Celestial Warriors & A Ratty Coach For DreadBall With Mantic
December 3, 2012 by brennon
Mantic Games have been showing off some of their upcoming miniatures for both Kings of War and the Sci-Fi Sports Game of DreadBall. First up is a Works-in-Progress for their new angelic forces...
Now that's one mighty looking warrior, who reminds me a lot of the sculpts used for Kingdom Death. That is of course, without the added anime tentacles! They are looking to be some impressive models though and if this is the quality of sculpt we can expect, bring on the entire army!
Coach Rat from the world of DreadBall has also made an appearance, a great coach for the sports game and leader of a very turtle based team I would imagine. Well, that was until the Veer-Myn stole him!
The quality of the sculpts from Mantic Game is certainly ramping up and they are delivering a better grade of model with every new release. I have always said that I didn't really like the style of the Mantic Elves but these new sculpts are fantastic.
What do you think?
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Coach Rat would not be out of place in a game of DnD imho and Celestian is shaping up to be Mantic’s best to date.
Hope they don’t go mental with the sword. It is already the size of Japan.
Try putting that in your scabbard and going for a walk
Ok, heres whats only tipping the surface so far with DreadBalls….intentional. As much as Ronnie and Jake have tried to dispute and highlight the difference between Mantics DreadBall and Games Workshops BloodBowl (R.I.P.) the reality is that an overlap is bound to happen when the fun of the players ( O.K…coaches ) is the focus. Namely the comedy element. BB pulled this off with quirky art direction and a firmly Monty esque approach to its setting. Mantic will have to show their hand at some point in this hugely successful KickStarter campaign and try not to be a clone. I… Read more »
IMO, Mantic are doing a great job at providing a viable alternative to the other company.
It takes time to develop and stand up to a giant and personally, I find the development of those universes exciting as it gives modellers and hobbyists room and freedom to use their imagination – and that comes at a reasonable price (not £50 for plastic 3 trolls!!!).
The sculpts are great. This is the tip of the iceberg.
Very glad I got some Celestials in the kickstarter if this is what they’ll look like. I can’t wait to see the battle nuns.
It’s nice to see a game where the good-guys get some supernatural stuff, all I ever see in other ranges is humans against demons.
I got to give it to them. That master Splinter is spot on. Some of the better models seem to be coming out now.