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Ignore my comment, for some reason, I though we where on the Malifaux board talking about Malifaux rules. Hehehehe....

Because the wendigo doesn't really offer Rasputina much of anything at all.

It is a semi-effective combat minion, with the ability to heal itself and occasionally eat other models, with a very low Wd count.

Combat totems tend to be very lackluster because they are easy to kill, and don't have the combat scores or dmg to go with their intended role.

The Wendigo only has two uses, and one of those uses can be done just as effectively as the essence of power, and that is to cast Raspy's Ice Pillars so that she doesn't have to. The other use is only valid if you plan on bringing her Avatar along, and that is to serve as a Graverobber from the beginning of the Game so that When Avatar Raspy comes out there are Corpse Counters for her to play with.

The Essence, however, directly contributes to supporting Raspy's main function, which is to slaughter her opponent's models with spells. By linking the Essence to Raspy you make her spells more deadly.

So theme aside, which would you choose.

A Totem who is sorta designed for melee combat but isn't very good at it.

Or

A Totem that significantly increases the amount of dmg that Raspy can put out.

For a graverobber though, I'd rather bring SnowStorm or an Acolyte. They at least won't go poof when you have Rasputina manifest her avatar.

Ignore this

Ignore this.

Is a ruling in the works on this one?

This. The Hoff demands a ruling.

C. Hoffman's Hunter out performs Marcus's Cerberus in a fenile show off, Hoffman is proud. Marcus is ashamed a Machine bested his living Beast. (C. Hoffman +5, Marcus -10)

Pandora - 45

Seamus - 95

Kirai - 65

Marcus - 100

Sword Vik - 60

Hamelin - 65

C. Hoffman - 105

Lady J - 90

I actually removed a leg from both my nurses, put a pin in instead and then used a tiny bit of greenstuff to give it back the shape. Much much sturdier.

In this picture the leg on the left is a paper clip with a tiny bit of greenstuff.

Nice idea, but the deed is done. He pinned the model right through the middle of it's legs. The model is getting primmed black and base will be black too, so it should be hardly noticeable to most.

Have you tried superglue?

I was thinking of something more secure than a plastic to metal superglue bond.

Pin it? Gorilla Glue Superglue?

My brother is thinking of that. But I am not sure a pin sticking out between the legs (legs are pointy, so pinning there is a no go) will look good...maybe paint it back and hide it visually with the black base.

My brother was trying to assemble my second Nurse for me and while trying to fit the siringe arm (which wasn't fitting snugly like the first Nurse so he had to use a little force), the little peg on the Nurse's leg broke off.

Anyone know of a quick/easy fix?

I'm a little worried see just stands one one leg. Anyone had any accidents with her?

I was thinking of putting a little rock / stone / wood piece under the other leg to have two points connecting her to the base.

*raises glass*

A toast to Nathan, Eric, and the rest of the Wyrd staff.

I named my bulldog after Breath of Fire's Nina.

Yeah, not a daughter but close enough for me.

I think podcasting more or less replaced fanzines. As much as I'd enjoy a fanzine, more prolific podcasting would be awesome, and more convenient

There is something to be said of the written medium still though. Consider we are using one right now.

I don't think the Steamborg is worth it for the Hoff. Pale Rider, Mechanical Rider, and the Peackeeper are better in his crews in my opinion.

Mine is Hoffman but that is based mostly on his Fiction background. I like his story with Ryle and that he is handicapped. The whole handicap man with extreme Contruct control is too cool for me to boot.

I got a question, if I wanted to try a Marcus crew only using Puppet Wars models from one of each booster + base set, what would you run?

I think all you could use are:

Marcus (duh)

Joss

Moleman

December Acolyte (2x)

Razorspine Rattler (2x)

Ice Golem

Guild Hound

Sirulid (2x)

Mizaki

Convict Gunslinger (2x)

Ronin (2x)

Not a great pool I think. I own the base set and one of each booster (except the Multiplayer one which has Marcus and Joss but I'll get it later) hence my inquiry.

Interesting theory. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but I like it when people read stuff closely like that. Words are rarely there without good reason

Yeah, the description of the construct protecting him like a brother cemented the idea in my head.

In that case, dip away!

I think if you paint the puppets in relatively light, warm colors (tans, yellows, reds), then dipping should work just fine. When you see really nice looking dipped models, often it's because the person went back over the richer colors with the original paint color and a highlight and then matte coated the minis. I've seen armies done this way that you can hardly tell you're looking at dipped minis.

I have dipped armies for other games. I'm just wondering if there it would look good on tiny models like puppets. Hence, why I ask if others have done it before.

I made a topic about this:

http://wyrd-games.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26822

General consensus seems to be Lady Justice has the most options.

C. Hoffman puts on a Bowler Hat, he gets an angry look from Seamus as the Bowler hat looks classier than his Top Hat. (+5 the Hoff, -10 Seamus).

Pandora - 60

Lord Chompy Bits - 30

Seamus - 95

Kirai - 75

Marcus - 80

Gun Vik - 50

Hamelin - 120

C. Hoffman - 110

Lady J - 105

I think I'll go through the pattern book starting games.

Well my folks got me Puppet Wars and all the Pawn Boosters during TheWarstore's Black Friday sale at 35% off retail (plus 5% off on top due to Black Friday). It was going to be their Xmas present to me but they let me open it today when it arrived.

What is the best lists to demo/intro with just a few puppets? As I said, I got the Base Set and the Pawn Boosters. I intend to try it tomorrow or Wednesday with my brother.

P.S. The sale is still going on until midnight if anyone wants some cheap Puppet Wars at TheWarstore.

Anyone know of an US Webstore that sells the toploaders mentioned here at a good price and cheap shipping?

Some webstores ship to us here (Puerto Rico) for too much .

I think there has been a misunderstanding. I actually like the new Avatar sculpt. I was referring to using the old Avatar as regular Pandora.

Should have made this one choice only. I mean, I'm sure we all want all of those things.

I voted wyrd chronicles, because that's what I would like the most.

The reasoning behind multiple choice is to show if there is interest in various choices instead of one. For example, currently almost 2/3 of the voters would like a Token set. It shows that 2/3 of voters would also like Wyrd Chronicles back. At best, that is 2/3 of voters wanting both, at worth, 1/3 wanting both, and 1/3 wanting each choice. Therefore, if they did both, they could please between 2/3 and all the voters.