By Jurisdictional Command

I've been a bit backed up with my battle reports at the moment, having played a load of games, aiming at a minimum of one a week, with Uni I'm struggling to get round to writing them up.

Despite this I have started to spot trends, normally in my defeats. I have been using Vanilla Nomads, this in part was a choice to move away from the USAriadna (and the necessity to use a sectorial to utilise their available miniatures), and also partly as I had been buying an array of miniatures for the Nomads from different sectorials and I wished to try all my models out.
Although the vanilla list allows me to try out all my models (albeit sometimes only in limited numbers) it has prevented me from trying out Fireteams, and having been on the receiving end of them in the last few games, I have started to notice how brutal a defensive fire team can be. I faced a team of Ghulams, who for most of the game pinned down my flank of a SWAST and Reverend Healer, keeping them at range and ultimately preventing them from having an impact on the game. Frustratingly, those 5 orders worth of troops didn't have to actually spend their orders for most of the game, rather in defensive positions with good fire lanes to ARO, whilst allowing 5 orders to be used by the rest of the army.
Partly my difficulty in dealing with them comes down to a lack of some of the tools that would have benefitted me, I need to add some smoke generating models, either Jaguar's or Morlocks (I have Lupe, but would rather access to some cheaper options), also I didn't have any models kept back in AD to try flush them out. However I feel that I am coming up against fireteams more and more, and often I have little answer to them...so if I can't beat them, I may as well join them!

No, I'm not changing faction again!

...Rather I'm going to concentrate on a sectorial. This is two fold, one so I can try out Fireteams and a more thematic my selection, but also so I have a more focussed purchasing schedule.
I have found that I have been buying whatever I can find, either in store, or on eBay, with then a smattering of orders in between based upon models that take my fancy or that I read good things about. Although this has allowed me to get some of the really cool Nomad models, it doesn't necessarily give me the best army selection.
One of my issues with the USAriadna, when I was collecting them, was the limited number of options available in the sectorial. This is something I have been pondering as to whether it is a good or a bad thing. I feel in their circumstances, it was a bad thing, as they were missing models for some of the key profiles, which are slowly coming out by the sounds of things.
For the Nomads, I don't feel this is an issue, with Bakunin and Corregidor having access to all the profiles (as far as I can tell), and as Tunguska aren't out yet, they're not an problem.
The more pertinent issue that I will face is, which sectorial?! My list of models looks like this so far:

Bakunin:
Reverend Moira's box (2 painted, 2 built).
Reverend Healer (1 painted, 1 built).
Reverend Custodier (1 painted).
Clockmaker (painted - which can be used in either).
Riot Grrl box (2 painted, 2 built including Missile Launcher which is part painted - hopefully finished in next few days).
SWAST (1 painted).
Lizard & Pilot (unbuilt).
Bakunin Starter Set (en route).
Cassandra Kusanagi (en route).

Corregidor:
3 Alguacil's (painted).
Tomcat Dr & Zondcat (painted).
Mobile Brigada (painted).
Gecko box (built).
Iguana & Operator (built).
Lupe Balboa (built).
Corregidor Starter Set (en route).

Tunguska:
Intraventor Box (1 painted, 1 built).
Grenzier (1 painted).
Spektre (1 painted).

Currently the Bakunin are closer in terms of the models I already own, and they do have most of the models that attracted me to the Nomads in the first place. Although it will be a tough choice nonetheless, as I have decided I will challenge myself, to choose one of the sectorials and collect all of the options from it, paint them, and play with them exclusively until I have all the options finished. With this in mind I should have a good understanding of all their strengths and weaknesses, plus I will be able approach games in the same way as Malifaux, with the full range of options to mix things up and play lists aimed towards certain scenarios etc.

I'm still agonising over the choice, so hopefully more to come soon, and with any luck I will get a battle report finished soon!

In the mean time, here are some of my latest paint jobs: