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I'd been thinking about starting lizardmen with the new AoS stegadon box, I think Mantic might be filling out the army...
   
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I like the phoenixes and the big lizards.
   
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Drakons and Air Elementals are now up for pre-order

https://www.manticgames.com/games/new/

Elf Drakon Regiment £39.99


Elf Lord on Drakon £19.99


Greater Air Elemental £29.99


Air Elemental Regiment £19.99
   
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Air elementals are awesome!
   
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Those are nice elementals indeed! Possibly the best I have ever come across.


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And I'm a big fan of models I can paint in minutes...

Prime white, slop some Space Wolves Gray Contrast Paint on there...

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Sigh.

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The Drakon Riders look quite nice!

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 pancakeonions wrote:
And I'm a big fan of models I can paint in minutes...

Prime white, slop some Space Wolves Gray Contrast Paint on there...

BATTLE WORTHY!


Honestly, getting KoW armies done, rather than forever half-finished has made me really embrace, "good enough" simple schemes, and cheats. From three feet away, even a simply painted mass-battles army looks incredible anyway.

Models that can look great in 1, 2, 3, etc... colors? OK!!!

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I'm not a huge fan of those Air Elementals but they're a really difficult concept to execute on properly.

The elf drakon riders are pretty cool though! Massive improvement on the old models.

   
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 Da Boss wrote:
I'm not a huge fan of those Air Elementals but they're a really difficult concept to execute on properly.


Heh. I remember one of my friends presenting me a unit of 6 empty bases and saying they are Air Elementals. I said "but they're just bases, there's no miniature on them". And he answered "well yeah, you can't see air, it's invisible". I laughed.

Joke aside, there's no good or bad Air Elemental, since they can litterally take any shape after all. This one is as good as another.
   
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Liking the air elementals, a lot of possible uses for them.

 
   
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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Liking the air elementals, a lot of possible uses for them.


Oh they're really great for dust cleaning at home. Just keep the windows open.

Ah, with those I can finally finish my Force of Nature "Army of the Four Elements". Only Elementals and "druids".

   
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I dunno, I feel like for those prices I want to get higher quality miniatures. Though the unit of airs is solid thanks to those dynamic poses as compared to offerings from reaper or rpg minis.

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Eh, regiment prices seem fine, especially considering the market, and especially considering how good dracons are in the game. And especially considering that Mantic is using more and more of their quite good resin, even over metal (a material I'm pretty burned out on myself). As for the big'uns, they tend to be pretty huge, so it's ok. And we live in a world where Dub charges MUCH more for enormous plastic heroes, so big ol' shrug.

Also re: the air elementals, these - in particular the unit - are the best of their kind I know of, and I've done a lot of elemental research, including 3D sculptors. Getting more than one good elemental sculpt for unit purposes is rough, especially if you don't want just one giant one. Plus air elemental models are rarely very good, or just come in one big tornado man dude guy mode.

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Big crocs are my favourites. Are they HIPS?

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There's some nice stuff in there, but it looks like two different ranges that have been joined together.

The Tyrants are nice, and I love the big lizard thing.

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 Shadow Walker wrote:
Big crocs are my favourites. Are they HIPS?


https://www.manticgames.com/news/mantic-fest-recap-kings-of-war/

Resin by the look of it they are using the existing HIPS kit and adding upgrades in metal or resin depending on the kit.
   
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No news about the halflings yet since april ?
   
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Sarouan wrote:
No news about the halflings yet since april ?


There’s a preview show this Saturday might get more news then

https://youtu.be/KZU8FZ6Wlls
   
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 DaveC wrote:
 Shadow Walker wrote:
Big crocs are my favourites. Are they HIPS?


https://www.manticgames.com/news/mantic-fest-recap-kings-of-war/

Resin by the look of it they are using the existing HIPS kit and adding upgrades in metal or resin depending on the kit.
Thanks for the info
   
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Good release but years late, I already sourced all my lizards elsewhere.

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 lord_blackfang wrote:
Good release but years late, I already sourced all my lizards elsewhere.
Meanwhile I'm gearing up to rebuild my Sallies with as much Mantic as possible (still no Ember Sprites )

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 Boss Salvage wrote:
 lord_blackfang wrote:
Good release but years late, I already sourced all my lizards elsewhere.
Meanwhile I'm gearing up to rebuild my Sallies with as much Mantic as possible (still no Ember Sprites )


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 lord_blackfang wrote:
 Boss Salvage wrote:
 lord_blackfang wrote:
Good release but years late, I already sourced all my lizards elsewhere.
Meanwhile I'm gearing up to rebuild my Sallies with as much Mantic as possible (still no Ember Sprites )
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Naw, Puppets War Infant Demonic Elementals are better sculpts, cheaper and faster to clean up I'm not hurting for Sprites but Mantic is, as far as 100% Mantic goes (so I'm settling on 85%)

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 insaniak wrote:
There's sums nice stuff in there, but it looks like two different ranges that have been joined together.

The Tyrants are nice, and I love the big lizard thing.


In the background they are made up of different species of lizard.

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 Boss Salvage wrote:
 lord_blackfang wrote:
Good release but years late, I already sourced all my lizards elsewhere.
Meanwhile I'm gearing up to rebuild my Sallies with as much Mantic as possible (still no Ember Sprites )


My personal plan is to use the extra bits of flame on the Salamanders' sprue as those. Base them up on 40's and do a quick paint job .
   
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Mantic's model quality dramatically improving over the last couple years isn't helping my project queue. Like Boss Salvage I am trying to finally retire my WHFB KoW armies, and give Mantic their due... This means I now own three 100% Mantic armies that are each 1/3rd painted...

One more couldn't hurt right...? :-p

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NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:

One more couldn't hurt right...? :-p


Main trouble is finding the space to store all of them. Especially if you multibase your miniatures.

Though I must say, I'm very curious to see how they will handle that halfling plastic box with weapon options. Could lure me easily in.
   
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