There was the one battleplan that used it, but didn’t use it well. It wasn’t an exciting feature to work into your battle: it was an inconvenience for both sides. And, although the scenery looks great, it doesn’t really serve any purpose when it comes to teaching people how to play – which, surely, is the ultimate, most core and crucial point of these boxes.

The Harbinger set is a difficult one to rate, I find. At the start of this review I outlined that I wasn’t one-hundred percent sure just who, exactly, this set is for. It feels a bit too big and expensive to be aimed at true beginners, so we have to look further afield for its market. Other people, and this is the category into which the FauxHammer.com writing team falls, hate it. It’s big, it’s boring, and we’d rather be painting tiny plastic people. Or monsters.For beginners this set is great. Thanks to some really intelligent design from GW, most of these mould lines and sprue gates are hidden away by the naturally sharp edges of the model itself.

If you are an existing player, a painter or just someone interested in Stormcast or Kruleboys. if you missed Dominion, this is the box for you Towards the middle of the battlefield, the Vindictors charged the Gutrippaz and cut another of their number down. The Praetors, mighty weapons in hands, cut down a further pair of Gutrippaz thanks to a trio of 6-rolled Mortal Wounds and an additional wound that slunk past the Gutrippaz’ saves. Although the odds were against them, with a minimum of an 8 required to successfully charge the Kruleboyz, the Vindictors went for it. An 8 was needed, and an 8 was obtained.But we can still appreciate a good bit of scenery, just as we can marvel at the detailed sculpt on a figure we may not necessarily like, and, let’s be honest, as far as scenery goes, that which is included in the Extremis Starter Set is not what you would call ugly. Easily the model I’m most excited about, the Marrowscroll Herald is a fabulous hero piece, and the first bit of Flesheater goodness we’ve gotten in quite some time. Like the other models in the series, he’s phenomenal to look at, and his massive fanged weapon looks like it’s going to do terrible damage to his enemies. I’m hoping that what he’s heralding is the return of the Flesheater Courts, and a battletome that will finally make them viable in 3.0. Since we have a guarantee that a new Death tome is coming in the Fall, and they’re the only ones left, I think it’s a pretty good bet. In the meantime, however, this glorious piece will be a fun project for any true sons of Bretonnia, or anyone feeling a bit ghoulish, while they wait for their triumphant return. Grimhold Exile Once again, you will notice some crossover. The five battleplans included in the Warrior, Harbinger and Extremis books are all the same – save that they have been appropriately tweaked to foster in the slight variation in units and terrain that you’d find from set to set. As such, some of the battle report below might look familiar.

The final Gutrippa made a valiant attempt to wound another Praetor, but his two dice could not make it past the Praetors’ 3+ save. While not a new model in the same sense as the others, the Harbinger of Decay has nonetheless gotten a significant glowup from his days as a metal Chaos Lord. The new model is gorgeous, literally dripping with details and pestilent gifts of Nurgle. If he’s anything like he looks, he’ll be a Nurgle Chaos warrior model that can spread contagion to nearby enemies just by his presence on the field, and empower his fellow children of Nurgle with feverish blessings. He may even get the coveted Priest title, allowing him to throw down deadly prayers that are much harder to dodge than spells. Regardless of what he does on the battlefield, one thing is for sure: where this dour rider goes, death will follow. Marrowscroll Herald As with the Vindictors, each model has multiple head options, which you can see in the image below.I’m yanking the reins off FauxHammer for a bit, as the scenery sprues are completely new and, so far, totally unique to the boxed releases that have been introduced with AoS Ver 3.0.

This set, for example, does not have any cardboard scenery in it as the prior two do. This will affect the set up on certain missions. However, because all the figures in this set are also available either wholly or in part in the other two sets, some of the battle report below might look familiar. Once again, don’t glue these figures to their bases. You’ll want to be able to remove them to paint the inside of their capes. Kruleboyz OrruksAnyway, beneath the divider resides everything else: the mat, the books, the cards, the bases and the dice. With the divider set to one side, all that was left was to look at what lay in wait beneath it. Namely, the dice, range rulers, bases, and books. Most importantly, though, it’s not too expensive. There’s nothing worse than trying to get into something new and spending a boatload of cash just to discover you’re not interested. With the Warrior Starter Set’s reasonable price, even if you decide painting, modeling, and/or wargaming aren’t for you, you won’t have broken the bank – and won’t resent yourself for spending a fortune every time you catch a glimpse of the discarded box out of the corner of your eye. The problem is, it’s just not all that impressive. Games Workshop produce some incredible and detailed scenery for use in their games, and and at the end of the day, it is just a cardboard box. The Mat