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So, in other words, it'll probably be on sale before 40% of the backers get theirs :p

Then be on sale at places like MM at half the price you paid for them!

Nice pics. It it just me or is the Skyscraper totally a GW Ork, not a Mantic Marauder tho?

I don't mind bows. If your tech is advanced enough to be indistinguishable from magic, form doesn't matter functionally. So why not make it look like your cultural heritage? I bet if we had phasers some people would make theirs look like flintlocks or tommyguns or thundermauls.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Nice pics. It it just me or is the Skyscraper totally a GW Ork, not a Mantic Marauder tho?

Nah, he's got a uniform, a standard issue gun, a plain but functional jetpack, and his head is in proportion to the rest of his body, definitely not a GW Ork


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Packing has been ongoing, shipping starts next week. They've had three noteworthy delays - the Veermyn nightmare delivery was delayed, none of the flight stands came with Jetbike Blaine and they had to source more, and the Teraton Shock Trooper mould apparently kept tearing, which vastly slowed down the production rate as they had to keep replacing it. Speaking of, here it is

Well that's me bumped to the end as I'm getting 2 Teratons - they might end up like some of original metal parts that never got released due to molds wearing out.

Nightmare sprue (formerly Shredders)

I do wonder what sort of Mantic-style bungling happened at the start of this project to make all new sprues ever so slightly too small to fit all the bits.

 DaveC wrote:
Well that's me bumped to the end as I'm getting 2 Teratons - they might end up like some of original metal parts that never got released due to molds wearing out.

Probably. I suppose your 2 Teratons will be worth more, at least.

They really should have done the Teraton Shock Trooper models in Wrath of Kings plastic. I wonder if they're regretting going with metal to save money?

There's still time! Maybe they'll double down and give us extra PVC Teratons instead!

Could care less about Mantic metal.

At least due to the Teraton size it's a bit easier to clean then some of those dinky Rebs were...

Eh I'm not mad at the small delay, especially since it took 15 days to recieve my last mantic stuff from an online retailer.

Sad to hear the teraton is causing problems as that probably means he will be a limited run mini.

The sprue thing looks like a compromise to me. It seems like it was planned as both the Dorf sprue and the Big rat sprue have it. I wonder if it was too allow more option on the actual sprue, while having legs or whatever on a separate sprue and clip them. That way mantic could keep using the jewel boxes maybe?

I got extra nightmares so that should put me down that list a bit too.

I'm really excited to see the nightmare sprue. They seemed to have translated really well from the renders. They look really crisp in that picture.

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I've got the nightmare, helfather and hobgob merc but none have any problems... I mean the contact points for the Nightspawn(Old metal leader) were a bit shallow, hes big enough that he should be pinned. But there weren't bubbles or excessive flash, or deformities. I like it better for organic shapes though as both restic and HP are better for armour in my opinion. We will see how WOK plastic does though.

After getting my Mars Attacks! KS pledge, I realized how much I like having my stuff come de-sprued. I would love everything to come that way if it weren't for the inevitable QC issues.

 NobodyXY wrote:
I'm really excited to see the nightmare sprue. They seemed to have translated really well from the renders. They look really crisp in that picture.

I'm thrilled these didn't end up being metal. Hard plastic ogre-sized units . . . I'd love to see Mantic do more like these.

I expect they'll become popular for Skaven rat-ogre tinkering, too, provided the scale matches up.

Pics from Salute courtesy of Fisty Glue Man on twitter, including first sighting of the new GCPS troopers

https://twitter.com/FistyGlueMan/status/721300679957078017

Are those new Marauders behind the GCPS troops? They don't look like any of the current ones

No, they're existing ones - back left is a standard Commando without his bayonette, and back middle is a pyro, what's probably tripping you up is that back right and the front left and right are using the little seen metal arm and head packs on standard commando bodies to create a HMG commando, ripper talons commando, and claw commando respectively. They were available as sight unseen add ons during the first pledge manager round of the original Deadzone KS, but I've not seen them outside of there.

Here's a better angle

That's a pretty nice paint job on the soldiers. I didn't know mantic models could be so detailed.

Also, those Marauders are totally Orks
Is Warpath like KoW, where I could just use GW minis?


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 DaveC wrote:
Are those new Marauders behind the GCPS troops? They don't look like any of the current ones

Who's the blue guy on the right? That's new, isn't it?

Are those (orx included) restic or hard plastic?

Those Orx are just the Deadzone ones with the metal upgrade set. It's nice to finally see those. Most of those late add-ons from the first KS have never shown up for sale, nor have I seen anyone other than myself post pics of them. Seriously, I've never seen anyone besides me post the Plague Enforcer, the corpses, or the special weapon Enforcer (though his weapon was included with the HIPS version).


But yeah, GCPS look good. It would be nice if those were actually the production plastics there, but I'm sure they're actually just resin masters or something. If the final product comes out looking that nice, I'll be very pleased with them.

Wow, those troopers look alright

Dwarf tank pic from Salute makes the turrent look less blocky, mebbe it was the angle?

Makes me wonder if they're planning on bringing the Marauder metal bits back. Otherwise, why tease people with the display?

I'd like to see a better pic of a GCPS trooper with a full helmet.

Joyboozer wrote:
Wow, those troopers look alright

Surely no finer praise has ever been muttered in a Mantic thread! If they keep that up, we'll have to change the catch phrase to "Mantic... alright."

ArtIsGreat wrote:
Dwarf tank pic from Salute makes the turrent look less blocky, mebbe it was the angle?

Having seen it in the flesh (and having idly moved the turret around to see if it was fixed) had that thought too. I would put it down to the angle of the photo.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
That's a pretty nice paint job on the soldiers. I didn't know mantic models could be so detailed.

Also, those Marauders are totally Orks
Is Warpath like KoW, where I could just use GW minis?

Who's the blue guy on the right? That's new, isn't it?

You could use GW minis, but the overlap isn't as strong as it is for Fantasy/KoW.

The blue mini is Adrienne Nikolovski, and she's a named Sphyr Rebs commander from the Deadzone Infestation KS project, but with a head and weapon swap doubles as a regular Sphyr Lancer for the Rebs.

 privateer4hire wrote:
Are those (orx included) restic or hard plastic?

Orx are restic with metal upgrade bits.

The Sphyr is most likely metal.

The GCPS troopers, FF Steel Warriors, and FF tank are hard plastic

@lordblackfang Just noticed that some of the Nyaids have de-sprued bodies as well. Seems like a choice that was made pre Deadzone.

corp look nicely detailed and when they get DZ rules I might pick up a box or two. One to use as a PDF or Planetary Police Force strike team/survivor group and the other box will get converted up into plague stage 3's.

@NTRabbit thanks for the link, I always forget about fisty.
I think the Marauder heads are all upgrades as none look familiar to me. but I could be wrong,

There's a cameo by the new DZ box in the deadzone display board pics. Not a great pic though.

@Taaloc I'm pretty jealous, I wish I could make the pilgrimage to one of the big yearly shows.

@Vermonter I've got 6 coming. They were the one thing that I knew I was going to add on to my LD pledge.

Ah thanks for clarifying NTRabbit I vaguely remember them now - I have little interest in the Marauders as the initial sculpts aren't great IMO hopefully any future plastic set will address the issues I have with them.

Back to the desprued bits again they explained this as being a shipping cost issue it's cheaper for them to get the factory to clip the parts from the sprues with a smaller number of larger parts (bodies, legs etc.) and ship them in a bag rather than ship a whole sprue most of which will end up the bin anyway - it saves on weight and size. The sprues with a larger number of parts (weapons and arms etc.) remain intact. It may not be to everyones liking but it a decision they seem to be sticking with. I don't mind so long as a bit of care is taken by the factory in the despruing.

Some more pictures from the Mantic forum

Wow, the GSPC troopers are awesome. I"m surprised they didn't try to sneak those pics out before the pledge manager closed.

OTOH, my wallet is grateful they didn't, and I'll wait to see if I need them at retail.

When did Mantic get so good? Last time I saw their models, they looked terrible, but the detail on those soldiers is incredible. They even have visible shoe laces and folds in their uniforms.
Like, when I saw those soldiers earlier, I was expecting them to look bad up close, but even zoomed in they look good.
Its kind of scary 0_o

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
When did Mantic get so good? Last time I saw their models, they looked terrible, but the detail on those soldiers is incredible. They even have visible shoe laces and folds in their uniforms.
Like, when I saw those soldiers earlier, I was expecting them to look bad up close, but even zoomed in they look good.
Its kind of scary 0_o

Probably Resin Masters.

Taken by Brueckenkopf-online at Salute

http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/?p=168717











Those troopers are nice indeed

The painter's going to be pissed that his Veer-myn model's already lost an arm.

I'm still a fan of Mantic's Veer-myn, but not a fan of their official Battlecheese Yellow™ color scheme.

The GCPS troopers look pretty good, but out of all the factions shown, I think its the FF who really look like they mean business in the photos above. Best space dwarfs I've ever seen.

The Marauder with the claw hand looks like he's saying "Hey! Pass it to me! I'm open!"