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 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
The new Spearhead, photo courtesy of MongooseMatt

Oh, wild. So the Underworlds warbands are becoming generic units now?

Could be. Depends if they're Spearhead specific or not.

I wonder if its going to be the fate of the warbands who don't get put into Underworld Grand Alliance Warband bundles like the ones that were released a few weeks ago.

Honestly I hope we don't lose the Underworld Sculpts - some are really awesome models and its a shame that they end up being character models that kind of end up either being too weak to take or broken.

Having them as regular units or as optional addon models for regular units is a great idea and hopefully we see more of it happen.

 Overread wrote:
Honestly I hope we don't lose the Underworld Sculpts - some are really awesome models and its a shame that they end up being character models that kind of end up either being too weak to take or broken.

Having them as regular units or as optional addon models for regular units is a great idea and hopefully we see more of it happen.

Definitely. I am just baffled why they aren't maintaining them in general.

100%. There are several warbands from Underworlds I kick myself for not getting then they became available without the Underworld materials.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
100%. There are several warbands from Underworlds I kick myself for not getting then they became available without the Underworld materials.

I feel like some didn’t even get a general, non-WHU release which is frustrating.

 nels1031 wrote:

 AegisGrimm wrote:
100%. There are several warbands from Underworlds I kick myself for not getting then they became available without the Underworld materials.

I feel like some didn’t even get a general, non-WHU release which is frustrating.

Thricefold discord!!!

 nels1031 wrote:

 AegisGrimm wrote:
100%. There are several warbands from Underworlds I kick myself for not getting then they became available without the Underworld materials.

I feel like some didn’t even get a general, non-WHU release which is frustrating.

And some haven't been released outside of their initial 2 band release box at all.

Little bit of lore dump about the new boys:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/7u3tnjhi/bad-moon-evil-sun-the-duelling-deities-of-the-gloomspite-gitz/

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Could be. Depends if they're Spearhead specific or not.

Had a quick look at Robs (Honest Wargamer) review and the Snarlboss and retinue have regular warscrolls as well as spearhead warscrolls.

 DaveC wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Could be. Depends if they're Spearhead specific or not.

Had a quick look at Robs (Honest Wargamer) review and the Snarlboss and retinue have regular warscrolls as well as spearhead warscrolls.

That's good to know.

In hobby preparation, I got my first 10 Snarlfang riders assembled, with 10 more waiting on sprues. Fun little kit with a decent amount of options, aside from having only 1 banner and musician. Probably part out one of the icons on the poles from the new chariots for my second unit of Snarlfang.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/dpwbjxyb/warhammer-retrospective-the-many-ages-of-the-gloomspite-gitz/

I really liked the Gloomspite retrospective article too. Brought back a lot of memories as some of them were the "current kits" when I got into the hobby. And the most recent Skarnsik model still holds up very well in my opinion. Wish I had kept the one that I had in metal.

 DaveC wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Could be. Depends if they're Spearhead specific or not.

Had a quick look at Robs (Honest Wargamer) review and the Snarlboss and retinue have regular warscrolls as well as spearhead warscrolls.

Not surprising, they did the same thing with the Stormcast warband they kept.

 nels1031 wrote:

 DaveC wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Could be. Depends if they're Spearhead specific or not.

Had a quick look at Robs (Honest Wargamer) review and the Snarlboss and retinue have regular warscrolls as well as spearhead warscrolls.

That's good to know.

In hobby preparation, I got my first 10 Snarlfang riders assembled, with 10 more waiting on sprues. Fun little kit with a decent amount of options, aside from having only 1 banner and musician. Probably part out one of the icons on the poles from the new chariots for my second unit of Snarlfang.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/dpwbjxyb/warhammer-retrospective-the-many-ages-of-the-gloomspite-gitz/

I really liked the Gloomspite retrospective article too. Brought back a lot of memories as some of them were the "current kits" when I got into the hobby. And the most recent Skarnsik model still holds up very well in my opinion. Wish I had kept the one that I had in metal.

That Skarsnik is one of my favorite models ever. I love Skarsnik as a character, being a badass boss through cunning and intelligence. I remember the silhouette of the model being teased on the website and when i saw the model finally i was overjoyed with how good it was.

Here comes my review & unboxing of the Gitmob army set, inc. high-res sprue images and all build options for the models: https://taleofpainters.com/2025/02/review-gloomspite-gitz-gitmob-army-set/

 stahly wrote:
Here comes my review & unboxing of the Gitmob army set, inc. high-res sprue images and all build options for the models: https://taleofpainters.com/2025/02/review-gloomspite-gitz-gitmob-army-set/

Great review as always but I think you have a small mistake in there as you say that the Snarlpack Cavalry is two models per kit for four models in the box but it should be 3 per kit for 6 in the box

 stahly wrote:
Here comes my review & unboxing of the Gitmob army set, inc. high-res sprue images and all build options for the models: https://taleofpainters.com/2025/02/review-gloomspite-gitz-gitmob-army-set/

Once again, preview git provides Thank you for your service!

You are referring to Snarlpack Cavalry as both 2 and 3 model kit, you may want to double-check that. Also, with the chariots being on 105x70mm oval bases, am I correct to assume that they should fit nicely on 50x100mm bases should one wish to use them in Old World instead?

 stahly wrote:
Here comes my review & unboxing of the Gitmob army set, inc. high-res sprue images and all build options for the models: https://taleofpainters.com/2025/02/review-gloomspite-gitz-gitmob-army-set/

Thanks Stahly. This and the upcoming Spearhead seem like a good way to round out a full army.

The AoS Coach battletome review on youtube has me somewhat excited for the Gitz in terms of playability.

A few things nerfed, but it doesn't seem like an Orruk Warclans copy/paste type job where nothing really improved.

Because of Stormbringer, I have a decent chunk of Moonclan to supplement my almost painted Snarlfang and the Army set that I ordered this Saturday until the other gitmob stuff releases.

It will all be points dependent, but I feel like going full on Gitmob will be a wild ride.

Good to hear. I've been all up for a cavalry force that doesn't include horses. Especially after i've just finished with 10 Cavaliers.

Happy to say that Frydaal fits beautifully on a 40mm round. She looks perfect leading a whole host of Darkoath.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Happy to say that Frydaal fits beautifully on a 40mm round. She looks perfect leading a whole host of Darkoath.

Just did that myself too - a worthy model for a variant Chaos Lord.

Indeed, it's the first old world model that's come out that i actually like. So much of the other stuff is just, dull to me.

I think some of it is dulled by going with armies that have fairly old sculpts so you kind of get a dulled overview.

That said I think its more that because Slaves exists in both games and the design language is basically identical it carries over really well for both games. Heck it wouldn't surprise me one bit if she was originally an AoS sculpt that got pilfered to move over.

I would be surprised by that. I think she's probably more of an equivalent to Holga for old world. Only not so irritating to get a hold of.

The new rules for the Gloomspite Snarlpack Spearhead are up for download:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-age-of-sigmar/

Points revealed for new Gitmob stuff yesterday:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-age-of-sigmar/

I'm not outraged by anything at a quick glance, Snarlfang went down 10 points and everything else seems reasonable. Going to do some list building tonight. Hopefully the Doom Diver and the character chariots release soon.

Oh cool, didn't see that yesterday. I've noticed a few doomsayers have been reversing their opinions on the book.

I'm really hoping that the new Maggotkin release isn't just another leader.

At the very least, i would expect a redone Epidemius. As i don't believe that rumour engine alluding to him has been solved yet.