In most recent years, Wyrd has released a nightmare crew at Gencon, then an extra model in the same theme in Black Friday. This year, that’s Mad Cap, an alternate Metal Golem in the Malifaux 1988 theme.
This model was in softer plastic than most Malifaux, and sold pre-assembled. I believe it’s the same material as The Other Side. It’s not my favorite material, though it’s nicer than some PVC models.
Last year’s Nightmare crew was was anachronistic for Malifaux, a cyberpunk twist on Mei Feng
In this world, Mei rides the rails on roller blades, evidently. I wanted this crew to be brighter colored than most of my Malifaux, and selected orange as a color to tie them all together.
The orange on Mean Streak is relegated to just a few accents.
What fish wouldn’t want a robot body?
The Rail Workers each get a unique look. I especially like kangaroo-legged Tagline.
I scored this alt Draugr when it first ran as an LGS promo a couple of years ago. He’s been waiting for me to turn my attention to Resurrectionists and then Reva. Well, now is the time. At least for some Reva friends.
He is, of course, the coolest Draugr sculpt, because he has the coolest beard.
These alts, slated for release at the Adepticon that wasn’t, were so popular they sold out within hours. Fortunately they were reprinted for slowpokes like me.
They also act as previews for the currently running Storms of Kural Kickstarter. The project is for a new two-player starter set, featuring two four model warbands, each model representing a different faction. The stat cards were released in the second edition rulebook, but these are the first models available.
The starter set is all single piece models, to be more accessible to people unfamiliar with metal models. These alt poses wouldn’t work in a single piece, but they aren’t exactly complex (torso and arms). I like slight posability, plus it would be easier to do simple conversions.
As a bonus, have a cat. You can never have too many cats in Relicblade.
