Review: Malifaux scheme and strategydeck

For my next installment of my blog I wanted to review something I’ve had for more than over a month now.

I have bought some scheme and strategy decks from a fellow Malifaux player: @PFalcon83 on twitter. It’s a custom made deck which helps me to remember my schemes and strategies.

So what can you expect when you want to order some of these decks. You get the following things:

1. The schemes and strategies

2. Cheat cards for flipping and some of the conditions

3. A nice storagebox to put the decks back in again.

You get 2 sets in the  storage box, so it’s an ideal thing to use for demos or to play a game in a casual environment. Our local henchmen all bought one and I’m going to give one away as price support for my upcoming tournament.

Here you have some of the cards. Let me give you a few reasons why I like this deck.

First the quality of the cards is great. It feels like the statcards of the new M2E. It gives it an extra edge of durability I think.

Next is the lay-out. It’s very clear what number the scheme and strategy is. Also there is a distinction between schemes and strategies.

The last thing to point out is that @PFalcon83 communicated very quickly and correct about the delivery and price. Within a few days the cards were mad and on my way. The only downside is the shipping cost, which isn’t @PFalcon83’s fault. If you live in the Us I think the price will be much lower since the shipping was actually more than the cost to make the decks.

The only small complaint is that the cheatcard is a little smaller than the actual card itself so you have a few white edges. But that’s not really an issue since you can still clearly read everything that’s on the card.

Overall I’m very pleased with the product and I give it an

And now for something completely different

For this weeks installment i’m going to talk not about gremlins, but something else that is green and that is the ressurectionsts. I’m going to have a monthly blog about my favorite rezzer master Kirai. Mind you I haven’t played a game with her, but here theme and playstyles is something that appeals to me.

The old metal box set

So for the next couple of months I’m going to do a small blog about a master that I loved, Kirai. There is a challenge, for those who don’t know it already, about starting up a new crew for the next 6 months.

I’ve got a unpainted and mostly unassembled Kirai crew and now I can have the motivation to start building and paint it. I don’t expect to do well during matches, but I would like to see some progression toward the end of the 6 month in painting and playstyle.

So for the first month I’m going to build up the metal starter set and the totem. I think that the actual price (when they are re-released will be around 50$. So I’m going to add 2 more seishin in the mix to round it on a nice 60$.

New artwork for Kirai

The reason for this is that we can show new players how to buy a crew within an affordable budget. Of course you need paints and other hobbysupplies, but I think that you can still enjoy the hobby with a small budget and hope I can talk about ways to cut down on cost during the coming months.

After the initial box set we’ll see what I’ll be adding to the mix. I’ve gotten everything I need to round out the crew (I’ve even got the avatar and I’m looking foraward in adding this model into the mix as well).

In the coming month I’ll try to plan and strategize what and when I’ll be building some of the models. I don’t have a massive amount of time, but I hope to finish off the spiritcrew at the end of the month.

I’m very excited and hope I can show off some of my painting and modeling skills. 

For more info on the different bloggers: 

http://taleofmalifauxbloggers.blogspot.co.uk/

http://wyrd-games.net/community/topic/98442-tale-of-malifaux-bloggers-tomb/

A Forthnight in Hobbying

Ok, instead of a weekly dissection I bring you my custom made Whiskeygolem.

So I started bying this from Renedra limited (2 packs of 10 barrels):

http://www.renedra.co.uk/webstore.html

After that I started assembling a few barrels to make the legs and lower part of the body. 

I also bought some  legs, feet (which I didn't use in the end) and the exhaust of a dreadnought from GW. 

I cut up the legs to place them closer together.

As you can see the exhaust was used as a backpack and also it was a way to disguise the arms a bit. I mad shoulderpads out of one of the smaller barrels.

After assembly I pinned the 2 parts together and then undercoated it white. After that I did the barrels and ropes in brown and the exhaust and arms in metal.

I gave it all a brown wash and then used the new technical paints from GW (Rust and corrosion). I'm very pleased with the paints. They are easy to use and give a good finish to the model.

Hope you enjoyed this and I can't recommend the people at Renedra enough. A small range to convert with, but it's a awesome quality and it's great if you just want some scatter terrain on the table.