Mini Painters

Mantic Games Ghouls

Just got my ghouls through from the Wayland Games special offer and I thought i'd share them with you.  They're from Mantic Games, who do a range of undead and elves along with a few other bits and bobs.   I've seen their elves before and, for my tastes, they were far too delicate looking and didn't appeal in the slightest.

Well, they've really turned things up a notch with these ghouls.  Gone are the days of the lumbering undead moaning "braaaains"  these things are most reminiscent of the zombies from Left 4 Dead,  fast and dangerous-looking.  I think they'll probably see a lot of use in my undead warband for Mordheim and I will be getting some more to fill out the ranks as time goes on.

So, without further ado, here's the photo.  I probably should have taken one from before I cut and glued them, but in my haste to see them together I completely failed!  Anyway, on with the show.

The build was nice and easy, with legs, torso and head separate items.  There are a few detailing bits but not a huge amount.   It's not really needed though as the sculpts are very finely detailed and beautifully crisp.

The detailing on them is exquisite and, despite the fact that both bodies had both hands moulded on, there were separate hands carrying cleavers, shivs or the wicked-looking claw i've attached to mine above.  I love the small details like arrows and knives sticking out or through them too because they really help to bring the models to life and will be a lot of fun to paint up.

Now to the bad stuff.   There isn't a lot to be honest, but one thing to look out for is that the hands are delicate.  Mine arrived in a jiffy bag and the hand on one of the bodies was showing obvious signs of having been stressed with very white markings.  If you don't know what i'm talking about, grab the nearest gray plastic sprue near you, bend it slightly and you'll see the plastic around the bend whiten as you stress it.  This was one of the reasons why I swapped the hand for the claw.  The other was that it just looked so damn cool.

All told, I think these models are absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to put brush to plastic and get them looking every bit as fearsome as the sculpting deserves.