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**BobtheInquisitor**

NTRabbit wrote:
The legs on the Northern Alliance guy are in a really weird and awkward pose, like some sort of yoga squat named after a crustacean.

he's airing out his loincloth.

I'm also not hugely into the snow drifts on top of the ice elemental.

Yeah, it's especially unfortunate in combination with the elemental's face...

(Sorry, Alpharius)

The Abyssals all seem to have stubby legs. The Naiads have longer legs, so it's noticible in comparison.

Love the dwarf and his fortress shoes.

**ulgurstasta**

I dont see the stubby legs myself, but the pose on the Huscarl is odd.

Otherwise it's looks really good!

**DarkBlack**

ulgurstasta wrote:
I dont see the stubby legs myself, but the pose on the Huscarl is odd.

Otherwise it's looks really good!

Legs look fine to me. Huscarl looks like he's got someone with the rugby ball coming at him.

**Siygess**

Dang, regretting not backing this one to get those sweet Abyssal models!

**Aeneades**

I believe late backing is allowed when pledge manager launches later this month.

**TheAuldGrump**

I could swear that I have seen SCAdians* in the exact pose that the Northern Alliance fellow has.

During the 'Trying to look big and scary' part before the charge.

The Auld Grump

* SCAdians, members of the Society for Creative Anachronism - folks that dress up in armor, carry shields, and beat each other senseless with rattan 'swords'. It is great fun.

(Malagentea is my local shire - half the players in my gaming group are Malagenteans, and I was a member for a long time as well.)

**jorny**

They all look like a step ut for mantic in terms of quality. The length of the legs look fine to me. They are shorter compared to the usual super model in battle heels we are used to see in miniatures however. The elemental is kinda cute I think, The armored shoes on the dwarf however,,, They are very ugly indeed.

**Flash Felix**

jorny wrote:
They all look like a step ut for mantic in terms of quality. The length of the legs look fine to me. They are shorter compared to the usual super model in battle heels we are used to see in miniatures however.

Agree completely, it's great to see female models without high-heels.

jorny wrote:

The armored shoes on the dwarf however,,, They are very ugly indeed.

They're his kickin' boots, as opposed to his mining boots, his walking boots or his drinking boots (9 different varieties). Designed to kick shins, knees, and once you've hacked someone's legs from under them, heads.

**BobtheInquisitor**

I mean in comparison to the Naiad's legs. It looks like one group is more "heroic" than the other.

**DaveC**

Price changes effective 1st February - applies to all ranges but seems to affect fantasy more so posted it here. Dollar and Euro prices largely unaffected this brings GBP prices more into line with other currencies although their conversion rates are still way out. Euro is currently .88 GBP not .75 ( or worse .62 for resin units!)

Hi everyone, it’s Ronnie here…

We don’t ever like to change prices – unless it’s doing crazy deals during a sale or while running a Kickstarter campaign. However, the effects of Brexit and the weaker pound mean we can’t absorb production cost rises anymore and a few £ prices are going to change this year. While we were at it, we tweaked a few of the Euro and Dollar prices too but these were mostly downwards!

The price changes will come into effect on February 1st. So, we wanted to give you the heads up about the prices that will be changing and to give you the chance to pick anything up before they come in effect on our website. Remember that we’ve currently halved the free shipping minimum spend too, so you only have to spend £25/€35/$40 to qualify for free shipping.

PRICE INCREASES

First up the £13.49 price bracket is changing to £14.99. This means items like the Walking Dead boosters will be going up by £1.50. The Euro and Dollar prices remain the same
The current £14.99 range will increase to £17.99. This will affect products like the Strider with Burst Laser and Doomstorm Pattern Iron Ancestor. The Euro and Dollar prices remain the same
Items at £17.99 change to £19.99. This will include a lot of the Kings of War regiments – so if you’re thinking of starting an army (or adding to an existing army) perhaps now’s the time to pick them up.
The £34.99 products will increase to £39.99. This isn’t a particularly common price point but it does mean the Walking Dead Core Game will cost £39.99 (the Euro and Dollar prices remain the same)
$84.99 becomes $89.99. This will primarily change the Kings of War army prices, along with the Warpath starter forces. The Pound and Euro price remains the same
Resin Heroes will increase to £9.99/€14.99/$19.99 – which means the new Kings of War resin heroes will be going up slightly. However, we’re delighted with the quality of our resin and this means we can continue to produce resin miniatures with the same level of high detail!
Resin units (like the Thuul) will be going up to £24.99/€39.99/$39.99
The Steel Behemoth’s price will change to £39.99/€54.99/$64.99 because of the sheer amount of parts (26 in total)

PRICE DECREASES

But it’s not all about price rises! We’ve also taken this opportunity to reduce a few prices too.

Items currently at €10.99 drop to €9.99
Some items currently at $19.99 drop to $17.99 (this is specifically those items that are currently at £9.99/$19.99)
Items currently at €39.99 drop to €34.99
Items currently at $49.99 drop to $44.99
Items currenly at $59.99 drop to $49.99
We’re still determined to make our hobby accessible, fun and affordable. Your support during Kickstarter campaigns helps us hugely with the tooling and development costs. This helps us keep prices as low as possible for the fantastic products you help make.

Thank you for supporting us through 2017 and this year promises to be even bigger with DreadBall Second Edition, TerrainCrate, new Walking Dead and Kings of War: Vanguard. Plus, we’ll have more tournaments, a Deadzone summer campaign, a few surprises and MantiCon US later in the year. I can’t wait to see how 2018 unfolds!

**Alpharius**

Those are some interesting £ to $ amounts there...

**kodos**

Do they still add some of the postage costs to the conversion rates?

I just remember a year back that you could order in a different currency (order in pound from a euro country) but than had to pay more for shipping and ended up with nearly the same amount

**sukura636**

FYI, the blog was update with new price points. Seems there were a couple of errors.

Resin heroes 9.99/14.99/17.99
Steel Behemoth 39.99/49.99/49.99

**kodos**

New units in CoK18:

BASILEA – Paladin Defenders and Gur Panthers

DWARFS – Mastiff Hunting Pack and Golloch’s Fury: Legendary Steel Behemoth

ELVES – The Windborne: Legendary Silverbreeze Cavalry, Tyradion Dragonlord and Battlecats

FORCES OF NATURE – Woodland Critters and Agnih-Bhanu, Greater Fire Elemental (can also be taken by Salamanders)

OGRES – Red Goblin Rabble, Red Goblin Sharpsticks and Boomer Chariots

ABYSSAL DWARFS – Mutated Mastiff Hunting Pack and Taskmaster: Slave Driver on Chariot

GOBLINS – Goblin Mega Blaster and Grogger’s Great Lobber

ORCS – Krusher and Longax

TRIDENT REALM OF NERITICA – Nak-ushi Wyrmrider Commander

UNDEAD – Apaphys, Champion of Death (can also be taken by Empire of Dust) and Deathpack

VARANGUR – Magnilde of the Fallen

MERCENARIES – Blaine, Ronaldo the Bard and Funny Bone

**BobtheInquisitor**

Alpharius wrote:
Those are some interesting £ to $ amounts there...

Ten pounds to twenty dollars seems particularly egregious. What is their shipping cost if ordering in pounds for a shipment to the US?

**kodos**

£17.00 for shipping to the US if you order in pounds, and no free shipping for orders above $80

**lord_blackfang**

Exchange rates subsidize the free shipping?

**Maccwar**

kodos wrote:
New units in CoK18:

ORCS – Longax

I've been lobbying for these guys to be in the list for years. Finally my wish has been granted.

Keep nagging the right people for long enough and you get results.

**pancakeonions**

What's the Longax gonna be? Polearm/ spear type Orcs?

**Maccwar**

pancakeonions wrote:
What's the Longax gonna be? Polearm/ spear type Orcs?

Orc spears more or less.

**DaveC**

Vanguard pledge manager is open until 28th February

Giant render - I didn’t particularly like the artwork but the render turn out a lot better. Giant is 180mm tall.

**NTRabbit**

PM is open for late backers too https://kings-of-war-vanguard.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

**Helznicht**

Looks like the Beta rules and lists will be out Monday, all 14 lists.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1619984374707387/

I had some heartburn with the charging rules in the alpha, so hopefully they make some tweaks so I can hop in as a late backer before the end of Feb.

**ulgurstasta**

Nice, I have been waiting for more army lists to come out

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

3d print

**DaveC**

Ronnie mentioned in a recent podcast that the plastic version comes with 2 weapon and 2 head options.

**DaveC**

Beasts of War have the render for the Thegn

**highlord tamburlaine**

Thegn render looks really nice.

I will be doubly impressed the actual model turns out that crisp. I forget if he was destined for resin or metal.

Hopefully he's nice and chunky on his base.

**DaveC**

The Thegn will be resin so the detail should hold.

**.Mikes.**

My willpower is sapping and I'm about ready to pledge late for Vanguard, but does anyone know from te top of their head was stretch goals are included in the $45 Nightstalkers warband?