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I like how a better paint job ( none army painter dipped paint job )
pretty much shut all the nay Sayers up about inferior quality or lack of detail.

Now we move onto boo marauders have no shoes xD

lord marcus wrote:Those look to be SS' photoshop manips.

They're not mine.

Only one of mine is on the blog, the coppery red scheme in the bottom left.

LunaHound wrote:I like how a better paint job ( none army painter dipped paint job )
pretty much shut all the nay Sayers up about inferior quality or lack of detail.

You don't seriously think that photoshopping the colours would change our opinion on the sculpt, right?
It is only we made our point and don't spam this thread with repeating it.

LunaHound wrote:I like how a better paint job ( none army painter dipped paint job )
pretty much shut all the nay Sayers up about inferior quality or lack of detail.

Now we move onto boo marauders have no shoes xD

uhm, I've been saying the detail on those ones is fine and that my only issue with those forgefathers is the gorilla-arms since the start. But feel free to have no idea what you're talking about. The other (monopose/fantasy hybrid) ones are the dead horse with inferior quality and lacking detail. None of the figures shown have looked dipped, so I'm not sure what you're on about now. I believe the only criticism of paint has been towards the FFs, and that's been about their colour scheme from the start, and most people agreed they looked better recoloured when we saw SS's first shop, about 12 pages ago..

Kroothawk is correct in that at a certain point, both people with negative opinions and the Mantic Fanatics would agree to disagree on some points, reach agreement on others, and just tire of remaking the same point on others.

Naming contest results are back!

Attackster > Raptor
Scrapper > Brokkrs
Hel Valkyrs > Valkyrs
Rifle Grunt > Fraggers
Heavies > Rippers
Grizzlers > Stormrage Veterans

Looking at the thread, it looks like Breotan has won, due to suggesting "Forgefather Valkyrs". Congrats!

Also, I won the TGN contest to rename the scrappers.

What does the sprue look like?

And how about pics of the guys, such as what material are we looking at here?

I'm not going to pee on the parade with the negative talk, That other poo poo has been through the ringer for like 36 pages.

These are not GW, lets move on from there...

If you HAVE one of these guys, HOW do YOU like it?


Are the ork guys out yet? how do they stack up, and are they easy to put together and paint? what kind of plastic is Mantic using? are there additional bits?

How about those bike/ trike things, how many of those come in a box?

What are we looking at with that Thudd gun stand in? are there other weapons options, there?

I would like to know, basic question, if the Models are all multi-part.

^ Most of the above can be answered by spending 2 minutes on the mantic site.

scarletsquig wrote:^ Most of the above can be answered by spending 2 minutes on the mantic site.

Says the guy with the Mantic tag.....


Your not really being Mr Obvious, are you?

I'm talking about regular people that already have the sets. NOT the kool aid talk, and good intentions.

Already see enough of that, and haven't even seen figure 1 in the flesh. All talk, No substance.


So now it is time to put out and show what we have here.

As for the site, yeah, that was about a whole wasted ten minutes. Didn't tell me any more then "ohh... shineys!"

Better yet, a tutorial on how to put them together, paint them, discussion of the plastics and metals, and etc.

If I want gobbllygook, I can go look at company websites, where even saying that they need work won't get you dogpiles by guys that are more then likely getting free product while sporting thier nifty little company logos.

Do you see? Again... someone called us hired liars... Why? Because we carry a banner about something we like.

No MOD will say nothing about it? I feel ofended by that...




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But i must say this results are strange...

If they wanted they Hel Valkyrs to be called Valkyrs, why they started a competition?
I feel like my submissions where all ignored by Mr. Cavatore... But "Hel Valkyrs" is great (and i probably said something about it some time ago).

Grot 6 wrote: dogpiles by guys that are more then likely getting free product while sporting thier nifty little company logos.

Hey, those dogpiles are lucrative!

We get 10 free models for every negative comment we crush through sheer wordcount.

Bonus models are awarded for questioning the commenter's sexuality and/or successfully casting them as a "GW fanboi".

We get sent a whole army box for stuff like a passionate 4-page defence of the brilliantly sculpted elf drakon models, but it takes some dedication to pull that off.


It's an excellent affiliate scheme, highly recommended. Just pop a banner in your sig, and you can get started today!

Grot 6 wrote:

scarletsquig wrote:^ Most of the above can be answered by spending 2 minutes on the mantic site.

Says the guy with the Mantic tag.....


Your not really being Mr Obvious, are you?

I'm talking about regular people that already have the sets. NOT the kool aid talk, and good intentions.

Already see enough of that, and haven't even seen figure 1 in the flesh. All talk, No substance.


So now it is time to put out and show what we have here.

As for the site, yeah, that was about a whole wasted ten minutes. Didn't tell me any more then "ohh... shineys!"

Better yet, a tutorial on how to put them together, paint them, discussion of the plastics and metals, and etc.

If I want gobbllygook, I can go look at company websites, where even saying that they need work won't get you dogpiles by guys that are more then likely getting free product while sporting thier nifty little company logos.

They are signature banners made by a member of the social group for the social group's use. In no way is it a company logo for Mantic.

scipio.au wrote:

LunaHound wrote:I like how a better paint job ( none army painter dipped paint job )
pretty much shut all the nay Sayers up about inferior quality or lack of detail.

Now we move onto boo marauders have no shoes xD

uhm, I've been saying the detail on those ones is fine and that my only issue with those forgefathers is the gorilla-arms since the start. But feel free to have no idea what you're talking about. The other (monopose/fantasy hybrid) ones are the dead horse with inferior quality and lacking detail. None of the figures shown have looked dipped, so I'm not sure what you're on about now. I believe the only criticism of paint has been towards the FFs, and that's been about their colour scheme from the start, and most people agreed they looked better recoloured when we saw SS's first shop, about 12 pages ago..

Kroothawk is correct in that at a certain point, both people with negative opinions and the Mantic Fanatics would agree to disagree on some points, reach agreement on others, and just tire of remaking the same point on others.

Im talking about back then when Mantic used to do quick paint jobs via dipping and using that for the gallery , people used to make accusation they look bad due to inferior details and sculpts.
Now with better paint jobs, the doubts in lack details are not an issue anymore.

This has nothing to do with Photoshopping color or forge father with gorrila arms????

In that case, your earlier comment that you've kindly quoted above makes even less sense. Thanks for playing.

The plastics, judging from the sprue, look as sadly lackluster as feared. Two-piece basic troop models are something I thought we had moved past outside starter boxes and boardgames like Space Hulk.

Well, some people really like them, judging by how many Mantic dwarf armies are out there.

Guess, it has been said previously.
But I got the confirmation that humans are the next Warpath race, then the "8th race". Some bugs are also a certainty. And he hinted at Space Elves and Evil Space Elves coming eventually. Not sure if it has been confirmed before.

scipio.au wrote:In that case, your earlier comment that you've kindly quoted above makes even less sense. Thanks for playing.

It looks pretty much the same mister, dont know which lines you are reading or leaving out?

LunaHound wrote:

scipio.au wrote:In that case, your earlier comment that you've kindly quoted above makes even less sense. Thanks for playing.

It looks pretty much the same mister, dont know which lines you are reading or leaving out?

Tbh, your posts on this page have been a bit confusing, in a way I can't quite put my finger on.


Anyway, dem gorilla arms. loving the marauders though. Anyone here built one yet?

Someone asked for a sprueshot of forgefathers

From BoF:


and the unit picture


Looks like there's only 3 head options + 1 pre-attached to a body.

Looks good enough for me. I don't like the flat-top helmets, but there's an alternative option.

Im using these for skaven Jezzail teams

I like them, the price is really what will decide if I pick them up or not.

20 for 10, 30 for 20, usd.

poipo32 wrote:I like them, the price is really what will decide if I pick them up or not.

It's already on the website, $19.99 USD for 10 Forgefathers, $31.99 for 20.

Edit: ninja'd

I guess it's better luck next time.

For me, what kill them is that stupid "one piece clone". It look very nice, very well sculpted... but it will be repetitive.

If they had make 2 of those chest pieces, instead of the "one piece chest/head/arms", and added 2 extra options of heads (the one of the "one piece chest" and another closed helmet option) it could have been almost perfect.

Seems weird to me that they didn't make the 'sculpted on' head have the closed face mask as well. You can already pick two open faced helms on that sprue, why specifically sculpt another?

^ Yeah, that's a good point.

If you absolutely *have* to have a model that gets repeated a lot, better to give it a fully-enclosed helm.

Bare heads are there to show individuality, and look odd if repeated.

Finally, the heads are not flat, the paintjob just makes them look flat. The "flatheads" are the fantasy ones, which I really didn't like even when they were on the KoW models.

adhuin wrote:Someone asked for a sprueshot of forgefathers
From BoF:
Looks like there's only 3 head options + 1 pre-attached to a body.
Looks good enough for me. I don't like the flat-top helmets, but there's an alternative option.

Thank you sir.
While they do look better than I was expecting, at the same time, it's so, so disappointing.


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And good points both to PT and SS above.

Kroothawk wrote:Guess, it has been said previously.
But I got the confirmation that humans are the next Warpath race, then the "8th race". Some bugs are also a certainty. And he hinted at Space Elves and Evil Space Elves coming eventually. Not sure if it has been confirmed before.

"Dwarfs"
"Orcs"
Bugs - though the info so far suggests more wasp like basis rather than Starship Troopers
"Elves" - implication is evil, though that is from the point of view of everyone else, what their actual motives turn out to be, who knows?
Humans - think the Alliance in Firefly
Rebs - think the side that lost in Firefly + random assorted aliens and ne'er-do-wells
8th race
The Plague - zombies in space

Has anyone given any thought to what these could be used as for a 'counts as' in 40k (perhaps using the whole dwarf range?)

I was thinking perhaps Space Wolf Grey Hunters (I don't think IG are tough enough in game for how these troops look). Perhaps worthy of a thread in its own right?