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I didn't back for the mat, sorry to hear yours came out badly

Shadow-Hulk first pictures from open day, lifted from facebook

 NTRabbit wrote:
I didn't back for the mat, sorry to hear yours came out badly

Yeah maybe mine is just some horrible misprint and the rest are fine. I'll try to get some pics.

Shadow Hulk would look legit if he weren't wrapped in rags. That paintjob is tight.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Shadow Hulk would look legitif he weren't wrapped in rags. That paintjob is tight.

Angel Giraldez is a max level paint wizard

 domobomb wrote:

 NTRabbit wrote:
I didn't back for the mat, sorry to hear yours came out badly

Yeah maybe mine is just some horrible misprint and the rest are fine. I'll try to get some pics.

Here is a pic you can kinda see it. All of the grey and a lot of the browns are neon pink on the whole mat. It's actually much worse in person; camera doesn't pick up how bad it is...

Anyone else experience this? Just want to know if I got a misprint, or if this is just the product Mantic is selling.

I was gonna say it's just garbage, but I'm thinking now that maybe I could use it to represent the land where the nightstalkers came from or something. I haven't read the lore yet.

Paper is on the left and looks nice. Deluxe mat is on the right.

If you're not happy with it, you shouldn't have to make do. Mantic owes you a replacement or a refund.

Kow/Vanguared seminar stream kept crashing so I gave up but nothing really mentioned that wasn't covered 2 weeks ago.

Next KS is likely to be Terraincrate 2 which will cover the rest of the fantasy/D&D stuff they want to do and some modern as well.

Mentioned as themes
- Gothic style house
- Graveyard
- Village
- Ruins
- Campsites
- Shopping Mall

Scatter type terrain rather buildings.

They have plans for up to 8 HIPS units but aren't sure if they will do them 1 at a time or do a KS for all of them in one go but it would be a purely HIPS KS nothing else (those at the seminar favoured the KS as do I )

and the Fiends

Don't forget the wine cellar!

Sucks about your mat domobomb, it kinda looks like one of the colour tanks ran out during printing so the rocks ended up pink, rather than whatever they mixed with/over it to make the grey stones.

Grays going purple is a common issue with mousepad mats, I've seen it happen to all manufacturers. No idea why. You should definitely complain about it tho.

Angel put his photos and comments up

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqE7UEujlA9/

angel_giraldez I love to work for @manticgames ☺️, they have great miniatures, I really enjoyed painting this miniatures but the color was very difficult...but finally I think the result is good ☺️#angelgiraldez #manticgames #paintingminiatures #artesaniadegalicia #miniatures #horrormonster #painting

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Shadow Hulk would look legit if he weren't wrapped in rags. That paintjob is tight.

It actually looks a bit better than anticipated, and I don't think all of that is Angel's dark magicks. It's impressively tall, and makes me wonder if the shulk is getting an updated profile, given that I think we're getting new rules for the uber-giant. IMO the shulk has pretty great stats already, but I can't imagine the nu-giant won't be markedly better, for being so much bigger. Also I'm feeling like my two own two shulks in the making are far too small now

Nice to see all the NS stuff painted and in one place, the line is coming together nicely. Well done Mantic.

That thing is a crime against taste. The paintjob can’t save it.

I might get the Shadow Hulk...

But it would become a giant, while the head and spiky bits get attached to something else. (The Shadow Hulk dragon mock up looked a lot better than the Shadow Hulk itself.)

Great giant, but not a good fit for the role.

The Auld Grump

Seeing it painted up they should have gone more with a route showing it to be a giant mutated or possessed in some way so the clothing doesn't look stupidly out of place.

 TheAuldGrump wrote:
I might get the Shadow Hulk...

But it would become a giant, while the head and spiky bits get attached to something else. (The Shadow Hulk dragon mock up looked a lot better than the Shadow Hulk itself.)

Great giant, but not a good fit for the role.

The Auld Grump

I think the Giant is a really nice kit...but...the conversion, knowing how its made just makes me think "Oh that's a Giant with a fish hat..."

I like it. I won't get it as it has no place on my table, but I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crisps.

 lord marcus wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:
Yeah, good point. I've done a bunch of converting with the old MAAs (the freakishly long frostgrave pirate arms for example look great on them), so I know what I'm getting into...

has anyone converted the old MAA with GCPs arms?

You mean the Mantic sci fi troops? Yes. I'll try to find them this weekend.

yes. if you could snap a photo that would be lovely.

I finally found them! I'll throw in some other minis for scale, such as a regular GCPS, a Star Saga GCPS, a Heresylab commissar, and some PDF converted from GCPS and WGF WWII USSR.




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Some more doods.

Maybe a picture will work this time.

Love the poses.

Are the guns all Mantic?

I'm liking the sheer variety of guys you've come up with.

I look forward to fighting them and rolling horribly and getting myself tabled by the second turn like the last time we fought each other.

Now paint some of them!

Yes, all the guns come from the GCPS kit.

I'll see what I can do to get painting again...

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Love the poses.

Is that gal a Mantic model? Nice figures!

No, she is from Heresy Lab. They had a recent Kickstarter to reprint her and a number of other not-40k and not-Star Wars heroines. They probably have a late pledge option, and if not you could try emailing them to buy them directly.

*Grumble, grumble, gripe* Our Vanguard/Kings of War League has been pushed back until after the holidays....

It seems that people are expecting to get minis from Santa this year.... (So far three have 'hired'/'asked'/'extorted' me to paint leaders for their significant others.... Dwarf, Abyssal Dwarf,and Basilean. The Abyssal Dwarf is for the Junior League.)

Just as well - it gives Megan and I a chance to get a few more practice games in.

The Auld Grump

*EDIT* The Abyssal Dwarfs were also used in her Pathfinder campaign, as duergar. She is being raised properly - and finding multiple uses for her minis. Sam may be only ten years old, but she really knows where her towel is.

tomorrow we'll be updating the free downloadable Vanguard warband lists with some NEW units! Here's a sneak peek of the Trident Realm list and make sure you sign up here http://eepurl.com/GttR

Very good, I am happy with my Vanguard list at the moment, but new units (such as an Orc bowmen) would be nice.

The Warband Creation Guide has been updated, the news units in it are:

Dwarfs – Battle Driller
Elves – Silverbreeze Gladewarden and Sea Guard
Forces of Nature – Gladewalker Druid and Fire Elemental
Ogres – Ogre Sergeant and Hunter
The Trident Realm – Giga and Riverguard Sentinel
Abyssal Dwarfs – Iron-caster and Immortal Guard
Empire of Dust – Mummy and High Priest
Orcs – Skulk and Krusher
Undead – Skeleton Archer and Vampire Bat Swarm

New lists for yet to be represented factions coming in December, new minis for Goblins coming "next year"

If anyone is looking for the old M@A cheap you can get 100 for £24.99/$39.99 tomorrow

 DaveC wrote:
If anyone is looking for the old M@A...

Geesh man, I mean, surely there are less painful ways to go...



(come to think of it though some of the weapons on their own are actually kind of nice-ish and at that price...)

I always liked the originals. They served their purpose well.

No need for 100 of them though.