Island of Blood

a Island of Blood é o novo boxed set para warhammer, vem substituir o battle for skull pass.

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The new Warhammer boxed game is awesome! It's by far the best one yet and in my opinion the best box set we've ever released - there's an Elven Prince riding a huge Griffon in it! Please forgive my gushing; I know it's unfair of me to mention it when it's not available for you to order yet, but it's gorgeous and I'm brimming with excitement about it. Not to worry though, rather than rush home with the copy I managed to acquire (see also 'blag') this morning, I thought I'd share the opening of it with you. So without further ado, here's a look at The Island of Blood.

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The Island of Blood is Warhammer in a box - it's packed full of miniatures (a complete Skaven and High Elf army), rulebook, dice, templates and everything else you need to play a game of Warhammer (except a gameboard, obviously).

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It's released on the first Saturday of September, September 4th.

The price is probably £60 and $99 US, but not totally confirmed.

The rulebook included is in full colour and has all the rules, basic scenarios and spells, sections missing that are present in the hardback edition as rules (as well as the fluff and hobby sections) are:

- Armies of Warhammer, describing every army with lots of pictures
- Extra battles (like battles taken from the story line, campaings, linking battles, etc; last section in the big book just before the spells)

Here is the contents of Island of Blood, thanks to all the rumour mongers for the information, none of it is mine, I've just collected it. Just to state it, all this info is according to five usually very reliable sources here at warseer, so it's pretty definite. Revised descriptions added now as well (mostly courtesy of Hrogoff the Destructor), just in case the pictures aren't enough.

High Elves (Not sculpted by Gary Morley, the person responsible for the current ugly hands/feet in certain sets, but rather by Martin Footitt, who has done the slimmer and prettier High Elf kits)

Prince on Griffon: The griffon is posed like a pouncing tiger. Its mid jump and its wings are sprawled out. Very large claws, though the model itself is pretty big so fits in.

Mage on foot: Then we got the High Elf mage which steals the show (as far as I'm concerned). His base is amazing and I'm not quite sure how to describe it. It's kind of like an orb of splashing water that you can see through. He also has dangly bits and a very impressive helmet that looks like it belongs in Lord of the Rings.

10 Sea Guard: They are vaguely reminiscent of the old metal Sea Guard (like the hanging quivers on the back). They have really slick looking spears, a variety of helmet designs, and a piece of cloth around one shoulder to hold the bow in place on their backs. Their shields also have the LSG symbol on it.

10 Swordmasters of Hoeth: Tall (Chaos Warrior tall), but with longer and more slender swords than the originals. Their overall pose is just like the current ones except with way more detail. The battle standard is very impressive. There are only a few repeat models in the unit.

5 Ellyrian Reavers: The ellyrion reavers are very impressive. The champion looks somewhat like the Kislev Winger Rider. The rest are all aiming forward with their bows. Unfortunately there is no musician and their heads are very similar. The only difference that I noticed between the heads was the positioning of feathers. Luckily you add their heads manually so you can put different ones on if you got some laying around.

About 950 points in total, assuming full command on all units, a smattering of extra equipment, Lvl 2 Mage but no magic items.

Skaven

Warlord: With back banner and halberd, looks quite a lot like Queek, but with a chain running from his banner around his neck.

Warlock: Plenty of pipes and equipment, some kind of large spire like lightning condense, very nicely detailed.

40 Clanrats: Shields moulded on, 20 have hand weapon and shield and 20 have spear and shield, if I have interpreted things correctly. Look very much like the recent clan rat kit.

Poisoned Wind Mortar: The globidier mortar looks exactly like you think it would, not that much detail unfortunately though.

Warpfire Thrower: The warp fire thrower is pretty standard too apart from a small rat that's on fire.

2 Rat Ogres: Their limbs are exaggerated in size (like the one the screaming bell), and one of them is in a posed like an idle gorilla. One has limbs strewn together like Frankenstien's Monster while the other has a chunk of warpstone in its shoulder deforming it's skin (all while having a machine infuse it with drugs).

Packmaster/Master Moulder: The master moulder looks pretty sweet and has a long prod like weapon (pretty obvious in the pictures).

About 750 points in total, assuming full command on all units, a smattering of extra equipment, Lvl 2 Warlock but no magic items.

And some more info, courtesy of CaliforniaGamer:

~None of these are the current models from currently available sprues, not even the clanrats. The clanrats (read: not slave sprues) have fixed shields on 20 of them and I believe are 2-part models(like much of the box, thus very easy to assemble).
~The Reavers and the Griffon Rider have the legs sculpted onto the body of the mount but you could substitute and upper torso for conversion purposes quite easily (read: Dragon Princes, Empire/Bret heroes on griffons etc).
~The Reavers come pre-equipped with bows...they are part of the upper torso mold. Why? Im not sure, would make non-bow Reavers hard to WYSIWG for tournament purposes but the models are first class all the way.
~As I said most are 2-part models, easy to assemble and need minimal to no gap filling. (The Griffon might need green stuff on the back for gap filling though to do up properly)
~The swordmasters have different head options, I counted at least 4 different types of "masks/helms".
~The banners are "textured/raised" and are specific to the Swordmasters and Sea Guard, meaning you can spray, basecoat and drybrush for the "free hand" challenged among us.
~The Skaven bits will be a goldmine for conversion types. Can do the rest of the weapon teams with only minimal conversion skill.
~Price was retail 99.00 US Dollars.
~I saw no other terrain bitz people are claiming in the box (no objective markers etc).

Nixon

High Elfs







Skaven

Já ando à procura de alguém para dividir a caixa

Qual é a parte que queres?

Só o livro

hmmmm sendo assim vou ficar pelo livro, mas tive a ver na mailstrom e é 45€ apenas..., acho que vai compensar, ainda não sei.

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High Elf Prince on Griffon - The Island of Blood's 'Getting Started' booklet refers to this character as Prince Althran Stormrider, though obviously you're free to create your own name and background for your own Prince.

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High Elf Lothern Seaguard - the Sea Guard bear the icon of their captain, Sea Master Althin, on their shields. The 'Eavy Metal Team painted the Sea Guard in the traditional white and blue, and added some turquoise to link them to the sea.

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Skaven Warlord - Skreet Verminkin is the first ever plastic Skaven Warlord model. I love the fact he's stood atop some Elven ruins, though rest assured when Adam and I do battle, Skreet will get his comeuppance!

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Skaven Clanrats - Clanrats form the backbone of any Skaven army, and you can't have too many of them. One of the best things about these models is that their bodies are one-piece (you just need to add the arm); so you can get them on the table top in double-quick time.

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High Elf Mage - The scenic base on this model is fantastic. Normally scenic bases are solid but you can see right through the ethereal flames.

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Lothern Sea Guard Champion - The level of detail on all of the miniatures is astounding (his helmet is shaped like a fish). You could even use this champion as an Elven hero.

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Skaven Rat Ogre - The Rat Ogres are huge. One of the coolest things about them is their different sized limbs, which really makes them look like a Skaven creation stitched together from lots of different sources

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Skaven Warlock Engineer - Ratchitt oozes character, and I love the way he's screeching at whatever's about to be on the receiving end of his warlock pistol

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Ellyrian Reaver Champion - Eltheus Farsight leads his unit of Ellyrian Reavers, the Dawn Riders, in daring raids against the enemy's flanks.

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Lothern Sea Guard Standard Bearer - the elven runes, waves and sea dragon are actually sculpted onto the Sea Guard's banner.

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Skaven Rat Ogre - This is the second Rat Ogre from The Island of Blood,

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Skaven Clanrat Standard Bearer - Just like the Sea Guard Banner, there's plenty of detail sculpted on the Clanrat's banner. Notice the rat perched above the banner, and the mix of rope and chain holding the standard together.

Eu já combinei com o Tózézito que vai haver ratos aqui em casa e elfos brancos na dele... , e claro, livros de regras

Vou alternar um exército Cabra Macho como Warriors of Chaos, por um mais panisguinhas como High Elfs

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Sword Master Champion - Like all of the champion and character models in The Island of Blood, this model has a name: Bladelord Kalaer.

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Sword Master Standard Bearer - the detail is sculpted onto this banner, which makes you need only add paint for a great looking banner

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Skaven Packmaster - Greel the Master Moulder herds the Skaven's two giant Rat Ogres into battle. Check out that shock prod!

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Skaven Clanrat Standard Bearer - This is the second Clanrat Standard Bearer and, like the Sword Master banner, has plenty of detail: even the beaten metal look is sculpted on.

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Lothern Sea Guard - the complete unit of Lothern Sea Guard is a fantastic sight. The unit contains 10 unique models and is equipped with spears, shields and light armour. The unit also contains a Standard Bearer and Hornblower and is lead by Sea Master Althin.

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Clanrat Clawleader - as well as the Skaven Warlord and Warlock Engineer you also get a leader for your Clanrat units, giving them some added bite in combat

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Clanrat Tolling Bell - like so many of the models in the box the musicians have so much character and detail - check out the rat sitting on top of the bell

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Clanrat Unit - In the box you get 40 Clanrats which can be divided up into two complete units, one armed with spears and shields and one armed with hand weapons and shields. Each unit has its own unique standard bearer, musician and champion.

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Ellyrian Reaver - We showed you the champion last week but you also get four other unique Ellyrian Reaver models. Each model comes equipped with a bow and a spear

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Warpfire Thrower - with a burning rat on the base and smoke pouring from the top of the Warpfire container this is one of the most characterful Skaven models in the box

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Ellyrian Reavers - Swift and deadly, the Ellyrian Reavers are perfect for harassing the flanks of the enemy with their bowfire before unleashing a devastating charge into the ranks of their foe.

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Rat Ogres - Rat Ogres are extremely dangerous and therefore difficult to control, which is why they are driven forward into battke by a Master Moulder. Once in combat there is no stopping them from ripping the enemy apart.

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Sword Masters of Hoeth - Clad in gleaming heavy armour and carrying seven-foot long greatswords of Hoeth with razor-sharp edges, Sword Masters are a sight to behold on the battlefield. Led by a Bladelord, there are few in the Warhammer World who can match their skill on the battlefield

Eles desta vez esmeraram-se!

Eu acho que eles tem realmente vindo a esmerar-se em cada lançamento!

tao muito bem conseguidas as figuras, pena que vou ficar mesmo pelos TombKings

Reparei que estas figuras da starter box são um pouco diferentes das que vi no catalgo da games workshop, são versões mais recentes? tão muito melhores a meu ver, os ratos antigos são um pouco pirosos

todas estas figuras são novas.

já existia uma caixa nova de ratos (clanrats) mas estes, apesar de serem parecidos, são mais fáceis de montar do que os da caixa nova.

o catálogo que está na guilds é antigo.

Boas malta!

Alguém quer fazer uma contribuição para ficar com os ratos da caixa?
Não me importava de comprar este kit pela pocket version do livro, pelo grifon, mago e swordmasters dos high elves.

Se alguém quiser fazer uma contribuição a negociar para me ficar com os ratos, mandem PM.


edit: E, já agora, onde se consegue comprar esta caixa em Portugal? Já saiu?

Já, mas o melhor sitio de compra é mesmo na maelstorm.

Vou falar com o João para ver se ele me faz um preço parecido, mas caso não dê, mando vir mesmo.

Preço maelstorm - 60 €
Lojas - Entre 75 e 80

Não vou papar esta diferença.