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Yes and should happen sooner than later

I haven't heard any details outside FF getting some love next month (as the Vault preview shows some upgrades for Marauders)

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I need to find a good place to get a load of these Orx Marauder pieces printed.

Does anyone know if Mantic are planning to preview any of the Epic Warpath minis at Salute in a few weeks time?

I actually got a sneak peek last year at some early designs with one of the rules designers, hoping they might have a bit more to show this time around.

At this point we dont know anything about what they are doing with Epic, their communication has been shoddy to say the least

 Pacific wrote:
Does anyone know if Mantic are planning to preview any of the Epic Warpath minis at Salute in a few weeks time?

I actually got a sneak peek last year at some early designs with one of the rules designers, hoping they might have a bit more to show this time around.

They had the Plague and Forgefathers stuff on display at Adepticon so it's likely they would have the same or more for a more local show.

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Nearly 2 months now since the last update this probably isn't shipping in May. I wonder if they have even finalised the sculpts/layouts for the plastic production which Archon will be taking care of.

On a side note it appears that Troublemaker have had to delay shipping the Warpath terrain from their own KS as Mantic aren't ready to go yet.

Are the buildings from the last two pictures terrain from the Troublemaker KS? If so, shoot, I should have got their terrain instead of extra sprues of the mantic stuff.

All the terrain in pics is Troublemaker stuff - one or 2 with extra bits added and all is available from Vanguards store right now.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/index.php/product-category/troublemaker-games/terrain-sets/

The Warpath specific sprues were part of their most recent KS as well they are manufactured and they have them but shipping is held up.

Thanks DaveC! That does definitely make me hopeful for Salute, it definitely does look like things are fairly well developed.

If I get a chance to get any more info at the show I will post it back here.

Glad I switched out the forge fathers at the last minute, the vehicles look pretty terrible. Asterians, on the other hand, look much better than the renders, I might have to see about picking some up once they release for real.
Edit: Yeah, wasn't this supposed to ship in March? The lack of communication has not impressed either.

2 months of radio silence after announcing a delay doesn't look good. No sprues in hand when they should be starting packing? Maybe they missed a production window at Archon or something and now just have to wait for months?

So I went to the KS project page and there was a button "Anonymously request an update" so maybe everybody click that

Yep, did that a while ago. I've been saying for a while though there's no way this thing ships before August at the earliest.

As you were for another month (or 2) - it would be nice see some pictures of stuff that's already done

Short Production Update
A short one for you today, but good news to reassure you: production is moving full speed ahead! The reinforcement units are already being printed using premium resin (we have LOTS of these to make and they're looking great), and the HIPS plastic units for all of your armies are also approaching their production slot with our EU manufacturer.

As we mentioned in previous updates, we’re still on track to begin shipping your pledges in the second half of May. So next month!

Well I do hope they had some test shots of the sprues done before production... but wouldn't put it past Mantic to skip the QC step

Tiny Nameless renders look great.

So we now know the content of the Nameless plastic box and I am glad I picked it up as 3rd faction

Everything else isn't really news here, that they are approaching the slot would mean Archon is doing them later in April and they hope they get everything packed and shipped within a month

So we might see EU getting their stuff earlier this time if they ship directly

Doubt Archon will ship directly to us, pledges also have books, dice, Troublemaker terrain... that aren't made there.

My anxiety over shipping is increasing after another "EU friendly" UK kickstarter turned out to straight up not know IOSS only works for shipments under 150€.

 DaveC wrote:
All the terrain in pics is Troublemaker stuff - one or 2 with extra bits added and all is available from Vanguards store right now.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/index.php/product-category/troublemaker-games/terrain-sets/

The Warpath specific sprues were part of their most recent KS as well they are manufactured and they have them but shipping is held up.

Doh! I added the XL buildings pack to my Warpath pledge but at £100, but in retrospect I would have rather have spent £100 on those existing Troublemaker buildings. They are more 40k-y, but that makes them more versatile in my opinion and I prefer the look. Ah well, maybe I will order some from Troublemaker anyway.

Damn, those Asterians look awesome, I kind of regret not getting them now. I'm not sure what to think of the Forgefathers, the sculpts are, unfortunately, accurate representations of their 28mm stuff. That said I don't think their official colour scheme does the models any favors. Infected piss yellow and orange really isn't a great combo, and adding the neon green glow doesn't help either.

So, the lack of Epic Warpath stuff at Salute was.. weird. I would have expected there to be a display board or demo game of it at the show if it really is delivering from the end of next month but there was practically nothing; just one shelf at the very bottom of a single glass display cabinet, hidden in shadow, with a few different models from four different factions.. the same painted models from Adepticon, as far as I could tell, but far fewer and none of the terrain.

Hmm.

That is odd, as "we" had the impression that Matt Gilbert is going to do something bigger with EWP at Salute.

Was their fantasy stuff more dominant at Salute or the their presence overall rather small?

They never have a huge stand, but what they had on Saturday was comporable to previous years. They had plenty of Halo and their new Champions game, plus a demo of their Worms game (which did look pretty fun). But not so much as a poster for EWP.

Hopefully it will have more of a presence at the UKGE at the end of May.. but I expect another update from Mantic will drop right before that. Hopefully a "We are shipping" update rather than a "Yeah, about that release date.." update

The guy I spoke to on the Mantic stand yesterday was adamant that KS is still scheduled for May, Retail release after that.

Did have a quick spy of the minis, they did look lovely!

With Halo and KoW Champions out this month and the fact the frames are still being finalized I’m not too surprised.

I am a little surprised they’re still being finalized however. I guess once they’re ready they can churn out frames quickly.

The quality on my recent Archon stuff (Masters of the Universe) is amazing so looking forward to hundreds of tiny space dwarfs soon.

New Update with sprue pics!

Vehicle size is 15% bigger, details look good considering the size. 6 sprues makes up a starter set.

“Made in Poland EU by Archon Studios” I think that’s the most point of origin info I’ve seen on Archon Sprues yet!

And that's how you do Epic

Not 4 20-part Drop Pods for 40€

Yep, that looks good to me

 DaveC wrote:

“Made in Poland EU by Archon Studios” I think that’s the most point of origin info I’ve seen on Archon Sprues yet!

It is a pretty funny detail, I can easily imagine Mantic forgoing the "we remove our branding from the sprue" fee to save a few cents, which to my knowledge nobody has done yet? Not even Mantic with the Archon KoW sprues.

Seeing how lovely the sprue is I only regret we don't get two per faction (maybe infantry/armour split like Armoured Clash did) so we'd have room for more different vehicles and more poses. There's just two poses in total for the Peacekeepers, for example.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
And that's how you do Epic

Not 4 20-part Drop Pods for 40€

My thoughts exactly! Imagine the amount of over-engineering that went into GWs half-assed attempt to bring back Epic? Meanwhile Mantic casually makes the game and models we actually need for a good experience.

I REALLY hope this does well for them as it is a scale they could still absolutely dominate at a time where the market is about to contract a TON.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 DaveC wrote:

“Made in Poland EU by Archon Studios” I think that’s the most point of origin info I’ve seen on Archon Sprues yet!

It is a pretty funny detail, I can easily imagine Mantic forgoing the "we remove our branding from the sprue" fee to save a few cents, which to my knowledge nobody has done yet? Not even Mantic with the Archon KoW sprues.

Seeing how lovely the sprue is I only regret we don't get two per faction (maybe infantry/armour split like Armoured Clash did) so we'd have room for more different vehicles and more poses. There's just two poses in total for the Peacekeepers, for example.

Yeah, that's a bit of a shame, actually. I'd have loved to have two separate sprues.

Those are nice, now let's see some rats!

Very nice, and I think more than enough detail for that scale (and my eyes!)

I personally wasn't bothered with the vehicle scale (I have a very low bar as an oldhammer Epic player) but good that they have listened to community feedback in that regard.