Re: More Warpath Awesomeness from Mantic!

Posted by MortiS-the-Lost on Oct 10, 2011; 8:43pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/More-Warpath-Awesomeness-from-Mantic-tp6723969p6878425.html

Ooh I hasten to disagree with a lot of that

Metropolis wrote

The marauder basic troops are the old kings of war orcs, with space weaponry!

So? the 40k Orks are sculpted from the same stock parts as the WFB Orcs (not to mention that all the space marine models from the last 12 or so are the same with some minor details changed) - lots of companies base newer miniatures on older ones

Metropolis wrote

The squats are quite blocky

I don't quite know what to say to that other than : well they are Space Dwarfs, it's kinda their thing

Metropolis wrote

The vehicles are in a finecast equivalents, why not plastic so conversions are easier

I'd hardly call it a FineCast equivalent - it's closer to the plastic type stuff Privateer Press use for the newer Warjacks - The plastic-resin Mantic have made their vehicles from is easy to work with and much more durable than FineCast (not to mention much better quality control)

Metropolis wrote

Mantic are in the same business as GW, to make money!

Yes, but Mantic are also in the business of making high quality miniatures at low prices - while GW do rather the opposite these days

For me 40k has been stale for a long while now it's all about Spaze Mahrines and their Mehtal Bawkses.

People still get excited every time a different colour of Spaze Mahrines get's a new Matt Ward Codex - I think a new game with new affordable high quality models and it's whole future ahead of it is a lot more worth getting excited about than a new book that makes the same old various colours Spaze Mahrines slightly more powerful than in the last edition