Kings of War 4th Edition released in December and I have been working on my Salamander army to extend it to make it usable in the new edition. The army building rules have changed a fair amount and the points values also. This has made the build that I've been using for the whole of 2025 completely unusable and so it was time to have a rethink.
Luckily Mantic has released all the Salamander sculpts as STLs over at the vault and also extended the range with new models. So I decided to concentrate on those for new stuff in my army.
First up was the new Kaisenor Lancers. These are a unit that I really wanted in 3rd edition as well, but Mantic had not made a model for the. I couldn't find anything from anyone else that looked appropriate either.
I printed 8 of the up (2 sets) with the intention of getting around 6 to a base, but they're huge, so I've only got 4 on each base. Which makes sense as Mantic sell 4 of these as a regiment.
I'm really happy with the sculpts. You can clearly see that they're based on the old "Blaine on a freeking-dinosaur" model from years ago, but scaled up as a Salamander is a lot bigger than Blaine. The salamanders appear to be conversions of the original plastic infantry and I think the heads and shield arms are the same sculpts. This does mean that conversions should be easier.
In addition something I wanted in 3rd edition was another Mage Priest, but Mantic only had one sculpt. Though absolutely one of my favourites. In 4th edition there's a new Mage Champion, Z'akke (which I pronounce as "Zak", and there's a new model for him. Again a great sculpt and this could be used for Z'akke or another generic Mage Priest.
Finally, as a bit of fun, and as an alternative, not as expensive, support choice, I've gone for the new Komdon model. It's going to be interesting having some long-range indirect shooting in my army for once. We'll just have to see whether I like it or not. Unlike the other new units, this is more of a new-thing for me.
As for more models. I must say that I'm tempted with the new Ghekkotahs. The new sculpts look excellent. But other projects will need to come first.
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