Seven battleforces is a darn sight more than the four we’ve seen in the last couple of years. In fact it’s only one box less than the number of Warhammer 40k battleforces GW announced for 2022. FauxHammer – Latest Video on YouTube Stormcast Eternals: Thunderstrike Brotherhood Review – Summary

Christmas is coming. We’ve already seen this year’s new Warhammer 40,000 Battleforces, and it’s time to see what’s inside the Warhammer Age of Sigmar sets. Whichever Grand Alliance you’re a fan of, there’s a box for you. Daughters of Khaine: Khainite Slaughter-Coven There are new techniques to be learned with each new model as you progress through the Thunderstrike Brotherhood box, but that familiar Liberator shape is similar enough to keep the newly initiated comfortable whilst testing their skills with small variations on painted details. Suddenly, that samey, copy-paste base design of that humble Liberator becomes genius for building the confidence of new painters. Through laughter and carbonated tears, he informed me that Stormcast Eternals were, without doubt, the most boring faction to build and paint ever created by Games Workshop. “They’re all just so dull!” he said, before telling me to stop wasting my time and to get something interesting and fun like Kharadon Overlords or, better yet, scrap Age of Sigmar altogether and buy some 40K stuff instead. When I told a Seraphon-collecting friend of mine I was planning on getting some of the God-King’s finest, he simply looked at me like I was an idiot.

In spite of the faction’s mixed reception within the Warhammer community, the Start Collecting! Stormcast Eternals Thunderstrike Brotherhood may well be the best place to enter Age of Sigmar for a new hobbyist. Stormcast Eternals: Thunderstrike Brotherhood – Introduction Cross out all the mean-looking dudes in red armour on the right-hand side of the old starter box and you’ve got the Thunderstrike Brotherhood. Our fantasy figure range consists of Goblins, Dwarves, bits, bobs and things that go bump in the night..... Determined to prove my pals wrong and simultaneously hypnotised by the colour gold, I took the plunge with the Start Collecting! Stormcast Eternals Thunderstrike Brotherhood box – which, once upon a time, came with a handful of Khorne miniatures in the the original Age of Sigmar Starter Set.

The Stormcast Eternals Thunderstrike Spearhead battleforce is an excellent collection of miniatures, perfectly suited to expanding the force included in the Dominion boxed set, or any of the Warhammer Age of Sigmar starter sets - alternatively the strikeforce offers an interesting combination of units that can be used to start an entirely new army. The reason for this is the aforementioned familiarity in the design of the models – that source of such ire for some – and those models included in this box (a Lord-Celestant on Dracoth, a Lord-Relictor, three Prosecutors, three Retributors, and 10 Liberators, including two Liberator-Primes) take full advantage of this, as we shall see. Stormcast Eternals: Thunderstrike Brotherhood – Points The fact these models have been chosen for inclusion is clever: the familiar Liberator shape transfers from model to model, but the handful of small differences from unit to unit keeps challenging the novice builder and requires slightly more thought each time – but is never so much as to be intimidatingly difficult. For a beginner, confidence grows with each successful model built, and before long, and without too much trouble, you’ll have eighteen warriors ready for a splash of colour. Stormcast Eternals: Thunderstrike Brotherhood – Painting As I was going, I got to know the models. I began to learn their shapes and the patterns in their construction. Piecing together the Liberators was a brilliant confidence-building exercise for a brand-new hobbyist like I was – the models in the Start Collecting! kits are not as idiot-proof as the push-fit miniatures and are assembled with glue, which allows for just enough variable options to give the newly-initiated the freedom they need to make their first units their own.

For the advanced painter looking to hone their skills, or someone searching for a faction with an array of models, there’s little joy to be found in the Stormcast Eternal range.