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3 minutes ago, Rat King said:

I would do terrible terrible things to get that Hamelin model.

...unfortunately it sounds like those "terrible things" will mean buying it off ebay.  

Try playing Malifaux

Jokes apart, I hear you, I myself don't have that many events to attend, I have 4 guilders so far, see what that gets me...maybe a foot of Pandora?
But this certainly gives me an incentive to participate more. I'll pester my Henchman: "when is the next tourney?"

By the way, I MUST have that Pandora model!! 

58 minutes ago, SpectreEliteGaming said:

Woooh! Good idea. 

I already have them all in metal though. ?

I suspect a number of them will look better than the metal version - I'm thinking "avatar" pandora in particular.

Good choice on McMourning, Raspy, Hamelin, and Somer - some of the best sculpts you guys have put out.?

You can only get them by playing? Boooo...

 

I suspect they will be sold as limited editions later, anyway. ?

I'd hate to see the gaming aspect take precendence over the hobby aspect - as it usually does. ? If hobbyists cant get their hands on these models witthout playing or ridiculous ebay prices that would be a shame.

I wouldn't: I think the gaming aspect is just as important as the hobby, if not more, and it is what keeps the ball rolling. Companies that keep thinking about themselves as hobby companies first and gaming companies second are sorely mistaken and usually in bad waters: one example, Games Workshop. Perhaps if they supported their games a bit more, they wouldn't have had to completely reboot Warhammer and turn it into a joke. Personally I am into Malifaux for the game first, and the hobby second (although obviously I LOVE Wyrd miniatures) and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I think I am lucky that Wyrd minis are beautiful, but I would paint them anyway even if they weren't, if they were the minis required to play such a great game

I think this is a great way for Wyrd to encourage people to PLAY Malifaux (it's truly an awesome game) and a great move on their behalf! Are you sure you don't wanna give playing Malifaux a shot?

7 hours ago, Myyrä said:

Sticking with one faction is the way to go if you have budget and time contraints. I prefer getting all the things.

Lol most of us do I think 

I guess if you have only two masters, it makes more sense to have them in the same faction, at least you can integrate the models. Then when the Malifaux fever settles...you eventually get to all things

I started with Ophelia, got a few more Gremlins, then started branching out with Pandora, then got a few more Neverborn...now I have all Gremlins and all Neverborn (apart from Lucius) and I just started Outcasts (with Leveticus)

Lol guys, ok you hated my post

I mostly spoke out of my personal experience: @Tokapondora I don't play TT so I'm not 100% sure, I have played against Misaki once and didn't impress me that much. Sure, she jumps back and forth and is very hard to pin down, but then so is, say Mah Tucket, and I left her out on purpose. I wouldn't call her exactly a beatstick, even if that wooden spoon hurts!
Lynch yeah, great damage output, but I guess he really is not a beatstick, he's support + deck manipulation, and huggy does the damage for the most part. Sure he can discard his hand and chuck a lot of damage at you (got 7 straight damage on my Emissary in my last game...and goodbye Emissary) but I don't know, I think I imagine him more as a manipulator than a beater.
Mei Feng, well, I guess she's kind of average damage dealer for a master, so as you say, to a lesser degree. I was trying to concentrate purely on the "brutal" killers a la Lady J or Seamus. Obviously, every master in Malifaux can hurt you, even Brewmaster or Zoraida if they need to, but that's not the point

@-Loki- Ok, you are right saying that Lilith is a guerrilla fighter, but certainly a 3/4/6 greatsword with positive flips (or +1 dmg for Sudden Darkness) is pretty deadly. The only reason why you wouldn't use her as a beatstick is that she is very vulnerable, but then, so are the Viktorias, and I definitely consider them a beatstick! We could spend our debating what is the best use for Lilith, she is probably more valuable to her crew than the Vikis (every single game I've played against the vikis, they both died  ) but I do think she hurts! 
As for Pandora, note that the first thing I wrote is that she is not a "beatstick" in the conventional sense, but I think her damage output can be crazy so she fits in the "high damage dealers" category. She can self-harm/self-loathing enemies that have a high damage spread, but sucking out life with Misery is, at least for me, her main damage output and it can be massive! I guess the definition of "beatstick" is not universal

In the end, I agree with @Tokapondora, and every Malifaux player would tell you this, sticking with one faction is the way to go. It is very easy to integrate models from different crews, and some models are specifically designed to be perfect "Wild Cards" (for ressers, think Rotten Belles for example). I only picked up another faction when I had already 5 Gremlin masters. So probably get Seamus? He is real nasty and the three belles you get in his box are as good as gold, if you don't have any already.

Hi maddan, I can think of a few!

- Ophelia: she's the killiest of the Gremlins. She was my first crew ever, and I've never gone wrong with her.
- Lilith: that greatsword is naaaasty
- Pandora: a more subtle beatstick, but with a couple of Sorrows around she can quickly kill anybody with just 1 or 2 Wp duels. 
- The Viktorias: full melee, essentially two masters in one, they are probably the killiest and most fragile of all Malifaux masters. Glass cannons.
- Leveticus: unbury, kill you, bury myself again. One of the most ruthless beatsticks.
- Rasputina: wanna blast everything to very small (frozen) pieces?
- Kaeris: see above, but replace ice with fire
- Seamus: the single nastiest attack in Malifaux, that flintlock. The Killer by definition.
- McMourning: again, slightly subtle definition of beatstick, but expunging that Poison +8 all in one go can kill a great deal of things...
- Perdita: bang! You're dead.
- Lady Justice: the killiest master of all Malifaux. Essentially a moving Blender. Don't even get close.
- Sonnia Criid: another fire witch, even though mechanics is different from Kaeris.

That's it, at a first glance. Obviously, as you might know, Guild is a very brutal faction with many brutal masters, Gremlins is also high damage output but in a different way, Outcasts can also be very brutal, especially the Viks, while Arcanists and Neverborn tend to be more subtle. Ten Thunders...I don't know, I don't think any Ten Thunders master is properly a beatstick, the faction just doesn't work that way.

Hope it helps and good luck!

2 hours ago, Myyrä said:

Well, it's useful to know that Molly can summon models with Finish the Job that die instantly and drop a scheme marker.

Hahaha I know, I actually played a game against Molly just yesterday and she was really nasty! From my point of view, my main summoners are Collodi and Ulix, so neither of those can actually get their dolls/pigs to place scheme markers

42 minutes ago, Myyrä said:

There are other ways to place scheme markers as well. Finish the Job ability is one example. Most models can place scheme markers only by interacting though.

Ok, so apart from rare abilities like Finish the Job, usually summoned models won't be able to place scheme markers. Thanks, that is mainly what I needed to know.

2 minutes ago, Myyrä said:

Summoned models can still place scheme markers. They just can't interact...

Ok now you got me confused...isn't placing a scheme marker an interact action??

Ok thanks, that's what I thought but I just wanted to be sure  
So this means for example that summoning models in the last turn to have them place those precious scheme markers is not going to happen...

Hey guys, I have a doubt that I'd love to clarify: I'm aware that summoned models receive slow and can't interact in the turn in which they are summoned. Is this to be considered a condition? If so, if I was able to remove conditions on the summoned model, for sure I would remove the slow, but would they be able to interact, as well? That would make a world of difference!

Thanks

22 hours ago, Shadowopal said:

I vote for this year's Miss model to be Miss Taken

 

A three pack of female Changelings.

 

This. Great idea and great name choice, too

I am definitely disappointed as I would have preferred a bit more variety, like many people mentioned before me. It seems to be the trend lately (Gupps for example!) and it is a pity. Look at Crooligans, or Collodi's Marionettes for example, which are excellent and so different from each other! 
Perhaps there's still time for Wyrd to change this?

Finally Spawn Mother and Gupps! Sorely needed Swampfiends for a Zoraida crew.

Not sure about Gupps, since they are a swarm, will they go all on a single 40mm base, or should it be one per base?

Really looking forward to these to keep company to my Brewie!

Some really amazing minis out there! Glad to be part of this!

Sooooo looking forward to those. Not sure if I'll every field three of them all together, but definitely going to be a must in most of my Gremlins crews!

Hi! I just uploaded my images! I have uploaded one image by mistake in two categories and I don't know how to delete it. It should only be in the Trick or Treat category. Could you help?

Thanks. Looking forward to seeing all the models!