x. That being said I generally like control style factions, whether through controlling the board or ways to interfere with my opponents options. And my friends and I are competitive, and I'm definitely not up to speed on what the most optimal masters are so I need help in that regard. Ideally what I'd like to do is buy 3 - 5 Crew Boxes for a faction and just go to town, giving me a solid pool of minions as well as different masters to try. I'm not sure if that necessarily works however. Also as there are dual faction masters I'm also open to buying very disparate box sets as long as the majority of models can all work together and I can have a clear path for growing my different factions. That would perhaps be the best option as I would like to collect multiple factions, as long as the minions from the crew boxes overlapped in some way.I hope that makes sense and any help would be appreciated.

I recieved a belated Christmas present at a New Years party last night, consisting of the Malifaux rulebook and the Ramos, Som'erteeth Jones and Zoraida box sets. I got up this morning and devoured the rules and background and fell in love. I want to show this off to my friends and get a few games going. Are there any box sets or models that would really help show off the mechanics and feel of Malifaux? I'm thinking of picking up some Guild and Resurrectionist boxes to show off more of the background, but I love the entire model range. My main concerns are getting the feel of the game across, as well as creating enjoyable and balancing intro games. I'm learning this too, so anything easy would be a plus! I've got no problem buying more stuff so if the current box sets I own get sidelined for a month or two to get this all up and running, I've got no problem. I've already ordered the expansion rules, so it's just a case of where to go from there. I'd love any and all advice. Kevin