Project Update: First Malifaus Mini and First attempt at OSL!

Well I have finally gotten around to painting my first Malifaux miniature, Ramos, Steampunk Sorcerer. Not only was this my first Malifaux model I have ever painted, it was also my first attempt at Origin Source Lighting (OSL). I am happy with my results but the pics are of poorer quality than I would have liked to show it off.

I followed several tutorials online and tried to best mimic the effects I saw. Like I said I am happy with the results but would love some feedback on what I have done wrong or could do better.

Over all I love the miniatures for Malifaux and I really need to get more games in as I am a huge novice, but want to play much more of this game. I plan on collecting the rest of Ramos' force the moving onto the Cult of December as those minis are pretty amazing.


As always thanks for stopping by and please feel free to comment on the OSL, I really would like to improve on this technique as it is just such a cool effect and really makes a model stand out.

- Meatball

Trying a New Game: Malifaux

After watching the guys at my FLGS play a few games, I decided that I am going to give Wyrd Miniatures' Malifaux a try as a new game. The miniature range is very unique and I am intrigued by the use of a deck of cards as opposed to dice rolls. The game was relatively cheap for me to get into as the box set pictured above was given to me by a friend who wants me to play the game. Even if I had to buy it this set retails for $35 so by far one of the cheapest starter sets I have seen. Even better is Wyrd  Miniatures is going to be releasing the rules as a free PDF download, so I don't need to rush out and buy a rulebook until I know if I like the game. You don't even need to buy the Malifaux cards as you can use any regular deck of cards, but I already know I want the Malifaux cards because I thought the artwork on them was very cool.

Another reason I am excited is because I am going to use these models to tryout some new painting techniques I have wanted to try. I went with the Arcanists faction and chose Ramos and the Miners and Steelfitters Union as the starter box set. Ramos seems to use allot of metal automatons so I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to try my hand at Non-Metallic Metals (NMM). Also as you can see in the image to the right Ramos has a magical fireball in his hand so I felt this would be the perfect mini to practice Object Source Lighting (OSL) on. So I will be showing off my attempts at both NMM and OSL in future posts to the blog.

As far as Malifaux goes, I would love to hear from anyone who has played the game, I am looking for honest opinions to help me decide if this game is worth investing a little more money in. I have already picked up a Steampunk Arachnid Swarm blister to add to my group as 3 individual Steampunk Arachnids and am willing to buy more i this is a quality game, other wise these are just going to be some cool minis that I use to practice painting techniques on.

As always, thank you for stopping by the blog and please feel free to leave me a comment or two about Malifaux.

- Meatball