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Hey guys, I'm a long time Warhammer Fantasy player but have recently found mantic games kings of war miniatures. I've always wanted to start dwarves in warhammer but wasn't really interested in the models. However I really like mantic games dwarves.

Now my question is whether these models are suitable stand ins in warhammer fantasy or will they stand out too much?

for tournaments, they would not be allowed. However, in casual games, it would depend on the group you were playing with. I wouldn't personally have a problem with it, but some people would...

I don't see why people would have a problem. They seem pretty similar to GW models.

mantics stuff is "truescale" and GWs is "heroic" scale so they would not mix well with GW models butfi your whole army was mantic it would look fine they make great minis so go for it

They vary. The Dwarfs while a little less rotund are close in scale to WFB's, the skeletons and ghouls even more close. The Elves however are quite a lot slighter and less exaggerated in the feet and hands departments, much closer to LotR in scale.

Whether that bothers you is your decision. I recommend buying a small box of whatever faction you are most interested in (£8 isn't much to risk on such a purchase!) and see for yourself.

caledoneus wrote:for tournaments, they would not be allowed. However, in casual games, it would depend on the group you were playing with. I wouldn't personally have a problem with it, but some people would...

As for this ...

It depends a lot on how much say GW has in the running of the tourney.

A lot of independents don't care.

chromedog wrote:

caledoneus wrote:for tournaments, they would not be allowed. However, in casual games, it would depend on the group you were playing with. I wouldn't personally have a problem with it, but some people would...

As for this ...

It depends a lot on how much say GW has in the running of the tourney.

A lot of independents don't care.

True, true... I meant like 'Ard Boys and official GW tournaments. Most store tournaments wouldn't care you are right

OK so I bought some Dwarfs. Best. Purchase. Ever. I really like them, and they look great

kastellan wrote:OK so I bought some Dwarfs. Best. Purchase. Ever. I really like them, and they look great

Cool - Those dwarf models keep calling to me, as do the reasonable prices