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Post by lordofskullpass on Jan 24, 2022 16:00:10 GMT
Those look great, made me check out the other miniatures Norba produce too, for those who have purchased from them before, what is the quality of the final product? and @lizards_of_Renown can certainly advise you on that one @lizards_of_Renown your profile seems to be impossible to tag, but as you're following me I'll just have to hope you can see this mate |
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Post by mottdon on Jan 24, 2022 22:26:59 GMT
Those look great, made me check out the other miniatures Norba produce too, for those who have purchased from them before, what is the quality of the final product? They're certainly not bad at all, but not GW plastic quality. Good 3D printer quality. Similar to MOM Miniatures. They're great for filling out units like Teutogen Guard, but not as good as the original GWs. |
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Post by lordofskullpass on Jan 25, 2022 10:43:46 GMT
Those look great, made me check out the other miniatures Norba produce too, for those who have purchased from them before, what is the quality of the final product? They're certainly not bad at all, but not GW plastic quality. Good 3D printer quality. Similar to MOM Miniatures. They're great for filling out units like Teutogen Guard, but not as good as the original GWs. Though of course with Fimir there were very few GW originals (with only the monopose HeroQuest ones being in the intended infantry scale), meaning these Norba Fimir are certainly the ones to beat right now! |
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Post by Crazy_Dokta on Mar 8, 2022 2:44:17 GMT
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Post by knoffles on Mar 20, 2022 9:29:16 GMT
Shield wolf have another KS at the minute (4 days to go) and as part of that you can order any of their existing range at a discount, including their excellent first goblins:
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Post by lordofskullpass on Jun 14, 2022 13:08:57 GMT
Mantic are limbering up to put their first plastic Empire of Dust/Tomb Kings models on Pre-Order, starting with new plastic Skeleton Warriors/Archers:    Plastic Horsemen (Which can likely be converted into Horse Archers using the bows from the Skeleton kit):  And resin mounted characters - a mounted Priest and Standard Bearer:   These look far and away better than the 6th Edition GW Skeletons who were given the bare minimum to resemble anything vaguely Egyptian - just different shields, banners and the occasional head with diadem or weapon that just about resembled a khopesh - and while they may not fit aesthetically with the GW Tomb Guard (which are OOP anyway), they will form the bedrock of an excellently affordable range for anyone who hasn't yet started a Tomb King army but always wanted to. And that's just the tip of the pyramid it appears, as there will be more Empire of Dust news coming in the next few weeks in the run-up to the pre-orders! |
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Post by vulcan on Jun 15, 2022 1:21:38 GMT
Well, yes, the GW skellies had very little in the way of armor and such. So did the ancient Egyptians they were based on.
Look at it this way. Put on that heavy armor and robes... and go fight in the desert heat. You'll lose half your army to heatstroke before they ever get into melee.
Now yes, that doesn't matter for undead. But they were once alive, and the TK were merely the most powerful sorcerers of that living empire, defying death through the millennia and using magic to animate their former-living followers. And not much attention is given to re-equipping them in light of their undead status.
So... yeah. Ancient Egyptians went into battle with a kilt, a big wicker or wooden shield, and a spear. GW models reasonably reflected that with their minimalism.
Now their PROPORTIONS, on the other hand...
Having said all that, these skellies do look nice. Just a bit overdressed for an army that once lived in a desert.
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Post by lordofskullpass on Jun 15, 2022 11:21:54 GMT
Well, yes, the GW skellies had very little in the way of armor and such. So did the ancient Egyptians they were based on. Look at it this way. Put on that heavy armor and robes... and go fight in the desert heat. You'll lose half your army to heatstroke before they ever get into melee. Now yes, that doesn't matter for undead. But they were once alive, and the TK were merely the most powerful sorcerers of that living empire, defying death through the millennia and using magic to animate their former-living followers. And not much attention is given to re-equipping them in light of their undead status. So... yeah. Ancient Egyptians went into battle with a kilt, a big wicker or wooden shield, and a spear. GW models reasonably reflected that with their minimalism. Now their PROPORTIONS, on the other hand... Having said all that, these skellies do look nice. Just a bit overdressed for an army that once lived in a desert. The GW models didn't even have the kilt - they were literally just a reboxing of the Vampire Counts Skeleton box at the time with just additional shields, banners and the occasional head with minimal Egyptian adornment, and there weren't even any with the cloth headdresses that everybody thinks of as being so recognisably Egyptian. Not to mention some of the weapons in the kit didn't look Egyptian at all - the axes anybody? Personally I think GW could certainly have put more effort into those, or at least replaced them with a more Egyptian-looking kit in 7th or 8th Edition as they had given Vampire Counts a better one in 7th. Regarding the clothing on the Mantic models, the tunics still leave most of the arms and legs exposed, and would likely be of thin linen material so that they are enough to prevent sunburn but not thick enough to cause heatstroke, and the armour is reminiscent of the GW Tomb Guard - just a helmet/headdress, a chestpiece, vambraces and greaves, which fits Skeletons being able to take Light Armour. Also remember that given this is fantasy, it doesn't have to be a complete carbon-copy of historical Egyptians, the models just need Egyptian aesthetics to count and if the designers want to be a bit more creative and design their own uniforms for them, all the better. |
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Post by KevinC on Jun 15, 2022 14:40:04 GMT
I like the new mantic skeletons. The skulls look awesome and in some angles they look like they are grinning.
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Post by lordofskullpass on Jun 15, 2022 14:52:36 GMT
I like the new mantic skeletons. The skulls look awesome and in some angles they look like they are grinning. And they are proper skulls with creepy rictus grins, not the weird Joker grins that can be seen on a lot of the Ossiarch Bonereaper models... it's darn good to see some plastic Tomb King models again  |
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Post by vulcan on Jun 16, 2022 1:32:54 GMT
Well, yes, the GW skellies had very little in the way of armor and such. So did the ancient Egyptians they were based on. Look at it this way. Put on that heavy armor and robes... and go fight in the desert heat. You'll lose half your army to heatstroke before they ever get into melee. Now yes, that doesn't matter for undead. But they were once alive, and the TK were merely the most powerful sorcerers of that living empire, defying death through the millennia and using magic to animate their former-living followers. And not much attention is given to re-equipping them in light of their undead status. So... yeah. Ancient Egyptians went into battle with a kilt, a big wicker or wooden shield, and a spear. GW models reasonably reflected that with their minimalism. Now their PROPORTIONS, on the other hand... Having said all that, these skellies do look nice. Just a bit overdressed for an army that once lived in a desert. The GW models didn't even have the kilt - they were literally just a reboxing of the Vampire Counts Skeleton box at the time with just additional shields, banners and the occasional head with minimal Egyptian adornment, and there weren't even any with the cloth headdresses that everybody thinks of as being so recognisably Egyptian. Not to mention some of the weapons in the kit didn't look Egyptian at all - the axes anybody? Personally I think GW could certainly have put more effort into those, or at least replaced them with a more Egyptian-looking kit in 7th or 8th Edition as they had given Vampire Counts a better one in 7th. Regarding the clothing on the Mantic models, the tunics still leave most of the arms and legs exposed, and would likely be of thin linen material so that they are enough to prevent sunburn but not thick enough to cause heatstroke, and the armour is reminiscent of the GW Tomb Guard - just a helmet/headdress, a chestpiece, vambraces and greaves, which fits Skeletons being able to take Light Armour. Also remember that given this is fantasy, it doesn't have to be a complete carbon-copy of historical Egyptians, the models just need Egyptian aesthetics to count and if the designers want to be a bit more creative and design their own uniforms for them, all the better. Thin linen isn't likely to survive an environment that strips flesh from bone, though. It hits me in the verisimilitude. Aside from that, well, to each their own. They are very nice sculpts. |
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jun 16, 2022 17:10:04 GMT
I'm not a fan of the skeletons but the mounted priest is nice.
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