Mantic Games

[Corvus]

yes, serious lack of contrast

[ScottRadom]

The guy who painted these is actually very talented (IMO). I know these pieces aren't up to his usal great standard. Tommie Soule is his net handle, or real name I dunno. I am a fan of his work typically.

[sea.man]

I know these pieces aren't up to his usal great standard.

That`s funny, why a company doesn`t want a painter to do his best? The want to sell as much as possible and I assume that nicely painted minis sell better.

[Corvus]

new elves
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[Nameless]

I know these pieces aren't up to his usal great standard.

That`s funny, why a company doesn`t want a painter to do his best? The want to sell as much as possible and I assume that nicely painted minis sell better.

because they don't have money? don't think it's a good investment?

[Corvus]

I know these pieces aren't up to his usal great standard.

That`s funny, why a company doesn`t want a painter to do his best? The want to sell as much as possible and I assume that nicely painted minis sell better.

because they don't have money? don't think it's a good investment?

I think they do have some money. They got Alessio Cavatore to write the rules for their game...

or maybe that's where all their money went, no budget for painters anymore

[sea.man]

because they don't have money?

I don`t think so, also I don`t think that painting 3 miniatures (previous batch) costs that much, $200-$300? From they image I assume they want to be world wide known GW-alternative company.

don't think it's a good investment?

There were few companies that had weird business logic and most of them were french They probably just want to be a cheaper GW copy.

new elves

I won`t say I don`t like them - I hate them
Good that we have lots of other companies

[Pandadosmares]

Well i guess that some less known painters would do a better job with just a few miniatures has payments

[mahon]

quite a few companies got some good paintjobs just in exchange for minis

and why don't they announce a contest with prizes being boxes of their minis, and reserving the right of using images for their store/announcement/boxart?
ideas are many, and I don't believe they didn't have them. they probably chose not to use good paintjobs. maybe they're afraid they might scare gamers away?

[NAVARRO]

Maybe they are not inclined to glue the company to high standarts of painting... and just average gamming TTpainting is just fine for them.