Halflingspy

I am -insanely- jealous of your skills at base making and conversion. Starting my own colette and trying to base for the first time, the wood grain you have is absolutely incredible! Hope your recovery keeps going well.

Hey all - for those on the East Coast of the US, or anyone who is going to the penny arcade expo, is there any interest in meeting up for Malifaux? I'm still like a month into the game myself, but I would love to meet with other fans of it - I'm sure the convention has free-to-play tables somewhere.

Walked into a coffeeshop, grabbed 8-9 thin popsicle-stick like stirrers, going to try tonight. Its my first try actually converting/building anything, so a bit nervous to see if I'm up to the task. Thanks for the advice everyone!

Hey all - I finally got my first army, Colette and her army of dolls... now its time to put them on the bases proper. Does anyone know if those wooden bases in all of the pictures for them are buy-able anywhere, or are those made with green stuff? And if they are made with green stuff, any tips on how? I've never used green stuff before, and am feeling a little intimidated about it.

I had a lot of fun reading this, thank you! Where do you get papercraft terrain, as I am sorely lacking right now in that department....

MissE, good to know I'm not alone in my approach to the game! I like the point you make about terrain, thanks. Also, while I am more drawn to Colette, you have me looking forward to lady J again! Mr. Bigglesworth, I'll have to check that out, thank you. Are there any 'how to' threads on making terrain from scratch? I haven't tried before. Also, I'm heading to PAX east in a month... Where would I post a thread on possible meet ups?

I'm not sure how relevant this one is, but the Eberron campaign setting in Dungeons and Dragons, especially some of the 3.5 books, feels like something you can get inspiration from. World where magic is everywhere, and starting to become technology. It also has a film-noir vibe. The guy who made it pretty much said 'Cross Lord of the Rings with The Maltese Falcon, and things like Casablanca influenced him greatly.

Thanks for all of the responses! Its really helpful. On Terrain - I have a little warhammer terrain that I'm going to be using, but it seems like Malifaux uses a lot more free standing things - crumbling walls, fences, stand alone trees... 3 pieces of area terrain (a forest, a pond, a hill), and then 4-5 pieces of things like walls would be a good start? -The extra bases is something I didn't think about, but am now! the 50 mm double as blast markers? That'll be good to know about breathing fire... -On rulebooks, I know they are damn pretty, and I want to know the fluff, but starting out I just don't have the cash. I know some of the stat cards are online on a PDF, I might print some of them out to show people some of the other models as a stop-gap. That, and maybe I should pick up a third army for demonstrations sake. -On the army choices... I fully know I'm going to get beat around the table as Colette until I finally figure it out. Half my team doesn't have actual attacks? This is going to be fun. Lady Justice is just seems like a great starter army, period, and I like that these two groups seem to be more on the 'good guy' side of things, since I'm a little weird like that. I normally don't run 'evil' races or cards, but seems like tabletop gaming likes the whole 'everything is very dark shades of grey'. Maybe pick up a Neverborn set just so I have variety to show to people (Zoriedra perhaps? Get off her swamp!)

Thanks for this thread - I sort of was sold on Hans, just because of how he looked and how he seemed to have some good rules. However, if he has fallen by the wayside a bit, I'll wait a while to pick him up.

Hey all, brand new to the game, and on Thursday, will be getting my starter packs. I got two since I'm dragging my gaming groups into this, and so that way I have a spare army while I invest in this wholesale. Since I am starting up sort of a Malifaux group, I want to do it right, and be able to host games at my house. So, without further ado... -The two armies I'm getting are Colette and Lady Justice. Colette is just a beautiful set of models, and, I'm an Eldar player if you know what I mean - if I don't go for a crazy manipulation army, I'm not being myself. I've been told its stepping into the deep end perhaps too much. Lady Justice seems to be much more 'point and wail', but a bit more nuanced than Space Marines, thanks to minis like the Death Marshals and Judge. It will be a while until I get more minis, but to expand... -Collette, want to get a Coryphee duet to expand, as they seem to be worshipped around here, then probably some other arcanist heavy hitter, like steam arachnids (to build into Ramos eventually, two-master army) -Lady Justice, I really like the Austringer model, and I think Witchling Stalkers would be a great addition thanks to the anti-magic they bring to the squad -Outcasts, I want Johan and Hans to sub in and out as needed (Johan for Collette to be sure), and maybe a Misaki for a little more variety. -Rulebooks. I'm waiting, impatiently, for that new 15 dollar rulebook to come out. Or, is it absolutely necessary to get the thicker ones, especially for trying to set up a Malifaux group? -I have one fate deck so far, and I'm going to pick up a tube of plastic soul stones for my table at the house. Will I need more than 30 counters? Any other types at all? -Terrain... how much should I build or prepare for a 3x3 table, at the minimum? I'm not clear how much should be covered, how much should be area terrain, etc. Thank you kindly for all of the support ahead of time - I'm really excited about the game, but I feel like a caffeinated toddler who has been left to their own devices at the moment - need a way to devote this energy productively!

Thanks all! And for as many gripes as I have against GW and some of their design choices and other decisions over the last bit, I still do have memories that are good about the game, and I do love me some Eldar. I'll keep that army, but I do sincerely hope that my appreciation of Malifaux just gets better, and it becomes a game that I can find players for and have fun playing often - its taking off around me, so glad for that!

Ah, hello all! Name's Halflingspy, and I'm about to dive headfirst into this game. I've loved wargames and tabletop since I was eleven or so, but in the decade since then, couldn't ever find anyone to play with, thanks to moving about, cost of games, no car... I'm a refugee from Warhammer, and been an Eldar player off and on for over a decade. I finally got a tabletop gaming group in the last year starting to meet regularly, and as much as I love Games Workshop sometimes, they also make me want to tear my hair out thanks to the crazy amount of cost and endless Space Marine love. I've been saying for a while that if I could find another tabletop game that I liked, any at all, I would probably jump on it as quick as I could. So, after one or two demonstration games and reading up on the fluff... While I don't have any sets as of yet, I have two about to arrive this week - Lady Justice, and Showgirls. As an Eldar player, I guess its only natural that I would gravitate towards Showgirls and Colette thanks to her manipulation and crazy ruleset, and Lady Justice is just damn nifty, not to mention a way to get my hobby group to play. If I have a second army... I'm looking forward to posting and learning a lot from the forums, I'm still way way too much a noob to the tabletop hobbies and hopefully this is a place to fix that!