Introductions Forum

[Nathan Caroland]

Wyrd Miniatures is a growing community and for some time now folks have been after me to make an introductions section for the new folks coming in and joining our little community and to tell a bit about themselves and to break the ice so to speak.

Stop in, introduce yourself and let us know a little about yourself. You'll find that you probably know quite a few people from other forums, or meet some new folks that you've never really interacted with, but all the same, you are very welcome here at Wyrd. Let us know a bit about you, your hobbies and your likes.

Welcome to the Wyrd!

-
Nathan Caroland

[supervike]

hello, my name is supervike, and I am a miniature-o-holic.

My real name is Jim, I've been married for 17 years, am 38 years old, and have two daughters.

I work in the 'telecommunications' industry, with the title of Central Office Technician, but I'm not sure what that even means. I take care of lots of computers, phone circuits, and general telephony issues.

Miniature speaking, I really have a broad taste. I prefer a bit more off the wall and character minis to super scuplted, yet somehow boring things. I like Sci Fi minis, Pulp, ALT WW2, just to name a few.

I'm the moderator here on Wyrd (although when they find out that I really don't do much, I'm sure they are going to take my washroom key back) and also a moderator on Cool Mini Or Not.

I feel I am an average painter with much better ideas that what I can execute.

Lastly, I would rather be remembered by the on line community as just a really nice guy over anything else...

[Malebolgia]

Hi,

I am Malebolgia and I am 26 years old. My real name is Marijn. I live in the Netherlands and I (still) am a student. I am studying 'Science Communication' in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands and I hope to FINALLY receive my Master's degree this year. After this I may open a games store here in Groningen...I'm still looking into that; a store with space to actually play games...something we don't have here yet...and that in a city of 160.000 people of whom 40.000 are students!

Gaming-wise I am addicted to WARMACHINE. I started buying the stuff 2 years ago and I was hooked immediately. The game is very balanced and basically a blast. I liked it so much that I applied for Press Ganger a year ago. I have been doing demoes and tournaments all over the country since then (long live the students card with which you can travel for free with public transport in the weekends).
Other games I play are: Full Thrust, Legends of the Wild West, Warhammer, Warzone, Confrontation and Supersystem.
Other games I own: Warhammer, Warhammer 40.000, necromunda, Mordheim, Gorka Morka, Bommerz over da Sulfer River, Warzone, Chronopia, Void, Celtos, Fearless, Warlord, Mage Knight, Heroclix, Mechwarrior, Stargrunt 2, Dirtside 2, HORDES, Combat Zone, Shockforce, Lord of the Rings, Urban War, Chainmail...and some I am bound to forget.

I also enjoy painting a lot. I am not a very fast painter. Because I love and play so many games my painting tend to get diverted to all kinds of miniatures. This means that I only own one painted Full Thrust fleet. The rest of my armies aren't fully painted. Luckily my friends have the same problem and we are't anal about playing with unpainted lead. Recently I have become a Painter of Doom (painting miniatures for Heresy) and I am working on some miniatures for Andy now. I really like I can help Andy out as he is a great guy and makes some of the coolest miniatures around.

I have joined Wyrd Miniatures almost a year ago...I think. I believe I joined the forum when I ordered the first 4 releases....of which none are painted...:ahhhhh: . Hopefully the current contest will change this.

Cheers,

Marijn

[Illustrange]

@Marijn , I miss my OV kaart (free transport thing.), also for as far as I know the only playing space in rotterdam is GW owned... wich is a shame really.

well then let me properly introduce myself

Hi,
Im Melvin, Illustrange is the name of my site. Im 25 years old and live since half a year in rotterdam, the netherlands. Ive been a proffesional pixel and concept artist for videogames since my 18th (doing artschool in between.), always intending it to be a "vessel"to become an illustrator, designer and eventually sculptor for miniature games, however I would never achieve my goals trough that industry, so I decided a few months back to spend time to brush up my illustration skills and slowly move towards making the dive into that world. I currently have done art for alphaforgegames Star mogul ruleset and will be working with them on further SM supplements & the new Dark tribes game.

miniatures and me :
the last time I played a miniature game was age 16, Ive played warhammer, heroquest, star quest, dark world (schwarsche augen boardgame.), legend of zagore (talking boardgame.), epic and a dozen of selfcreated games I played with my brothers.
of all "miniature" games I actually enjoy chess the most.. yep thats right, from what Ive played chess is far superior rulewise, but star quest is a good follow up to that followed by dark world in all its simplicity.
skirmish games fascinate me but I have yet to play one, from what Ive seen Confrontation (especially DoW.)and Hordes have the biggest attraction on me, recently joined by Hell Dorado, Infinity and Anima. hell dorado reminds me of a miniature game Ive seen when younger, it had a zombie wild west theme, dont know the name tough.
the attraction is even higher with miniature boardgames tough. Hybrid, Cadwallon and blood bowl... I wish there were more board based miniature games these days.

so were does wyrd miniatures come in, Ive had my eye on them for a while (tough in all honestly, Ive yet to buy a mini from them.) and liked there unique miniatures, especially the steampunk ones, if I had money Id contract them for one of my gamedesigns ;))
so thats it.. I think
a bit long, but thats me

[Ritual]

My name is Anders, I'm 31 and live in Stockholm, Sweden. I've been painting minis since I was 10 or so... with a few pauses. I've never got into gaming because I never manage to complete the minis needed even for smaller games. I guess the real reason is that I simply don't have enough interest in gaming and, thus, fail to keep up the discipline to paint the minis I need and not any other.

I work at a company producing electronic books for blind and visually impaired students. I'm sort of an production manager at the company. Painting is my biggest hobby and a way to relax and forget about real life, but I also do some professional work, from time to time, Wyrd being the biggest "customer"! :D

I got in touch with Wyrd through the competitions Nathan arrange and as I have had some success in them, Nathan contacted me to do some promoting for him when he was launching the miniature line. That ended up with me being one of the regular studio painters, for which I'm really happy. :)

Not much else to say about me! :)

Cheers,
Anders

[witchfire]

Witchfire here !

i'm a 40 yrs old french canadian , i work in a comic book store & am an impulsive mini buyer
and a lousy painter

i play warmachine/hordes , Darkage & reaper warlords

i'm also a trecky

[rodnik]

Hi folks!
I'm Kevin.
I work as a security architect at a financial services firm---my background is electrical engineering with an expertise in programmable logic controllers. I have some degree of expertise in all things IT---SME level at networking and tcp/ip, along with advanced oop coding and database expertise. I also own a small real estate investing company----and I go to school part time at night in an attempt to finish my undergrad/MBA

I'm 39, been married for 8 years to a very lovely (and very patient) woman and have one daughter.

I picked up my first paintbrush about 2 1/2 years ago, and haven't been able to put it down since. My main focus with my painting right now is to win at a Games Day-----we'll see how that goes.

As far as hobbies----if it can be done without getting arrested, I've probably tried it.

Cheers,
Kev

[Sergeant_Crunch]

Copied from my birthday thread a few weeks ago...

Let's see, my life story....It wasn't easy growing up a...no, wait, that's a movie. Long long ago in a galaxy far far away..., nope, another movie.

Umm let's see, well, as the birthday thingy at the bottom of the page says I'm 31. I really am a sergeant, been in the US Army 'bout 12.5 years. Originally from northwest Ohio, currently live in the middle of Texas. Married for 10 years to a woman who also enjoys gaming (though not obsessed as I am) and have 4 boys from 9 yrs old to 3 weeks.

Started out in my teenage years playing D&D and Battletech though I had no idea there were miniatures for either (I grew up in a small town). Joined the Army at 18 and kept playing and added Shadowrun to the gaming line up as well as a brief stint in CCGs. Stopped playing Battletech becuase I wanted to play big games, and they take to dang long in that game. Stopped playing RPGs because most of our sessions ended up turning into exercises in small unit tactics. So I decided about four or five years ago to start miniature wargaming. Starting with 40k like many people but have given up on that game. Too expensive and I hate having to buy so many revisions of the same books. Picked up CAV from Reaper and love that game. Just need to convince the folks around here to play it. Personal preference is sci-fi games and minis, but if theres a cool lookin' mini I'll pick it up and paint for joy of painting.

Went to my first convention this spring (ReaperCon, they're relatively close and I made friends on those boards), took a few classes and decided to try to improve my mini painting to beyond tabletop, so I entered my first contest (TTII, the pink gladiator). Now my poor wife can't have a conversation with me without it tying into miniatures or wargames in some way.

I'm planning on opening a game store (with online sales) when I retire from the Army or sometime thereafter.

That's pretty much me in a nutshell.

[tzor]

My real name is Christopher Beattie. I am 45 years old which according to my theory of the association of vinyl record speeds and man is a very important year. (According to Tzor’s theory the ages of man can be divided based on the ancient vinyl record speeds. They are 17 ½ , 33 1/3, 45 and 78.)

I started playing AD&D in college in 1980 and as a result started to collect and paint minis. I didn’t photograph them at this stage, but I did have some fun with them in a holography lab. Actually they were called figures or figs back in 1980. Anyway all of this ended after college, even though I returned to role playing back in 1990.

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL291/1756382/3378185/41444165.jpg

So let’s fast forward to a few years ago when S.K. Reynolds had an angel mini painting contest online. “Why not,” I asked and so I did. With that mini, armed with a web camera I started the process to where I am today.

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL291/1756382/3378185/45888752.jpg
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL291/1756382/3378185/46384569.jpg

And where am I today? I live on Long Island, New York, United States, Earth, Sol, etc. I am a computer programmer by trade, a barbershop harmony singer by hobby, and a Knight of Columbus. I’ve recently been on a business trip to Bangalore India. I just came back from Gen Con in Indy.

[wiccanpony]

Greetings my fellow mini maniacs, I am the Wiccanpony.....

In the glaring light of reality (where are my sunglasses?) I’m Donna a 58 year old mild mannered witch who was heading out to my local Magic-R-Us shoppe to buy some voodoo dolls. Darn!! the store was closed do to a demon infestion.

But fortunate for me, a store selling miniatures and other geeky stuff was across the street and as they say, “the rest is history”. ;)

I’m very lucky to be of an age that I was in on the start of D & D, gaming, miniatures, computer and the internet. Whoo Hoo!! can’t wait to see what the next 20 years hold.

I also hang out at the “Freak Bar” on CMON and would call myself a middle of the road painter...not the best, not the worse.

I’m single and retired in Southern California with 3 sisters, 2 nieces, 1 dog, 1 cat and lots of lead people.

Oh! and as long as I buy the wonderful “Wyrd” goodies, Nathan allows me hang around here. ;)

[EricJ]

sooooooo, are we supposed to introduce ourselves here, or start new threads for ourselves? That seems more welcoming to new people to let them have their very own thread :)

I also want to start my own...it's an ego thing ;)

[Nathan Caroland]

Start your own, or post it here. :D

I'll be posting my own thread here soon enough.

[krom1415]

Hi just joined, so bear with me. I like to paint minis

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome!

[krom1415]

Thanks, I'm an old one so I'm having trouble navigating this site at the mo, i'll get used to it

[Maestro]

Hi!

I'm new to this site (well, I've browsed it a few times, but that doesn't count..).
My name is John Thompson and I've been off the alcohol for about 2 days... Oh wait, different forum.

I live in the Netherlands and was born on th 70's (1979). My sign is Pisces, for those who care.

John

Oh, been smearing paint on mini's for about 7-8 years now..

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to the Wyrd John.

Another one from the Netherlands, that seems to be a regular hotspot for painters over in that part of the world, or I just seem to run into the few of you that are there. :)

[Maestro]

Nah, it's not that there's soo many painters here in Holland.. We're just so cool, people seem to remember us..!

I don't think anyone's gonna beleave this.. :)

John

[gi6ers]

Been here a while but here goes,

real name Matt, I'm 32 and live in Herts. Got into painting as a way to relax. I really enjoy the hobby but spend a LOT more time posting on the FOD, here etc than I ever do painting stuff.

I've got pretty broad tastes in minis and will paint anything that takes my fancy.

[LadyEyes]

Hi folks. Figured I'd finally join here. Been meaning to, but I've been busy since Gen Con Indy. :tongue1:

I'm an okay-ish painter. I play sometimes, but I've got a lot of things going on most of the time so it's limited.

[supervike]

hiya Ladyeyes!! Good to have you here. What kind of stuff do you paint?

[EricJ]

welcome :)

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to the Wyrd!

[LadyEyes]

@supervike - It was mostly gaming minis (gw, pp, co), but now I end up painting fun, non-gaming minis more and more. (Working on Halloween stuff at the moment.) And I'm starting to look at a few historicals in larger scale, too.

@EricJ - How was Las Vegas after GCI?

@Frustrated - See? I finally showed up. Told you I wouldn't forget completely. :)

[demonherald]

Hi there just wanted to introduce myself..
Just registered for this site .
I recognise a few names from CMON where I've been a member for about 8 months.

Learning a lot from the communities out there which is helping get my painting back to display standard.

Known in my area (Leeds UK) as a bit of a speed painter regularly painting units of 20+ to a good standard in an evening.
Slowing down a bit now (could be the age) and concentrating on refining my techniques.

getting back into the competitive painting to help push my skills. Biggest success was back in 2001 when I got A silver Demon. Worked forGW for 5 years then so couldn't enter but back with a passion now and ready to conquer all. Hee.hee...sory Mwahh ahhh aahh aah ahhh....

cheers and good luck....

Rob

[supervike]

There goes the neighborhood!


Just kidding....its already gone..LOL

Welcome Rob!

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to the Wyrd. Pop on into some of the contests here, either the Wyrd or the Iron Painter's if you are interested in a bit of competitive painting.

Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

[Djudja]

I want to inroduce myself.

I'm Nik. I'm 22 years old student.
I live in Ukraine, former USSR.

I play wargames for about a year, thus I own only Hordes and WM made by PrivateerPress. I have a number of boardgames, wich I play with friends not involved in our hobby.

I recently was introduced to Wyrd miniaturesby a friend of mine. He said only one word: "Wyrd"! So, here I am. I have only on miniature- Sibertooth cerberus, but I'm very interested ib world of Milifaux and I'm waiting for my monthly scholarship to buy some new.

I'm not experienced painter. But I'll seek and shift my skills.
And last thing to say: I've neve tried GW stuff :ciao:

[Jabberwocky]

Welcome to the forum, Djudja! You'll fine most everyone friendly and helpful here. I look forward to seeing your work!

[waghorn41]

Been a member here since Feb but only just found this forum - must be senility.

Name's Ian and I'm 54, married for 25 years with 5 kids (not kids anymore 4 of them!). Been painting since age 7ish starting with the Airfix HO/OO figure sets. Moved on to metals, ACW and Napoleonics, then took a break for a few years while I was in the RAF. Discovered GW through my sons back in '97 and recently inherited all their stuff which they bought faster than I could paint. Don't get much opportunity for gaming though I do run a club for youngsters in my home town. I paint to relax and the sheer enjoyment and fun of it. Moved on from GW, still with a 5-6 hundred backlog, and look around for anything that takes my fancy. Wyrd, Warmachine, Fenryll, Darkage etc are now filling my workbench.

What do I do? Oh yes, work for a bank now but previously was in publicity design and production.

Painting standard - mediocre, though I did win a couple of competitions in the local GW store (doesn't say much for the standard). Entered FFIII and IP5 for fun and have put a range of minis in my gallery for criticism.

What else? Founder member of Northampton Science Fiction Writer's Group (chairman is internationally acclaimed author Ian Watson). Can I plug our convention Newcon4 here?
www.newcon4.com (http://www.newcon4.com/)

Hope y'all don't mind an old 'un joining the fun.

[Duende]

:welcome:

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

[RogerB]

*taps microphone* <squeel!> Ouch! Testing, testing, one, two, three.

Hello. I thought it was about time I joined up. My name's Roger (in case you couldn't guess). I'm a regular on cmon so a few of you will know me from there.

I started painting and gaming during the mid-eighties and continued with what I thought was good progress, until the early nineties, although the gaming had taken up more time than the painting by then.

Some 14 years passed and I evetually got back in to the hobby. It started with what I iknew (and what I could get locally) which was GW (there used to be an independant shop years ago but alas that is no more) but this time with the internet about I soon found lots more companies and communities.

And so, now I have hundreds more minis, mostly for armies, but now the stuff just to paint is growing rapidly. I'm a really, really slow painter but I enjoy it anyway.

Cheers!

Roger.

[supervike]

*I'm a regular on cmon so a few of you will know me from there.




Hey, I'm regular too!


Good to see you over on this side of the tracks Roger!

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

[RogerB]

Hey, I'm regular too!


Good to see you over on this side of the tracks Roger!


Being regular is definately a good thing.

Glad to be here.

[Cee]

Ummm... hello? Is this thing on? It is? Oh, good....


Um, Cee, easier than typing "Charlie" all the time.
Geographically located in the eastern US of A.
41, no wife, no kids...
I used to play AD&D, but I haven't actually gamed since high school. Oddly, I've gotten more into miniatures since the last game got just too lame to bear. Now what to do with the darn things? Oh that's right: look at the old ones, decide they aren't good enough and either hide 'em or strip them to the bare metal/resin and start over. Basically, I'm here to see what everyone is doing and appropriate those tricks and techniques that impress me.

There's a lot here to steal, uh, learn...

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

There are more than a few folks around here that you can mug for their secrets and most of them won't put up near as much fight as you would think.

:D

Looking forward to seeing your works and you jumping into any of our many contests.

[Hinton]

Welcome to the forums!

[RogerB]

Wlcome to the forums, Cee.

[Jabberwocky]

Welcome to Wyrd!

[demonherald]

welcome aboard Cee ... nothing secret on here except............................................ ...................

[Springbok]

Hi,
I'm Sias, 26 years old and from Southampton in the UK.
I was born in South Africa, but was moved to the UK when I was still very young. I've been around for a while on CMON, but registered on Wyrd to take part in TT, and I've got to say that I've enjoyed the site a lot ever since!

I don't paint very often unfortunately, but I'm trying to rectify that. I work as a sign maker atm, and will hopefully join the fire service in December.
Apart from that, I've got 2 Jack russel terriers, and I try not to get killed when I play rugby at the weekends.

Cheers!

[demonherald]

Welcome aboard Sias...The british contingent is really beginning to fill up round here.. Go guys and Gals....

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd Springbok!

Good luck with the fire department and certainly with the rugby. They've got a saying over here that I'm sure ya'll do as well ... 'Give Blood, Play Rugby!'.

[Hinton]

Welcome to the forums!

[TheBugKing]

I'm really sick of the message telling me to make my first post so this is me making it go away!
Yay!

About me:
I'm a theatrical construction rigger / estimator / master rigger mechanic / IT support.

What that all means is this:
I build playhouse theaters, theme park rides, estimate jobs and help keep my company’s computer system running.
I constantly feel like I have multiple personality syndrome with work as there are always several different departments clamoring for my time. It's nice to be wanted I guess.

I do concert rigging on the side when time presents itself. (Which is very uncommon as I am usually working 70+ hours a week and periodically work 100 to 110 hours in a week. Oh and I am a salaried employee. Yay slave labor!)
Last year I got to work the Superbowl. I have also worked for Shakira, Barbara Streisand, and frequently work the Latino Billboard Awards.

Hobby wise I am much more of a terrain builder. I actually like painting miniatures the least out of all the aspects of this hobby. Unfortunately I am half way decent at it. Nothing like the level of some of the folks here but above the 50% mark I would guess.

Yay! No more "Please please please post" message!

[Hinton]

Welcome to the forums! Definitely sounds like a hectic schedule.

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd - now to just crank up that annoyance message to ten posts.

:D

[TheBugKing]

Welcome to Wyrd - now to just crank up that annoyance message to ten posts.

:D

It's not hard to find out where you live you know.... :firedevil
Of course you would have to keep up somehow as I will soon reach 10 posts. What's next? 25? 50? 1700?

We will all have to use your avatar then!

[Night Hunter]

Partially to stop the reminder, but mostly to say hello to some friends I see here from elsewhere in this small geek world of miniature gaming...
My name is Aaron and I have been doing mini gaming way too long. I work by day as a lawyer and by night as a dad- sneaking painting and game/campaign design in by candlelight when I can. I have just moved to NW Wisconsin and am looking for others to game with in this area (Eau Claire, Superior, Twin Cities). I play Confrontation, AT43, 40k and Dark Age to name a few.
I noticed the Wyrd booth at GenCon this year and was instantly drawn to the amazing line of minis and look forward to the Malifaux game. My hope is to get involved in playtesting and game mechanics for this new system!
Hello to all of you and keep up the excellent work!

[Hinton]

Welcome to the forums! Always nice to see new people showing up and joining the community here.

[EricJ]

welcome :D

[Nathan Caroland]

... and people say annoying messages don't work!

:D

Welcome to Wyrd!

[Nightshade]

Hey there everyone. Just wanted to say HI. I am a paint chemist by trade and a mini gamer by night. You could if you wanted call me "Mr. Paintminion" as I am her husband. I really liked the mini game at Gen Con and picked up some figs. So now that I am on I am going to have to join in Iron Painter next round just as long as I dont have to go up against my wife. ;) Now to go and look at the other sections.

[Hinton]

Welcome to the forums!

You know, if you were to be matched up against her in the IP, you would have an advantage as you could mess with her entry while she's away.

:vb_devil:

[Duende]

:welcome:

[TheBugKing]

Heh.
Or simply mess with her time set aside to paint.
Welcome to the Wyrdness
The water is fine

[Nathan Caroland]

Hey Art, welcome to Wyrd!

[PaintMinion]

You guys do know I can hear you, right?

[Wren]

They're guys, they're not so well known for thinking things through. ;->

Welcome Nightshade!

[demonherald]

They're guys, they're not so well known for thinking things through. ;->

Welcome Nightshade!

now now no need for that kind of talk .... bloody sexist if you ask me....
I have it on good authority that Skya cannot paint for tofee and it is in fact Mr Minion who does all her work period .....:tongue2:
welcome to the boards man that would be one great IP match up and a different explanation in the divorce courts...

"well your honour , we were in this competition online ,,, we were paired up against each other and well.. we're usually not competitive but he messed around with my entry the day before the deadline so I shoved his entry where the sun don't shine...Then it got nasty............."

[EricJ]

welcome to wyrd!

(and I'm not even going to touch that post Rob...)

[Skya]

now now no need for that kind of talk .... bloody sexist if you ask me....
I have it on good authority that Skya cannot paint for tofee and it is in fact Mr Minion who does all her work period .....:tongue2:
welcome to the boards man that would be one great IP match up and a different explanation in the divorce courts...

"well your honour , we were in this competition online ,,, we were paired up against each other and well.. we're usually not competitive but he messed around with my entry the day before the deadline so I shoved his entry where the sun don't shine...Then it got nasty............."

Well of course I cant paint for tofee, tofee is sticky and makes the paint consitency go wierd. Now, why I would go all the way out to the middle of nowhere :P and have Sue's minions paint for me when I have my own perfectly good minions at home I have no idea.

*cracks the whip at the two cats chained to the desk, being forced paint miniatures with their tails*

[eastman]

... when I have my own perfectly good minions at home I have no idea.

*cracks the whip at the two cats chained to the desk, being forced paint miniatures with their tails*

I thought you were still keeping that secret until they finished your commission backlog?

[DeafNala]

Ah, a fellow sufferer of Imminent Senility. WELCOME TO WYRD[ness]! Enjoy your stay! :star:

[PaintMinion]

Skya...a Battle of the Minions...mine vs yours!

And hold on....Nightshade might just paint for toffee...it's his favorite!

Now this week's topics of conversation have been...

"so...what are you painting for Wyrd?"
"Ummm, not sure, what are YOU painting for Wyrd?"

...and classics like...

"Hey, that's MY Perdita! What are you doing?!"
"I could have sworn this one is mine, see, I'm halfway done with the mold lines."
"No, yours is in the blister still, over there in front of the bookcase...or was that one in the cabinet? I can't remember where I put it..."

But seriously, it will soon be 18 years of marriage. We can weather anything. But the price of taking his photos and uploading them just got much much higher. :D

[elysium64]

Just thought I would introduce myself now that after years of admiring Wyrd figures I hve joined the forum with the intention of getting two starter boxed sets
Either Justice and The Death Marshalls v Seamus and Rotten Belles or Witchhunters v Lilith and Nephilim.
I am currently painting Dr Mc Mourning and companion (given to me). My other current projects include Incursion, Atomic Cafe 57, and Mountain Men (including a scratch built Keelboat -WIP which I will also use as Malifaux scenery!)
Having seen the Gen Con Malifaux board looking forward to building my own.
looking forward to sowing WIP on these forums.

HOW DO I START NEW THREAD CAN'T SEE SUITABLE BUTTON?
I wanted this post as a new thread in the Introductions forums!

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

When in the forum you want to post, just click on the button 'New Thread', should do the job for you.

[Silmarilias]

Hello and Welcome !!

[DeafNala]

WELCOME ABOARD! Wyrd IS the way! Have a LONG & MERRY stay! AND I'd LOVE to see your keel boat. Have FUN, Amigo! :welcome:

[elysium64]

Welcome to Wyrd!

When in the forum you want to post, just click on the button 'New Thread', should do the job for you.

Have tried on tgwo different computers in both cases The New Thread button is not loading, whether it is a fault with my connection or at your end I don't know.

"WELCOME ABOARD! Wyrd IS the way! Have a LONG & MERRY stay! AND I'd LOVE to see your keel boat. Have FUN, Amigo! "

Will post pics as soon as above problem sorted.

[pez5767]

Hello all. I'm new to Wyrd. However, I've been admiring the models for quite some time. I'm an avid painter and gamer. I'm super excited to see the Malifaux game in action! Feel free to check out my photobucket link and give any feedback you might have.

Cheers!:)

[TheBugKing]

Hello all. I'm new to Wyrd. However, I've been admiring the models for quite some time. I'm an avid painter and gamer. I'm super excited to see the Malifaux game in action! Feel free to check out my photobucket link and give any feedback you might have.

Cheers!:)

Welcome to the fun!
I would love to check the Photobucket link but apparently there is none.

[DeafNala]

WELCOME ABOARD! Have a LONG & MERRY stay on the Wyrdest Forum. :welcome:

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

[Peterdita]

Hello!

[pez5767]

Welcome to the fun!
I would love to check the Photobucket link but apparently there is none.

Sorry, I didn't explain that very well. Follow the link from the drop down menu attached to my name. Photobucket is set as my homepage.

Thanks for the warm welcome game. I'm loving what I'm seeing here. Can't wait to order up some Wyrd goodies and get painting on them!

pez out

[talonz]

This is my first post so that I can pm people.

[bobaferret]

Howdy! Thought I'd sign up here since I'm interested in Malifaux. I've admired the Wyrd minis for several years now and I'm glad there's a game for them!

[EricJ]

hi and welcome!

[silentbob27]

Hello, I am yet another newbie from Michigan. I play at RIW along with a bunch of others already on the forum. I will be going with Seamus and his band of happy hookers.

[maverickman5]

Hi all,
I too am from the Detroit area and game with most of the other loonies from RIW. I've been playing against NerdElemental the most(but please don't hold that against me...), we've been getting more and more players every week. Ramos is my Master of choice, but played just about everything in the last playtest.

[EricJ]

Hi and welcome both of the MI players, great to have more of you around, it looks like a nice community of Malifaux gamers is getting going up there, which is a good thing! :)

[nerdelemental]

[quote=EricJ;92444]it looks like a nice community of Malifaux gamers is getting going up there/quote]


Um, Eric, are you talking about the same group I am?

Oh, you mean "decent sized"! Oh. Yeah, that's totally different. See, you said "nice".

Nevermind.

[paradox]

Yea, Bowens been rubbing off on us, so.... ;) :P

[Nick]

Hi all!

Just registered myself on this site,, because I want to start playing malifaux! =)

So,, I'm Nick, and I don't have any fancy username (because i couldn't come up with a descent one..),, 18 years old and I live in Holland.

So,, years ago I started with playing the Lord of the Rings tabletop game,, but the interest was gone for a year or two. Lately, when my girlfriend showed interest in the miniatures I'd painted, I thought it'd be fun to play such a game with her, and that's when I came to malifaux! =)

I've never played anything like Malifaux, but I'll be starting with gremlins! I just have to wait untill my paypal acount is activated so I can order all of the mini's I need!

[Talishko]

Hello Wyrdos, this is Talishko (or shortly Ish) from Budapest, Hungary.
Got into Warhammer a good 10 years ago when the one and only shop in the city (at the time) was still running and full of friendly folks. Since that time it closed down, others opened, clubs appeared and mini-lover generation evolved.
I moved to the UK a few years ago and I still play 40k, BB, Confrontation, Warmachine and now trying my wings in Malifaux.
Look forward to playing a lot and mastering this shiny-new diceless mayhem. :p:

[Sneek]

Hi all,

Sheldon here from Brisbane, Australia.

After loitering for a while and reading the book cover to cover I finally recieved my first two crews (Perdita and Justice). Have tried a few simple engagements to try out the mechanics using a few single death marshalls to beat up on each other as suggested by Russ in the D6G podcast and found this an easy way to get my head around the basics.

Have played numerous different mini games but spend most of my time currently pushing warhammer dwarves around the table, various races around a bloodbowl pitch, painting random stuff that catches my eye and numerous boardgames.

Really impressed with the first two boxes I got and in particular Santiago surprised me with how big he is compared to the rest of the family. Still mulling different ideas for how I want to base them but will be sure to put up a diary once I have something worth showing.

[EricJ]

Hi Nick, Talishko and Sheldon, welcome to wyrd! Great to see you all showing up, from literately all over the globe! I hope you each enjoy your stay here :)

[razide]

Hi y'all,
Ken from Sydney, Australia.
Rec'd the Rulebook & a deck on Monday. I've been collecting the figures for a while and have been looking forward to seeing the rules even though I'm mainly a painter.
Have a bunch of figures but no crew yet although fair few Resurrectionists.

Dabbled with Confrontation3.5, Hybrid & AT-43 along with some Warmachine/Hordes, WH40K, HellDorado, Tanhausser, Wings of War, Anima Tactics, Warzone & Okko.
As you can see I'm easily distracted, especially by Fallout3 on PS3 or any new game.

Some favourite movies - Bladerunner, Alien, Aliens, Firefly, Serenity, Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, Babylon5, Bubba-Ho-Tep, Appleseed, FF-Spirits Within, GITS, The Keep, Nomads, PotC ....

Books - JG Ballard, HP Lovecraft, Richard Morgan ....

[EricJ]

Hi and welcome! :D

[FireSoCold]

Hello everyone!

I’m Dragon from Chicago, Illinois. I’ve been interested in Malifaux since GenCon ’09. A week ago, I picked up the core book and couldn’t put it down after opening it. I’ll be picking up my first box set this weekend. So far, looks like I’m Arcanist to the core. :nod:

In the past, I’ve played WarHammer40k, Hordes, and AT-43. Currently, I’m a Pressganger for Privateer Press’ Monsterpocalypse and actively play the game. I really don’t play Hordes or AT-43 anymore and I’d sooner shoot myself in the face than play WH40k again, so I’m in need of a new minis game…particularly one that involves painting since I’ve been strictly involved with pre-painted mini games for the last several years and I miss the painting aspect of the hobby. I think the unique diceless quality of Malifaux along with its unusual and interesting rules makes it a prime choice compared to other boring skirmish games out there. Not to mention the jam-packed, multi-genre theme of the game is really fun.

I look forward to breaking the rust off my painting skills and getting back into the swing of things…and what a relief it is to not have to paint “troops” anymore! I like that I only need to paint 4-7 models that are each unique and useful…not required. Trying to justify painting scores of identical models while balancing time between my profession, girlfriend, role-playing, volunteering, and part time game design just isn’t worth the reward of playing some wargames. I think that Malifaux has already set it’s self apart from games like it and that’s what has captivated my interest thus far and brought me back to the table.

[WEiRD sKeTCH]

Welcome!

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

[numbat]

Hi everyone,

I'm Andrew better known as Numbat, from Sydney, Australia. I look after the OzPainters forum and have most recently run a Wyrd painting comp at a local wargaming convention, and been helping our local distributor demonstrate Wyrd around the local gaming stores.

I'm currently painting up two factions - the Death Marshals and the Cult of December, and have been updating my blog with the process, but I thought I'd also come and share with you guys here.

Many thanks to Nathan and the Wyrd Crew for making it all happen!

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome - had an eyeball at the blog. Looking good!

[DeafNala]

WELCOME to ALL that's WYRD! Have a LONG & MERRY stay! :welcome:

[KaspaV]

Hello everyone, My name is Wade origionally from Westport MA, U.S.A
Been an Avid fan of table top gaming and always looking for that other game that bring something different to the table.

I Started playing Warhammer Fantasy Battles back in 1995 and been playing since, moved onto Warhammer 40k but wasn't impressed to much with game mechanics and army balances.

Moved TO Salina KS, U.S.A. Just a little while ago and the warhammer scene is lacking around here, so i picked up Warmachine and Hordes. Having lots of fun playing that around here, and was on the Privateer forums when someone mentioned Malifaux I checked out the website and am quite impressed by the miniatures. Also the idea of no Dice is facinating and so i'm gonna purchase the rule book and a couple crews and try getting some people in the area into playing it.

I just want to ask if someone could kinda give me a summary of how the game mechanics work so i have an idea.

Thanks

[Phillip]

Hi,

Phillip from England.

Been interested in the minis for a while and have finally treated myself!

[WEiRD sKeTCH]

Welcome aboard the Wyrd Train!

[pharaoh]

Hey,

Thought it was polite to introduce myself. I'm Jay. Hello.

There. I picked up a copy of the Malifaux rulebook from my local gaming store having heard the interview with the guys on the D6 Gen podcast since I was looking for something to take up my gaming time having fallen out of love with warhammer fantasy after 20 years. Warhammer Ancients is doing the job for me for the army scale game, but I needed something to appeal to the fantasy side and Malifaux certainly does that! I got myself the Ramos starter pack, persuaded 5 friends to also invest and played my first game of malifaux before christmas and loved it. Now got a huge list of extra stuff to get for my crew, including about a million steampunk arachnids.

That's it.

Jay

[DeafNala]

Hey Jay! WELCOME TO THE WYRD SIDE! Have a LONG & MERRY stay! :welcome:

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

[acid_gaming]

Welcome to the dark side :)

[Wombats]

Hey Jay,

Ramos is my main, too.

Check out Papa's trick with spiders and magnetized bases (http://www.wyrd-games.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9796) works a treat.

Under Malifaux Matters you'll find the Arcanist forum, gives you some good tips on how flexible the Arachnids can be with their swarming and splitting shinanigans.

Welcome aboard :)

[pharaoh]

thanks Wombats, thats' really interesting. i had a look, I've already glued and undercoated my crew, but for my next one I'll definitely do more stuff with the bases...

[FacelessHenchman]

Hi I'm FacelessHenchman from Germany.

Malifaux is my first Skirmish Tabletop (I#ve played army-scale Tabletops). There are two reason why I decided to play Malifaux:
First, I love the idea of a "gothic-steampunk-victorian horror-wild west" setting and second, the "brückenkopf-online"-review mentioned that Malifaux is played without dice.
I had some difficulties to find a retailer, but in the end I succeeded. I received the corerulebook and two gang-box sets (Seamus and Lady Justice). I've read the rulebook - just awesome (I really enjoyed the stories, the layout and the drawings).
My favorite figures are Seamus and the Deah Marshal. I've already painted Seamus and one Belle.

FacelessHenchman

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome Faceless!

[Wombats]

Welcome aboard :)

Nice looking Seamus, Faceless.

I'm looking forward to seeing a few more paint jobs on the Death Marshalls, they are such dynamic models, I'd like to see what different people do with them.

You'll really dig the card system, it works similarly to dice with the added intrigue of figuring out what your opponent has and bleeding them of cards.

Are you thinking of expanding Seamus' crew?
Our local Seamus player loves him but wants some harder hitting stuff, the Copycat Killer is a great way to use his fantastic pistol more.

[Desaster]

Hello, my name is Falk. I was born in Germany, but at the moment I live and work in New Zealand.

I'm more like a painter and collector, and the unique (and pretty cool ;) ) design of Malifaux caught my attention. After reading the rules front to back in one day, I'm completely hooked. I just ordered my first crews (Lady Justice and Seamus + some extras) and can't wait to actually play (a feeling I haven't had for quite a loooong time).

I must confess that I have no clue about synergy and tactics in Malifaux, and I'm not used to skirmish level games (I've only played WH40K in the recent past, and that's not really about tactics...). But what would life be without challenges ;). And I'm pretty sure I'll get a lot of inspiration and advice here.

[EricJ]

Hi! and welcome to Wyrd. Both Nathan and I started as painters/collectors, which is why we wanted to make minis which would be fun to paint and collect :)

Enjoy trying out the game though!
Eric

[Wombats]

Welcome aboard, Desaster :)

I'm pretty much the same - I bought the miniatures for the style...

...I've been pretty blown away by the rules and game mechanics, though.

It makes for a very fun and story-like game but still has a great depth of tactics.

I'm looking back at WH40K and seeing it is more about what you put on the table.

With Malifaux its a lot more about how you use it.
Between activation order and cheating Fate you really don't know what will happen next round in comparison to Warhammer.

Anyway, I'm sure you'll find out about it very soon, enjoy!

[Desaster]

Thanks for the warm welcome!
I guess everyone is a little bit overwhelmed by the amount of options and effects for each miniature, especially if you have a background of dice-using rank&file wargaming. But I'm sure "learning by doing" is the fun way in this case ;)

[Wombats]

Yeah, Masters have a lot of rules to get your head around at the start.

I'm still learning new tricks after half a dozen games with Rasputina.

Well worth checking out the tactics thread for each Master so you know what they are capable of.

[Joona]

Hi,

Some how I got myself into yet another game that I will buy miniatures for and probably rarely play (hello there warmachine, necromunda, bloodbowl, helldorado, monsterpocalypse etc.). I've actually been eyeing the Wyrd miniatures for a while now and finally justified buying some along the rulebook (I bought the Gremlins, Pandora and Rasputina crews... and am also in the process of giving some meaningful looks at Lady Justice, Leveticus and Lilith).

I got the rulebook yesterday. Read most of it and liked pretty much all of the rules so far. I am really looking forward to getting to play the first few games. The card mechanic just looks like it could work really well.

[Lucifer_Drake]

I'm new to playing mini games but have been interested in minis & the games for years but never got down n' played beyond a few small games.I'm now playing Dwarves in a Warlord game but was looking for a cool skirmish Fantasy game. My brother is starting to play Malifaux recently & turned me on to Wyrd games & Malifaux. I like the Gothic Victoriam Steampunk & weird west elements.I'm going to look into getting into Malifaux as soon as I save up some money.
Oso

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome!

[Genetic]

yep im the evil one that sent my brother to you ... I think hes wyrd enough!

[GunslingerPanda]

Yo.

I am Adam, 22, from England. Got the core rulebook yesterday and today ordered my first batch of models today: The Death Marshalls box! Went with them because I was loving their fluff in the rulebook, and the Marshalls themselves seem so badass, running around with coffins on their back and hunting zombies and stuff. Will probably pick up the Viktorias box when I'm done painting them, then will have to drag some buddies round to play.

Been collecting and playing a different ;) game for about a year or just under, and the fluff never stood out to me. It was, in fact, a bit $$$$$$$$, so I'm glad I found Malifaux which has me desperately wanting more. Release some novels, dammit! I also really like the fact that the models aren't just nameless, masked cannon fodder.

[EricJ]

Hi and welcome! :)

Novels...hmm, that would be fun!

[DeafNala]

WELCOME TO THE WYRD SIDE OF TOWN! Have a LONG & MERRY stay! :welcome:

[HeaDHunTeRfs]

Hi all

I am Fabian. I'm 20 year old land-surveying student from Belgium. I play in a club in Ghent called the thunderbolts, and 50% of the players here picked up a box set and a rulebook (of Malifaux obv. xD)

While waiting for my order, I thought I could read some things on this forum ;)

Some other games I play are:
Wargames: Warhammer 40k/fantasy, Airnautica Imperialis
Roleplays: Warhammer Roleplay and Dark Heresy...

Anyways, I will see you guys (and girls) later on the forum! :D

Grts
Fabian

[DeafNala]

WELCOME to the WYRD SIDE! Have a LONG & MERRY stay! :welcome:

[Dragoon130]

Hey guys I guess I should introduce myself.
Real name Joshua Hack I go by Josh normally. I'm from abingdon Maryland USA and at the time ofthis post I've been 20 for less then a week. Currently I'm a ancient history major and aspiring novelist with a fall back of history teacher (although my hobbies are paid for by a ma and pa auto parts store where I'm a counterman). Not married but I am engaged to a wonderful woman who plays almost every game I do and is the reason I'm here now that I think about it. As for hobbies outside of gaming would probally just be my 1984 Nissan 300zx would be about it. As for gaming I started young. My father grew up with dnd got me and my brother into that. I played warhammer, Warhammer 40k, pokemon, yugioh, duel masters, magic, and ufs at differing points in my life. Currently I play warmahine ( go cryx), monsterpocolypse, wow tcg, firestorm armada, exalted, mechwarrior, battletech(tabletop and classic rpg), eclipse phase, l5r (tcg and rpg), shadowrun, and now malifaux (I'm sure I forgot some). As for my paintig I'm to pick about having details just right so I nomally don't like the finished product. So I'll post pictures once I finish my lady justice box and let you decide. As for how malifaux fell into my life. It all started the day before my birthday actually I was at my local gaming shop and the art of the book caught my attention. Yet being that I was without my wallet at the moment I could not purchase it. So I left the next morning I went back (I'm there atleast every other day) and got the book. Started to read the fluff and fell in love. My fiancé tipped off one of my friends about it and when we returned from dinner that night he was waiting with a box for each of us. Him Marcus, I lady justice, and her perdita. So anyway hello to all of you and I hope to see this become a fantastic franchise with novels and all as well. On a final not sorry about my grammer my computers busted this was done from my phone :).

[Nathan Caroland]

That .. was a lot to type on a phone! Great though. :)

Welcome to Wyrd!

[guru]

Hi,

I'm Guillaume, a 20-years old Game Store salesman (Miniatures and Tabletop) in Montreal (Canada).
I Apologize for my english as I'm Francophone and a little rusty with the written english.
As a gamer, I tried a lot of games (for my age) and played many big names, I won't write about them there as the only important thing to remember is: I'm Starting Wyrd!

Bought two starters, a rulebook+sets of cards and am eager to try out the game.
In the near future (in a matter of weeks) I will run a Wyrd League in the store, I'll create a topic accordingly with pictures and stories.

I'm sure the Wyrd forums will prove to be of great help and inspiration as much as the book was fantastic. (great job on it by the way, of all the game books I red, this is by far one of the best)

And well, if you ever happen to visit the game store I'm working for, I'll be happy to have my crew wreck yours for the soulstone market control!

[EricJ]

Hi Joshua and Guillaume, Great to hear you are both getting into the game. Always good to have new blood around, and fun to hear about peoples first experiences. Anyway, I hope you stick around and enjoy the forums as well, we got a lot of great gamers around! :)

[The Snowman]

Matt here from Australia! I did notice that there were already a few people here from this part of the world.
Just picked up the rulebook and some cards and will have a thorough read before buying a couple of starters. Though (I must say I like the look of the Arcanists and Neverborn.

[Jason Henke]

Posted my intro thread here: http://wyrd-games.net/forum/showthread.php?t=11161

New to this Wyrd little world. Twisted little imps one and all.


Love it.

And the ride to date.

Have a great night all. :)
--Jason Henke

[macgowan]

Hey gang! My name's Jon, and I'm a middle school teacher in Waterloo, IA. I also work at a FLGS, and Malifaux has gotten me more excited than any game in several years. Great storyline, intriguing mechanics, and TONS of player interaction. Not to mention eye-popping miniatures and accessories!

Wish list:
RPG for Malifaux setting
narrative campaigns with experience
make-your-own Master rules
team advancement (like Necromunda/Mordheim)
No Plastics! Ever!

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome!

[EricJ]

Man, I always miss the new people that say hi in this thread, but I'd like to welcome to you all! Great to have you on the forums.

[copydawg]

Hi guys, the nick's copydawg coz copycat is a bad cat. It's always better to be a hot dawg rather than a cool cat. The name's marvel. I'm from Indonesia, got dragged into this game (willingly) by my friend ivan the unsatiable (xankriegor in this forum).

I'm a copywriter, working for a local advertising agency. Creativity has always been the most important thing in my life and it holds especially true for my line of work. It's also the thing that triggers the chemistry between me & Malifaux, especially the Ressers. Zombie whores with their bald zombie mistress, katana-wielding-nitouryuu punk zombies, zombie pups, everything is just beautiful... in a twisted way. The gameplay itself is intriguingly innovative. I love the way the schemes, soul stone system and the different abilities work.

I already got a seamus box, along with the grave spirit, convict gunslinger & punk zombies. Currently waiting for mcmourning and his pups. Can't wait to let 'em rip in my LGS and can't wait for the crooked man. Keep up the great job guys and see ya around in the forums.

[Trash]

Hey,

My name is Chad, but all my friends call me Trash(High school nicknames stick around FOREVER). I've been playing minitaure games off and on since I was 18(I'm 35 now). I simply adore this genre of game, and the setting for Malifaux is a splendid mix of all my favorite setting flavors.

I live in Nashville, but frequently travel to Cookeville, TN to my hometown game store quite frequently.

Thanks for making such a awesome game!

-C

[EricJ]

Hi and welcome!! Great to have you guys in the forums, and of course love hearing you're enjoying the game too.

[Spoon]

Why Hello there everyone! I am Spoon. My real name is Michael. I am an ex-information specialist for the Dahlonega Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau.
I started my gaming ten years ago with Magic the Gathering (of which I am a tournament organizer for now) and Warhammer 40000.
I started playing Malifaux about three weeks ago and this game is amazing. I had been in a stint of Warmachine, but the feel and play style of Malifaux is simply stunning. Hats off to the designers of the game! Anyway, I am here to learn and Nicodem and I shall be honing our game together hopefully into a force to be reckoned with. So, I guess anyone shoot me a message anytime to chat, and if there are any Malifaux gamers in Dahlonega look me up! Thanks again!

[Ciaran]

Heya all, new guy here! Isn't that the point of the thread though?

I'm a corporate America refugee turned soon to be art student. I've been gaming on and off since I was seven (about twenty six years so far) and am blown away by the quality of work on this brand!

Well... that's about it for now...

[EricJ]

Hiya Spoon and Ciaran, great to hear you're both enjoying Malifaux, and really happy to have you in the forums as well. Welcome!

[RedDawn]

Hi SuperVike - long time no talk! How's life treating you?

[The_bruce]

Morning all! I introduced myself (at some length!) in a new thread, but wanted to say a quick 'Hi!' in here too! I am sorry but I massively overuse exclamation marks in posts, but I'm genrally insanely happy in person so I guess it fits! Great to be a part (even if a massively newbyerish part) of the Malifaux community! If anyone knows anyone in Stoke on Trent playing, let me know! Ta!

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome!

[Mattimao]

Thought I would introduce myself. My name is Matt,or as I am known in the gaming world... Mattimao. I have been a gamer for many years and am looking forward to becoming part of the Malifaux community. My gaming past goes back to the second edition of Battletech and the West End Games Star Wars Skirmish game. Years past...
I discover CCGs. Toy around with them for a while...I miss miniature gaming... Mage Knight arrives... Mechwarrior...
LOTR... Then Wizkids falls. No more pirates sailing the tabletop or Dragons fighting Goblins. No more thundering explosions as Mechs collide. All is quiet.
Played some more CCGs.- But I still missed my miniature games.
Then along game a little game called Clout Fantasy. WOW! You talk about a fun game! I played until the game could no longer survive. ( Blasted economy ) If you have not ever played Clout you must try it. BUT- I still missed my miniature games.
The whole time I was gaming I was also painting. You see I started painting before Mechs even walked into the corner book store. I would get 1\72 scale military figs and paint up my own armies. Because of my painting I also kept up with the new on line paint communities. I found WYRD and would visit just to read the forums and watch the contests. Then I read about the coming of a game by Wyrd. Sounds cool.
Fast forward to today. Malifaux is here and I have Lady Justice and her crew almost completely done. My understanding of the rules is getting there.
I have friends with their crews almost ready.
Yeah, This is going to be fun.

[MadArcanist]

Greetings and Salutations!
My Name is Keith and I live in one of the Armpits of the USA, Toledo,OH. I just started playing the game a couple weeks ago and I do have to say that I enjoy it very much so. I learned the game with Lady Justice but since then I picked up Ramos and his Pretties (as such by the Avatar). I've enjoyed the couple games I've played (I'm 1-1-1 from the three i've played XD).

I hope to start painting them all soon and am looking forward to the expansion with all this Avatar and Henchman stuff (I saw Avatar Pandora and now wanna see Avatar Ramos XD).

Other games I play involve, 40k, D&D, Munchkin, and a various amounts of other board games.

[akabigd]

Hey everyone, BIGD here! I just wanted to introduce myself. A resident in the UK and banging on towards 27 years old. I recently Purchases the Dr Douglass McMorning set just because basicly if I didnt he would of Viserated me on his table of death. My Copy of the Rules came today and its a Awsome book. Im very greatful that I stumbled across your wonderful range of minitures and am very excited to beging painting and playing.

You can only go from strength to strength

Kind Wishes to all

Daniel

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome folks!

[talon788]

OK, I am completely new to the miniatures hobby and since I am finally out of college and getting a real job I have decided to branch out in my hobbies. I picked malifaux cause the miniature line is beautiful. currently looking for someone in the St. Louis area that can teach me the ins and outs of the game.

[Chucklemonkey]

OK, I am completely new to the miniatures hobby and since I am finally out of college and getting a real job I have decided to branch out in my hobbies. I picked malifaux cause the miniature line is beautiful. currently looking for someone in the St. Louis area that can teach me the ins and outs of the game.

Welcome, personally I think you picked a cracking game to start with.

Which Faction/crews have caught your attention?

[goblyn13]

OK, I am completely new to the miniatures hobby and since I am finally out of college and getting a real job I have decided to branch out in my hobbies. I picked malifaux cause the miniature line is beautiful. currently looking for someone in the St. Louis area that can teach me the ins and outs of the game.

If your in St Louis, check out http://www.gamestlouis.com/ they have a pretty sizable table top gamers population and should be able to lead you into the right place.

[Souleater]

Hello, everybody!

I've just ordered my first crew for what I hope to be a long and enjoyable foray into the world of Malifaux.

I've been gaming for about 25 years now...AD&D, Shadowrun, Rifts. TT gaming I'm afraid has mainly been GW stuff. However, I've recently gotten back into WM and am having a blast with that.

I've admired the Wyrd miniatures since I first saw them a couple of years ago.

While I had read good reviews of Malifaux but knew nobody interested in getting started. Anyway, one of the guys I play WM with mentioned Malifaux, saying it was probably the best game he's ever played....and he plays way too many games.

I dithered a lot over which crew to play. I felt that Guild and Arcanist were out because the other guys had expressed an intrest in them and I wanted to make things as varied as possible. Did I go with my love of undead? The slightly more disturbing than other stuff in Malifaux of the Neverborn?

In the end I went for Neverborn - I really enjoying painting and they offer some delicious miniatures. I thought I'd start at the shallow end of the pool and work my way up - hence, I've ordered Lily's crew. Also, I have a tendancy to pick glass cannons that take me an age to learn and Lily sounds a bit more 'Punchy Facey, Catchey Monkey'

I'm planning on painting her and her charming offspring with red flesh and white hair.

Huzzah!

[Chucklemonkey]

Hello, everybody!

I've just ordered my first crew for what I hope to be a long and enjoyable foray into the world of Malifaux.

I've been gaming for about 25 years now...AD&D, Shadowrun, Rifts. TT gaming I'm afraid has mainly been GW stuff. However, I've recently gotten back into WM and am having a blast with that.

I've admired the Wyrd miniatures since I first saw them a couple of years ago.

While I had read good reviews of Malifaux but knew nobody interested in getting started. Anyway, one of the guys I play WM with mentioned Malifaux, saying it was probably the best game he's ever played....and he plays way too many games.

I dithered a lot over which crew to play. I felt that Guild and Arcanist were out because the other guys had expressed an intrest in them and I wanted to make things as varied as possible. Did I go with my love of undead? The slightly more disturbing than other stuff in Malifaux of the Neverborn?

In the end I went for Neverborn - I really enjoying painting and they offer some delicious miniatures. I thought I'd start at the shallow end of the pool and work my way up - hence, I've ordered Lily's crew. Also, I have a tendancy to pick glass cannons that take me an age to learn and Lily sounds a bit more 'Punchy Facey, Catchey Monkey'

I'm planning on painting her and her charming offspring with red flesh and white hair.

Huzzah!

I believe we have spoken before but good day to you sir, nonetheless.

Glad you jumped in, the water's lovely here.

[Souleater]

Thank you. We have indeed.

/raises hat.

[Velsharoon]

Hello from Belfast in rainy Ireland, had my first game of Malifaux a couple of days ago at my local club (thanks to Deamonkin from these forums)and loved it. Had some miniatures and loved the setting but that game definitely sold Malifaux as my game of choice.

Got myself a couple of starter sets and I am busy trying to build a board that can do the game justice. Also have a fair few other people from Belfast so if your a local feel free to give me a shout.

Haven't felt so excited about a game in a long time so thanks to Wryd for re awakening the passion in me!

[pretaboire]

Good Evening from Englands oldest town
My real name is Simon and I am an addict .
thank you for your understanding and sympathy .
JOhnny Hawkwind got me into Malifaux about a year ago and we are just about to start pushing a little harder at local club .
I currently run an enlarged Ortega clan but may look neverborn if I can get my hands on lord chompy bits .

[Xango]

Hello everyone, i`m Manuel from Mexico, miniature and board games collector since 1990, my favorite ones so far, infinity and okko, Malifaux just made my eyes pop, love the theme, minis etc., believe it or not, i just found malifaux 2 weeks ago and i was drooling, yesterday i placed my first order, but i have a big wishlist, anyway love everything concerning this game, the only thing that i did not like is that you can`t download the rulebook. I`m 39, high school teacher, greetings.

[Chucklemonkey]

Hello everyone, i`m Manuel from Mexico, miniature and board games collector since 1990, my favorite ones so far, infinity and okko, Malifaux just made my eyes pop, love the theme, minis etc., believe it or not, i just found malifaux 2 weeks ago and i was drooling, yesterday i placed my first order, but i have a big wishlist, anyway love everything concerning this game, the only thing that i did not like is that you can`t download the rulebook. I`m 39, high school teacher, greetings.

Hi there and welcome to the forums. I have never played Okko but have fancied it for a while, I may PM you for more details.

[Nate]

Hello, Nate here. Been playing and painting minatures since '98. I'm loving Malifaux through and through.

[Xango]

Hi everyone my name is Manuel, i`m from Mexico and a long time player, i love games (board and miniature) i have a good collection, started with wh40k (now i hate it) my list so far since 1994:

wh40k
Mordheim
blood bowl (still playing)
space hulk (still playing but an alien version)
mage knight dungeons
warmachine
hordes (SP)
covert ups
taluva
arkham horror
micro mutants (SP, great game)
runebound
blue moon cities
blue moon
magic
hybrid
confrontation
at-43 (SP)
wizwars home made

my favorites:

okko
infinity

2 awesome games that i play once a month minimum, now, i order malifaux and waiting for arrival, from what i have read, looks fantastic to enter on my top 3 list.

[amazonwarlord]

Hey All,
I'm Leah and have played Miniature wargames for a number of years very off and on. WH40K, Fantasy a little bit, WarmaHordes and now Malifaux.

I love this game so far (played 2 small games). I went with Cult of December on, well aesthetics and, someone told me, relatively easy play.

I love SF, fantasy, movies, books, music, nature ...
LOVE my dogs.

Recently relocated to South Florida where we're trying to get Malifaux to take off.

Glad to be here.

[basher]

hello all i'm basher from yorkshire england im 34 married one child (feels like a dateing add) i've been into wargameing for 22 years mainly gw but got $$$$$$$$ed off with them about 4 years ago work colleage got me into warmahordes so been playing a lot for the past few years found the malifaux minis on a estore thought s**t there awsome bought the rulebook had a flick, showed it to some mates and weve all bought starters (starting with mcmorning ) now were glueing and painting like idiots so we can get some games in really looking forward to playing.

good to see some familiar faces on here from other forums

[Rhodes]

Hey there, finally we have a LGS down here in Canberra Australia. So i thought i would hop on the forum and see whether there are any other canberraites out there in wyrd land who play, but mostly im a painter (and couldnt keep my hands off the Malifaux range). Anywho.......hello.

[Elmo]

Hi everyone.

Long time Tabletop Gamer here (around 22 years of gaming now).

But moved quite a bit through different gaming systems.

Started with GW (as many did) and left for Rackham (their metal minis where deadly) after that because GW was getting to expensive and time consuming.
Also my gaming preference changed to Skirmish games really (still play Blood Bowl on occasion).
Played Rackham until things turned bad there sadly and moved on to Warmachine and Hordes (as I couldn't find any opponenets for my Goblin Pirates). But both WM and Hordes seem slowly but surely drift away from being skirmish games.
So was looking for a new proper skirmish game and found Malifaux by accident.
Been playing it for a couple of month now.
And I must say, this is one of the best Tabletop games I played (if not the best).
The Background is deadly, the miniatures are deadly and so are the rules (no dices, thanks a million for that).

All I can is, keep up the great work!

[yuriart10]

I am Yuri. I came across this forum and surf with this forum. I like it much and looks informative. I would like to say hello to all the forum members. Hope have a good time with you all.

[micahwc]

My name is Micah. I'm 27 years old and have been in the Army since I was 18. I started playing 40k when I was about 13, but was recently shown Malifaux by a friend of mine. I have since stopped playing GW games, and invested in Malifaux. I currently play the Lillith boxed set, but I have a large amount of Neverborn and Guild models in the mail as I type. I live in Johnson City, TN, and am a chaplain for the VA hospital here.

[Katcher]

Hi everyone from Pilsen, city of Beer!

I´m 25, been playing W40K and Mordheim. Recently, Malifaux and Infinity are starting here, so I decided to try - and, hell, it´s much more funny and logical than the old "3 to hit, 4 to wound" Warhammer...I love the setting, the rules are nice, minis as well..I gave this game a chance and I hope, it will spred...

[Ranint]

Hey all, my name's Kevin and I'm from a small town in northern Rhode Island called Cumberland. I started with minis a couple years back with Warmachine and Hordes and it's escalated from there haha. I paint from time to time (not as often as I really should) and don't have a full army painted yet.

[Mortimer]

Hi to everybody!

I'm another 25 years old player from small Czech rep., where we are building up the biggest Malifaux community in the world :)

Before Mali I was playing W40k and I'm still playing Warzone.

As my master I chose Pandora and her Sorrows....

[Telfurion]

So i finally joint the Forum here.
I live in Germany, althought i`m dutch.
27years old and a friend and i startet playing Malifaux a half year ago.
Hopefully we can convince some more people here in Jena in the future.
Got to Malifaux because of the great minitures and Skirmish system. We had enough of paint 40 oder more of the same figures...
Can`t wait to see how it will go on with Malifaux. Love the Artworks and how close they manage to create the sculps.
Great game.

[Wulfila]

Hi!

I'm Javi (Wulfila). From Valencia, Spain. 36 Years old:violin:

I'm in a friends group with seven new Malifaux players.

Bye.

[EricJ]

Hi All! I always miss the new people who say hi here, so I apologize for that, But great to have you here on the forums, and I hope you enjoy both the forums and the game for a long time to come :D

[Barby007]

- Hey there everyone! I just learned Malifaux about a week ago and am still learning rules and such.

- I picked up The Neverborn (Pandora Starter) and really like The Neverborn and love the Pandora starter synergy. I wanted a "cute" killer army (Teddies, babies, etc.).

- Here is some basic info about me:

Name: Barby
Brithday: May 7, 1984
Location: Pembroke Pines, Florida U.S.A.
Work: Elementary School Teacher and After Care Counselor
Status: In a 6 year relationship with Efrain (Atdeath)
LGS: Florida Supercon and Tate's Satellite
Likes: Malifaux, Hordes, Bang!, Harry Potter series, Fairy Tail series, Stitch, Gears of War, Fable, Bulletstorm, Little Big Planet, Guitar Hero, Michael Jackson, No Doubt, animals (specifically doggies), and much much more!
Dislikes: Vegetables, Seafood, dishonestly, aggressiveness, Justin Bieber, and much much more!

- I hope to learn how to play Malifaux well, to have fun playing, and make friends. :daydream

Thanks,
Barby :girl:

[Chucklemonkey]

Greetings, welcome to the game and the boards.

I too dislike Justin Bieber, but I also dislike dogs, grrr. Well, except basset hounds, they are awesome.

Anyway, hope you enjoy your stay

[Barby007]

Greetings, welcome to the game and the boards.

I too dislike Justin Bieber, but I also dislike dogs, grrr. Well, except basset hounds, they are awesome.

Anyway, hope you enjoy your stay


Yes, JB must be destroyed by Teddy! LOL! Thanks for the welcome! :bigthumb:

Barby :marshmell

[Dink_Meeker]

Hi, im a Lucius player and I come into the breach from Alicante ( Spain ). I only played twice, the first with Von Schill and second with Lucius, but i really enjoy with malifaux.

Now, im thinking in a Nicodemus crew i just buy starter and canine remains.


pd: sorry my bad english.

[Mydnight]

Hello, I am Mydnight. A friend of mine recently got into this game and has drug me along for the ride. I'm loving the storyline so far and hope to spend some time painting later this week. I paint far more than I play, so if you see me at a tournament it'll probably be from the lower echelons, which makes The Resurrectionists a great starting point for me (when you're that low you can only rise up!). I hope to start contributing to the painting forurm once I get some proper Wyrd miniatures painted :)

[grimkeeper]

Hi, Grimkeeper and im well old, been collecting minis since the early 80s(1880s) or it at least feels like it sometimes :tomato:

[Silent Jet]

Hi everyone!

I'm Silent Jet (Jet for short, though real name is James). I live in the Sacramento area (Davis specifically) and have been tooling around with Malifaux for about a month with my Wife (I play Lilith, she plays Kirai). I put off posting until I had a basic army fully painted and was ready to go.

My Wife (we've been married just shy of 2 years) found the website a while ago and we've had several skirmishes against each other. We have our figures ready and have begun making a table with various terrain features (removable of course). We are also really looking forward to trying the Terraclips now that I see they are 3x3 (For some reason I thought they were only 2.5x2.5 *shrug*)

I've been painting figures for over a decade now and this is probably my favorite figure set, as I love the challenges presented with the fine detailing. I have a whole bunch of strategies for various armies that may or may not work at all, and I look forward to destroying/being destroyed by all of you on the field of battle!:bigthumb:

[JadeIzuna]

What's up fellow tabletop geeks. My name is Steve and I have been playing Malifaux for a few months now. I've been playing Warhammer 40k for about 2 years and MTG for longer than I can currently remember. I love painting minis and I am constantly trying to improve my work. I play Outcasts (mainly the Viks but just picked up The Freikorps.) and just started The Guild.

[owlie]

Hi, I'm Joe coming over to Malifaux from the GW world, so far I have been playing the Viks, but will probably not be able to keep away from some form of Gremlins for long(played Orks in 40k). Loving the minis and change in mindset when playing Malifaux as compared to 40k.

[deadman564]

hey guys and gals, the names dead, ive been around on alot of forums, dakka, TTH, MWG and some other smaller ones. and now here. I have been a 40k play for some years now then moved into Mordhiem and this is where it has taken me. I'm from a small town but has a hidden group of about 13 or so of war-gamers. Im for sunny California and always looking to meet new gamers.


I about to start mailfaux with a lilith crew, but at the time being i have nothing other than the aethervox HA, and they are some great gentlemen.

Any advice for a new play? let me know :D

[Chucklemonkey]

Hi Deadman, welcome to the forums.

Lilith is my favourite master and I think you will find her both a lot of fun to play and quite user friendly as your first master.

Here is a link which may prove useful.

http://wyrd-games.net/forum/showthread.php?t=20701

[Donniedarko]

Hi,
my name is Darko, and I live in Croatia. I am 36 years old, and still play with toys, as some members of my family like to point out.
I started playing AD&D long time ago, played a bit Magic the Gathering (till 3 rd edition), and all that time I was assembling and painting model kits (mostly WWII). Wargaming is not very popular here, so I was blisfully unaware of it.
I got in wargaming by chance. I got Space Wolf trilogy as birthday present, and I quite enjoyed book, so I googled WH40k and found lots of nice figures, which could actualy be played with. I googled more, and found out about Infinity and Malifaux. I was torn at what to start, and than GW did me a favour. Since Croatia is ROW, and there is no shops one can buy their products, I could only get them from their site, with highway robbery prices, I might add.
So I decided to go for Infinity for my SF fix, and Malifaux for my steampunk and, well, wyrd fix.
My Ortega and Lilith crew just arrived (with decks and Rule book), so I think me and my girlfriend will be (hopefully not) first people in Croatia playing Malifaux.
My only problem is I am quite a collector, and I like so meny crews, it really hurts.

Thats all from me for now, I think I ll have a few questions for people in factions forum, mostly which totems are recomended for my crews, as I don t understand their mechanics yet.

Oh, and puppet wars boardgame look so sweet.

[Cambrius]

Hello, new to the game and this forum. Looking forward to this new obsession. :)

[Glint-Eye]

I'm not one to say much about myself, as a generally don't like to, but I feel it curious to share a little.

Prior to Malifaux, I was an avid TCG player, primarily Magic the Gathering, but also competitive Universal Fighting System (UFS). My first experiences with miniatures were D&D minis as well as Dreamblade, two games I loved, but also lost interest in (prior to both games getting canceled or replaced).

I eventually moved onto Warhammer 40k and would have been content with the exception that one of my friends was looking for a shorter game to play from time to time, one that didn't involve a 100+ miniatures painted and assembled. This particular friend first showed me Malifaux and I knew I liked what I saw given my love of all themes related to Malifaux. I remember especially being enamored by the Death Marshals and their leader :).

Funnily enough, I didn’t go with the Death Marshalls: the friend who got me into the game has pretty much bought every Guild Master and model. My current and only faction is neverborn, specifically the Nephilim. I'm not a fan of all their sculpts (looking at you terror tots), but I like most of them. I also, for what few games I've played, like how they play, which is quite different than the shooty armies I played in 40K.

[pryfork]

Been playing Malifaux since March, new to the forums.

hello :wave:

[DFAngelWolf21]

Been playing Malifaux for a couple months, new to this though

[Chucklemonkey]

Been playing Malifaux for a couple months, new to this though

Welcome to the fray. Hopefully you will enjoy the game and the forums!

[Demonn Agram]

Hi everyone,
my name is Marko and I come from Zagerb, Croatia. I'm 32 years of age (but I'm a kid at heart).

I'm the president of may local gaming club (UMS "Agram") and the best thing we've ever done is in my sig :)

Before I started playing Malifaux, I was into LOTR SBG and Mordheim. I started this hobby about ten years ago through Lord of the Rings and eventually moved onto Mordheim.

As soon as I heard of Malifaux, I fell in love with it! In the past year I collected and painted my Ramos' crew, started on VonSchill, while Seamus and his girls are still waiting for their turn... And I just ordered Puppet Wars..

anyway, that's enough from me...

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome to Wyrd!

[Evernight]

Names Kumar, Im 27 yrs and I enjoy drawing and Writing. I was introduced into the world of Malifaux by my friend DarcXON.

Recently he lend me the books and I focused on the storyline of Malifaux which I fell in love with. And now I'm in the mood for drawing Malifaux. I have been working on a few things. Still have much much to do but oh well, thats the life on a artist eh?

If you interested in watching my Malifaux work, you can find it here!

P.S. Im still working on these so they have no color yet. But be patient. I'll post them when they're finished k? ^^

The Guild: http://ramuk01.deviantart.com/art/The-Guild-263112468

Resurrectionists: http://ramuk01.deviantart.com/art/Resurrectionists-262839592

Arcanists: http://ramuk01.deviantart.com/art/The-Arcanists-263113066

Freikorps Commando (Request from DarcXON) : http://ramuk01.deviantart.com/art/Freikorps-Commando-262839170

Dottore (Malifaux Inspired) : http://ramuk01.deviantart.com/art/Dottore-262839038

[Chucklemonkey]

Your drawings are tremendous Evernight.

You Should post them up in either the writing room or the main Malifaux matters section to give more people a chance to see them.

[Evernight]

Thank you Chucklemonkey ^^

I'll try your suggestion, though it might take a while since Im new here

[Nathan Caroland]

Welcome - love the drawings, that last one is quite nice.

[DriftingJester]

I'm DriftingJester, I'm new to Wyrd product and forums in general, so any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm looking into opening a FLGS in the next year or so and I'm trying to get a grasp on the miniature market. I was intrigued by Malifaux about 2 years ago but I can't seem to find people to play with. So I'm looking deeper into the game to see if we can support it in the store, and possibly get people involved thru different events and the like. I'm looking to find resources that help me determine the min buy in for a prospect as well as the crunch level of the game. dwnlded the rules from the link to the left earlier, but have not yet read them.

[karan1950]

Hi this Karan, Like to watch movies online

[baneful]

Hey this is baneful here, new to the forums but have been interested malifaux for a while and finally took it up a few months ago. Loved every minute of it since.

[reapergirl]

Hi, I'm Reap. I have (not so) recently acquired an assortment of Malifaux models


I'm currently in the middle of painting up Kirai and some of the Japanese themed models. I suspect that I may have bitten off more than I can chew though

I'm also very interested in Puppet Wars, as what I've seen of the models remind me quite a bit of the Mid-Nor dwarves from Rackham. :)

I don't currently have an internet connection at home, so posting by me will probably be sporadic, at best. My job also keeps me fairly busy, but I do still try to make some time for gaming (and painting), so I'm sure you'll eventually hear from me again. :)

[osoi]

Welcome reapergirl

[Zog]

Hi all,
Just getting to grips with these wyrd models Love em. :D
Long time hobbyist and army builder, with a growing family i'm finding myself with less space than i'm used to.
A good friend of mine has had been harping on about this "malifaux" about a year ago and i must say first impressions were good. But like everything else i've only just picked up a rule book read the fluff and was hooked.
More Stories please Wyrd ;)

Well thats enuf about me, See ya online.

[osoi]

Welcome Zog, I think we are all addicted to the background of Malifaux. If you need a fiction fix there are some really good writers and stories in the fanfiction section that may tide you over ...

[The_Magician]

Hello. My name Aaron and after a year of reading through the rule book I've finally decided to try this game out. I have to admit I chose Archanists because I got pulled in by Collet du'Bois' story and minis but I'm starting with Rasputina (because that's the only Archanist box set my LGS had).

I've been into minitures for well over a decade and I've played both Warhammer Fantasy and War Machine. While I still play War Machine (mainly during Feb. to Sept.), the expense of Games Workshop and their ever changing rules (yes, rules need to be updated to keep things balanced but not at the rate they keep changing things) have ensured that it will be a long time before I go back to them. The regular players at the LGS switch over to Malifaux during the holiday season so I decided to read through the rulebook.

My other hobby is video games. I usually only play 1 person console games but my brother let me play with his World of Warcraft and I decided to get a warchest copy (came with the original game and the first expansion) that I mostly play on my day off.

[bldyhll666]

hey, my name is joe. ive been playing minis for about 5+ yrs now. my most recent have been malifaux. i live in toms river, nj and am looking for gamers in the area to get a league/club going. i have been married for 12 yrs now and have a son whos 4. anyone looking for a demo or game can contact me at:

jferr5497@comcast.net

[Narcissus]

Hi everyone. My name is Cameron. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada. PM me if you are local and looking for a game.

You might have seen me on other miniature forums or at my blog. I just recently picked up the Malifaux rulebook and have a Seamus starter set on order. I decided to start Malifaux to find some local skirmish games. My girlfriend was also interested in the models and I thought that Malifaux would make a nice introduction for her (less models to paint, more character).

I primarily enjoy skirmish games (Mordheim and Deathsquads, a fan made 40k skirmish game) and dabble in Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k. I really enjoy modelling, converting and building terrain and I am trying to improve my painting skills.

[BreachBarfer]

Hi folks, not sure if anyone is still looking at this thread, but my name is Andy, I'm in Salisbury, UK, I'm 27 and I'm a noob to Miniature gaming in general, though I once dabbled with 40K when I was in school.

I'm primarily a Rper (pen/paper style) but a friend and I have been making moves into boardgames and miniatures recently with the opening of a new and much more accessible LGS.

I'm looking forward to my first games of Malifaux and getting to know you all on the forums!

[needles]

Hey there,

My name is Christian. I'm 27, getting back into miniatures after 15 years off (I used to play some GW as a kid. I'm back at uni completing a law degree, my first career was in communications/public relations.

I've just ordered a nice Kirai crew along with some sweet proxies (waiting on the shipment from the UK, I'm in Aus). I'm desperately searching for some painting tutorials and advice and am also keen to have my first game!

Cheers,