Don’t miss our review and build of the AoS Slaves to Darkness Army Box, to see what kind of value it will score you!
Rob is back unboxing and reviewing the early access army box with the Slaves to Darkness battletome and miniatures. He’ll see what it takes to get them ready for the tabletop, show the models’ size, show how to magnetize the Daemon Prince (in theory), and tell you the GOTCHAS to be aware of when building them!
We will show you everything, including the sprues, bits, and of course, the size. That way, you can decide if these are worth your hard-earned hobby dollars.
Slaves to Darkness Army Box: REVIEW
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This is the box we’re looking at today, and it has a new Daemon Prince inside that can also be used for Warhammer 40k! It’s been almost 20 years since they did one, so pretty cool to see!
Now, let’s break down the estimated value inside!
Slaves to Darkness Army Box Set: What’s the Value?
The Slaves to Darkness rise again, ready to stain the Mortal Realms red with the blood of any who would oppose them. Their army set includes 14 new miniatures – a Daemon Prince, 10 Chaos Chosen, and three Ogroid Theridons.
This boxed set also includes a special launch edition version of the new Slaves to Darkness battletome. There are also Warscroll Cards, which will only be available in this set for the foreseeable future, plus 28 Enhancement Cards, and 34 tokens to keep track of rules and special abilities.
Obviously, we don’t know the actual pricing of the individual units quite yet, but we have plenty of evidence to go off. Either way, the estimated value here should give you a great idea of what to expect.
- Daemon Prince $65 (based on recent releases and the fact it will be usable for 40k and AoS)
- 10 Chaos Chosen $60-$120 (Recently released Bladelords are $60 for 5, along with Slaanesh Myrmidons, which should most likely be 5 for $60)
- Ogroid Theridons $60 (based on current prices for similar scale models, could be more)
- Warscroll Cards $33.50
- Battletome $55
Army Box Retail Price: $200 Total MSRP: $273.50-$333.50
Savings Versus Box Price: $73.50-$133.50 (estimated)
Unboxing
The box actually has a decent number of sprues inside, which is always nice. Then below that, you get the book, cards, bases, and all the accessories!
Instructions
This box doesn’t have the Warhammer 40k instructions inside, which is a little annoying for anyone buying this to make the Daemon Prince for their Chaos Space Marines or Daemons army. However, we will show you how it goes together.
The Daemon Prince is a very interesting build, as you sort of build up the superstructure of the body first, then add on if you want hooves and pose. The neck pieces are slightly different and will change up the post of the right arm that holds either the sword or axe.
Once you get that built, you then have to choose arms, as one set will mainly be for Warhammer 40k or Sigmar specifically. Then, if you glue the AoS arm bracers on, you are stuck into picking one weapon, the weapons don’t make a huge difference for rules, but it’s nice to have more options.
We’ll also show you how to magnetize them in our video.
The next big difference between the Warhammer 40k and AoS versions is the chest armor, as the 40k one has more tubes and such. Then, the one arm doesn’t actually work for the 40k bits.
Lastly, you have the should pad icons and dedicated Chaos gods heads you can choose from.
There is an interesting slot and hole system for the back parts, as each side is sort of backwards, which might just make it really hard to magnetize.
The Chosen are designed well, as you can either just get a bunch of regular dudes or split them up and get a squad with a musician, standard, and champion.
The Ogroids can also be built up just as regular guys or as the command squad, plus their weapons are interchangeable pose-wise from left-handed to right.
Chaos Daemon Prince Sprues
The Daemon Prince is really highly-detailed, but there are a lot of bits that aren’t in the instructions because they didn’t really say much for the Warhammer 40k version.
This is the back piece we were talking about; the slots are where the wings, backpack, or trophy rack mount, but it might be hard to magnetize them. However, it will give them good stability.
The Ogroid sprues are pretty hefty and look great.
The Chosen sprues are pretty modular, and you get two identical sprues in the set.
Built Slaves to Darkness Miniatures
The Chosen look really dope, and they are just super detailed with a ton of modularity.
The Ogroids also look pretty awesome, making the Stormcast look small!
Daemon Prince Build
The Daemon Prince sort of builds up to here, and then you have to be really careful.
So, don’t make the mistake Rob did here. He built up a lot of the body, and with the rest of the pieces glued down, it makes putting the magnets in for the wings much harder. He recommends putting a 1/4″ magnet behind every hole in the back. Then use a small ferrous metal sheet on the trophy racks because they are curved if you dont want wings on your prince for AoS.
For the wings, you probably want to use a 3/16″ magnet where he has the drill.
For the 40k version, you want to use the skull armor plate on the chest; it also has a few tube bits you throw on after it’s glued down.
Then, for the Chaos backpack, you could also put a 1/4″ magnet in there (note the tube bits that mount around the torso from the front armor place).
Unfortunately, this can’t be a 40k version because the arms have to be totally different, as the chest piece is actually a different bit, and magnetizing that far back in the process just doesn’t seem very doable.
This would be the left arm bit for the Warhammer 40k, and you would then also have to add one of two hands at the end. Check out the video for which pieces are in this assembly.
The shoulder pads can all mount however you wish using the notches.
You could also magnetize the heads with 1/8″ magnets, but it’s probably unnecessary.
Just make sure you have the instructions handy, so you know which bits to use for the neck, as they look similar but will make a difference if you want to do AoS or 40k versions or change up the pose.
Built Daemon Prince
He actually looks really awesome when built up!
There are a ton of details all over the model and, actually, a lot of bits accessory-wise to attach after you decided which games system you will build it for.
He obviously makes the Stormcast look small!
Overall, not a bad box for Age of Sigmar value-wise, as well as playability! We feel like the biggest drawback is just the lack of full instructions for the Daemon Prince model.
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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.
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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.
