Don’t miss our unboxing and build of the 40k Shadow Throne Battle box, as we give you our thoughts on the designs, and show you all the gotchas!
Rob is back unboxing the new Shadow Throne battlebox for the Adeptus Custodes and Genestealer Cults. He’ll see what it takes to get them ready for the tabletop, show the size of the models, and tell you the GOTCHAS to be aware of when building them!
We are going to show you everything including the sprues, bits, and of course, the size. That way you can decide if this is worth your hard-earned hobby dollars.
Let’s Build Warhammer 40k Shadow Throne: Unboxing & Value
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This is the box we’ll be looking at today. It didn’t come with a ton of minis but actually had some value, and it comes with both new minis. With the books pushed back, you don’t really know how they fit into your armies 100%, even though we have their points.
Value:
The box contains a total of 25 minis with 2 new characters for each faction. Here’s is the value of the Genestealer Cults and the Adeptus Custodes together and separate.
- Broodcoven $60
- Neophyte Hybrids $44
- Reductus Saboteur $35 (Based on recent characters, might be as high as $40)
Genestealer Cults MSRP: $139-$144
- Allarus Custodians $50
- Witchseeker Squad $49
- Blade Champion $35 (Based on recent characters, might be as high as $40)
Adeptus Custodes MSRP: $134-$139
Overall MSRP: $273-283
Cost of Box: $170
Total Estimated Value: $103-113
So, if you break it down with a friend, you’ll be paying right around $85 a person and getting about $55 in value each. So, honestly, there is solid value inside (but still less than Hexfire, which got $80 in value per person) and the units included are pretty decent judging from their new rules.
Unboxing:
They more or less just throw everything in here, so while it’s not very good-looking, but it is a lot of sprues!
The story in the book is actually pretty cool but it sort of leaves you on a cliffhanger. Then the Custodes go hunting… and that’s sort of it. Until you get to the rules because the story goes into the mission and lets you play it out for yourself. They have datasheets, but nothing for army-wide rules, so still not enough to know how everything works army-wide for each faction!
Instructions & Sprues:
The new Custodes model actually has two different poses which GW never really talked about, so that’s a nice surprise. You can choose which pose you want to go with, but they do give multiple arms and 3 different heads so you could magnetize him if you really wanted to. The only thing you would need is some shoulder pads, but most people have those lying around.
His base just has one rock on it, so if you want to fill around the rest of his base, you can use the Liquitex resin sand to make it look more natural.
The Saboteur has one “semi-gotcha” part with how the plunger part fits on. It shouldn’t be too hard but might be a little annoying.
The Blade Champion sprue has a lot of arms! Overall it looks very detailed and nothing stands out as too hard to build.
The Saboteur sprue also looks pretty sweet but is a decent amount smaller.
Assembled Minis:
The kit was actually a little harder to build than Rob thought. There are just a lot of small parts and the ammo pack just didn’t fit very easily. Still, it is fairly easy overall without that many mold lines.
This is the second pose that GW never showed and it looks pretty awesome! It went together really easily, Rob thinks leaving the cape off would be a good idea if you are airbrushing the mini.
Size Comparisons:
This is tiny! It’s almost smaller than Guardsman.
He’s about the same size as a Custodian so that all makes sense!
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About the Author: Rob Baer
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
