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I don't play Ten Thunders, but I really like these sculpts.

Maybe I'll pick up Mei Feng and just enough 10T stuff to do a proper crew with her....

Hey, that slope looks really slippery, doesn't it?

Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi & Yav are amazing albums.

Russian pagan folk metal at its finest.

I'll add a link when I get to my computer.

If I can figure out how to upload images into the forums, I'll post some pics. I'm very new to the forums, and I haven't even thought about posting pics yet.

Update: I just started an album in my gallery with a few pics of my minis. The pics aren't the best, since I was going off just t he overhead light in my painting room and using the camera on my tablet, but they will give you an idea of my painting style, such as it is.

Hey Onelittlethunder, thanks for those links - and I love your avatar! (I guess when I logged on here it used my Gravatar account avatar, but on most forums I use good ol' Jack Burton...)

 

Based on that I think I'll hold off on buying a rulebook or anything and wait to grab that starter box. That does indeed look like just what the doctor ordered.  Maybe I'll use that downtime to actually get my stuff painted - I've never started a minis system with a painted force, maybe this is the time to do it!

 

Thanks again!

I just started last month, and I've been trying to have all my minis painted before they hit the table. Starting a new game is definitely the time to start painting. In the last 5 weeks, I've painted 23 models. That's more painted Malifaux minis than Battletech minis (16 painted since 2010) or Warmachine minis (14 painted since 2006).

I'm not sure why, but I love painting these models.

Hello. My name is Joe. I've been mostly lurking for about a month, and I'm finally starting to post here.

I live in Columbia, Missouri, and I play at Valhalla's Gate. I've been gaming longer than I care to think about, but I've only been playing (non-collectible) tabletop miniatures games since 2006, when I started playing Warmachine.

I've looked at Malifaux before, but only recently decided to take the plunge. I started with Arcanists, since Rasputina's crew box spoke to me louder than the other factions and masters. I played Khador in Warmahordes, so a more or less Russian woman with ice powers leading a group of slow moving heavy hitters was within my comfort zone. I've added Ironsides and Marcus since then, and I'm looking forward to the Kaeris box.

I tend to be a very slow and unenthusiastic painter, but in my first 3 weeks since starting the game, I've painted 22 minis. I'm not sure what about these minis captured my interest so much, but I've found painting them quite enjoyable. (Assembling them, on the other hand, would be quite frustrating if they didn't look so freaking good when finished.)

In my opinion, Killjoy's alt should be Miss Begotten.

Well, you mained two off-healing classes in WoW, so you should be picking one of the more supportive masters out there. Shadowrun Orks, Lot5R crab clan, Barbarians, and, especially, Khador's Butcher of Khardov all speak for a penchant for... brutality, in a word. That leads me more towards Guild than anything else. My recommendation is everyone's favorite mad scientist Dr. McMourning.

 

The Butcher has a very specific gameplan: Kill anything that could threaten the Butcher, and then proceed to figuratively beat the opponent about the head and neck with the Butcher. McMourning heals himself at a truly frightening rate with the Brutal Effigy's help, and, even if you lose the rest of your crew, if you crush the enemy's ability to damage McMourning faster than he heals, he can literally do whatever he wants, namely murder everything on the table. Before he can just indiscriminately start breaking things, he brings scheme marker manipulation, maneuverability tricks, and offensive support against models with Armor and Hard to Wound.

 

Interesting....

When I started looking into the game, I first looked at Resurrectionists (because Seamus is cool), then at Neverborn since I liked the look of them overall, but I finally decided to pick up Rasputina as my first master. In the month or so since, I've been very happy with my choice of Arcanists, and I've also picked up Ironsides for a change of pace.

I hadn't really considered Guild at all, since I generally stay away from the designated hero factions. I had glanced at McMourning a bit when I was looking at Ressers, but he didn't quite click with me. I might try branching out to him after I've played long enough to get a handle on my first faction, but I'll most likely play him as Resser instead of Guild at first.

Thank you, Zinc Lich, for starting this thread. It's been very entertaining and informative.

I am a very new player, having picked up my first crew less than a month ago. I've been lurking on the forums, but this thread convinced me to join the forums. I know which master(s) I've purchased, and I'd like to see if I've made the right decision.

So, here goes....

Video games:

World of Warcraft - my main characters were an Orcish Enhancement/Resto Shaman and a Goblin Shadow/Holy Priest

Guild Wars 2 - my main is an asura necromancer

Street Fighter series - Ken, Sagat, and Ryu (in that order)

Mega Man 2 & 3

Final Fantasy I, VI, and Tactics

Chrono Trigger

Tabletop games:

D&D/Pathfinder - I play barbarians & sorcerers mostly, with the occasional cleric

Legend of the Five Rings - Crab, Phoenix, and Sparrow clans, usually

Shadowrun - Orks, usually physical adepts or street samurai

Battletech/Mechwarrior - Capellan Confederation

Warmachine - Khador, with the Butcher of Khardov as my preferred caster

Sentinels of the Multiverse - Absolute Zero and Setback are my favorite heroes

Anime:

Bubblegum Crisis

Record of Lodoss War

serial experiments lain

Evangelion

Anything by Miyazaki & Stufio Ghibli

So, which master should I be playing?