GMort Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Something that the Gremlin players have been waiting awhile for...here's an unboxing and review of the Wyrd Games Malifaux starter set for all the Gremlins favourite girl...Ophelia LaCroix... http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/unboxing-malifaux-ophelia-lacroixs-kin.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MudgeBlack Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 She got all grow'd up! I still like my shorty Ophelia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypoking Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Could we get a comparison shot between the Kin and some ht2 mooks? Edit: Also, no shot of the new Francois. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 First of all, and most importantly, thank you again Gmort for doing these. Much, much appreciated!As for the models themselves, scale and Ht are apparently completely divorced these days A comparison to the plastic Bayou Gremlins would be very interesting, I think. Also a better, from the side pic of the Youngs would be appreciated. But I understand if you don't wish to do these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 First of all, and most importantly, thank you again Gmort for doing these. Much, much appreciated! Couldn't agree more. On the models, ugh, this isn't any better than the Som'er box. So it seems no branching out to the Gremlin faction for me unless they seriously shape up with the other boxes. I really hope the rumour about them switching the company that does the minis is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Heel Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Thanks GMorts. Love these. I have the new Grem plastics and love their look and never liked the halflingness of the old sculpts. This difference in the pics is pretty stark regarding Ht though. Seems like Ht 1 is really Girth 1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grave13 Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Couldn't agree more. On the models, ugh, this isn't any better than the Som'er box. So it seems no branching out to the Gremlin faction for me unless they seriously shape up with the other boxes. I really hope the rumour about them switching the company that does the minis is true. The somer box im only three models deep into building right now and i must say it is a nightmare to assemble. So the ophelia crew box is not any easier? And what is this rumor of switching companies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeton Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 And what is this rumor of switching companies? Nathan mentioned at Gencon that the manufacturing company they'd been using was a constant source of hassle (not least for their love of separating models into tiny fiddly pieces) and they'd recently switched to another company. The first model produced by that company was Miss Ery (who is a marvel of design and a joy to assemble). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMort Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Blogger also randomly deleted a chunk of the article so Francois went missing...I'll re-insert him in a moment...Unfortunately "I need to redo part of a blog article" isn't an acceptable excuse for turning up late for work, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMort Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 He's in there now...I apologise profusely...even though it was bloggers fault.... ...he's being compared to a Young LaCroix currently...an actual comparison pic will appear later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Now I hate to do this but that's Francois and a Young Lacroix and you have Francois standing in the midst of the Youngs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMort Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 ZFiend...Not any more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 The Mickey Mouse like spindly arms with huge gloves as hands that several models in this box have looks really bad IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeton Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 The Mickey Mouse like spindly arms with huge gloves as hands that several models in this box have looks really bad IMO. I agree, but I think it's a deliberate art choice to distinguish them from human proportions - if they didn't have wacky giant hands you could just put human heads on them and they'd be teenagers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grave13 Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Nathan mentioned at Gencon that the manufacturing company they'd been using was a constant source of hassle (not least for their love of separating models into tiny fiddly pieces) and they'd recently switched to another company. The first model produced by that company was Miss Ery (who is a marvel of design and a joy to assemble). Man i hope so. It would be great if the gremlins were not a nightmare to build. Or any other crew box for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Heel Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Looking at the Miss Ery model, ot makes sense that it was done by another company. I'd love to see model Ht mean "standing figure height," although I fear what this would mean for the Gremlin aesthic. If the new Ophelia was scaled down to the height of the old one then the figure would be nigh unplayable because her arms would be merely microns in diameter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Looking at the Miss Ery model, ot makes sense that it was done by another company.I'd love to see model Ht mean "standing figure height," although I fear what this would mean for the Gremlin aesthic. If the new Ophelia was scaled down to the height of the old one then the figure would be nigh unplayable because her arms would be merely microns in diameter!But look at the Somer box unboxing:http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/unboxing-malifaux-somer-teeth-joness.htmlThe new and old Bayou Gremlins are of comparable heights. The new ones are maybe a tiny bit taller. The old kin were of similar height to the old Bayou Gremlins. But the new kin are gigantic compared to the old kin which leads me to think that the new kin are much bigger than the new Bayou Gremlins. Which isn't a good thing since they are still all Ht1. And it's aesthetically super weird as well.And all of this is aside from those two Young LaCroix giant mutants that are obviously just a horrible mistake.I really, really wish that Wyrd would address this somehow. Even if it was just to say "Sorry guys, we really messed up but fixing it would be too expensive so this is what you will have to live with. We will strive to do better in the future and Brewie's box will be properly scaled." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypoking Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'd thought giant young meant relatively person sized. I really hadn't taken into account that the rest of the kin would double in size. Those kid's have to look ginormous next to a bayou gremlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loveless Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 I really want to see Ophelia next to Perdita now...who has the bigger hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somnicide Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 The new gremlin aesthetic is what made me at all interested in playing them. The size issue seems to be plaguing almost all factions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boshea Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Good thing physical model height doesn't matter at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 But look at the Somer box unboxing:http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/unboxing-malifaux-somer-teeth-joness.html The new and old Bayou Gremlins are of comparable heights. The new ones are maybe a tiny bit taller. The old kin were of similar height to the old Bayou Gremlins. But the new kin are gigantic compared to the old kin which leads me to think that the new kin are much bigger than the new Bayou Gremlins. Which isn't a good thing since they are still all Ht1. And it's aesthetically super weird as well. And all of this is aside from those two Young LaCroix giant mutants that are obviously just a horrible mistake. I really, really wish that Wyrd would address this somehow. Even if it was just to say "Sorry guys, we really messed up but fixing it would be too expensive so this is what you will have to live with. We will strive to do better in the future and Brewie's box will be properly scaled." That is very true and very horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loveless Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Good thing physical model height doesn't matter at all. Well, rule-wise, you're correct. Aesthetically, it matters a fair bit. Scale issues have plagued Wyrd for always and it's an oddity they can't seem to kick. I don't understand why they don't make master reference models of their human, gremlin, and other races as they come up and just refer back to that "average" when they start work on new things. Instead, we get giant "young" gremlins, crouching models who are as tall as standing models (although in the case of the Silurids, the crouching model is actually smaller than the other two...which was amusing), and enough variation in head size that I can't decide if the goal is true-scale, heroic-scale, or "I've been cursed by a witch doctor, please send help" scale. How a TT Game looks is often as important as the rules. The main reasons I've heard in-person for someone not getting into Malifaux aren't cost or rules-related. The reasons are "I hear the models are really hard to assemble" and "I hear the scale is really inconsistent" You see the former in every new Gremlin release at least and the latter is a treat we get with almost every new box of minions it seems, as one of the three is inevitably out of scale with the other two. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Unclean Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Did anyone else's Ophelia not come with a hat? EDIT: Never mind. It did have a hat. It had just come off the sprue and I mistook it for something else and tossed it in my bits box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 As much as I like the look of this box set, I feel there should be a warning on the box: WARNING: May experience anxiety, depression, and violent mood swings while assembling Rami Lacroix's gun. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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