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 Bolognesus wrote:

http://napalmelfrebelscum.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/mantic-kings-of-war-kickstarter-wave-2.html
The most comprehensive collection of available sculpt pics.

Thanks for the pics, guys, especially this link... I actually like quite a few things there. Still no more than half for sure... but the ogres actually look Really good (I've seen them before but not as many pics). The golems, gargoyles, mounted dwarf, lion mount, and chariot also look quite nice.

Plenty I don't like still, but this tides me over... cheers

Anybody else liking the Basilean rule set they put out? I'm definitely getting a few hordes of MaAs and Paladins. And Elohi. Sisters...maybe not. Not a huge fan of the arms, like others said. I also like most of the Mantic models out there, including the trolls and mummies, but the ladies are definitely a weak link. But I don't like every model GW puts out either. I'm with SS that most of the models are good/great and only a few I dislike...but the models I dislike are ones he likes. Personal taste, yet again. I also don't like that immortal guard model; I think it's terrible.

It's quite an interesting army list.

I'd prefer it if they didn't have a phoenix in the army list though, I quite like the one that GW released and Mantic probably won't have big monsters for KoW for at least another 3 years.

Anyone know some good alternate sources of sweet phoenix minis? Not concerned about the size, just looking for a good sculpt.

Edit: I'll settle for getting a pair of the hobbit eagles to use instead if I can't find anything else, on closer inspection the warhammer one is pretty ridiculous.

I looked to Reaper to start, and wasn't impressed. I may still get a GW one for my Basileans. I wonder if GW knows (or cares) that its models are being used now for a superior game.

scarletsquig, you picked up the the Bones Kickstarter, right? I think you could easily paint the griffon from that as a phoenix.

I seem to remember there being a Phoenix available from that line of fantasy monsters at Michaels too, but I can't find a link to it.

It's either schleich or papo. Maybe safari ltd..

Everything involving the sisters seems to turn out quite shoddy.... The rest is nice/good to really good..... So, tastes may differ, but it is not as bad as some want it to be.

Dreadball... seriously folks... there might be some casting issues but that can be rectified by getting replacements, figures are all fine designwise and casting is mainly no problem.

Official pics for werewolves and mummies:

I really like the mummies, except their yellowbrown wrappings. dark mouldy grey would look better, i think.

 Duncan_Idaho wrote:


Dreadball... seriously folks... there might be some casting issues but that can be rectified by getting replacements, figures are all fine designwise and casting is mainly no problem.

And how does one accomplish this? I have sent multiple emails from my email used for backing the Kickstarter and have gotten no response outside generic robotic platitudes. I have asked for explicit action to fix/replace/refund my bad models and gotten nothing.

Now I get to make international phonecalls. Customer service indeed.

So how does one 'simply' get replacements from mantic if not via their website customer service form?

If you email stewart.gibbs@manticgames.com that'll get it sorted.

They have problems with the contact us form on their website.

 scarletsquig wrote:
If you email stewart.gibbs@manticgames.com that'll get it sorted.

They have problems with the contact us form on their website.

Sounds good, I will give that a go. That form sounds like a black hole.

Their whole website needs a total redesign, honestly.

@nkelsch - Also, Stewart may take a bit to answer (though he may have waded through the backlog of the Open Day by now), but I think you'll find that he will answer. And he'll sort it out.

I'll throw these images here for those that don't visit the painting forums. :-) These are my images, not studio shots, so please excuse my photography where necessary.

Gargoyle Lord:


Trolls:



Werewolves:



Mummies:

Thanks!

Your images are better than the studio shots, those werewolves and mummies are looking pretty good.

The trolls though... dear god, they're wearing g-strings. The horror!

Loving those Mummies!

If only the troll legs weren't so small...

They're not supposed to be two basilean sister hands long?

Hits and Misses, honestly.

Hope those sisters are a multipart kit. Trimmings are in order on them.

 warboss wrote:
They're not supposed to be two basilean sister hands long?

Well played . Two birds with one stone, that!

Also, the above pics are sweet, and as stated, better than the studios. Can't make up for the models in some instances, but they certainly help!

I did think these studio shots were an improvement on previous ones, mind you.

The arms are too big on those mummies as well. Everyone points out the long arms/big hands on the sisters, but it's the faces that bother me the most. No wonder they joined the nunnery...

 rosafari wrote:
The arms are too big on those mummies as well.

Yeah - from these shots the mummies look pretty malformed too. The arms are very thick. And the sword on the unit champ looks ridiculously huge. He must be an anime mummy.

 RiTides wrote:

 warboss wrote:
They're not supposed to be two basilean sister hands long?

Well played . Two birds with one stone, that!

Also, the above pics are sweet, and as stated, better than the studios. Can't make up for the models in some instances, but they certainly help!

I try. The paint jobs are indeed quite nice and I like how the werewolves turned out. The mummies, though, have oversized shoulders and arms with very stiff (yes I know they're dead) poses compared to other mantic kits.

I still like the Trolls a lot although I don´t really have a use for them. The nuns, well, indeed need a lot of triming to work well.

Official Ogre pic:



Very happy with that one, looks great.

Has a very "oldschool citadel" style to it, so much better than the current GW designs.

I am very, very happy with the Ogres and am considering adding many to my pledges.

Where are pics of the shooters? I don't understand why Mantic just can't post pics of ink-washed primed models so we can see all the variations and poses.

Love that Ogre, hate the paint scheme.

the Ogre army is sitting there, taunting me. Of course, what the hell would I do with an Ogre army?

I like both the model and the paint scheme. The paint reminds me of the trolls in the shadowrun video game.