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First Forays into the Miniatures of Malifaux



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Hey all, welcome back to The Art of Caesura,


Last week I was talking about my perspective on the world of Malifaux, and this time around I want to talk about the minis and show the loot I’ve managed to amass so far. But before I do, I hope you had a great week, and that next week is even better!

As I’ve mentioned a couple of times before, I came to Malifaux from Warhammer Fantasy. I was used to painting big chunky orcs; and lots of them! So when I bought my first Wyrd minis (Jacob Lynch’s “Dark Debts” box) I was impressed and a little intimidated by how small these guys are. I mean they are 32mm scale compared to GW’s 28mm scale, so I guess technically they’re larger. But by God, they’re slight. Their various wrists and ankles and the like are really really minuscule (one of the Beckoners’ canes is thinner than the width of a paperclip!). I love the detail of them, and the narrowness of the models actually make them feel even more detailed.

GW scale comparison
Miniature Size Comparison (GW is 1st, Malifaux is 3rd) (I do not own this image)
My only gripe so far is that they’re pretty tricky to assemble even for an experienced modeler. They have many pieces that could probably have been molded together (I’m looking at you, Jacob, with your face and hat being two separate 3mm pieces). Generally though it’s a fun challenge.


I have approached Malifaux from a very liberated perspective. I am basically recognizing that I probably won’t actually be playing this game too much (if at all) so I went into it just buying the models that I liked whether they would work well in the game together or not. I really liked the idea of Jacob Lynch and his crew. A gambler who got in a bit over his head, basically gambling away his soul to the wrong people. He comes with his buddy “The Hungering Darkness” which is pretty much the coolest name ever, an immaterial monster that feeds off the crack-head druggies addicted to “Brilliance” which Jacob and his Beckoners peddle.

Next was Leviticus’ “Salvage and Logistics” box. If you’ve been following my blog, and especially the World of Smog minis that I’ve been painting, you’ll understand why the abominations in Levi’s box just sang to me. They’re super duper creepy – they actually remind me of mechanical monstrosities from Doom or Wolfenstein.

So those are my two Master boxes. I also grabbed The Beckoners (to go with Lynch) and a box of Death Marshals (just because I love the models so much and think they’ll be fun to paint).

miniatures boxes

Overall I’m really looking forward to launching into these guys! As I say, I think they’ll present a new challenge to me from both a painting and modelling perspective.

Well, that’s it for this week, see you next Friday for more of The Art of Caesura!


Reading: Boring textbooks for a presentation I have to give.
Listening: Pillars & Pyre - Dralms
Gaming: Doom beta – id and Bethesda


Next week:
Kind of a big deal: my first Malifaux mini!!

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