Painted 28mm Combat Robots

[jetengine]

These guys would look hreat in a post apoc setting as well with a bit of rust.

[Hobby Services]

These guys would look hreat in a post apoc setting as well with a bit of rust.

Agreed, especially the hovering drones.  They'd fit Gamma World beautifully as leftover rogue warbots.

[Rob_bresnen]

I like that. I like your metallics too.

[Curis]

These look really great in metallic colours!  And so different to the official Mantic studio scheme as they deliberately eschewed any metallic paints.

[Hobby Services]

All these compliments, but not a soul willing to pay a lousy $5 a pop for them.  Bah.  No more Mantic for me.

[zrunelord]

Great work my friend,
I was planning to get them to use as 15mm mechs.
Thanks for all the pics, appreciated.

One question, though ,as it is not clear.
I haven't got any stuff from Mantic yet . You used poly cement or superglue to build them ?

Will get them for sure now
Z

[ancientsociety]

Really great paintjob. The miniatures themselves remind me of the Therians from AT-43

[Keeper Nilbog]

Must admit I quite like the marionette models - in plastic and quite versatile. Cyphers are still restic (though the 2 Dreadball 'Cyphers' - star players - are plastic), and I don't like restic.

Currently building these myself but for use as cyphers, with the Dreadball 'Cyphers' as 'Overseers/Leaders. Found that if you play with the parts, you can model a reasonable Black Talon (remembering that the Marionette body is the 'base' for this').

Don't like the 'Drones' though, but those paint jobs make them really pop

[Hobby Services]

Must admit I quite like the marionette models - in plastic and quite versatile. Cyphers are still restic (though the 2 Dreadball 'Cyphers' - star players - are plastic), and I don't like restic.

Agreed.  I did a whole army of the earlier restic Asterians (as well as the other Deadzone factions) and it's just junk compared to plastic.  There are few nice sculpts in the older range, but not many.

Currently building these myself but for use as cyphers, with the Dreadball 'Cyphers' as 'Overseers/Leaders. Found that if you play with the parts, you can model a reasonable Black Talon (remembering that the Marionette body is the 'base' for this').

Sensible.  The Marionettes are better sculpts overall IMO.  And you really don't want to skip on having Black Talons out there, those things are terrific.

Don't like the 'Drones' though, but those paint jobs make them really pop

Funny, they're actually my favorite thing in the kit.  Not sure about their game efficiency but I love the sculpts - although the camo drone version is a bit bland.  Then again, I liked the older (and very different) restic drones better than any of the other Asterian stuff, so maybe I just have a weakness for drones in general.

[Momotaro]

Assembling a box of these now and it's worth mentioning that you can assemble 6 drones from the parts on the sprue, not just the 2 shown.

You'll need 4 more flying bases, and they'll be missing the very bottom section of the model (the "bulbs"), but hey.  Sixteen models for £15 isn't bad

The set has greatly restored my faith in Mantic models.

[Hobby Services]

Assembling a box of these now and it's worth mentioning that you can assemble 6 drones from the parts on the sprue, not just the 2 shown.

You'll need 4 more flying bases, and they'll be missing the very bottom section of the model (the "bulbs"), but hey.  Sixteen models for £15 isn't bad

The set has greatly restored my faith in Mantic models.

I repurposed the two comm drones (sans the grav lifter bulbs, of course) as Xar spaceships, and the camo drone toppers (by far the lamest of the three types in terms of looks - they seem to be popular in game terms though) are scheduled for use in a terrain project.

Still apparently not worth painting for resale, though.  Mine are lingering on ebay at less than $6 apiece, which is obscenely low for painted 28mm anything.

[Momotaro]

Ah, missed that, I've not been n here much recently.  Sounds good though - I can see the Comm Drones as ships!

Popped mine on a length of brass wire and they're looking good.

I also put together a box of Enforcer jet bikes this evening.  They went together really easily and snugly, and they look great - I'm pleasantly impressed with Mantic stuff again.

[Connectamabob]

They look good to me (both the paint job and the base models). I'm not familiar with the game they're meant for, but I could definitely imagine myself using them as alien units in an XCOM-inspired game.

[Hobby Services]

I also put together a box of Enforcer jet bikes this evening.  They went together really easily and snugly, and they look great - I'm pleasantly impressed with Mantic stuff again.

Their hard plastics are light years ahead of the earlier restic stuff - and some of those weren't really all that bad either.  They still seem to drop the ball aesthetically rather too often, but their production quality has really improved.

[The Gray Ghost]

Awesome figures