Malifaux is my first miniatures war game. I have done plenty of model building (a lot of Gundam models when I was a kid), and an art/design student at one point. I'm used to doing a lot with my hands.
So, I went for Outcasts. Sue sold me on the entire game. He was pretty easy to put together and thought this would be fairly decent.
Then, I ran into Hamelin. Wasn't bad but took forever.
Then, there's the Hodgepodge Emissary. So many fidly bits!