Painting & Hobby: Mantic Games Vanguard Nightstalkers

  

Hello again.

Its been a while as I have been a bit busy with work and life stuff so I have not had much time to hobby but it does brings me on to todays post.

We recently had a glorious Easter weekend which saw unusual for England some sunshine and warm weather. More importantly I had a bit of hobby time but not much which made me come up with a plan.

Painting and Hobby Update

On the blog today I have another hobby update as the grey pile list gets smaller.. or does it.

So what have I been up to this week then..

Painting and Hobby Update: Mantic Terrain Crate Battlefield Objectives

 I have been on a bit of a Mantic kick these last weeks and as I have just finished painting my new Northern Alliance warband for Vanguard I decided to get to work on the Terrain Crate Battlefield Objectives that are used in the scenarios for the game.

Painting and Hobby Update: Mantic Vanguard Northern Alliance

 

This week on the hobby desk I have gone through my grey pile list and decided to worked on my Northern Alliance warband for Vanguard as I really do want to get people trying out this game and its taken me a bit of time to get to these due to other games my gaming group are playing and if you are like me you painting and gaming revolves around that.

I visited Mantic HQ a few years ago now for the launch of Vanguard and it was a great day and it's a good game. 

You can see my visit to Mantic HQ and my Interview with Matt Gilbert about Vanguard from these links below.

   Matt Gilbert Interview      Mantic Vanguard Launch Day Part 1     Mantic Vanguard Launch Day Part 2

Let's take a look at some close ups.

Review: Never Hollow Fantasy Terrain By The XLC

We are living in strange times at the moment but during this time the hobby community has come together and lots of companies are giving away free rules for us all to try to help pass the time.
This is also a perfect time for beginners and veteran gamers to build new gaming tables, but what if you don't like fiddly kits and don't like painting terrain.

 Well I have something for you the new Never Hollow Fantasy terrain from The XLC. 

Lets take a look...

Half Term Trip To Newcastle and Hobby Up Date.

It been a busy week for me not only due to getting time to do some more hobby related stuff but I also traveled up to Newcastle and as I was there I checked out the local hobby community.

Hobby Resolutions 2019 Act 1

So we all do this this at the start of the year we look back at the year gone by and think what are we going to change or get better at.

During last year I did a few resolution posts to keep me on task and the last one was in October and you can have a look here

So lets have a look at whats happened between October and December and whats my next plan..

Mantic Kings Of War Vanguard: Northern Alliance Warband Booster Set Review

After you have played a few games of Vanguard with your new Northern Alliance you may want to upgrade a get a few more miniatures to add magic or add a commander to your force.

Well your in luck as the Northern Alliance booster set has all this and a huge cavalry model.

Lets take a look.

Mantic Kings Of War Vanguard: Northern Alliance Warband Review

The Northern Alliance for Kings of War Vanguard was the set I first looked at and went yep I like those they look awesome!
So lets have a little unboxing and review of what you get in this warband set.

Mantic Terrain Crate: Kings Of War Vanguard Objectives

Mantic Games have recently been updating their terrain range with Terrain Crate their new affordable plastic pre assembled terrain range.

As Vanguard launched Mantic have created through Terrain Crate 14 objectives and tokens which tie in with the scenarios in the Vanguard rule book.

As readers of this blog maybe aware I love terrain and have done a few projects with Mantic terrain in the past so I could not resist picking these objectives when I was at Mantic HQ.

So lets take look inside the box.

Mantic Vanguard Open Day The Video..

At the Vanguard launch day the other Matt as he is fondly known at Mantic was busy filming the days events.

Here you can watch the video below and the keen eyed may spot me in a few shots...

You can also visit Mantic's own blog with more regarding the day here

More Vanguard related posts will be arriving soon...

Interview with Matt Gilbert Of Mantic Games..Lets Talk Vanguard

Last weekend at the Vanguard launch day I managed to sit down with Matt Gilbert for a quick chat about all things Vanguard and what we can expect in the future.

Vanguard Launch Day At Mantic Hq Part 2

After our first game I thought I would have a look around some of the studio miniatures.

Vanguard Launch Day at Mantic HQ Part 1

Saturday saw me get up at silly o'clock to make the 2 hour and 30 min journey up to Nottingham to visit Mantic HQ for the Vanguard Launch day.

Its All About Kings Of War Vanguard...

Well over the last few months you must have heard that Kings of War Vanguard by Mantic Games is headed to retail and Kickstarter backers have become giddy as boxes arrive on their doorsteps.

Well if you are like me I did not back the Kickstarter and I am slightly regretting it but I am caught up in the buzz and making up for it...

Hobby Resolutions Part 3

Ok so this has taken me a while to get back on track as part 2 was in May but lets get on and see if I hit my targets.

Tabletop Gaming Live 2018 Preview

This weekend sees gamers flock to Alexandra Place in London for Tabletop Gaming Live 2018

which is sponsored by Mantic games and Warcradle Studios.