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To each their own

I kind of love the orclings.

Another one in favour of the new gobbos. They look like they can actually present a significant threat. Same with the orc sculpts really. Really liking the aesthetic theyre going for there. (which is also why I hate the Abyssal expansion... the lower abyssals just look like crap, imo.)

 edlowe wrote:
New pics from the latest dkh update







The gobos look awesome, I just wish the kow plastic kit was that good.

Wow, those look great! I hesitate to ask, but what material are they supposed to be in? Why couldn't we have gotten nice HIPS plastic goblins like these?

 Gallahad wrote:
Wow, those look great! I hesitate to ask, but what material are they supposed to be in? Why couldn't we have gotten nice HIPS plastic goblins like these?

Because those are covered in undercuts.

That Goblin archer looks like a mean sumbitch

I really like the goblins, probably one of my favourite goblin looks that I've seen in a long time.

Just the right mix of weedy and vicious.

BTW, Gallahad, to answer your other question, those are likely resins. As for the production stuff (unless you buy the resin sets):

What material are the miniatures made from?
The Dungeon Saga miniatures are made in multiple pieces, but provided fully assembled (unless stated otherwise), and made from highly detailed coloured plastic. The material is a type of PVC commonly used in board games such as Fantasy Flight Games’ Gears of War and our very own Loka. This allows us to have a high level of detail whilst keeping the dynamic poses required for such a fast-paced game, and of course making them very affordable as you would expect from Mantic.

Note that this material is not the harder PVC commonly known as “restic”, and is not sprued hard plastic.

The Kings of War Figure Packs may be a mixture of Premium Plastic - also known as "Restic" or "Resin Plastic" - or Hard Plastic, which is supplied on a sprue like a Games Workshop or Airfix model kit.

So same stuff as Mars attacks.

 NTRabbit wrote:
That Goblin archer looks like a mean sumbitch

Agreed. Maybe we can get a few more poses in this style

decker_cky wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:
Wow, those look great! I hesitate to ask, but what material are they supposed to be in? Why couldn't we have gotten nice HIPS plastic goblins like these?

Because those are covered in undercuts.

Could you explain this?

Mymearan wrote:

decker_cky wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:
Wow, those look great! I hesitate to ask, but what material are they supposed to be in? Why couldn't we have gotten nice HIPS plastic goblins like these?

Because those are covered in undercuts.

Could you explain this?

Steve Buddle (of Spyglass/Eolith, before he went to work for Games Workshop full time) has this to say on the matter:

http://spyglassasylum.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/undercuts-and-what-hell-they-are.html

Suffice it to say that hard plastic has problems with maintaining detail that is not along a single plane, which is why 1) the models often tend to be of the multipose format where you get legs, a torso, a head, individual arms, and then little detailed bits you can glue on top, 2) the Kingdom Death plastics are going to be ungodly fiddly when they arrive, because they want to preserve all of the original sculpt details which means lots and lots of bits, and 3) GW pays a king's ransom in design to make relatively detailed and dynamic designs easy to assemble.

The bendy PVC can be bent and flexed when removed from moulds, meaning that you don't have the same problem, is my understanding.

 corgan wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:
Not loving the Goblins as they look less comic-y :/

I think that is what I like at them.

^Definitely this.

Pretty nice group shot from the latest blog update



I know their the resin masters we've been seeing but I think mantic are really upping their game with these sculpts, especially considering their one piece figures.

I can't help but see a bit of a nod to the old Heroquest baddies in some of the sculpts there, especially with the zombie and the skeletons.

The furniture is looking nice too. I wonder if that portal thing will be included (or if that's just one of the regular doors off to the left)?

Those Goblins are excellent. There is a hint of mirth to them, but they are still deadly looking.

The groupshot also features the first painted picture of the banshee, so theres that...

This DS stuff is shaping up pretty nicely. I skipped the KS, but may just have to grab it at retail. Some of those minis (the cloaked Wraith-thingy, and the Necromancer raising the Skeleton) are great.

DKH is actually looking pretty cool.

 adamsouza wrote:


Those Goblins are excellent. There is a hint of mirth to them, but they are still deadly looking.

They're teeeeeeeeeny (those are toothpicks they're mounted on). But were a lot of fun to paint, especially the 2 going piggyback.

I think they're more um... I can't remember the mantic names for them, basically snotlings.

 Compel wrote:
I think they're more um... I can't remember the mantic names for them, basically snotlings.

Orclings Not sure if their orc toddlers tho

Right, they're modelled more as 'tiny orcs' than 'tiny goblins', in terms of proportions and facial features. Makes 'em more vicious, although I did love the sheer variety of the old GW metal snotlings.

I do wonder how well they'll do in boardgame plastic though - Mars Attacks suffered the most with delicate facial features and the like.

Orclings? Kawaii!!!

New pics from the latest update







I like the Orc Sniff and the sister but I'm not too sure on the orc hero

I think the orc hero mostly suffers from a weird paintjob... stripes and the grey mawbeast head. Really like his proportions though. For me, the Abyssal is a bit more of a miss... but then Ive never liked them, even when they were just concepts.

Cool stuff about character creation and progression in the advanced rules too.
(8 races, 9 classes, 3 options per level (one based on race, 2 on class), level up via "Glory", which you can invest either in those skills, or into getting more gold per scenario to buy items.)

Update was awesome. I love the new sculpts and the custom character/progression rules sound great!

KoW pledge manager by the end of the month as well

New orcs are lovely

Agree. Not an orc fan, but those are nice.

 NTRabbit wrote:
KoW pledge manager by the end of the month as well

Do they have it open by chance for people who missed it? I know they did that with deadzone