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Some more production pics, this time of the 3rd Gen plague along with the whole starter set, courtesy of mattjgilbert on the mantic forums:




And, a better quality closeup of the Enforcers:



As far as I know, that, plus the pre-existing restic enforcers will be included in the first wave, with the hard plastic to follow later.

Couldn't view those initially ScarletSquig, is because you need to be logged in to the Mantic forum?

They look very nice! The big guy especially, makes me think of the half-developed 'Zoanoid' from the first episode of the old Guyver anime..

^ Yeah, you do. I'll fix that.

Edit: Fixed, thanks for the heads up!

Looks good, I guess they finally figured out the casting problems, no sign of the Mantic Aura!

Thanks SS! The minis are looking great.

What's that between the enforcers legs in the third pic?
Ha, I can't count!

Looking forward to getting this now, managed to sell it to quite a few of the guys at my gaming club. Looking forward to a December of learning Deadzone rules and kicking off a campaign in the new year!

Does anyone know the rough shipping date, is it still end of November?

I'm tempted to go to the open day to get my stuff (only live an hour away from Nottingham), anyone else plan on going?

I put my hat in for the open day on Monday.

I'm expecting a fun day out. Though I am looking for details on the Dreadball ultimate games they mentioned.

I'd rather not panic paint if I didn't need to. :-P

A few of the guys have taken to playing Dreadball over Bloodbowl at the club, i definitely regret not going in on that kickstarter!

Its on my list of games to get for sure.

How hard is it to cut through the restic to remove the integrated base thingie?

Because I really don't like them, and want to rebase them on other bases, if possible.

 Alpharius wrote:
How hard is it to cut through the restic to remove the integrated base thingie?

Because I really don't like them, and want to rebase them on other bases, if possible.

I really wish they would drop the integrated base as well. It is horribly outdated, and more work to remove than a simple slot tab.

Having said that, they can be removed. I've done several at this point. I just cut (carefully, and in small steps) around the feet of the mini with clippers. Then I trim the excess off of the bottoms of the feet (usually after a dip in warm water to soften things a bit). Lastly, use some sandpaper on a flat surface to even out the bottoms of the feet, et voila! Ready for basing; on clear bases in my case.

Hope that helps a bit Alph.

~Eric

Oooh I hadn't thought of a soak before cutting, genious! I cut the tabs off of 46 corporation Marines, its not easy but it isn't terrible either. On caution, and it only happened once, when youclip bbetween the legs be carful it isn't too fast or sharp or you might push the legs apart and snap the brittle restic. Like I said only happened 1/46 and the warm water dunk may solve it too.

Thanks for the pics, SS, appreciated as always!

Thanks for the pics SS. Those models look fantastic. I hope this means Mantic has put some of their past problems behind them. Either way, looking forward to getting my hands on them.

I have some time off work late in December. After I'm done seeing family I will be all over this.

Have we seen any production models of the Rebs or Marauders yet?

Very happy with what I'm seeing!

I have one half painted production Marauder. Same quality as seen above. Are there mold lines? Yes, a few. Are They difficult to remove? Nope. If I can do it, anyone can.

 Pacific wrote:

They look very nice! The big guy especially, makes me think of the half-developed 'Zoanoid' from the first episode of the old Guyver anime..

Totally, off topic, but man, what I wouldn't give for a sandbox tabletop henshin hero board game.

I think that's one of the biggest unexplored areas of tabletop gaming. I guess it ventures too much into superhero territory. Maybe it's too foreign of concept for the majority of tabletop gamers?

But man... having tabletop equivalents of stuff like Garo and the Makai Knights, various Kamen Riders, Sentai teams, Guyvers... all teaming up against an assortment of tabletop kaiju? Heaven.

Will settle for what is shaping up to be an awesome sci fi skirmish game.

Nice to see bases on everything. I guess I'm in the minority for liking the Mantic integrated bases that pop into the bigger bases.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:

 Pacific wrote:

They look very nice! The big guy especially, makes me think of the half-developed 'Zoanoid' from the first episode of the old Guyver anime..

Totally, off topic, but man, what I wouldn't give for a sandbox tabletop henshin hero board game.

Its among the projects I'm working on.

Sign me up!

You best be ready to spill the beans when the time comes Cyporiean.

My kids absolutely loathe American superheroes, but they're down with the Japanese counterparts even though they're just as ridiculous.

Will there be magical girls to go along with all the hot blooded manliness?

I hope beyond hope that we get Deadzone over Christmas break. What a great way to waste my vacation time!

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
You best be ready to spill the beans when the time comes Cyporiean.

My kids absolutely loathe American superheroes, but they're down with the Japanese counterparts even though they're just as ridiculous.

Will there be magical girls to go along with all the hot blooded manliness?

Just keep an eye on our subsection of Dakka.

Everyone needs to encourage me to paint all my current enforcers before this hits. 16 down, 60 to go. Ish

Just as an aside, and I know we haven't had the first lot yet, but does anyone know when the second wave will be arriving?

I presume the Forge Fathers will be in it? One I'm looking forward to the most (although the Hel Fathers also look like they might give them a run for their money!), although sadly I can't for the life of me remember how much I pledged and whether it included them!

I can't remember what I pledged for either. I hope they include some kind of checklist in the box.

The more I see these pics, the more excited I am getting for this.

I keep meaning to find out if I need to order a compendium or not.

I know it was free if you pledged 300, but was it ever made clear if that was only during the campaign, or when all was said and done.

I couldn't pledge a lot during the campaign... but I certainly added more than that via the pledge manager.

Those acrylic counters are definitely something I'm getting the next time around. Those looked nice.

I am pretty sure the compendium was only if you pledged 300 during the campaign, not after the pledge manager.

(if I am wrong, I better be getting 2, because I ordered one in the pledge manager!)

Go through your old emails, you should have a copy of your survey in the confirmation email of some kind.

I remember 90% of what I got, and with a pen and paper, could probably get it down to the last couple of dollars But I'm a nerd and was very very interested in my pledge

FF and Asterians are second shipment. Survey for that is to go out in Q2 of 2014, and obviously the shipment will have to be behind the survey by a good month or two at least so they have time to put in the order, get the stuff, and ship it. Maybe around when Mars Attacks is hitting?

You get the compendium free if you pledged 300 during the campaign or in the pledge manager after the campaign. It was only the limited edition alt sculpts that was avaliable during the campaign.

overtyrant wrote:
You get the compendium free if you pledged 300 during the campaign or in the pledge manager after the campaign. It was only the limited edition alt sculpts that was avaliable during the campaign.

well in that case.... I am getting 2!

(hopefully someone wants to buy one)

(surely someone will want one)

Can't wait for mine

Minis are looking good but they are coming off those awful mini bases - they work for Dreadball becuase of the clear hex base but not here. I just ordered a load of Dragon Forge Concrete rubble bases for them - they seem to fit the Deadzone style best IMO.