Guild Ball Week: Faction Guide – The Union
April 28, 2017 by dignity
In this video, we take a look at a Guild Ball team unique to the game. As well as being their own Guild they are also mercenaries who can find themselves in another team when called for. Welcome The Union.
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Love the union from the background, new captain *spoiler* makes me want to get them on the table and new season 3 players are interesting.
*sob* I want my girl back ….. Union $%%$#$
I’d probably run an exclusive faction to begin with. To get to know it and truly learn how it plays. Bu it’s really nice knowing I could add something completely different down the line, if I wanted to.
Finally. My kind of nasties.
Think I’ll be a Union man in this setting.
The Union is great and i really love the story of this game and how they progress it.
great minis and great painting skills
Am utter pack of b@$t@rd$ . Great minis with cool rules but in the story, the greatest pack of mongrel dogs unhung. (I hate them more than I hate elves……yes they are that bad)
@beardragon14 oh, come on, only because “your” little lady went on to be a girl for her own and do something in the world (preeetty obvious she has plans for the Union)… also, imagine her playing still for the meat processing faction, no?
Find it far more shocking that a known Flint and various other villains mashup had to take on a distinct priest’s supporting role to the backstory of a certain *cutting* person’s original… should’ve cost him an eye.
Look I don’t have to justify my irrational hatred to you 😛 …. 😀 (I am actually considering having “the girl ” captain my 3rd season team ….since we didn’t get a new Captain) …… and Union still are a pack of $%^^ers 😀
Haven’t used any Union figures in my games, time to try some.
Again: I’d like to see how they play, but the minis themselves look sweeet!
I like that you can use The Union characters with other factions! I would definitely mix and match.
Might to look at some union players to diversify my kick off teams.
nice touch ….assassin,s
Nice hat
Just got my kick off box and played two games. I am hooked.
It is a nice game .. you’ll love it
Sounds like fun!
I am guessing, All rounders a mix of all other teams strengths, but also their weaknesses
Favorites in order
Engineers, Fishermen, Morticians, Union, Hunters.
Favorite overall character Scum the cat.
I’ve yet to use any of the union players, but they are quite characterful sculpts so they’ll definitely be getting some paint on them at some stage.
Love me the Union… 3 captains? Mercs for the other teams? So good…
Its strange that I feel that every faction has a pull on me
So cool
Seems like an interesting team with all its backstory
Well I guess this song is quite appropriate for this faction then…lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOCWUgwiWs
I like a lot of those models, but I’m not sure yet I can actually integrate them into my Fisherman’s Guild.Well, maybe I’ll just play them as a Union team. 🙂
It’s good that you can mix some of these into other factions
So far this is my favorite of the guilds. Ruthless with some stellar models.
I won’t be playing Union as a Guild, but they are the team of one of my primary opponents.
I’m looking at Gutter and Fangtooth because they both work in either my Fish or my Brewer teams. Avarisse and Greed creep me out too much… lol
‘The Hat’ is interesting as well. He’s available at the local store (most GB models have to be special ordered) and he works with the Brewers.
Models are lovely and I really like that you can mix them into other factions to give them something which might not be seen. A company that isn’t afraid to actually kill characters off is a really good company as the story can move forwards.
I have a Union team led by captain rage, Union is a fantastic guild, will be expanding them even more soon. Also then gives me more options for my other guild ball teams.
Really nice models again, I think those victorian suits and waistcoats look fantastic.
I don’t think I would get an exclusive union team if and when I start playing guildball.
Does anyone know if all the union players can be played on all the other guild’s teams? Or is just some can go with one guild, some with another?
Each team has a list of union that can play for that team. Union captains and mascots are union team only, and if seems thd up coming new union players will be union only.
very victorian, good look. Still the brewers for me though… and maybe the masons
Although it was nice to hear that bit about the Butchers, I feel there wasn’t enough Union stuff in there! I want to know more!!!!!
The Union has an interesting groups of units that seem vastly unique from one another
Backstabbing, story moving on, “not afraid to kill off characters”. Goodonyers.
Probably the only team I don’t care for. I still would pick up one or two to play test with.
Looking good.
Just got the Ltd Ed Rage and Brisket from their Salute weekend promo – those are some STUNNING sculpts….
Love them
This story is getting darker with each presentation.
Excellent models, although I haven’t quite worked out what the Union’s game is, or if it is actually a Union as I would understand it in a world of Guilds!
Exact background is unknown, there is an organisation called the longshanks that are a force behind the union, and links with the major religion. However some players like Averice and Greede in the background work for other guild players, or at least seem to do so
The Union are cool like merc factions.
Every model I see seems better than the previous one… the Union looks so cool!
Pretty cool you can use these as their own faction or plug individuals into other guilds.
Like the entire range of models i’ve seen so far, they are very cool and i love the paintjob on them (as all the others).
I think i might pick a few of them to supplement my other guilds though.
I love the Gangs of New York look to them!
Loving Avarice and Greed.
The first time I have wanted to sign up for a union
Union: The gateway drug. Buy your guild. buy a couple of union models that work for your guild. Top up to a full team. Now you have a few models that’ll work for another team and so you buy them. 6 months later you accidentally own everything.
Got a friend who’s first choice was Union. He tried so hard to get me into GB last year. But then he did the ultimate dirty on me and moved back to England. Sob 🙁
This is the faction for me. Some of the models are very Gangs of New York which is very cool.
Nice paint job
Quite interesting to have some universal figures that can go into the other factions. Once again the minis paint jobs are just superb, and the overall background is so rich and interesting.
These are some great looking minis!!
Again an interesting guild with lovely models.
I’m sure I have to get a couple of the miniatures as supplement to the faction I end up buying
Love the idea of a character based upon a hat! Even if I dont play the union, I’ll be picking up that model and following it in the fluff.
Is the hat called…..Mr Hat? If I ever get around to painting that guy (Must..Resist..Temptation!) then I’d have to paint a couple of eyes on there!
I am torn now when I start to play these or Alchemists.
I’ve really enjoyed all the faction videos. The figures are beautifully painted.
Now to get onto all the matches.
Look pretty awesome
Not sure I’d play a team of these guys, but there’s definitely some fun models to fill out my other teams.
great models and great background.
Interesting looking faction. Would have been nice to see them play on the table.
I really hate playing against these but they do look nice, hats off
Great stuff!
Lovely models – really torn between which faction to go for!