Mantic has featured in its first ever Comic!
Curis the writer met our Chris at Britcon, a trade event we attended. They spent a while chatting, specifically about our up and coming game, and it looks like Chris inspired this piece of work, as he takes a starring role:
Curis’s satire comics are always a good laugh, which cover a wide range of topical wargaming issues. To see any more of his work check out his website:
By now you should all know that Mantic is releasing it’s own ruleset to use with it’s ever expanding range of fantasy battle miniatures (did we mention there’s a Zombie Week just around the corner?) and we’re looking for your help and feedback on making it the best fantasy game out there with our public beta!
Here’s Ronnie to tell you more:
The public beta is accessible through this weeks newsletter, so if you or your friends want to participate, make sure you sign up to the newsletter now – those of you already signed up are already eligible for the beta.
The Fantasy Battleset comes ready packed with the rules to supplement the heap of plastic models included in the set
Of course by now we all know the Cunning Plan that Ronnie and Mantic developed to ensnare Alessio but the Kings of War ruleset – exactly what’s it about? Alessio spilled the beans in a recent* interview with Beasts of War:
* note, as stipulated during the video specific rules may have changed between filming and the copy of the rules you’ll get in your hands!
So, public beta this weekend and you’ll need to be signed up to the newsletter to get it – who’s excited? Drop us a comment below!
As we are fast approaching the release of our fantastic new Zombie miniatures what better way to celebrate than by not only releasing the Zombie Regiment and Zombie Horde boxed-set, but creating a brand new Army Deal (or three)!
Malak’s Endless Hordes is a great way to start your own undead army, or to expand your current force. Within this set you get: 40 Skeletons, 40 Revenants, 40 Ghouls, 60 Zombies, 2 Balefire Catapults. That is an incredible 190 figures! This means you get a FREE Undead Death King’s Cabal, and a bit more discount on top! Add a bag and free shipping – and it’s party time!
If undead are not for you, don’t worry, we have also decided to release a new Dwarf and Elven Army Deal. When we say Big Games with big armies we mean it!
Baldr’s Armoured Battalion contains: 100 Ironclad Dwarven warriors, 40 Ironwatch, 4 Warmachines, 10 Berserkers and a FREE Dwarf King’s War Council, and then some. With over 160 figures, and this weekend free shipping and a free bag – it’s hammer time!
Lord Eldrin’s Personal Guard contains: 40 Spearmen, 40 Bowmen, 20 Scouts, 20 Sea Guard, 10 Palace Guard, 5 Stormwind Cavalry, 2 Warmachines and a FREE Elves King’s Court. Again this set contains an amazing 145 figures, including a cavalry unit with full command!
All 3 of these sets offer you fantastic value for money, you can get hold of any one of these deals for only £99/€124.95/$179.99.
This is a truly fantastic way to get a new army:
- to play 8th edition with,
- to add to your existing force, or
- so you can build a rock hard army…
…just in time for the Kings of War Game!
The Undead and Dwarf armies are a limited pre-release deals so make sure you order soon! The Elven Army will ship immediately.
- New Army Deals!
- Free shipping!
- Free clippers and bags
It is a holiday weekend here in the UK, so we have gone more than a little crazy! This weekend, through to midnight on Monday, we have free shipping on all orders, in additon to celebrate this bank holiday weekend we are re-introducing an old favourite for you. This is a great offer:
When you spend £25/€35/$50 or more you will receive a free pair of Mantic clippers.
When you spend £50/€75/$100 or more you will receive a free Mantic bag.
When you spend £75/€100/$135 or more you will receive a free Mantic bag and a pair of clippers.
(valid Friday 27th until midnight (GMT) Monday 30th of August)
we have also put up 3 brilliant new army deals to allow you to get your hands on that huge army you have always wanted!
To claim free shipping use the code - HOLIDAY005
So Kings of War fever continues in force culminating last night in the greatest battle the world has ever seen – the Battle of the Interns!
Ok, so not that great, but after Chris’ thumping at Maelstrom’s fantasy tournament a few months back we thought we’d give him a chance to redeem himself against our new intern, knowing he wouldn’t let us down…
… how wrong we were!
Chris lost his first game of KoW to Josh, Rankings HQ number 1 40K player and generally all-round beardy power gamer.
Wonder how this turned out...
Of course, this doesn’t compare to Ronnie’s epic record of 2 epic losses, but still, it’s character building ain’t it?
After their first taste of the game both guys are now adding new units to their armies – Josh is adding more Revenants to his horde and both players are eagerly looking forward to the new army deals that are being put up on the website at the end of the week. With even greater value and lots of cool stuff in them (including the Zombies!!!), keep your eye of the blog and the newsletter for all the latest goss! Until then, why not check out what units you could add to your existing armies and let’s get preparing for the public beta.
Until then, I’m off to try and knock the interns down a peg or two – until tomorrow!
So we’ve all seen the beautiful paintjob Andrew Wedmore did on the Berserker Lord by now and, well, he’s got a few new mates to “play” with!
With the last of the core Dwarf plastic sets released last week (culminating in the mighty Dwarf Warhost), we’re looking ahead to September which, alongside the breathtaking new plastic Zombies, see’s the Dwarf King’s Counsel and Dwarf Berserker sets unleashed. Mantic is all about big armies of course so we’ve added two new Troop sets to our website to expand on the Berserker (available to pre-order) and Ironguard (now available to order) sets which lets you add an extra rank of these beautiful sculpts without having to worry about the command bits!
With our trusty journal team in last week and some really cool photography taking place, we couldn’t but help ourselves so got our photographer to take some snaps of these elite metal units. Check out the thumbnails and click to see more!
Berserkers and Ironguard aren’t the only units we’ve had painted and photographed however – wait until you see the Dwarf army for Journal 2!
As always, drop us your comments below.
We here at Mantic are in the process of updating our Galleries on the website.
We have had some brilliant submissions sent to us, such as these:
To see the rest of the fantastic images we have been sent just take a look at our gallery:
http://www.manticgames.com/Hobby/Galleries.html
If anyone has any more pictures of our miniatures that you have painted up we would love to see them, and we will find a great home for them in the Gallery.
The Grafe’s Steel Legion has proven to be so popular that we have already sold out of all our pre-order sets!
However as the army deal is set to run until 12am (GMT) tonight we will still be honouring our offer. So anyone who orders before midnight tonight will still receive a Grafe’s Steel Legion set once we re-stock with the miniatures required.
So for all of you who still want to get your hands on this fantastic army deal don’t forget you need to order tonight!
Following on from the amazing Berserker Lord, Andrew Wedmore has kindly sent us over some images of the Dwarf King he has just finished!
Check out below:
And don’t forget, those of you who have ordered Grafe’s Steel Legion will get their hands on this figure (and many many more besides) a month before the set is actually released!
You need to hurry though, there are only 10 Grafes Steel Legion Army Deals left!
Don’t miss out!
Britcon is this weekend, All of us here at Mantic are really looking forward to it! The event runs from Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th August and includes a full 2 day trade show (Sat & Sun)
Britcon is open to the public from 10am to 5pm Saturday & Sunday. Entry £3.50 W/E Pass (concessions £2.00).
The Complete Wargames Experience!
Four Days – Six Games – Trade Stands
Bring & Buy – Demonstration and Participation Games
We here from Mantic will again be showcasing our miniatures, chatting to customers and selling our great products. You really don’t want to miss out as we have our gorgeous newly finished painted dwarf army to display.
Here is a sneak peak:
We really hope to see you all there!