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The key model is Nico. You can lose pretty much any other model and still make it work. Even if he can't mass summon he can still revive dead models and boost them with his auras. Fortunately he's not easy to kill, but he isn't invulnerable either.

Ressers, obviously.

Group of three, so minions most likely. Nicodem will be happy.

Very fashionably dressed, for zombies. Alternate Rotten Belles, or something similar that's their own thing?

As an aside, Zipp has the ability to reposition on a  on the defense dual. How would that work with a model that uses an attack that has both a melee and ranged profile like the Freikorps librarian. If she was in melee and I discard for furious casting, then he jumps away after the first attack, can I switch to the ranged profile and keep shooting him for the remaining two attacks?

I've not played Reva, only McMourning, but he is a lot of fun. Nico will be my second Resser master once I can stir myself enough to paint his models.

I think that McMourning and Nico share more of a model pool than Nico and Reva inasmuch as many of McMourning's themed models are also Undead and benefit from Nico's synergies.

With the new upgrades Von Schill is a solid middle of the road master for Outcasts.

If you can pull Joss into a position where a Nurse can medicate him onto negative flips, with a Belle, and then hit him with a Shikome and/or McMourning he will evaporate. Reactivating on one wound doesn't mean anything when he's poisoned and sitting near the Doc, that's if he hasn't been expunged into a Flesh Construct already. In fact sitting the Doc next to a poisoned model on one wound, who's yet to activate, is quite enjoyable.

McMourning's answer to every question is "poison it". Must be that Guild education.

As others have said, McMourning isn't a beatstick, although with Rafkin (and I always run Rafkin with him) around he can put out a tolerable amount of damage. He's a scalpel. Pick a model. Kill it. Move on. That said you should be splashing poison around like it's a half price sale on pesticides (Guild Autopsies, Rafkin, Rogue Necromancy can all do it at range, some with blasts) so there shouldn't be a healthy model on the board.

On the Levi subject, the reason he went to nothing is because his card, including his damage tracks, was originally written with the assumption that you'd be burning his wounds to get positive flips. That's why the damage tracks all very low for a master (except his melee severe). With channelling reduced to one incidence of focus he's hitting minimum damage more often, where 1 or 2 just isn't enough. He needs new damage tracks, possibly 2/4/6 for melee, and 3/4/5 for unmaking.

Neverborn: Collodi. "I had strings but now I'm free, there are no strings on me."

Guild: Hoffman. "We can rebuild him. We have the technology." Lucius: "The prosecution rests, m'lord." Sonnia. "I am the god of hellfire."

Arcanists: Marcus. "Wild Boys!" Duran Duran

Ressers: Nicodem. "My mother said I should make more friends." McMourning. "The doctor is in."

Gremlins: Ophelia. "You have to ask yourself, 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk?"

10 Thunders: Maybe Lynch. "The House always wins."

Outcasts: Leveticus. "You get an Abomination, and you get an Abomination, and you get an Abomination." Viktoria. "Off with her head." Hamelin. "Oh rats!"

Edit: I play Outcasts (so far everyone except Tara) and Ressers (only McMourning so far).

She's a 1.5 hangover from when she was an outcast member of the Ten Thunders.

Grab the Ramos box. Howard, Joss, and a Spider Swarm. Ml7 Spider Swarms can be fun.

Amina Naidu.

Strictly speaking, not a Beast, but playable with both.

Malifaux Raptor has his little tricks.

People would take him though. 

10 stones.

Remember you can play Nicodem as a support master, simply raising and re-raising his punk zombies. It might not be his strongest incarnation, but it's still effective.

Séamus is the Irish version of James.

Definitely going to get those Viktorias.

Viktoria of Blood is a Neverborn Doppelganger. We've seen what the Doppelganger looks like. She's not just missing clothes, she's missing her skin as well. Neverborn don't really care about human sensibilities. Just look at Zoraida.

Thanks. Now I have my McMourning crew painted it's time to start on Nicodem.

I would trade in Queeg for Francisco. Unfortunately he really is that good. Adds some more hitting power, and can make Lucius much more resilient.

Are they academics or beasts so McMourning can take them?

I prefer Strongarm Suit most of the time, but Lazarus is good when you need to clear chaff with his blasts. With Oathkeeper and I Pay Better on a Henchman you can get two focused shots in one turn.

Yes. It doesn't say "other" friendly beasts, so if he counts as a beast then he heals from Test Subjects.

I run Rusty Alyce with him, and with From Aether she can produce an Abomination for a 7 and a 10 each turn. It also allows friendly models to use the (0)s from the Steam Trunk either in multiples or in combination with their own. Survivalist is another option of course.

I would recommend the Wave 5 upgrade pack. Nythera Aftermath and Oath of the Freikorps bump Von Schill solidly into the mid to upper tier range for Outcasts masters.

My default is Nythera, Oath, Engage.

That's an idea. I hadn't really thought about Seamus's new hires. Not that Seamus really appeals to me, but his new pool does make for some interesting variations in Resers.

Don't forget that the positive flips benefit any model with Oathkeeper, not just Freikorps.

Hire a model with Oathkeeper and they'll also be getting positive flips against models damaged by Von Schill until such time as they drop it, and then Von Schill can slap it on another Freikorps model.