Mantic’s Empire Of Dust Available To Order For Kings Of War
July 5, 2016 by brennon
Mantic Games have now added the whole range for The Empire of Dust onto their webstore for Kings of War. These products are going to be released in two different waves throughout July and August.
As we covered in previous posts we took a look at these regiments which are a mix of the plastic undead sprues and the metal add-ons which can be used to turn these skeletons into warriors from distant lands. Above are the Warriors but they have alternative equipment too.
Additionally they have also been working on the monsters which are called Enslaved Guardians. These warriors will be stomping around and smashing aside ranks of infantry with their huge weapons and ranged options.
I think of everything we're seeing here for Kings of War these Enslaved Guardians are the best of the bunch. I really like the style of the miniatures with their ancient Egyptian heads. The crossbows I could take or leave but the big melee weapons - they get a thumbs up!
Heroes Of The Sands
Additionally they also have new hero kits which make a range of different characters to lead your army into battle.
As well as the kit which will allow you to make a range of different heroes they also have a Standard Bearer who will be heralding the approach of them on the distant sands.
Not bad right? I think the characters look rather neat but of the lot of them the Spellcaster is my pick.
Uncharted Empires & Warmachines
All of the rules for this force are within the book known as Uncharted Empires. This will allow you to run this army on the tabletop and maybe bring in some of those older models in your collection too.
Whatever happens I think that you need to add more swarms of scarabs to the big regiment bases that you get for their infantry. Imagine that as a scenic base!
What do you think of the range now we're getting a better look at it?
Drop your thoughts below...
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Between these guys and the Abyssal Dwarfs my interest in Kigs of War is really piqued. Call me a traditionalist but I think I’d have to go for a really shiny lapis lazuli and verdigrised deep Bronze/copper scheme if I got into them. Also what about using them to re-fight that scene from Jason and the argonaughts!? You know the one!
I think these photos show the paintjob in a better light. (I think they’re new photos and not just digital aftereffects, right?)
I’m glad to see these are at a much better pricepoint than previous Mantic plastic/metal hybrid kits. It’s barely any more expensive to buy these skeleton/archer/revenant kits than the original skeleton box without addons.
These do look rather good.
Wow, Mantic looks to be waaaay behind GW when it comes to miniature design. And the gap seems to be growing looking at both companys latest releases.
You get what you pay for. I can get an absolutely gorgeous display model of Alarielle for $225(AUS) or a serviceable Mantic Empire of Dust army (110 miniatures) for $189.99(AUS). You get to choose whats better value and what your after.
I agree with you on the quality, but even though I don’t buy Mantic models I do see them filling a need in the market for cheap models.
They sadly don’t look good enough up close. Much too soft, much to stiff and bulky. This is definitely what i’d expect from game pieces in boardgames rather than proper miniatures, in this day and age.
I’m liking these more with the subdued colour scheme, but overall, they don’t do it for me. The bones are too thick, and while it may make them more robust, it doesn’t make them believable. Some of the poses look a bit awkward… they’re just not as good as Tomb Kings models. Also, the metal/plastic combination doesn’t make them cheaper, either.
getting a strong (the mummy) vibe of them?
Another range of undead?
The Balefire looks cool and some of the miniatures have some cool poses.
I got the Dwarf vs Undead box set recently.
Very happy with the miniatures.
I’m looking at a small collection of Vikings and Saxons I had planned to get into Saga with, but hoping to purpose them for both games as a small kingdoms of men army.
This army doesn’t change those plans or make me want to invest any deeper at the moment.
these are very bad, completely rushed (to fill GW now OOP tomb kings) and it shows. hope it is only an accident as it seemed to me that latest releases were on the way up