A full game of Guild Ball requires bringing a Mascot, and most teams seem to have a model designed to specifically synergize with the Season One Mascot. For Engineers, it’s Mainspring and Ratchet.
Mainspring is another wooden mecha, with a ball shooter hidden behind the head. There’s not really too much to say, although I wish the model fit a little better on its 30mm base.
Ratchet can resummon a dead Mainspring, which is pretty handy considering that Mainspring can suicide bomb.
Guild Ball was the other darling of Adepticon this year. I’ve been hearing good things about the game from Fools Daily, the booth was always packed, and the models looked interesting. They were running a con bundle special, so I went in. I selected Engineers, mostly due to looks.
It all starts with the ball. It’s really just a token in the game – most of the time it’s ignored on the board. Still, one comes in the box, so I figured it ought to at least match.
Ballista is the Season One captain for Engineers. Guild Ball is a small model count game with a lot of individualization to each model, but they’re still wearing uniforms. So I was picking out a scheme for the entire team. I decided to treat the gears on his apron more like embossed detailing that separate pieces. I like the deep, almost rust red as the primary color, with white as a contrast, and gold and silver as accents. It’s almost like a Techmarine, which fits I suppose.
Salvo starts showing dynamic poses, with an aggressive leap to the side. You can see the same uniform, although with different bits of flair.
Velocity rounds out the Engineers starter box. She’s an example of the other look for Engineers – wooden mech. Guild Ball models are mostly metal, and Velocity’s pose puts her somewhat off-balance.
I’m excited to get to play more games, although I don’t know how I’ll find the time.
I needed a filler for my Wyrd Gencon order to push me over the $100 bonus model level. Why not give one more option for my growing Tara crew?
I don’t quite know what’s going on with those tiny fairy wings, other than giving the model a somewhat distinctive silhouette. Unlike the Nothing Beast, the extra arms on the Scion of the Void are a little hard to see.
I haven’t had a chance to play with this model yet, but maybe it will fill the mid point gap I noticed in my last Tara game.
I almost always use Totems, but Karina is meh, especially without the models to be able to using the summoning upgrade. I scored a translucent Malifaux Child in a promo, but I’m not a big fan of the translucent models unless I want to do something with the effect. I traded with a friend for the regular gray plastic version and set to work.
I’ll give Wyrd credit, the design on the rolled up sleeves hides the seam pretty well. The model is otherwise a bit unexciting, and the three contact points (butt and each foot) makes positioning it on a not-completely-flat base a bit interesting.
I’ve played a game with the Child chasing Tara. I was somewhat underwhelmed, but it didn’t help that I had forgotten about the healing ability. Needing a 7 of Rams is tricky though, especially without any built in way to generate the Ram.
