| First of all - apologies for the lateness of this post - the world has conspired against me. Sometimes life just gets in the way! Which considering the topic of today's White Dwarf - the Blood Angels who are all about glorious death - is oddly ironic. This week's White Dwarf if very much about Shield of Baal: Deathstorm, part 2 in the Shield of Baal campaign which is marked with a limited edition boxed set of rules and miniatures.. We saw this last with the Sanctus Reach: Stormclaw, which sold very well. I'm kind of surprised this hasn't sold out already... Also in this issue there are new Hobbit miniatures, a Deathstorm battle report, Codex Apocrypha deals with the Necrons plus the new Iron Warriors Contemptor and another Flesh Tearers book - I tell you, these guys are going to be important!! - + + More After The Jump + + |
This week sees a new table of contents - horizontal instead of vertical. Interesting... | 
Here we have it, the Shield of Baal: Deathstorm boxed set. Blood Angels vs Tyranids Plus you get two exclusive character models - a Blood Angels Captain and a Tyranid Brood Lord (see later) |
Also of interest in the New Releases section are the 32mm, 50mm & 170mm bases available online only!
As stated earlier, this follows the same format as Sanctus Reach: Stormclaw with a 40 page supplementary rules and a mini version of the full rulebook for Warhammer 40k, this time with Blood Angel cover art!
Included in said Boxed Set are these two exclusive miniatures. We've been banging on about exclusive miniatures in these kinds of sets for ages, well here they are:
Captain Karlean, Master of the Blood Angels First Company and the Spawn of Cryptus
Captain Karlean, Master of the Blood Angels First Company and the Spawn of Cryptus
Captain Karlean is a tad ordinary really. The lack of detail on his head is a bit of a bummer, but the rest of him is okay. He's certainly covered in enough Blood Angels livery. | 
The Spawn of Cryptus is a pretty nice model, sporting a prominent horn on it's forehead and perched atop the remains of a fellow Tyranid. Not mad on the colour scheme, but a great looking miniature. |
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The Hobbit gets more releases this week with the Dwarves in battle poses.
Also this week is the Deathstorm novella and another in the line of Flesh Tearers novels, this time the Flesh of Cretaria PLUS a new book Space marine Battles: Visions of War which is a hardback collection of artwork from the Space Marine Battles novels.
Also this week is the Deathstorm novella and another in the line of Flesh Tearers novels, this time the Flesh of Cretaria PLUS a new book Space marine Battles: Visions of War which is a hardback collection of artwork from the Space Marine Battles novels.
Again Forge World seem to have missed the mark this week, showing us the Iron Warriors Contemptor and the Horus Heresy Book IV when just days ago the Solar Auxilia Veletaris Storm Section were released. Seems like a waste! | 
And here we have the obligatory introduction to the Blood Angels for those not familiar with them. Can I just say, this article was uninteresting and very surface. There's nothing new here and the language used doesn't convey the darkness necessary. |
Battle Reports are handy things - not so much for the Batte Report itself - but a great opportunity to perve in the miniatures. I noticed in this Battle Report that the Death Guard look a bit different from the old ones online. So I went to check it out and...
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Hmmmm... I wonder if the Death Company will be an option in the new Blood Angels set being previewed next week (right)? The armour seems to be the same and the markings are similar. It would make sense!
Meanwhile - in Paint Splatter... its' Termie time! Really interesting to see how the colours for the Blood Angels have changed over the years. They used to be a terracotta and orange combination (below), but now they are red. Really red!
Image courtesy of Tower of Zenopus
Verdict
So it's an okay issue, but not going to set the world on fire.
The Codex Apocrypha on Necrons is not bad and with rumours of a relaunch early next year quite timely.
Not tonnes else to say really. I would have hoped for as better look at the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters, but maybe that's coming soon. This week would have been better though.
The Codex Apocrypha on Necrons is not bad and with rumours of a relaunch early next year quite timely.
Not tonnes else to say really. I would have hoped for as better look at the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters, but maybe that's coming soon. This week would have been better though.
Soundtrack to this review
With Blood Angels being more than a little vampiric (spoiler alert! this album seems appropriate!
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