[Archive] Mantic Halfbreeds

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Satan:

Coming in July. Price and material currently unknown.

2

Thommy H:

Hm. Well. They’re certainly Bull Centaurs.

3

beefcake:

Am I the only one that can’t stand the mantic heads. The rest of the miniature is fairly nice.

4

Discoking:

I’m with you Beefcake. Those heads are awful.

I like a bit of uniform in my army, & all these heads are awful.

I like big hats, & I like mask-helms even more;

But each individual hat on these is different.

Chaos Bretonnian Dwarfs!

5

cornixt:

The armour looks plain weird. Seems like a decent-size base for someone to convert a nice looking BC from though (assuming they want a cavalry sized one these days)

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wallacer:

They’re not terrible but with Warhammer Forge Bull Centaurs getting close to release I think i’ll hang onto my money.

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Murdock129:

I think I will personally buy them, their not the most gorgeous bull centaurs, but their definitely not bad, give them a head switch with some bighat heads and they’d fit well in my army

So yeah, I’m gonna buy them when they come out

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Vogon:

I’m with Wallacer here. The rest of my army is Warhammer Forge and I know that Warhammer Forge Bull Centaurs are on the way so I’ll hang on until then.

In the mean time I’ll stick with my old GW ones

Cheers

Vogon

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Vardan Painkiller:

i think they are not “new” sculpts,  i remember 5 half-breeds being included in some old deals

i also agree they are not the best as models,  but great base for further adjustements

10

Jaakko:

i think they are not "new" sculpts,  i remember 5 half-breeds being included in some old deals

Vardan Painkiller
You're right, they have been included in some old deals iirc. There was a unit of 5 down at my local store and from what I can remember I found them to be somewhat smaller in size than for example GWs old Bull Centaurs.

I'm not going to buy these. I like the old GW Bull Centaurs better.
11

Obsidian:

I generally don’t like Mantic’s armour but maybe the bodies might be of use.

12

beefcake:

I'm not going to buy these. I like the old GW Bull Centaurs better.

Jaakko
Yep. Anywhere to see a sneak peak of the FW Bull Centaurs? or is that just wishful thinking.
13

gIL^:

The detail seems really soft, Just not very good, I can name 6 people in this community that can make better models and this is supposed to be a major company.

very disappointed Nothing compared to the great detail of their board game project pandora.

14

fattdex:

T-errible lumps of crap. Suit the rest of the abysmal dwarf range perfectly.

15

Time of Madness:

At least they have an “almost” complete range. I’m glad they are continuing to add to the range. Gives Chaos Dwarf players another option for a cheaper army.

Time of Madness

16

felix:

I think the weapons handles look way too long also for the big head at the end.

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Thommy H:

For some reason, there is also this:

18

Kera foehunter:

Wow!!!  a Mermaid… I like that…  centaur  maybe or may not get

19

Zanthrax:

Great work mantic.

Z

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French_noodle:

Gives Chaos Dwarf players another option for a cheaper army.
Agree, this is a good thing.

Moreover, i personnaly think that Mantic's paintjob is pretty awful. Not technically, but something in their choice of colour or maybe pictures disturbs me.

Having a few Mantic Abyssals, i found them far nicer in real than in photos (and i'm not a great painter ;) )..

Of course those are probably the worst models of Centaurs existing, but i think they could look better once painted differently.

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