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**Pacific**

Hahaha, yes think that is definitely going to benefit from a Haters gonna hate slogan at the bottom of it.

New Dakka rule: That picture with slogan posted every time Kroothawk posts in a Mantic thread

Like the look of those rebel/hell-father minis though!

**Yonan**

These minis are looking great. Not regretting going in deep for this one from what we've see so far.

**Ronin_eX**

Why hullo thar Helfather! That looks fan-freaking-tastic. Fear his power-stilts!

And the other one is just damn classy.

Great stuff all around.

**Azazelx**

Yonan wrote:
scarletsquig wrote:
^ Yeah, the decision to replace dwarves with orcs and goblins in the new 2-player set was a very good one.

Shows off Mantic's best model ranges, and makes the overall set much better value for money since I can see myself making both Orc and Undead armies because the minis are:

a) Gorgeous and
b) Soooo cheap. They're running a sale at the moment where the box is £40 instead of £50.. combine that with internet retailer discount (I found it at 35% off), and it ends up costing around 30p/mini, some of which is cavalry and the really nice restic wraiths. No-brainer purchase.

What discounts/sites are these? I'm keen on picking up some mantic fantasy stuff cheap cheap!

Source, Squiggy?
I've been poking around. I can't find anything like that from my usuals, either (Firestorm/Troll Trader). Actually, I can't find it for £40 let alone £40 with 35% off...

**Hulksmash**

Stuff is looking good. I went in pretty light on the actual models on the first survey due to my worries based on the KoW results but I'm thinking I'm going to be adding quite a bit of paintable models for the second wave

**scarletsquig**

Azazelx wrote:
Yonan wrote:
scarletsquig wrote:
^ Yeah, the decision to replace dwarves with orcs and goblins in the new 2-player set was a very good one.

Shows off Mantic's best model ranges, and makes the overall set much better value for money since I can see myself making both Orc and Undead armies because the minis are:

a) Gorgeous and
b) Soooo cheap. They're running a sale at the moment where the box is £40 instead of £50.. combine that with internet retailer discount (I found it at 35% off), and it ends up costing around 30p/mini, some of which is cavalry and the really nice restic wraiths. No-brainer purchase.

What discounts/sites are these? I'm keen on picking up some mantic fantasy stuff cheap cheap!

Source, Squiggy?
I've been poking around. I can't find anything like that from my usuals, either (Firestorm/Troll Trader). Actually, I can't find it for £40 let alone £40 with 35% off...

Total Wargamer, as mentioned by others. The much-maligned UK store that I keep ordering from due to super-cheap Mantic. Not really an option for US/Aus, though.

They still have it for £40 on the Mantic webstore, and it's quite easy to qualify for free shipping: http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Kings-of-War/Getting-Started/Product/Kings-of-War-Two-Player-Battle-Set.html

**Azazelx**

Fair enough, since you didn't name them in the earlier post I thought it might have been another vendor.

**Yonan**

Looks like the free shipping offer from Wayland atm can get the same stuff for a fair bit cheaper with that hideous shipping factored in. An undead army deal at Wayland was $80 compared to $75 at Total Wargamer. With $0 shipping however, compared to ~$22. Pretty much guaranteed to be picking up Dreadball season 3 from them before the end of the free shipping promotion too.

**overtyrant**

Just a little nugget of information. Seems like Mantic are working on an app for Dreadball. I wonder what it will entail? Team rosters maybe? (Jake mentioned this in his comments)

http://quirkworthy.com/2013/09/15/deadzone-campaign-rules/#comments

**Yonan**

An app for deadzone to help manage your strike force would be great. Dreadball doesn't need one as much but could still be useful so count me in if they make one. More software based assists for tabletop gaming would be great given the prevalence of lappies and tablets.

**scarletsquig**

overtyrant wrote:
Just a little nugget of information. Seems like Mantic are working on an app for Dreadball. I wonder what it will entail? Team rosters maybe? (Jake mentioned this in his comments)

http://quirkworthy.com/2013/09/15/deadzone-campaign-rules/#comments

I wouldn't hold your breath, they've had a KoW app in production for at least 3 years. Completed it and Apple declined it.

**Azazelx**

Interesting.

Tell me more.

**overtyrant**

scarletsquig wrote:
overtyrant wrote:
Just a little nugget of information. Seems like Mantic are working on an app for Dreadball. I wonder what it will entail? Team rosters maybe? (Jake mentioned this in his comments)

http://quirkworthy.com/2013/09/15/deadzone-campaign-rules/#comments

I wouldn't hold your breath, they've had a KoW app in production for at least 3 years. Completed it and Apple declined it.

Well there are a lot more smart devices out ther other then Apple so fingers crossed.

**weeble1000**

judgedoug wrote:
scarletsquig wrote:
I really have not seen any fantasy models from Mantic outside of the skeletons

Give the orcs another look, they are some seriously great models. I collect both orcs and undead, and they're easily Mantic's best fantasy ranges by far.

Agreed. Mantic's Orcs are my favorite Orc miniatures in the universe, by far. I'm not a fan of gorilla/ape arms and evil watermelon heads (so no GW) but I like my Orcs to have bulk (so no LOTR orcs). Mantic's are perfect for me!

Take a look at the orcs in the most recent Red Box Games kickstarter. They should hit all of those points you're interested in.

**judgedoug**

I love RBG. I have like, piles and piles of them. Currently working on a Helsvakt Horde / Mierce Fomoraic army for KoW.

**Alpharius**

Marauders, looking....better than expected?

From BoW:

**Compel**

Slightly better than expected, I think. At least I'm not massively regretting the minimum marauders I went for.

**timetowaste85**

I got marauders, and I'll likely get more when the next survey rolls around.

**scarletsquig**

Chicken wing arm poses strike again, but other than that they look okay. Not keen on the faces.

**judgedoug**

whoa, totally better than they first looked, and they looked decidedly mediocre. They have a great Rogue Trader vibe to them.

**Pacific**

Agree - think those look pretty cool, certainly much better than the previews of them previously.

These are certainly looking pretty characterful in any case (in fact, the more I see of this game the better it looks..)

**edlowe**

Actually look pretty good imho! The only one im not too keen on is the mawbeast. The ripper suit looks a bit smaller than I thought but looks less cartoony than the green did.

Glad I added on the orx booster in the survey, the hulk was always the figure I thought looked best in the concept art and the model im most looking forward to seeing.

**Alpharius**

A good save, at least so far, by Mantic on the Marauder stuff.

Makes me a lot less nervous about everything else too!

**Daedleh**

It also looks like they've finally settled on a paint style which suits their mini's. These look brilliant.

**Bolognesus**

Daedleh wrote:
It also looks like they've finally settled on a paint style which suits their mini's. These look brilliant.

^^THIS. Out with the (**&^*(&&*( fething blue already.

Quite happy with these, might actually go for marauders primarily now (since I'm a bit nervous about enforcer plastics, sadly).

**highlord tamburlaine**

Wow. I like what I see.

Very characterful, like others were saying.

Wish the suit was a big bigger, but it does look like it has a bit of heft to it.

May end up with a bit more Marauders than I'm already getting.

**Pacific**

Alpharius wrote:

Makes me a lot less nervous about everything else too!

Took the words out of my mouth.. think this is definitely going to be the general sentiment.

**edlowe**

Cant tell if these have been posted yet.

**RiTides**

Alpharius wrote:
Marauders, looking....better than expected?

From BoW:

Whoa... I really like the model on the far right! (Ripper suit?) And the goblin looks pretty good. The orks are just okay, and the chainsaw-horse thing... ugh.

Not super impressed with the rebs in the post above mine here, either. But the ripper suit gets a thumbs up from me!

**Daedleh**

Say what you like about some of the KoW kickstarter minis. Mantic are NAILING Deadzone.