Do you need the Daemon Feculent Gnarlmaw, Spoilpox Scrivener, and Horiculous Slimux in your life? We unbox and go over their rules for Warhammer 40k.
The first wave of Nurgle Daemon releases for Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar have arrived. The first wave consists of Horticulous Slimux at $55, the Feculent Gnarlmaw at $30, and the Spoilpox Scrivener at $25. Our very Rob Baer has these kits on his paint bench for a quick and dirty unboxing to give you a look at what these kits have to offer.
For our complete review, be sure to scroll down and press play on the full video below.
The first wave brings Slimux, which we saw in the Blightwar box, in his standalone kit. His kit is a great value if you are looking to pick him up and avoiding having to pick up Blightwar to do it. The Feculent Gnarlmaw is a terrain feature that has some decent abilities. What is also interesting is that Slimux can place down Gnarlmaws at the end of his Movement phase. This gives Nurgle players great area control/denial possibilities.
The Spoilpox Scrivener is a one sprue clam pack that consists of 7 components. The detail is great and the parchment has all the scribblings and Nurgle symbols cut into it. He is easy to assemble and his pose is static. He clocks in at 50 points and really benefits Plaguebearer units. He hits on 2+, STR 5, Toughness 5, and 4 Wounds. He comes armed with disgusting sneezes, a distended maw, and a bilesword. Yes… he will sneeze acidic, diseased snot at you and bite you if you get close. If that isn’t enough, Plaguebearer units that are close enough to him will get +2 to Movement speed, a +1 to all hit rolls, and the chance to make an additional attack on a hit roll of 7+.
Rob delves further into the Slimux and Gnarlmaw kits and discusses their rules in the review video below!
Horticulous Slimux: $55
Gnarled and leathery like a rotted apple left too long in the sun, Horticulous Slimux is a pragmatic and humourless being with a no-nonsense approach to battle and gardening alike. Sat astride his lumbering molluscoid steed – known affectionately to Horticulous as Mulch – the Gardener ploughs ever onward, tilling the foetid soil with his Gruntleplough and casting an experienced eye over the festering flora all around him. In battle, Horticulous conjures the power of Nurgle’s garden and ushers it into reality, overrunning sites of sorcerous power with its boundless fecundity.
This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble Horticulous Slimux. Festooned with grimly jolly detail, this is a model with many, many points of interest – Horticulous himself is a manic-looking chap, spindly yet muscular, with an enormous eye in the centre of his head. He’s clutching his enormous lopping shears, which are used both to tend to his garden and execute enemies, and carries a host of plants, potions, fertilisers and mushrooms, all for later planting. Mulch, his massive snail-like steed, drags his Gruntleplough behind him, attached to his shell with 3 chains. A Nurgling is lashed to a rod, dangling in front of Mulch’s face, encouraging him to lurch ever forward in hope of a tasty snack – the Nurgling appears to find this hilarious!
This model comes as 32 components, and is supplied with a Citadel 105x70mm Round base. Horticulous Slimux can be added to both Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar armies.
Feculent Gnarlmaw: $30
Wherever the servants of Nurgle gather in large numbers and the blessed rot begins to set in, Feculent Gnarlmaws push their way up through the blighted soil. These disgusting trees ring with the sorrowful tolling of entropic chimes, belch clouds of daemonic spores, and shed rot-wet blossom to carpet the maggot-churned earth beneath their boughs.
This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble a Feculent Gnarlmaw. Dominated by 3 large bulbs describing a Nurgle icon, covered in chitinous bumps and boils (this is not a model for the tryptophobic!), the Gnarlmaw looks almost like some struggling creature rather than the twisted tree it allegedly is. An enormous mouth runs up the centre of the trunk, with dozens of razor-sharp teeth lining it, while the few stunted branches that grow from it feature dismal bells, tentacles and more pustulent boils. A Nurgling is depicted emerging from the rear, and the base of the model is detailed with the skulls of those who have been foolish enough to venture near…
The Feculent Gnarlmaw comes as 6 components, and can be used in games of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
Spoilpox Scrivener: $25
Spoilpox Scriveners are responsible for ensuring that the Plaguebearers of their Tallyband do not shirk. They record the number of diseases counted by the Plaguebearers, using scritching quills made from the tail feathers of a Lord of Change, while verbally browbeating all around them. Spoilpox Scriveners are sullen and spiteful creatures, who long to catch their fellows out with a mistake – or better still, record enough wrongdoing to punish them with the dread fate of the Chortling Murrain.
This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble a Spoilpox Scrivener, Herald of Nurgle. Immediately, 2 things stand out about this model – the scroll being held aloft, covered in detailed scribblings and symbols of Nurgle, and the enormous distended maw which snakes from the Scrivener’s face all the way around his back, ending in a massive, disgusting mouth, hectoring all around him. He has a rather wiry frame, but rather than emaciated looks strong, with long limbs ending in claws. He carries extra rolled-up scrolls – these are actually held within his flesh, pushed through cuts in his stomach and secured with knotted guts. A rather cheeky Nurgling is included, chomping happily at the bottom of the Spoilpox Scrivener’s scroll.
This model comes as 7 components, and is supplied with a Citadel 40mm Round base. The Spoilpox Scrivener can be added to both Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar armies.
These Nurgle Daemon releases are available now online and in local Games Workshop stores. Be sure to press play on our quick and dirty review video below for the full product breakdown.
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