Mantic Games Add A Giant & Northern Warriors To Their Vanguard Kickstarter
November 15, 2017 by brennon
With the final few days coming up for the Kings Of War: Vanguard Kickstarter by Mantic Games I thought I'd dip in and show off the awesome artwork for some of their stretch goals including this awesome Giant!
Now that should hopefully turn out to be quite the awesome monster to throw into the mix. Imagine a Vanguard scenario that was based on you having to take this thing down? I always love a little bit of monster hunting on the tabletop.
However, the big news following on from that was the announcement of the Northern Alliance Warband.
Northern Warriors
Leading the way for this warband we have the Thegn who looks like he's going to be getting involved with some serious raiding opportunities.
He will then be backed up by his stalwart Huscarls who look like they've got their hands on some cool magic weapons. I love the idea of embracing the ice theme across the force as a whole and adding it to their weapons and armour.
It wouldn't be a Fantasy warband without some magic thrown into the mix and that's where the Ice Witch comes in.
You could imagine her being a bit of a soothsayer, guiding the actions of these warriors as they come raiding down from the mountains and the tundra.
Another cool aspect of the Northern Alliance is that it draws in different races to fight for the same cause. For example, we have the Ice Naiads...
...and the Ice Kin Hunters. We get an awesome mix of both male and female miniatures within this set it seems and of course, the different races, spicing up the painting as you get to work on getting them ready for battle.
I really like the look of the Half-Elf Berserkers personally. I think they look utterly awesome and would be fantastic to paint with their pale white hair and tattooed skin. Hopefully, we get them in some rage-filled poses.
Last but not least we have a big guy to throw into the mix with their Snow Troll.
It seems like you're going to get some cool options for building a skirmishing force thanks to this set, and it's all going to be shiny and new. I really hope that Mantic Games are able to pull off the look of this warband and deliver on the resin sculpts with plenty of options for poses especially.
What do you make of this Northern Alliance?
"Another cool aspect of the Northern Alliance is that it draws in different races to fight for the same cause..."
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I love the cavalry unit and there is another big creature to be unveiled as an SG at some point as well.
This army concept and the art is very interesting . I have gone for the “Giant pledge” so will gratefully recieve the Northern army as one of the four armies, that you recieve at that level. Hope that they look good too. Mind you the renders on the new Basilean Men at arms are so good that I am a lot less worried abou this ort of stuff now.
It was a slow start Mantic but you are are hitting your straps at the end …. Congratulations.
The beginning of the campaign did not leave me very inspired. The addition of the giant pledge got me to pledge. I look forward to the 4 small armies that come with that pledge. The pace of the kickstarter seems to be increasing which is no surprise near the end.
Going down the digital sculpting route has been the life saver for Mantic…..pretty much what you see as renders is what you get, and thier PVC miniatures are really well detailed as well. I’m in for a Vanguard and 2 player pledge.
Yes their recent work is excellent . I am glad to see that their latest stretch goal is to “freshen up” their dwarf heroes with some new models.
ooh great figures.
I want them all. I want the army when it comes out. Mantic make the list for them soon please.
they’ve been working on it for over a year now, so I expect we will see the Northern Alliance in 2018, hopefully along with the Ophidians
I like the artwork, but let see what models that come out of it. Mantic models are a bit or miss for me.