Preview More Of Your Kings Of War Summer Offerings
June 7, 2013 by brennon
Mantic are continuing to unleash more troops and heroes for the world of Kings of War via their Kickstarter page. Check out some of these fellows below and pick out your favourites...
First up we have some additions to the Abyssal Dwarfs and the Goblins with their Immortal Guard and Fleabag Riders. I'd love to check out the Fleabag Riders a bit closer but I do like their mawbeast mounts.
On the more monstrous side of things we have this twisted Gargoyle and the rather earth shattering Obsidian Golem. I'm fairly sure that Mantic are slowly but surely producing enough miniatures for me to make an army of Ogres, Trolls and other assorted brutes a reality.
Next up we have the Panther Riders and Panther Chariots of the Sisterhood. The Chariot is pretty neat but I wish the Riders had a bit more to differentiate them from each other.
The Elohi on the other hand are pretty damn epic. I like their armour and the big flaming/crystal swords. I think you could make some crazy elemental style warriors out of those for role-playing games.
Last up we have a Vampire hero named Ilona who looks like the lady from the front of the Two-Player Battlebox. She has the flowing cloak, just enough armour to be useful on the battlefield and an epic sword. So, she's pretty cool I'd say.
Would be fun to see a diorama including her in it!
Which is your favourite?
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Very nice set of models there. 🙂 I thought the Tiger-Riders and the Chariot were for the Elves, lol. So does this mean there’s a human faction coming?
i think the panther units would look really good with a different paint job, or is it the pose? just doesnt look right hey
the angle winged guys look sweet as well as the lesser golem. there’s a greater obsidian golem in the army list book = one to look forward to
Overall not impressed tbh
Am finding Mantic rather inconsistent with regards to their aesthetic and quality.
Too close to GW but when they do something like the Elohi they get it spot on.
Do like those chaps.
They must be the angelic policemen.
(Elohi Elohi Elohi)
Perhaps if the mounts had different poses they would look a little better. But I do like the idea of a company of elves riding thunder cats into battle.
The way I’ve come to see Mantic is the goal of the model line is not to give us the best of the best models that can be sculpted. That’s the expertise of Corvus Belli and others. The role they play and fit rather well I might add is dirty and cheap models. As much as I’m sure they wish to make nice models the cost is kept low for us buyers because they go the no frills way. I myself wont buy many of Mantics model because I put esthetics first but many others could care less about that.… Read more »
Love those goblins. They look positively rabid. The rest are good enough I suppose. I’m looking to build up an army around my missus’ female paladin in an AD&D campaign. Some of these may fit the bill, especially since some of their units have a religious theme. I may end up having to go the GW route with their Avalorn Maidens or whatever they’re called for most of the units, however. Does anyone else make decent units of female women-at-arms? I think the cats would look better if they had a decent paint job, but there’s no helping one of… Read more »
I like most of the models, I may not like the Basilian Sisters but then I never really got exited about them. Though I actually prefer a lot of Mantics models over the Games Workshop ones based on aesthetics. I quite like the look of there elves after getting hold of some just don’t like the Warmachines for them. The Mantic Dwarfs got me to build an army I had never considered before and the Orcs were a cheaper way of getting an Orc army I had considered for a while in a style I like. The Mantic orcs remind… Read more »
I always have mixed feelings when it comes to Mantic and these upcoming releases are no exception. I look at the Panther riders and chariots and they’re so blah. The panthers don’t have any fur texture and they’re all in the same rearing pose. The chariot is just a plank with wheels. You hit one bump and you’d go flying with nothing to hold onto. The driver doesn’t even have reigns to control the beasts. But then you look at the Elohi and you ask yourself is this the same company? Those guys look awesome and I want 50 of… Read more »
The fur texture thing on miniatures is something that baffles me tbh
A panther has a sleek shiny coat and you can’t see a lot of texture on a photograph let alone a 28mm.
But otherwise I agree. I take @manpug‘s point about them being cheap and cheerful.
However I still feel the overall aesthetic could be more unified, For me it is bad enough between races but when there is such variability within the same faction then that is not good enough. At least for me.
I have no idea how or why this sisterhood BS got into the kickstarter or why the frak people wanted them there but the models aren’t even particularly good either.
A waste of time and effort better spent on other armies.
Mantic in my mind -> Cheap, plastic, unit filler miniatures. You want bulk, go buy, great for you. You want something nice worth painting, spend elsewhere.