Mantic goes on the Warpath

Spevna · Post by **Spevna** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:16 am

Primarch wrote:Bell of Lost Souls have some exclusive pictures of the Forge Fathers (aka Space Dwarves, aka Squats).
Maybe it's the paint job, maybe it's just me, but those models are fugly.

l don't know if I would go as far as to say fugly but I'm not too impressed.

The Other Dave · Post by **The Other Dave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:32 am

Detail and paint's fine, I guess, but I think it's the extremely obvious two-piece molds that end up with the dudes holding their weapons in front of them sort of apologetically and appearing about to pitch over forwards. Kind of like the Wargames Factory shock troops or those "Space Rangers" that em4 makes now that everybody used for Marine proxies in the early '90s when there was nothing else available.

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Admiral-Badruck · Post by **Admiral-Badruck** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:13 am

Primarch wrote:Bell of Lost Souls have some exclusive pictures of the Forge Fathers (aka Space Dwarves, aka Squats).
Maybe it's the paint job, maybe it's just me, but those models are fugly.

Wow those are bad I did not thing it was possible to be that bad.

me_in_japan · Post by **me_in_japan** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:46 am

uninspired

The Other Dave · Post by **The Other Dave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:45 pm

Then again, I suppose it's like anything Mantic makes. The point is not to be "great-looking models" so much as to be "a cheap alternative to GW," and in general it seems like that's a zero-sum equation - you can either make good-looking plastic kits or really cheap ones. Being a fan-favorite race that GW discontinued is just icing on the cake.

Konrad · Post by **Konrad** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:58 pm

As the group's Squat in residence, I officially decree this first batch of Forgefathers as non-boat-floating. Let's see what else they come up with. I do sort of hope they make something I can use.
Much of it is just a matter of taste. I like drunken-biker, cigar chomping Squats as opposed to the neo-Tolkien/Norse "By my Grandfather's beard" ones. The old Bob Olley ones had great character in their facial expressions. These guys are just bright-blue tin cans.

me_in_japan · Post by **me_in_japan** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:47 am

yeah - mantic have rather missed the point of what made squats cool. I aint seeing any bikes, cigars or attitude in these guys. As i said - uninspired.

The Other Dave · Post by **The Other Dave** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:45 pm

Another vehicle concept.

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Straight outta GI Joe, that fella is.

Spevna · Post by **Spevna** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:45 am

[quote="The Other Dave"] in general it seems like that's a zero-sum equation - you can either make good-looking plastic kits or really cheap ones. ]

Unless you are the Perry brothers. Great looking miniatures at a great price.

The Other Dave · Post by **The Other Dave** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:05 am

Spevna wrote:Unless you are the Perry brothers. Great looking miniatures at a great price.

Well, they're helped out by the fact that they're certifiable gods of miniatures making.

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