I haven’t been excited enough about Bayou Gators to buy a box. But I’ve got a well-documented obsession with limited editions, so when this became available through a LGS promo I had no choice.
Bayou Gator (alt)
Wyrd’s plastics have gotten a lot better at not having a crapton of tiny pieces, but they still aren’t great at placing seam lines. Right in the middle of the nicely textured skin makes it hard to clean up.
The package came with two head variants – one enjoying a snack, and one boring one. You can guess which I selected.
I’m a little disappointed in this box. It’s got all the models to max out the Rarity for both Stuffed Piglets and Gremlin Taxidermist, which is kind of nice. The two Taxidermists have distinct sculpts (although they’re very similar). I’m much more likely to have a ton of Stuffed Piglets, though, and there are only three sculpts. If I’m going to have to buy all six, I’d like to get unique ones.
Stuffed Piglet (green slider)
Stuffed Piglet (green keg)
Stuffed Piglet (green blind)
Well, I bought anyways, and solved it with paint. I was feeling a little less creative than with regularPiglets, so I kept it simple. Since they’re supposed to be Undead, I gave one set a green zombie skin tone.
Stuffed Piglet (pink slider)
Stuffed Piglet (pink keg)
Stuffed Piglet (pink blindfolded)
The others I used a standard pink flesh. I think the sculpts should be distinct enough to refer to them when needed.
Gremlin Taxidermist (knife)
Gremlin Taxidermist (pliers)
The supervisors have awesome hair. It seems like these guys ought to be a little older and wiser than most Gremlins, having gone through six years of taxidermy school and everything. So I gave them wisened gray hair.
Wrapping up Guild Ball week are two models from the Union, the mercenary faction in Guild Ball.
Gutter
Gutter was my Adepticon VIG freebie. Her model is a bit slight, but she gets a lot of love on the internet. I decided to go with a primary purple color (the official Union faction color), and my Engineers deep red as the accent color to tie it together.
Rage
I don’t quite know why Rage has a rabbit on his belt, but I dig it. Also, he has an awesome hat and beard.
That wraps up my Guild Ball. I feel like I’ve got a nice starting set of models, although I haven’t worked out what my preferred six is yet. I have gotten in a couple of games, and I dig the tight ruleset.
Hoist starts into Season Two. Hoist can replicate an enemy’s Character Play, which looks interesting. Unfortunately, that means knowing the enemy models well enough to have a sense what would be useful.
Hoist
Hoist is another wooden mecha, although I wish he was more distinct from Velocity.
