Neil of Orange

So I'm confused about Zoraida taking Ophelia.

In scraps she's a henchman option, but brawls she's not. Is this correct?

I have to second any use of Heresy minis - Andy is a great bloke and there's some really interesting figures on that site.

However, not the route I took. I've done a themed Kirai crew, based on Spirited Away and have used an oriental dragon mini Pics and info here:

http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?31403-Malifaux-meddling&p=405359#post405359

I ordered mine directly from their site - there's a link on my review (not sure Wyrd would appreciate me posting it here).

Thanks for the comment - here's a shot of the crew (with WIP sheishin) for scale. Haku is bigger than Ikiru in height and certainly bulk.

So here's my next update.

This is my Shikome. Its actually a Bushido figure, however it fits perfectly with my background and IMHO looks a lot better than the harpy witch thing that is the official figure. In my background, Kirai has come back to the world of spirits looking for her friend Haku who had saved her twice previously. She has only been able to contact his dragon spirit form/side and continues to search for his human side. I would love to find a suitable figure to represent Haku in human form that I can use as Lost Love in my crew if anyone has any suggestions. The dragon form of Haku is clearly older than the dragon in the film, he's hairier, got longer horns and looks generally more lived in, so the human form could easily be a full adult, or perhaps he's still a adolescent spirit trapped somewhere?

Back to the figure, I went into some detail reviewing it here if you are interested. In terms of painting and detailing it, I went for a colour scheme pretty close to the movie look, but darker generally to suggest he's older. As usual he's on wooden boards, but rather than a soot sprite buddy, there's a defeated paper soldier on his base, a reference to a key scene in the film.

Given the Shikome's purpose of hunting down prey, I really like that Haku is sent on missions in the film with a single minded purpose - it nearly kills him in more than one way! All in all I am really pleased with the figure choice, how I've painted him and how it all ties together.

Thanks for all the comments.

Wow, Gujozec, great minds think alike! The pink horror idea is certainly worth looking into, I like the effect. I also really like the water spirit as sheishin -I wish I had thought of that as I've nearly finished the 5 I have, perhaps I could work him in for a shikome. The gold and tokens are a great idea, I was toying with some tokens for one of my upcoming figs, I think based on how well it works I'll go with it.

Here's my next update. My gaming room is in a certain amount of chaos so nice backgrounds will have to wait till next time, but I have had some success with taking shots outside, certainly these look closer to the real colours and detail when I look at them than the shots above!

These are my Onryo. Pretty much copied from the default scheme, but as I mentioned above I don't think this strays too much from the theme. To help tie them in, they are on the standard boards and now have little sprite buddies.

Thanks for the comments - I will squeeze more graveyard shots in future pics. Its the Morr's Garden from GW. I've also been playing with some other bits from Renedra based on how cool this looked.

Here's a few more minis

My current gaki. These guys are painted a bit differently than the standard look with deep blue robes. The females in my crew will all be wearing red robes typically (as do all the bath attendant ladies in Spirited Away) so these guys contrast nicely. As is now standard, soot sprites and wood board bases all present and correct. In terms of rules and background, Gaki are a very good fit for No Face, my favourite character in the film. This means in terms of my crew, these are more of the same kind of spirit that No Face is that Kirai has bound to her will.

From a rules perspective I need more than two, however I find I rarely take them in my starting line up, taking Onryo instead. Gaki are summoning fodder through various abilities. This does mean I rarely get 2 or 3 (using proxies) together to try out their nastier tricks so maybe I should get more and try that a few times.

I am attempting to sculpt a film accurate model to use as another Gaki, but my first attempt is a bit big. While he does grow in the film, rule wise there's no good reason to have an enormous Gaki!

Hi there,

My first post on the forums after skulking for a few months. I'm relatively new to the game and still learning and expanding my first crew, Kirai.

Here's my Master then. Painted fairly typically, I have changed the head on her base into a soot sprite! I've got a twisted version of Kirai running through my crew's theme, which is a sort of 'Return to Spirited Away'.

All my my crew will be mounted on wooden boards too, a reference to the bath house from the Spirited Away film.

Here's the Ikiryo. Amusingly the second figure in my crew immediately clashes with the background theme. Rather than dwell on it, Ikiryo signifies the darker world of Malifaux that Kirai is in and has no link to Spirited Away. I've painted this a bit differently to the standard look.

Anyway, feedback very much appreciated. I've got more figures on the way :Rat_RedPaint: