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Sorry for the stupid question but was the Mars Attacks stuff supposed to come prepainted like D&D minis or is it just in the colored by faction plastic and preassembled?

^ Pre-assembled Coloured plastic, no prepainting.

The clear helmets are the only separate pieces on the minis.

This is looking like a great project for Mantic, hopefully the sales will match the quality of the delivery. I did not back this and do not think that I will purchase it, but if I can resist a flying saucer and big stompy robot or two is an entirely different matter.

If they match this quality with Dreadball: Extreme (the same material is it not?) we should have a lot of very happy backers.

privateer4hire wrote:
We've played multi-mat and multiplayer w/o whatever rules Incursion includes.
I am not a fan. Unless you've got scads of terrain, whoever tries to cross no-man's land is gonna be one dead customer.

It encourages turtling (may as well stay here and shoot/blaze away) unless Incursion does something about that.

All Incursion does is provide new deployment diagrams.

Are you using one mat's worth of terrain and just spreading it out thin?

Not sure if this has been posted. Painted photos of the dead bodies, civilians, and FLAMING COWS.

Gorgeous!

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Hi all... (read all lots of news)

6s2Hit and Games Hub Edinburgh will be attending Claymore 2014, run by South East Scotland Wargames club (SESWC)

Scotland’s premier wargames show, which will be held on Saturday 2nd August, 2014, at the Granton Campus of Edinburgh College, 350 West Granton Road, Edinburgh EH5 1QE. Doors will open to the public at 10.00am.

Features Demonstration and Participation Games: As per usual at Claymore there will be a good selection of demonstration and participation games. Some 30+ traders and its outstanding Bring & Buy tables.

6s2Hit is happy to announce that Ronnie Renton of Mantic games will be attending Claymore2014 with us. Ronnie will be bringing along the very first copy of Mars attacks made to play on our participation table, this will be its first uk wargames show this new game is being demoed at so don't miss out on a chance to play the game with its! As well as this we hope to have some sneak peek of Mantics up and coming projects. And don’t be shy to ask Ronnie any questions or to sing any of the Mantic products you buy at 6s2Hits trading stand.

As always 6s2Hit 6'ers team as well as some of Mantics pathfinders will be running participation games. Mantics mars attacks, Dread Ball, Dead-zone and Kings of war. Warlord games, Bolt action demonstration offered by 6s2Hit's Homeguard radio podcast team. And a selection of skirmish games from Warmachine & hordes, Dust Tactics, Urban war.

Furthermore for all you Manic fans unable to atend Clamore please come join us and Ronnie Renton who will be giving a FREE seminar on Sunday from 11am at Edinburgh games Hub

@Squig: Thanks for the clarification. It's not my preferred visual style or subject matter but it looks like a good set.

Great stuff, just got my delivery notification for the Azure Forest board..

Has anyone else ordered from the new set or other Azure stuff that was promoted a while ago?

Mars Attacks 1st Production box unboxing photos here: http://thepaintingmonkey.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/mars-attacks-sneak-peak/
Thanks to Liam of The Wargaming Monkey blog for spilling these beans.

A selection of interesting pics from the blog post (more to be found via the link above):

Bag o' heroes:



Bag o' martians:



Bag o' terrain:



Rulebook o' rules:



The luck o' the Irish:



just ran out.

Very nice!

If that baggie is one terrain accessory sprue I will be very happy.

Wire fence, picket fence, shopping cart, mailbox, garbage bin, stop sign and more!

Wishing I got more bags of accessories now instead of piles of bugs.

Oh well. Bugs are a bit more universal than picket fences and garbage cans.

highlord tamburlaine wrote:Not sure if this has been posted. Painted photos of the dead bodies, civilians, and FLAMING COWS.

Those dead bodies are awesome and the cows look fun!

The people beneath are awful though, especially the blonde lass. Looks like the same sculptor as did the Sharlot(sp?) Air Spirit for Kings of War, which was pretty poor itself.

I'm seeing some pretty epic mould lines on the production figures in the baggies too...

Overall though, I think it looks fairly promising!

Would all be 3d sculpted, so it wouldn't be the same sculptor (Shaarlot was traditionally done).

The Shaarylot model is one of my favourite sculpts for KoW, it's really nicely done, with subtle detail that would have gotten mushed out if it was a restic mini.

The name becomes more correct as time goes on. That or we're just adding to it.

Oh, well they do put me in mind of her. Perhaps its the paint job?

Wayland Games over here in the UK has some pre-orders up

http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/pre-orders/mantic-games/cat_534.html?utm_source=Wayland+Games+Ltd+List&utm_campaign=139930e002-GWar_Resistance_Mars_Non_EEA7_23_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_78b62ac9ee-139930e002-312583413

This shows us the prices on a good few things that are not up for sale on the Mantic website yet.

It also shows that the "Attack On Greenville" Mega deal that Mantic has up saves £20 on the retail value of the things included.

A release date of 30th September is given.

Something of note for any gamer is the release of the two urban mats, one straight road, one junction:



Very good quality mats and no logos.

Can see those and the terrain being useful for quite a few modern games as well.

I'll probably pick up the upgrade pack and Attack from Space at retail, left them out of my KS pledge at the last minute, but thankfully they're pretty much exactly the same price at retail so I didn't miss out on any huge bargain there.

Agreed on the mats in terms of use for a myriad of other games, could be quite a money spinner for Mantic. The quality and price tends to blow most of the specialist game mat companies away.

For those doubting the KS business model the fact that the campaigns for Deadzone and Mars Attacks (except the boxed game?) upgraded the original crummy paper mat is a good thing. It makes me a bit sad to imagine playing Deadzone on a paper mat with a short shelf life due to the rigours of gaming.

Are the gaming mats 2'x2'?

 warboss wrote:
Are the gaming mats 2'x2'?

Yes

No love for the new pre-orders for the Asterians and Forge fathers?







http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/deadzone.html?utm_source=Mantic+Games+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bf05dfae1d-Mantic+Games+Newsletter+275&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_20fe4cf5a8-bf05dfae1d-201398765

Just saw those on the newsletter, and they look very cool. I'm assuming those are starters plus boosters, though, as otherwise they're a fair bit pricier even with the free book.

Starters plus a bit more, yes. You get relevant new characters (and Helfather in the big deal) and what looks to be the equivalent of one booster. I think.

Also: Magma Cannons.


Thoughts on the Forge Guard scheme?

Holy... those look awesome

Not a fan of the Asterians, but the new Forgefathers are looking cool.

A little disappointed with the terrain in the Mars Attacks set... The little scatter pieces are ace, but the walls have the same 'clip-together and looks like it' issue as the scifi stuff.

@Paradigm, I initially though that the £39.99 sets were priced a bit off but if a starter is £19.99, a booster £14.99 and a metal character is £6.49 then you save a bit and get the campaign book thrown in free too.

Still not as cheap as I usually view Mantic as though. The Nexus Psi collection saved £25 on retail. These are not as good as that collection, think I will wait for my FLOR to get them in.

 insaniak wrote:
Not a fan of the Asterians, but the new Forgefathers are looking cool.

A little disappointed with the terrain in the Mars Attacks set... The little scatter pieces are ace, but the walls have the same 'clip-together and looks like it' issue as the scifi stuff.

Asterians- Is it the paintjob or just the models in general you don't like?