decker_cky

Large Arachnids are up there somewhere. Not as bad as the larger models, but finicky nonetheless.

Also Avatar of Marcus because it just plain needs replacing.

Currently having rules beta tested. You can download them here:

http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?50679-M2E-Wave-2-Beta-Update-1-14-14

They get updated each week.

Currently having rules beta tested. You can download them here:

http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?50679-M2E-Wave-2-Beta-Update-1-14-14

They get updated each week.

What's the issue? It's shapechanging or summoning pretty much isn't it? Both are things that are well established elsewhere in Malifaux. Just it's shapechanging or summoning at a higher level.

What's the issue? It's shapechanging or summoning pretty much isn't it? Both are things that are well established elsewhere in Malifaux. Just it's shapechanging or summoning at a higher level.

I'm living in Saskatoon, but am from Vancouver originally.

I'd try to get a hold of Mach_V (http://www.wyrd-games.net/member.php?4089-Mach_5) or Veskit (http://www.wyrd-games.net/member.php?4094-Veskit). Both are quite active in the community last I saw them.

There's also the CHOP gaming club, which is based out of North Vancouver, but that has a number of Malifaux players:

https://www.facebook.com/CHOPGaming

Ask on the facebook group and you'll surely find someone to point you the right way.

I'm living in Saskatoon, but am from Vancouver originally.

I'd try to get a hold of Mach_V (http://www.wyrd-games.net/member.php?4089-Mach_5) or Veskit (http://www.wyrd-games.net/member.php?4094-Veskit). Both are quite active in the community last I saw them.

There's also the CHOP gaming club, which is based out of North Vancouver, but that has a number of Malifaux players:

https://www.facebook.com/CHOPGaming

Ask on the facebook group and you'll surely find someone to point you the right way.

Delay is unfortunate, but your quick communication and candor more than make up for it. 45 days of delay on a crowdfunding project is very low in the scheme of things.

Delay is unfortunate, but your quick communication and candor more than make up for it. 45 days of delay on a crowdfunding project is very low in the scheme of things.

I can't see gencon stuff being sold without boxes as it doesn't draw attention or look professional on a large stand at a convention (not to mention the increased risk of pieces being lost), and making two sets of boxes obviously isn't sensible.

Whether at initial release or after, having the sprues photographed, the models painted, a second set shaded and both sets photographed is a lot of time and expense for the entire model range. Especially given that every single one of those display methods would likely have a few people preferring it, the vast majority not really caring, and a few people hating it.

The renders are the most efficient and practical way to do things, in the end. They don't make everyone happy, but then again what does! *wink*

They could do generic unprinted boxes (for much cheaper) with a sticker identifying the contents at Gencon if boxes were considered important (ideally with painted and unpainted models visible on the booth, or with a poster to show what's available).

Shading is something that should always be done for all miniatures. You assemble a set, prime it white, then quickly shade it. Needs good pictures, but otherwise it's hardly an expense. Sprues could easily be done at the same time.

Painting is a bit more of an investment, but for a game requiring that investment out of their players, I don't see why that shouldn't be done for the sales packaging (particularly for a company like Wyrd which has always been so strong in the painting community with their competitions and with Eric as one of the founders).

I think that if nothing else, the website should include the renders, unpainted but shaded miniatures, a painted set of the models, and shots of the sprues. You can argue logistics for the initial release, but at a certain point, it makes sense to show the miniatures in all the relevant forms.

I also wouldn't really care if the Gencon stuff came without boxes to make for a better box upon release to the stores. That way people in stores can see the actual miniatures rather than just renders - even if renders are what someone wants, showing renders and painted miniatures will appeal to other gamers/hobbiests more.

I'd let you use it in game like that as long as Myranda was about Ht7 or so!!

So by that logic, you'd be fine with Ht7 domesticate, right?

And if Marcus and Myranda are going to be playing in the trees, who's going to stop their pet kitten from getting in on the fun?

And who can keep that dirty ape Cojo from getting in on the action?

And what's that coiled up in the branches? Why it's the dreaded tree rattler!

A bunch of these conversions are only half done, but I had fun messing around with the models so far.

I must say though...not the cheapest project if I didn't have everything ready to go already - there's over $100 of basing materials being used here!

Thanks for the suggestion. That's sort of the idea I've been playing around with for this, but it's tough because the nightmare hanged are so fragile. Not only will they almost be touching the ground, but the extra handling in switching bases all the time could be enough to create issues.

Regardless, I've been playing around with this some more, and will post some more pictures tonight with the expanded concept.

A model like Howard Langston is perfect for putting something on the base like a crate and having the model climbing either on or off of it (depends on how the legs are set one way probably looks more right).

So I wanted to do something like this since I saw the Myranda pose, and it turns out she fits perfectly on this hanged model. It's right now only connected by a dab of superglue, but it's so perfect that I think I have to do it. I can always use the old metal as my actual Myranda in games.

BTW, not directly relevant to the OP, but another hobby skill I'd recommend is working with greenstuff, if only to fill/smooth over gaps. Not often an issue with Wyrd minis in my experience, but I do have a gap to fill in the neck of the RSR.

I'm still fairly new to miniatures, so I'll ask: what is pinning?

It's a skill that you generally get forced to learn with fragile metal models (either big, like a warhammer giant, or tiny joints, like either of the metal Vik sets).

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?29444-Pinning-Tutorial

Basically, you add support to joints with a pin. A nice product to get you started is the P3 Modelling Drill and Pinning Set.

http://privateerpress.com/content/modeling-drill-pinning-set

It's pretty cheap, and comes with both the drill, and perfectly sized 'pins' for the holes it makes.

Somehow I tend to think that shouldn't be needed when paying for a product.

Pinning has always been an essential hobby skill, and it's easier to pin plastic than it is to pin metals.

Is anyone else finding a gap in the neck of the rattler just before the head bit?

As I understand it there cannot be any undercuts in the molds for plastic models so some pieces have to be separate. I too just assembled the Latigo set & for example the reason Perdita's holster was separate is because the handle of the gun would have caused an undercut (that's why the empty holster is part of her leg). I will admit sometimes the parts are split at weird spots, but undercuts are the reason.

Bingo. It's a limitation of plastics, though with creative use of extra parts, you can get around it. To understand what's meant by undercuts, just imagine the difference between casting metals, which go in rubber molds, to plastics, when go in steel molds. The rubber molds can be 'peeled' from around metals once the models cool down, whereas the plastics have to be able to come directly out, limiting the directions of the details on a given piece.

Justice has 4 sculpts. Original, alternate, dead and plastic.

Colette has 4 sculpts too. Original and avatar (3).

Nice to know he is supposed to be that large. He is my favorite model from the Latigo set. My simple solution to make him "fit" on the 30mm base was to cut the rock off from his foot. Now he looks like he is charging blasting everything in sight

Looks great! Only think missing is something being kneed by his left knee.

Illuminated are monsters against models without brilliance. I took a triple take when I saw how far they could charge and have a 2" MI range.

Granted I've though their cloud sucked from the very beginning of beta and fought to get it changed, but to no avail.

They are great tanks and damage dealers though, even without brilliance.

They have an awesome charge + melee threat range, a very solid melee 6 attack ignoring brilliance, and incredible resilience with 1 wound per SS cost, Df5, armour +1, regen 1, a weak terrifying and an (0) healing ability that doesn't compete with anything else.

When you factor in the damage bonus against brilliance models, and benefiting from addict, they're just incredible models.

I think Joel was making a McCabe Reference as he can take up to 4 Guardsmen or Black Sheep. Meaning he can have Illuminated and Austringers.

If only he could somehow get Rotten Belles, he'd have the triumvirate of the best value minions.

It's worth noting that even with a lesser brilliance giving mechanism, illuminated are incredible value (beckoners are very good as well).