The Animated Series Batman & More Strike From Knight Models
December 4, 2015 by brennon
Knight Models have now added the first of their Animated Series Batman models to their website for the Miniatures Game of the same name. If you loved this show during your childhood then you're going to be utterly won over by these pieces.
Animated Series
This cartoon was awesome and I picked up so many bumper packs of VHS tapes for this. I think I still have them somewhere.
This is a massive kick in the nostalgia centre of the brain and I love how they've not messed with the style of the cartoon. The second of these characters is the famous Catwoman who is also in her classic gear.
I had all of these characters as action figures at one point or another and it would be awesome to find some time to paint these.
I was liking the look of the Arkham and Nolan Batmans but this is the style of Batman that I was really looking forward to seeing. I can't wait to see the other characters come to life. Maybe we'll see the character from Mask Of The Phantasm!
Heroes & Villains
Following on from those characters we have some heroes and villains in the Arkham style. See what you think of Black Manta firstly who is the arch-enemy of Aquaman. He has incredible strength, powerful armour and weapons as well as powers which can cancel out some of Aquaman's abilities.
Black Manta looks rather quirky and odd which fits in well with the oddity of Aquaman; a fitting enemy. As a counter to the villains from today we have a rather awesome looking heroine in the form of Katana.
Katana is a dangerous swords-woman who has a blade called Soultaker which actually claims the souls of its enemies. These souls can be reincarnated by the user of the sword to fight for them whether they wanted to or not.
Clambering into a battlesuit we also have the Riddler mounted up and ready for a scuffle with Batman and Catwoman in Arkham. I thought this boss fight was a bit of a weak one but he certainly looks cool.
...and to cap things off we have some smaller foes in the form of the Militia Gatling Brute who will murder Batman when he accidentally reveals himself from stealth.
Phew. That is quite an awesome array of models for you to pick up for the game. I think you know which my favourite models are from this haul!
Which is your favourite?
"Stepping into the fight for the Animated Series we have Batman first of all. You can see him here in his iconic pose wearing the grey and black..."
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Love that animated series batman 😀
I think the TAS minis are excellent and hope that KM don’t do what they’ve done with several other interpretations and leave them with just a few minis for an extended period of time. I suspect these will sell well enough to motivate KM to keep producing more of them.
That would be a shame if they did, would love a TAS mr freeze
I am not really sure does TAS style fit in among more grittier styles. It’s interesting to see Black Manta. He’s not really villain that I would think when I think Batman. He is more Aquaman’s villain. It’s nice to see Katana getting into action.
Ideally the range would grow to the point where you can have TAS only games if you wish. I’d very happily play some games set in Batman 66 TV land, but as long as only Adam West Batman mini is available then it’s not much use.
The chrome effect on Black Manta’s helmet is one of the best I’ve seen…
And I love that version of Batman !
TAS Batman will be a blast to paint.
Loving these although the base on the riddler mech is far to small for it and looks awful
It is great how Knight is making faithful versions of pretty much every Batman.
I warms my heart that this Batman, and the Adam West Batman made it into their range.
Now we are talking! Take my money, THIS IS the reason to get into this finally!
Now we are talking! Take my money, THIS IS the reason to get into this finally! (Batman the animated series)
the batman figure looks good.
Hopefully they do all the animated characters, then expand into the rest of the Justice League and the villains of Bruce Timm’s style.
I love that catwoman! Man, now I really want to watch Batman – the Animated Series.
How well do the rules play for scale ?
I have a load of old Batman TAS toys , that I could use with my Nephew , who I would rather play toys with than metal models?
this gives me a few ideas….
the ranges are all in cm, which wouldn’t work very well with larger figures. I also think the rules would be too complex for anyone under 10 or 12.
The animated series stuff is a must get for me. Hopefully Joker comes out next.
Batman and Catwoman belong in my collection ASAP.