I realize I'm repeating myself, but I wanted to jump back on here and say "Thank you" once again to everyone for their great posts.
One of my friends pounced on those perfect Heresy trenchcoat guys for his Delaque gang.
For myself, I'm going with Infinity's Reverend Moiras for my Escher (example:
http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/en/2013/miniatures/reverend-moiras-3/ ). This represents my first Corvus Belli purchase, and I'm eager to see if these models are as good as people say they are.
I also made my first attempt at building a Terraclips terrain kit (in this case, "Sewers of Malifaux"). Very cool product, but definitely time-consuming to construct and I realized after I'd finished that I have NOWHERE to store assembled terrain this big (30"x24"). Anyway, here's what I came up with (25mm Reaper mini in background for scale):
I'm thinking of having a go at building a board with a smaller footprint, but more levels (I have "Streets" and "Buildings" also). Would this put ranged gangs at too much of a disadvantage? Do I really need a playing surface 3 feet to a side?