Blood Bowl: Norse Team and Spike.

Hi all. 

It’s finally happened! The Norse team are out, and we were fortunate enough to get a copy of Spike and the team for review. 

The models are absolutely fantastic, and brilliantly designed. They are literally 1 step off walking into the Aett to join the Vlka Fenryka (probably why I like them so much). 

The team is being painted right now in Grey and Red stripes colours, to pay homage to the 30k Space Wolf colour scheme by our talented @Engine_Phil (you will see pics of them soon). 

So let’s look at the team itself and see how it matches up against others. 

Norse Raider Linemen:

So these are our backbone of the team. They have a respectable human lineman stat line, but gain the Block skill (brilliant) as well as the Drunkard Trait (slight hinderance to go for it rolls) and the Thick Skull Trait (great! because they are utterly hammered lol).

Beer Boars:

I had no idea what these were and actually thought they were tokens for the score board when I first saw them. But no. They are great. You can have up to 2 of them on your team, and should you have them positioned within 3 squares of players which are prone at the end of the opposition’s team turn, they may immediately stand up. This is pretty great. You just need to keep them safe. 

Norse Berserkers: 

These feel not too much different from linemen, but have Block Frenzy and Jump Up. They are not very strong, so they seem to be a model you really have to have some support with. I will be trying them out, but it seems Linemen might be better to load up on with Ulfwereners. 

Valkyries:

These feel like they will be the scoring unit for the team as they are good at both Catching and throwing. They also have strip ball and Dauntless. 

Ulfwereners:

These if buffed early on would be very good, may be worth using them on weaker targets to get some casualty points. Frenzy on its own isn’t great, but they are quite hardy with a Av of 9. 

Yhetees:

Great dependable Heavy Hitters. Can’t really imagine doing a team without one for 140k. 

A strength 5 model with Frenzy, Unchannelled Fury, Claws and Disturbing prensence. 

Re rolls are at a reasonable 60k, so it’s worth getting a few. 

They are a Tier 1 team too. They can also be Favoured of Khorne, Favoured of Chaos Undivided or Old World Classic. 

So my starting line up will be:

2 Valkyries 

2 Ulfwereners

6 Linemen 

1 Yhetee

2 Beer Boars 

2 re rolls

Early on I will be trying to add skills to my Ulfwereners, taking any opportunity to cause easy casualty rolls and touch downs. The Valkyries will be throwing experience gaining throws to each other wherever possible to increase their skills too. The linemen will be slowly increasing their stats too hopefully. 

Beer Boars will be kept away from the front line so the opponent needs to waste a Blitz on them, should they want to deal with them early. 

When saving allows for it I will get an Apothecary, additional Team reroll and then a couple of Berzerkers. 

They can also be used as additions to the College of Beasts and College of Heavens for Dungeon Bowl. 

So looks like a fun team to game with. Thanks to Games Workshop for the sample

Battle Bunnies. 

Warhammer 40K: Tyranid Codex and Datacards

Hi all 

We have received the New Codex as a Sample from Games Workshop. 

If you have been living under a rock, the Tyranids are a race of hungry mother hubbards. They were drawn towards our Galaxy around M30 by a massive Beacon (see Pharos for as to how/why). 

So they are in effect a race of space Locusts, which travel from Galaxy to Galaxy eating all biomass. The Imperium obviously see them as a massive threat. 

Each Hive fleet looks slightly different (Probably from what they have eaten etc), and this book details 7 of the main Hive Fleets and how they wracked the Imperium. The book also gives you all the tools you need to design your own, including some traits. It also gives rules for all the main Hive Fleets too. 

The Crusade rules are brilliant. Each world you generate has different traits and biomass points. 

You can spend biomass points on boons for your army/units. 

The rules for the Tyranids have been covered well in the most recent Warhammer Community articles, especially with the Hormagaunt rules and their swarm attacks, as well as that Carnifex being a little more in your face with better move, WS, save and wound characteristics. 

Still my favourite is Leviathan. I think they look brilliant. The other great thing about Tyranids is that there is no moral grey ground. They are the baddies. They are hungry. They just want to eat a planet and move on. Quite refreshing really! We are working through our (Arlo’s) Tyranid swarm, and he is loving them so far :)

Another great book. Get it and why not give Tyranids a go!

Battle Bunnies. 

Warhammer 40K: Parasite of Mortrex

Hi all

We have been sent the Parasite of Mortrex for review! He’s a plucky little fella. 

So firstly, the kit was brilliant to assemble, one of those 10 minute fully satisfying jobs. The detail on him is great, but his design makes him look a bit more Xenomorph from Aliens then Tyranid (not necessarily a bad thing). The head itself really makes you think he is bigger than he actually is in real life. 

Here he is against a Custodes for scale. 

Was great finally and an easy win to paint too (especially if you follow Warhammer Community’s Hive Fleet Leviathan painting video). From start to finish it took Honey the Destroyer around 1.5 hours. 

So this has now joined Arlo’s swarm and we will be using it to battle soon :)

We will be looking at the Tyranid Codex tomorrow :)

Battle Bunnies

Age of Sigmar: Arena of Shades

Hi all

The new Arena of Shades is now up for pre-order!

Games Workshop sent us a lovely sample to have a look at. 

My favourite models in AOS are still the Nighthaunt. Love the new Craventhrone Guard. The crossbows are a cool touch for the aesthetic of the army. 

They were easy to assemble too which is always great!

The Daughters of Khaine High Gladiatrix is another cool model and can be used as a Drukhari conversion in my opinion. 

A cool box. Doesn’t come with any dice, but it is a great start to a new army project. 

Battle Bunnies. 

Mission Pack: Tempest of War cards

Hi all. 

Been sent the new Tempest of War cards for review. 

So me and a friend had a great game with the random deployment mission cards this weekend at WHW. 

Big fan of them. The variety of games and randomness is really interesting. 

So the primary mission is what you are both aiming to complete, but you keep the secondary mission objective secret. 

There are two sets of the secondary mission cards so you can’t be certain that your opponent’s objective isn’t the same as yours. 

The mission rules give a cool bit of flavour to the battle too. Nothing is really too disruptive, but adds a nice little twist. 

Looking forward to playing with them again. 

Battle Bunnies. 

Aeldari Avatar of Khaine: Magnetised!!

Hi all 

Lauren has (with a small bit of guidance and support from me) help magnetised the new Aeldari Avatar of Khaine. We used 3mm x 1mm neodymium magnets.  

Simply drill the hole, glue magnet in, reinforce with Greenstuff if needed, and make sure it is the right polarity!

The head was a bit more difficult as you have to choose a neck to install on the model during the build (out of 3). We chose the one with the rear facing crest and hoped for the best. Luckily it paid off. We only needed to do a bit of cutting to the bare head to get it to fit. Then a combination of  greenstuff and superglue brought it home. 

So now Lauren ( #honey_the_destroyer88 on Instagram) has finished her Avatar of Khaine! She couldn’t decide on which head or weapons so decided to do them all! :)

It’s a great kit and took a fair amount of time to paint so worth the money.

Avatar of Khaine. 

He is of Mymeara and we will be properly taking him for a battle soon! Can’t wait!

Thanks to Games Workshop for the sample!

Battle Bunnies. 

Adepticon has blown us away

Wow

Wow. 

So Games Workshop has utterly blown it out of the park at Adepticon. 

I would go as far to say that this is possibly the best set of reveals at an event they have ever made. Never before have I gone from one image to the next in such an awesome frenzy. 

Soooooo. Let’s have a look

Horus Heresy!

Look at the new MK6 marine and that gorgeous gun. Just incredible. Every part of it drips glory. It seems a better pose and scale compared to the current tactical mk6 marines (maybe it’s just me though). 

The Cinematic trailer for the Horus Heresy is a work of art. Just look at all the Warlord shots!

The new generic Praetor looks great. You can see it being used for every Legion from Space Wolves to Imperial Fists. 

The new Chaos Knights are amazing! What a beautiful set of models (and Codex). So you can actually get a set of these Knights and Codex early as a pre-release bundle!

Onto Necromunda. 

The box game is utterly full of models, terrain and minis! So Orlocks vs Nomads. We were kinda expecting that with the teaser trailer, but look at the bugs being ridden! Wwwwwwooooow! The design team at Forge World have done incredible work. 

The new Orlock vehicles are very impressive too!

Then onto Blood Bowl! The team I have wanted for so long! The Norse team cometh (surely the Amazons won’t be too far off given they are in the same league). 

Once again the Models are breathtakingly good!

Season of War Thondia is coming. I really like the idea of Seasons, just hope we get enough time to get armies ready before they are over. 

From AoS the new model for the Underworld range look very cool too as well as the deep sea Nighthaunt. The spells are looking mental too!

What a great day for the hobby. 

Battle Bunnies