Games Workshop Lift The Veil On Warhammer 40,000: Shadowspear

March 4, 2019 by dracs

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The new Warhammer 40,000 battlebox Shadowspear heads up for pre-order in a week's time and now Games Workshop have lifted the lid to look at the two armies inside.

Shadowspear gives you everything needed to play out a clash between the forces of the Vanguard Space Marines and the heretical Daemonkin.

Starting with the Daemonkin, we get a closer look at how the forces of Chaos have been updated.

For me with this force, the Greater Possessed really steal the show.

These guys look horrifying, true mixes of man, daemon, and metal. Imagine being a regular guardsman and having that charge towards you!

Unfortunately, my greatest disappointment has to be the Obliterators.

I've heard a lot of people praising them, but they just give me unfortunate flashbacks to the Minotaurs from Warhammer Fantasy (now Bullgors).

Of course, the forces of the Emperor have plenty of new models too.

Although I would question bright blue when you're infiltrating enemy lines, these models are really effective and you could imagine them venturing into the ruins of a wartorn city ahead of a larger company of Space Marines.

There is one sculpt though that does make me chuckle.

"Er, Sarge? You know that smoke grenade you asked me to throw?"

Alongside the two forces, the battleset comes with three booklets, two mini-codexes and one campaign book.

I'm loving these thematic mini-codexes Games Workshop have started including in their boxed games. Not only do they let you field a thematic force, they mean you don't have to go out and buy the full Space Marine (etc.) codex if that force was all you wanted.

Will you fight for the Emperor, or turn heretic? 

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