Guild on a budget

[dafruk]

That's maybe an optimum buying schedule for gaming purposes but seriously the executioner is such an amazingly fun model to paint there is no way it should be your second last purchase.

My sequence so far has been:
Sonnia Criid's box (witchling stalkers are fantastic figs and drew me to malifaux)
Lady J's Box (Death Marshalls are not far behind the stalkers)
Executioner (such fun painting him)
Austringer (crouching with hat I like, bald not so much)
Then I bought a couple of guild guards and another Austringer but haven't gotten round to painting them yet, so my guild have stalled (they don't add that much to my crews so got distracted by neverborn instead).

So depends on why you are buying things as well!

[nix]

The Executioner is such a problem piece for me. With the hands on the belt and such, I should have an enjoyable time painting the model. Hell, I should love the model with all the built in humor. Yet, he is one of my least favorite models in the guild line. I have no good reason for it other than esthetically he just does not work for me. I have even seen some really nicely (incredibly to be honest) painted Executioners such as the Crystal Brush crew and DGraz's.

[LupusFerreus]

Are you looking forward to the alternate sculpt then? From the looks of the picture, he should be very pleasing.

[dunce002917]

That's maybe an optimum buying schedule for gaming purposes but seriously the executioner is such an amazingly fun model to paint there is no way it should be your second last purchase.

Wait for the alt Executioner model to release... the original one was fun to paint but since there's an alt sculpt, why not?

[cerealkiller195]

Some of the low cost minions i find to be very useful in most crew builds: Desperate Mercs, Guild Hounds and Watchers.

[Boshea]

Well started my dive into Guild today grabbing everything in Nix's recommended 6 except the Ortega box (had to put that off for a little). Itching to start playing Criid, and will be able to run better demos with Lady J versus Seamus instead of Schill versus Seamus. At the very least it means I have masters other than the Viktorias or Seamus to play against a friend who is starting with Kirai. With the Viks its a blood bath, and with Seamus its a slow painful game for both sides.

[neko]

It's nice to see that you're trying to keep our games fair. It makes me happy.

[WarlockFiretop]

I am alarmed to see that I have not gone down the suggested path!

I picked up an eBay deal on the Hoffman Box + Peacekeeper. I bought three Witchling Stalkers because they're living and anti-magic. I'm planning on getting another Watcher to bring this up to 35 points, and Sonnia to replace Hoffman for playing against magical crews.

After that, I'm planning on the Lucius Box, to get me some ranged potential. After that, maybe the Lady Justice Box, but I feel I have the melee game sewn up already. ;)

I hope I haven't made a dreadful mistake in ignoring the Ortegas on the basis of cheese.

[nilus]

I hope I haven't made a dreadful mistake in ignoring the Ortegas on the basis of cheese.

You might have, they really are some great models. Fun to paint and good at their job.

The whole Ortegas(or Perdita) = Win idea has long gone away most places. In a lot of circles people think she isn't very good at all.

At the very least take a look at Santiago and Nino, both of which many people think are prime Guild models

[WarlockFiretop]

The whole Ortegas(or Perdita) = Win idea has long gone away most places. In a lot of circles people think she isn't very good at all.

Hmm, I was avoiding her because she's too good, now I'm avoiding her because she isn't very good at all!

the very least take a look at Santiago and Nino, both of which many people think are prime Guild models

Oh okay. I'll look.