[Archive] Mantic Abyssal Dwarfs - out in February

Hazkar:

looks good so far

some of these helmets are pretty cool looking and the weapons too

and i really like the look of that war machine,will make a cool hobbo spear chukka

AGPO:

Once again Mantic have gone out of their way to make themselves distinct from GW. On the one hand it’s really nice to see a company doing their own stuff and not just providing us with GW rip offs. Of course, it does make iit a bit of a pain when trying to find a home for their stuff in existing collections.

clam:

Well new video is out explaining what’s coming:



So for a start we’ll have:

Blacksouls (troopers)
Ranged attack (misile troops)
Immortals
Katsuchan Rocket Launcher

But more to come - so go give them you suggestions. The seems pretty open for it.

Painted miniatures should be up by the end of the week. Looking forward seeing ‘what’s in the box’ and then start seeing some painted ones.

Grimstonefire:

This is very cool stuff.

I always love competitions for free stuff as well.  So I’ll have to start thinking up some names.

It’s great to see a khaos dwarf list with it’s own model range.  Finally people can connect the two again after all these years! :smiley:

Nice to see a mention of the Indy list as well, and the immortals.  I’ll give it to Mantic, they really do their research.

nitroglysarine:

cool to see this, the minds of makers!

Mantic Games:

Hi Everyone,

Well we promised more Khaos Dwarf content on our blog, and we thought what better than to show you some of the fantastic concept art we are having done by Des Hanley.

These are still very much a work in progress, but we here at Mantic just think they are so good that we have to share them with you:









Let us know what you think.

Dino:

They sold me on the king model. I really like him.

All in all not bad. The bionic wizard interests me greatly. I hope he is a big one.

Ogrob:

Yeah, I love the art for the king and the clockwork wizard type. Well, it’s all cool really.

nitroglysarine:

Mantic games, I love you

Zanko:

I really like all 4 concepts! :hat off

Great work and now we want to see the realization! :wink:

                     :hashut

Khan!:

The ‘centaur’ is terrific. I’ll have a unit of those, if they get made, for certain. And definitely impressed by Mantic’s awareness of the online ‘CD’ presence.

Thrud:

Woaw, these are pretty good. I hope the actual minis are as good as these concepts.

And my birthday is in february, hin hin hin… ! :slight_smile:

Thorne:

GW got to be a little intimidated at this point. Mantic been here a little while and already dropped the bombshell that they are making C

Redhammer:

The centaur is fantastic! I may have to extend it’s beard, but I like it a lot!

The king is also really cool, and I love his pose. It’s like he’s choosing exactly which one he wants to kill first!

Grimstonefire:

I think the proportions on the khaos dwarf centaur look strange.

The bull part is too long (possibly too tall as well), it looks more like a horse (which could be what it’s supposed to be??), and the top half is not broad enough imo.  I think they’ll look more impressive the heavier they are.

I’ve played around with it a bit.  The changes are a bit more obvious if you open this up then scroll up so you can compare side by side.

Shortened body

Made torso more broad

Longer beard

Shorter axe

Broader axe blade (looked a bit too much like a pole axe).

nitroglysarine:

I agree on a second look it does look like a horse-centaur/CD not a Bull Centaur

AGPO:

If the models look like these concepts, I’d definitely buy them all. Top work Mantic!

cornixt:

They certainly fit my idea of evil dwarfs and fit into my army better than the units made by previous companies

The_Bear_in_the_Hat:

I like the goblin a lot. I’m not sure about the Space Marine-looking one, but the concept seems interesting.

Redhammer:

After seeing your version of it, Grim, I have to agree. Hopefully it will look more bull-like when the actual model comes out.

Still, I might use the mantic model as a base at least. The beard needs expansion no matter what. Either way, these look way better than their usual dwarfs!