Since Hamelin's cuddle I think they could work really well for him as objective grabbers since the stolen are going to be sticking closer to the your master.
I like to play for fun. When dealing with power players I find that beating the snot out of them often brings them back down to earth... in game beating only, of course
Lilith, more than most NB masters, can work with lots of diffrent builds. So as marcalla said, dont limit yourself. You can always just do what I do, go for what ever looks pretty and find a way for it to work in game later.
I wrote up a review of the box set looking more at what the models do in game than the quality of the models themselves.
Let me know your views on this format, would you like more detail or do you want the review to look more at the sculpt and less at rules?
I hope you enjoy it... http://www.shadesofchaos.com/2012/12/malifaux-behind-mask.html
No harm in getting the keris box even if you already have a gunsmith. I have a friend who often runs four of the gun weilding maniacs! They are rather good
I agree that the Ortega's problem is to many models needing the masks. But is pistoleroes could dish out masks to other family members they would be far to good. Its just a balance thing i guess.
Im sure all the starters will get plastic re-sculpts at some point, I personally cant wait simply for the conversion possibilities. I also like the idea of multi-pose gremlins as who would stop at just 4? not me
I just cant wait to see Sonnia blowing things away with the help of Hoffman's mobile toolkit maybe some home brew rules for setting buildings on fire as i will be using a lot of sarrisa precission terrain.
This is a link to a quick overview of the Hoffman box set and how i decided to expand it, pretty pictures included. hope you like it
http://www.shadesofchaos.com/2012/12/malifaux-gentlemen-we-can-rebuild-him.html