Nurgle is in the house! GW has finally given us a release date for 8th edition as well as a preview of the new starter. Let’s take a look.
The order date for 8th edition and the new starter is June 3rd and as we reported seemingly months ago it will contain Death Guard vs Ultramarines.
Right now we’re going to focus on the Death Guard half of the starter.
A complete set of datasheets to field both these Death Guard and Primaris Space Marines armies are included in two separate booklets inside the box. You’ll also find a host of new background information on the two forces and on the Plague Wars being fought in Ultramar.
The Death Guard are equally impressive. First up, a unit of Plague Marines. The archetypal unit of the XIV Legion swollen with the raw power of decay, these form of the core of any Death Guard force. Nurgle fans will also be pleased to see a shambling plague host represented by the repugnant and varied Poxwalkers, each draped in scraps of clothing from their former lives.
There is a new vehicle on offer too – the Foetid Bloat-drone, a floating Daemon Engine that hunts its prey with a malign intelligence.
Rounding off the Death Guard are their own leaders, including a huge new Lord of Contagion, clad in warped Cataphractii Terminator plate and wielding one of the most brutal looking axes we’ve ever seen.
Alongside him is the Noxious Blightbringer, a dark reflection of the noble Legion banner bearers of old, who carries a cursed plague bell that tolls with the death knell of his victims.
Last but not least is the Malignant Plaguecaster – one of the pestilent sorcerers of this pox-ridden Legion.
The new Death Guard minis are looking absolutely disgusting! No one is going to be safe from the plague with these guys on the tabletop. What are your thoughts on the new Dark Imperium Starter? Is this everything you were looking for and more? Or sadly disappointed?
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