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 sukura636 wrote:

 Baragash wrote:
It’s not a Fire Elemental, it’s Chroneas.

Because apparently no one bothered to read the fluff when they commissioned the sculptor

"It is said that these black-skinned beasts have roamed the world since its creation, and only after the Sundering found service in the legions of the Wicked Ones. Around them, time can flow faster or more slowly than elsewhere, and their enemies are often caused to wither and die in a heartbeat as the curse of ages is placed upon them." - KoW2 Hardback Rulebook

Also, they have Breath Attack(20) in the rules.

Breath Attack doesn't mean fire, KoW doesn't rename or reinvent rules for the same functionality. The Breath Attack is the curse of the ages.

Both the Greater Water Elemental and The Paladin on Dragon have been added to the store.

http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/new/kings-of-war.html

Tomorrow:

Wow, painted up like that, it looks pretty good! That's a nice looking orc

Maybe they'll sell the winged mount separately too. It would work in a Salamanders army too.

 pancakeonions wrote:
Wow, painted up like that, it looks pretty good! That's a nice looking orc

Its nice, what I can see of it at least, has there been any other images/renders of this thing floating around I'd love to get a better idea of its overall proportions.

@ Hamster
Excellent idea, this would make a wonderful Battle-Captain on Rhinosaur, shouyld be easy too since the orc rider appears
to be separate.

I will probably use that Chroneas as a Ragefire Elemental in Pathfinder.

Cool looking model, but not what I pictured Chroneas looking like, though he will do. (Or... I may use an orrery, just to have a model that makes people go 'huh'....)



The Auld Grump

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Maybe they'll sell the winged mount separately too. It would work in a Salamanders army too.

Mantic are big on multikitting their monsters, only one that isn't so far is the Dwarf ram, wouldn't surprise me if a second Salamander kit showed up later on

Yeah, that orc monster is a nice winged alligator.

Hope it's the same resin than for the fire elemental. I like to work with that material.

That orc monster bears a rather striking similarity to another large orc riden monster...

 NTRabbit wrote:
Mantic are big on multikitting their monsters, only one that isn't so far is the Dwarf ram, wouldn't surprise me if a second Salamander kit showed up later on

Ah, something to look forward to then. Heck, if they don't multi-kit the figure, I can just buy it as is and provide my own rider.

@TheAuldGrump: re: using an orrery as Chroneas. You can tell your opponent you are killing them with SCIENCE!
(Or at least Blinding them with Science ... )

Krudger on Winged Slasher is up now

http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/new/kings-of-war/product/krudger-on-winged-slasher.html

The other side

I see it comes with a 50x100 chariot base, that might not prove to be popular.

Mantic should really up the size of their monster bases, even their own models are not even close to fitting on 50x50

 Illumini wrote:
Mantic should really up the size of their monster bases, even their own models are not even close to fitting on 50x50

It has been heavily trailed that the rules committee is looking at upping the minimum base size for monsters to 75x75 for the next edition. They have also considered an option for different power levels of monster depending on the base size so a dragon on a 50x50 would be a smaller and weaker dragon on a 75x75 with points to match. 3rd is a while off yet so AKAIK nothing is set in stone as yet.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:

 NTRabbit wrote:
Mantic are big on multikitting their monsters, only one that isn't so far is the Dwarf ram, wouldn't surprise me if a second Salamander kit showed up later on

Ah, something to look forward to then. Heck, if they don't multi-kit the figure, I can just buy it as is and provide my own rider.

@TheAuldGrump: re: using an orrery as Chroneas. You can tell your opponent you are killing them with SCIENCE!
(Or at least Blinding them with Science ... )

Please, I can always do science to it!


The George Washington Bridge has off loaded its cargo in Tacoma - the Terrain Crates are now in the US.

The Auld Grump - never disagree with an elf holding a bundle of dynamite... trust me on this.

 Boss Salvage wrote:


I'm a believer. Coincidentally another strong greater fire elemental from Mantic

- Salvage

For those still wondering - Mantic put up an article on the design of the Chroneas mini.

The Auld Grump

The first wave of Mantic's terrain crate is up for pre-order.

http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/terrain-crate/fantasy-terrain.html

Dungeon traps £7.99


King`s Coffers £7.99


Drgon's Horde £7.99


Library £24.99


Dungeon Debris £24.99


Torture Chamber £24.99 (you get two lots)


Dark Lord's Tower £24.99


Wizard's Study £24.99


There are others on the site too and some bundle deals.

Oh man, I'm so glad I Kickstarter'ed this stuff. I'm gonna be getting a HUGE box of great terrain pieces...

That plastic dungeon stuff looks great.

Does anyone know what sort of plastic it is?

Their stuff from Dungeon Saga was really nice. Very firm plastic, like what Dwarven Forge uses. Not HIPs, there is some flex, but more firm than Reaper Bones. I have both (Reaper dungeon decor and Mantic) and prefer the Mantic stuff, though the Reaper stuff ain't bad either.

Star Saga furniture was a travesty, on the other hand.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Star Saga furniture was a travesty, on the other hand.

This is why I’m still a little worried about Fantasy Terraincrate as nice as the painted images look those are resin pieces not production plastic which hasn’t been seen in the wild yet. The Star Saga desks/benches are too warped to be fixable hopefully they used a harder plastic this time. I noticed in the Guerrilla miniature unboxing that some of the thin pieces were bent.

StarSaga Furniture is very easy fixed.
Microwave a cup of water. Put everything in there. Look how all of it is adjusting by itself. It's like magic really. I was suprised. Put it in cold water with icecubes. Done!

The only thing in the whole box you will not be able to fix this way is the Chovar, since some of his tentacles won t adjust by itself because of the heavy things they are holding. With him you will need to hold the tentacles in place, when putting it in the icecube water. You may need to do it part by part. That's the only thing with real work involved.




Just don t use spraypaint primer from vallejo with these (or anything boardgamyplastic from FFG). Just saying...

I’ve tried the hot water trick multiple times on the Star Saga furniture but it returns to its warped state after a little while.

That is strange. I have done it with 3 Boxes. 2 Retail and 1 KS Edition. Had no problems. Did you use icecubes/frogs?
If you let them cool out on their own they will rewarp. Was the water hot enough? It really needs to adjust by itself or the water is not hot enough, and won t hold the form in the end.

Or maybe there are different badges? All of my boxes are post KS. The KS Edition was from the Mantic-online-store.

Yeah boiling water into cold it just seems to have a memory!

Anyway painting terraincrate video.

 daisuke serizawa wrote:
.... Did you use icecubes/frogs?
...

Frogs?

Should we report you to the humane society?

Guerilla Miniatures games has a video covering it and they appear rigid like the dungeon saga stuff

My star saga furniture unwarped mostly fine using the boiling then freezing water trick.
I left the most bendy bits many minuites in the water and held them in position to set.

The rubbery plastic seemd to be the same as used in dungeon saga, but the shape of the pieces are vary different. The bends only seem to appear in thinner parts.

My terraincrate arrived this morning, s'good stuff. Between the Dungeon and Battlefield crates, the only noteworthy bit of bent plastic is the wagon, which needs a visit to a body and fender shop, the rock walls lifts about 2mm off the ground in the middle, while the broken rock walls bend ever so slightly around the broken and rubble part. Otherwise all good.