Mantic Dwarfs.

[Inso]

I tried to find a position on the hammers for the little tubes... but like Cheetor, I couldn't do it so I left them off. I think that my hammers will be 'glowy' to represent the power they have .

All five of the CE-ATs are now primed and ready for further paint .

[Inso]

I have finished painting another five of the standard troops and have painted a test berserker:



I will be painting the next berserker with darker armour (to match the standard troops). The test model will be used (once I have finished the base) but I prefer the darker look that the standard troops have.

... yes, the berserker has green skin (hence the purple 'Hulk'  tabard) due to the chemicals coursing through his body .

[cheetor]

You got a really nice glowing effect on that hammer Inso.  Lovely

The gamma irradiated super soldier has a gladiatorial, "Planet Hulk" look in part due to the sports miniature that its based on.  Thats a good thing as far as I am concerned.  A unit of those guys will look cool.

[Inso]

Cheers I was hoping it looked OK.

Another one finished:



I have also darkened the first one's armour. I thought I'd do the two pairs of miniatures first then the single... so they are both the same base mini but with different hammers.

[Inso]

Big Frank will be joining the berserks soon:

[Elbows]

This is one of the things I don't understand.  Most of the Dreadball sculpts are 10x better than other Mantic stuff.  I think those dreadball dwarves look sooo much better than their normal ones.

[Inso]

The Dreadball minis have not been designed for high pressure casting and neither have they been designed to fit on fantasy legs. That means they can get away with more undercuts and be made 'bespoke'. There has also been more time to get used to the restic material so understanding what detail can be put into the sculpt has helped them to be better miniatures.

Mantic are going to be updating the Forgefather range in 2013 to all have similar proportions to the restic miniatures (so they will be smaller)... this may help to improve the quality and also compatibility of the range.

... but in the mean-time, here is Big Frank:



He will join the Berserker's unit and will get his base finished when the rest of the unit is finished.

[Inso]

Only two CE-ATs to go now:

[Tacgnol]

Looking awesome! This thread and a lot of beer inspired me to buy three packs of 10 Mantic Ironwatch (they're on sale for £3.99!) to sci-fi up a bit.

[Inso]

Looking awesome! This thread and a lot of beer inspired me to buy three packs of 10 Mantic Ironwatch (they're on sale for £3.99!) to sci-fi up a bit.

I have some ironwatch on my painting table. Some have sci-fi heads and visors... they will work fine as part of this army

[beefcake]

Looking good Inso. Those beserkers are great! 

[Inso]

Cheers

These are on hold while I finish my only Christmas holiday pledge: build and convert a ten strong Clanker unit. Here's two with the third and final one being the one I am sorting out now:

[palaeomerus]

Cheers Scurv... I wondered what that bit was! I had it pegged as some sort of periscope or something  

I will be gluing them onto my hammers now

My plan for the Delvers is to get them some long barreled pistols, and halberds from the Warmachine Khador Man'O'War shocktroops who will be getting some really big-bore shotgun things in return. I may also try to put some bracers on their(delvers) axe arm.

Of course that will leave me with a lot of spare plastic hammers.