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2021/04/19 22:24:53
Subject: [Kings of War] Mantic Fantasy News & Rumors- Ratkin P.279
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!!!
11527pts Total (7400pts painted)
4980pts Total (4980pts painted)
3730 Total (210pts painted)
2021/05/11 10:59:46
Subject: [Kings of War] Mantic Fantasy News & Rumors- Ratkin P.279
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.
2021/05/11 11:58:33
Subject: [Kings of War] Mantic Fantasy News & Rumors- Ratkin P.279
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.
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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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 )
Brimstone Horrors
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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2021/06/24 08:41:46
Subject: [Kings of War] Mantic Fantasy News & Rumors- Ratkin P.279
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 WHFBKoW 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
11527pts Total (7400pts painted)
4980pts Total (4980pts painted)
3730 Total (210pts painted)
2021/06/24 16:28:43
Subject: [Kings of War] Mantic Fantasy News & Rumors- Ratkin P.279