Well it’s been a long time coming but a new book and miniatures are nearly here for one of my favorite Warhammer armies…the Tomb Kings. As with all new editions of their armies, Games Workshop have a swag of new miniatures to accompany the new rules. I am going to need a heap more skeletons if the new points are true…4 points for a normal skeleton and 6 points for a skeleton archer. Hordes of skeletons here I come!

When I first saw the range new miniatures I’ll admit I was little disappointed with some of them. I mean skeletons surfing on snakes…what were Games Workshop thinking? The more I think about it and try to imagine them riding across the battlefield slaying their foes the more they have grown on me. Stomp attack, poison attacks, special attacks to turn your foe into sand, attacking from below the ground during the game…whats not to like! I’m sure I’ll have a unit in my army.

Now the release that has me really excited is the Khemrian Warsphinx or Necrosphinx. This thing is AWESOME and huge!

One kit that can make either variant of the this miniature kit is going to have heaps of extras with which to use through out the rest of my army. I can already see my army including a variant of each in it. I cant wait to deliver twin Thundercrush attacks to my enemies.

These new miniature releases will really help Tomb Kings armies stand out on the table top. Previously the army lacked height or had a center piece type model to grab peoples attention. Tomb King generals are certainly spoilt for choice now! Considering the numbers of new skeleton models I’m going to need to paint up and the success I’ve had with speed painting my Dwarves, I’ve been experimenting with some speed painting techniques for the skeletons. I think I’ve hit on a method with is going to flesh out the ranks of my skeleton units nicely and match the miniatures I already have painted. I’ll explain my speed painting skeleton method in a future post.

WarPuppy has all the new Tomb Kings releases available for pre-order here at 20% off Australian RRP. Plus orders of $99 AUD get free regular parcel post within Australia.

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