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Since the other thread got closed because of too much OT, I am opening up a new one.

As TS I can and will ask the Mods to remove any posts that do not deal with news about Mantic. So, please, keep discussions not directly related to the posted news-items to other threads.

With kind regards,

André

I got to see the Corp's Power Armored troops (IE Speesh Marines) and the CA for their tank while at Adepticon. The PA guys keep the same 'real world'-ish look that the regular grunts have with a bit of Starship Troopers (Roughnecks Chronicles) and Halo vibe.

If you like the regular corp, you'll continue to like these.

The tank was a sexy sexy beast.

Will the PA troops be metals or resi-plasti-whatever?

Didn't ask about material, but they looked Restic.

Can we have separate threads on Fantasy and SciFi, please? Because in principle, these are two completely different miniature lines and games.

Your wish has been fulfilled, someone else please open up the other thread .

Don't look at me! I won't do it

There ya go.

As a thanks you can buy some Brushfire.

First up - Corporation Ranger 360!

http://www.manticblog.com/?p=5889

Duncan_Idaho wrote:
As TS I can and will ask the Mods to remove any posts that do not deal with news about Mantic. So, please, keep discussions not directly related to the posted news-items to other threads.

What's a "TS"?

Thread starter?

Troubled Skinhead?

Tender Swede?

Alpharius wrote:What's a "TS"?

Just check the glossary. Toxin Sack of course

True Scale surely

Thousand Son works for me - he can see the future!

I'm guessing "Thread Starter" though...

So the whole new thread after too much off topic posts in the last thread went well then!

Have we all listened to the Mantic Podcast? Big interview with Jake on Pandora
http://forum.manticblog.com/showthread.php?812-Mantic-Podcast-Episode-1-The-One-About-Pandora-s-Box

So this thread doesn't suffer the fate of the last one, there is a Mantic Discussions thread in the main section: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/431287.page

General news - the Mantic Crazy Bag is back. 20 sprues for £24.99. I know loads of people picked up one of these last time out.

http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Special-Offers/Product/Mantics-Crazy-Bag-20-Sprues.html

Black Nexus wrote:General news - the Mantic Crazy Bag is back. 20 sprues for £24.99. I know loads of people picked up one of these last time out.

http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Special-Offers/Product/Mantics-Crazy-Bag-20-Sprues.html

Just picked myself up one of these. Looking forward to seeing what goodies it contains.

I'll ask again on this thread: can anyone please put a photo of Infinity models beside Mantic Corporation? I really need it before I make a decision of buying tons of Corporation minis.

They are similar in terms of height to a GW Cadian, but the proportions are somewhat different. I would say that probably the closest comparison would be to FW Elysians or DKoK, which aren't heroically scaled either. Detail wise, I've held them in my hand and they are a lovely little sculpt - again, I would say more detailed than the Cadians, not quite as much as something like Elysians. But, for the cost comparison IMO it is a no-brainer.

Had a quick look on the net, this is the best one I could find.

Bear in mind, the Cadian is on a rock:

Andre seems to assume too much power as "thread starter" - I didn't realise that gave you defacto mod powers? Perhaps he can put in a complaint about Alpharius not taking his demands seriously enough and going OT?

On a more serious note, would it be possible to have a Mantic sub-forum for these discussions?

Mantic threads would seem to easily get lost in the masses of posts in N&R, and I for one would like to be able to find multiple discussions on the stuff in it's own place rather than having essentially multiple discussions in one thread through necessity (being able to find them).

Pacific - you don't happen to have any Cadians not] standing on rocks do you? Would make the comparisons much more obvious...

Still... let's stay on-topic, right?

A sub-forum for Mantic discussion is a good idea, although for now specific discussion would go in "Other Sci-Fi Games" if talking about Warpath (or simply Dakka Discussions if talking more generally, like the thread linked to above).

Pacific wrote:They are similar in terms of height to a GW Cadian, but the proportions are somewhat different. I would say that probably the closest comparison would be to FW Elysians or DKoK, which aren't heroically scaled either. Detail wise, I've held them in my hand and they are a lovely little sculpt - again, I would say more detailed than the Cadians, not quite as much as something like Elysians. But, for the cost comparison IMO it is a no-brainer.

Had a quick look on the net, this is the best one I could find.

Bear in mind, the Cadian is on a rock:

Well I was thinking more along the lines of "do Infinity models and Mantic models look not-weird when used in a same army?" I know that they are more or less of the same height but I don't know if Mantic and Infinity would look good together proportion-wise (although from what I can see both are fairly close to normal real proportions).

I think Infinity is around 33mm scale? I know their humans tend to be taller than 40k figures. These mantic dudes would probably look a little stunted.

No, Infinity is 28mm. They're just a little shorter than GW models.

on topic: I think the new Corporation models looks good (but not perfect since I do prefer having a variation on their poses). looking forward to other releases in that range. Maybe they should do Rough Rider equivalents?

They look taller to me (imagine the Infinity dudes standing up straight), but not as much as I remember. I guess the Mantic dudes could work.

scipio.au wrote:Andre seems to assume too much power as "thread starter" - I didn't realise that gave you defacto mod powers? Perhaps he can put in a complaint about Alpharius not taking his demands seriously enough and going OT?

On a more serious note, would it be possible to have a Mantic sub-forum for these discussions?

Mantic threads would seem to easily get lost in the masses of posts in N&R, and I for one would like to be able to find multiple discussions on the stuff in it's own place rather than having essentially multiple discussions in one thread through necessity (being able to find them).

Pacific - you don't happen to have any Cadians not] standing on rocks do you? Would make the comparisons much more obvious...

Sorry mate it's not my pic, just one I found with a google search! I agree completely, but I guess if you imagine it without the rock they are more or less the same size.

I completely agree with you about a Mantic sub-forum - Warseer has one, and as much as I prefer the more relaxed tone on this forum, that is the place to go for Mantic discussion. But, I don't think it is going to happen unfortunately due to technical reasons - we made a request to get an Infinity sub forum, there must have been 30-odd guys asking for it, and it still didn't happen. Instead we got a sticky in the sci-fi skirmish section. The problem is for players of other games (Necromunda, Mercs etc.) those guys don't get a look in these days as it is chock full of Infinity threads - same for FoW in the history section in fact. So best for now is just to look in the 'Lord of the Rings and Other fantasy' section. Perhaps if there were enough people interested we could get some more threads going there, in the same way the Infinity community has for that section?

heartserenade - As for Infinity and Mantic stuff? I would say in terms of proportion they are much more similar. Neither Mantic corporation or Infinity are heroically scaled, so I think they would look better alongside each other, than either one compared to Cadians. That being said, the Infinity stuff is insanely detailed (which I think is why people have a hard time believing they are 28mm), each one is almost like a character piece, so they are more detailed than the Corporation minis. But yes I think if they were painted in similar style (I'm guessing for an IG army?) they should look fine next to each other.

I'm painting them all differently. Kinda fits the mercenary theme I was aiming for. And I also want to use the Infinity models for Infinity.

scipio.au wrote:
On a more serious note, would it be possible to have a Mantic sub-forum for these discussions?

Already been discussed, the end result of that was that all conversation about Mantic not strictly about the news and rumours (including stuff like 8-page debates about whether resin plastic is plastic or whether or not mantic stole the colour green from GW) belong in the Mantic Discussion thread that Pacific linked to.