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We've said it here before, but very few Fantasy archetypes are more classic than the skeleton army, in fact they were some of the very first metal miniatures, and then plastic miniatures Games Workshop ever produced. Those very same plastic skeletons have returned in Warhammer: The Old World and (with a very simple tweak) look absolutely incredible.
Age of $igmar has a different range of skeletons though, and these ones are allied to vampires, the Soulblight Gravelords to be exact! This week sees the pre-order for the new Battletome and an extension of the more recent incarnation of their Deathrattle minions, but let's start with the Battletome first. The Death Battletome: Soulblight Gravelords comes in the Creepy Shadow Stalker Gamer Edition, that includes a card set with 37 x Warscroll cards, 6 x Spearhead cards, 5 x Army of Renown cards, 2 x Regiments of Renown cards and 5 x Death Faction Rules cards. The second version is the On Leathery Wings Standard Edition. Games Workshop have really done an amazing job on these miniatures, yet again proving how strong the Soulblight Gravelords range is, and how good the GW miniatures are. We'll gladly point out when they do it badly, but with this they have hit all the right touchpoints! The leader of this band of lurkers, with a spectacular miniature is Prince Vhordrai, represented here in the Prince Vhordrai, Lord of the Crimson Keep/Revenant Draconith combi-kit, which is not only large in stature but also hitting the Primarch price bracket. Bless anyone who paints this - those wings will be a pain in the butt to paint. Prince Vhordrai isn't on his own, with a new Vampire Lord on Nightmare Steed who comes with optional head, weapons and mount head options, plus a brilliant thematic base. As much as vampire rule to roost, the skeletons must have their figurehead too, and the Wight King/Lord on Skeleton Steed combi-kit fits that role - though not as spectacular as the others today, he's still a very nice piece. Skeleton elites - yes please! Enter the mounted Barrow Knights (who come with a throwback musician to make old school skeleton army fans smile), and Barrow Guard who both form a brutal wedge in the Garvelord armies. We're also seeing a re-release (though the leader's helmet is new, so maybe it's retooled) of the Deathrattle Skeletons which is a brilliant kit. The new army set is here, with the Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords – Bloodcrave hunt featuring a Vampire Lord (the very first mini we saw from the then-new "Gravelords" faction), 3 x Vargheists/ Crypt Flayers/ Crypt Horrors, 5 x Blood Knights and 20 x Deathrattle Skeletons. Spells, you like spells? Well check out the new Soulblight Gravelords: Manifestations, which are suitably creepy and manage to actually look like spells! There's some terrain too with the Cursed Sepulchre/Nexus of Grief (the latter for your Nighthaunt armies) being the first terrain that can be used by two different (if allied) armies. For fans of extras, there's also the Soulblight Gravelords Dice - classic bad-guy black and red for the win.
After quite the pause we have two new Warhammer Underworlds releases with the excellent Knives of the Crone warband and Realmstone Raiders Rivals Deck on pre-order this week. The Knives of the Crone are really great looking minis and could fit into all sorts of armies! Please don't make me buy these...
This week also brings us a cool Warhammer Age of Sigmar crossover - you may have read about Cado Ezechiar, Sissendra, and Aurelias from the Black Library novels The Hollow King, and Dead Kingdom, well now you can get them as miniatures in the spectacular Blades of the Hollow King set. Truly three amazing miniatures but at a very deluxe price, so do be aware. Oh, what a coincidence - this week we also have the paperback version of The Dead Kingdom on pre-order! Spooky!!
In other books we have Ushoran – Mortarch of Delusion in hardback, Lioness of the Parch in paperback and Darkoath also in paperback on pre-order this weekend. If you like your books super-fancy and completely unattainable, then Grotsnik: Da Mad Dok (Limited Edition) is for you, or not for you as it's already sold out!
Age of $igmar has a different range of skeletons though, and these ones are allied to vampires, the Soulblight Gravelords to be exact! This week sees the pre-order for the new Battletome and an extension of the more recent incarnation of their Deathrattle minions, but let's start with the Battletome first. The Death Battletome: Soulblight Gravelords comes in the Creepy Shadow Stalker Gamer Edition, that includes a card set with 37 x Warscroll cards, 6 x Spearhead cards, 5 x Army of Renown cards, 2 x Regiments of Renown cards and 5 x Death Faction Rules cards. The second version is the On Leathery Wings Standard Edition. Games Workshop have really done an amazing job on these miniatures, yet again proving how strong the Soulblight Gravelords range is, and how good the GW miniatures are. We'll gladly point out when they do it badly, but with this they have hit all the right touchpoints! The leader of this band of lurkers, with a spectacular miniature is Prince Vhordrai, represented here in the Prince Vhordrai, Lord of the Crimson Keep/Revenant Draconith combi-kit, which is not only large in stature but also hitting the Primarch price bracket. Bless anyone who paints this - those wings will be a pain in the butt to paint. Prince Vhordrai isn't on his own, with a new Vampire Lord on Nightmare Steed who comes with optional head, weapons and mount head options, plus a brilliant thematic base. As much as vampire rule to roost, the skeletons must have their figurehead too, and the Wight King/Lord on Skeleton Steed combi-kit fits that role - though not as spectacular as the others today, he's still a very nice piece. Skeleton elites - yes please! Enter the mounted Barrow Knights (who come with a throwback musician to make old school skeleton army fans smile), and Barrow Guard who both form a brutal wedge in the Garvelord armies. We're also seeing a re-release (though the leader's helmet is new, so maybe it's retooled) of the Deathrattle Skeletons which is a brilliant kit. The new army set is here, with the Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords – Bloodcrave hunt featuring a Vampire Lord (the very first mini we saw from the then-new "Gravelords" faction), 3 x Vargheists/ Crypt Flayers/ Crypt Horrors, 5 x Blood Knights and 20 x Deathrattle Skeletons. Spells, you like spells? Well check out the new Soulblight Gravelords: Manifestations, which are suitably creepy and manage to actually look like spells! There's some terrain too with the Cursed Sepulchre/Nexus of Grief (the latter for your Nighthaunt armies) being the first terrain that can be used by two different (if allied) armies. For fans of extras, there's also the Soulblight Gravelords Dice - classic bad-guy black and red for the win.
After quite the pause we have two new Warhammer Underworlds releases with the excellent Knives of the Crone warband and Realmstone Raiders Rivals Deck on pre-order this week. The Knives of the Crone are really great looking minis and could fit into all sorts of armies! Please don't make me buy these...
This week also brings us a cool Warhammer Age of Sigmar crossover - you may have read about Cado Ezechiar, Sissendra, and Aurelias from the Black Library novels The Hollow King, and Dead Kingdom, well now you can get them as miniatures in the spectacular Blades of the Hollow King set. Truly three amazing miniatures but at a very deluxe price, so do be aware. Oh, what a coincidence - this week we also have the paperback version of The Dead Kingdom on pre-order! Spooky!!
In other books we have Ushoran – Mortarch of Delusion in hardback, Lioness of the Parch in paperback and Darkoath also in paperback on pre-order this weekend. If you like your books super-fancy and completely unattainable, then Grotsnik: Da Mad Dok (Limited Edition) is for you, or not for you as it's already sold out!
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