Other Wargames Manufacturers News: Mantic is determined to beat GW at selling something

I love the look of these, much more going on than the old, mostly bear bones, GW models

Grrr, Imrahil

 

But.....but that's the point. Skeleton warriors are supposed to be bone, with a few scraps of cloth or armor, maybe a helmet.

That being said, I'll give both the infantry and cavalry a shot. As I do all undead kits on the market.

 

Vampire Counts ones, yes, given they are mostly poor peasants or militia, who had little to begin with and were buried in damp earth where their clothing could easily rot away, forced to fight against their will by a Necromancer or Vampire, but Tomb Kings Skeletons are hardened soldiers, likely buried with all their arms and armour, in desert tombs where the sands would do a lot more to preserve the perishable items they wear, who rise by their own free will to serve their king in battle.

It's curious to see you objecting so hard to these when GW's new Vampire Skeletons arguably suffer from the flaws you describe far worse (and indeed are more like Grave Guard than standard Skeletons, as ordinary Skeletons would never be that well-armoured):

 

I dislike those new skeletons for use as bog standard skeleton warriors because they are so armored. And because GW is still bad at providing femurs that don't snap during assembly.

 

I've released the latest from Forest Dragon on my webstore. You can now truly build the tiny saurus legion of your dreams.

This month the Dire elves see squadrons of heavy cavalry take the field, while opposing them are reptilian cavalry and a reptilian priest casting a spell.

Get your licensed prints at the link below!

Reptilian priest

https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/products/forest-dragon-reptilians-priest-lizard

Reptilian cavalry

https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/products/forest-dragon-reptilians-reptilian-cavalry

Dire elves heavy cavalry

https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/products/forest-dragon-dire-elves-heavy-cavalry

 

I've begun speaking with Mantic about getting a trade account set up.

Mcdougall Designs will initially be carrying a limited range of mantic products at somewhere between a 15-20% discount off RRP, although I can happily discuss special orders for anything that doesn't make it to my webstore.

Initial thoughts were kings of war, some warpath/firefight, and armada. What would you all like to see available?

 

Empire of Dust/Tomb Kings, Abyssal Dwarfs/Chaos Dwarfs, standard Goblins and any other Mantic alternatives for fan-favourite armies not currently supported by GW would be popular without a doubt!

(Apologies only just got to replying to this now, just after you've already made your first stock order )

 

Not at all a problem.

I've opted for a small line of in stock items, while offering the remaining catalog as special orders at the standard 20% rate, you would just have to email me.

and yes I can take empire of dust orders for the july release. currently just the army and mega army sets.

 

10mm dire elves spearmen on sale for $5 per regiment pack.

also, mantic have shown concept images for two EoD monsters. Probably resin.

 

The Monolith of course will have no use in a Tomb Kings army, but looks nice as a Nehekharan scenery piece, particularly as an objective for a thematic game where the Tomb Kings are trying to power it up and the opposing faction has to destroy it.

Now the Idol on the other hand will make an excellent Colossus... and possibly a Hierotitan if there are alternative options or if someone is willing to convert it.

 

Reminds me I have to paint this still. EDIT: holy crap bad photo. oops. Anywho, yea the monolith is defo a terrain piece. The idol might be for me as well, depending on the pose and sculpting.

 

CLARIFICATION:

I have been informed by my trade representative that mantic direct items are part of a different pricing bracket, as such I am having to adjust.

Moving forwards:

Regular Mantic items = 20% off

Mantic direct items = 10% off

 

Happy stock day!

Mantic games products are now on the ready shelf! What's more, there's been a few new products added!

Finally, sprues are also available.

Main collection:
https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/collections/mantic-games

Sprues:
https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/collec.../mantic-games-sprues\

 

Special order deadline on Mantic products approaching!
Get your order requests in before the cut off to take advantage of my standard 20% discount on the entire main catalog from mantic, and 10% off mantic direct items!

 

Bases, boxers, and cannon fodder sprues are all available on the webstore now.
boxers:
https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/prod...ard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web
bases:
https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/prod...oard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web
Cannon fodder A and B sprues
https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/prod...oard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web
https://mcdougalldesigns3d.com/prod...oard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web

 

Northstar is running one of their normal sales for new miniatures. In this case, their new orcs are up for pre-order. They look more like the LOTR orcs than traditional GW ones.

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=257&cat=264&page=1

Padre

 

Yes I've covered these in detail here, where I thought they'd look great as Mordor Uruk-Hai.

 

They would definitely work well as uruk-hai from Mordor.

 

Nice!

 

Hopefully when the green stuff is dry I can make it a bit more straight on the edges.