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NEW ARRIVALS – BA Tactical Sprues & Smaug Pics

By Rob Baer | December 7th, 2014 | Categories: Tabletop Gaming Products, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Dragons and vampires OH MY! The Sons of Sanguinius and the BIGGEST Dragon you’ve ever seen are here.

Spoiler alert Smaug is already sold out. 

Smaug $490

Smaug™ is built upon a stunningly detailed scenic base that depicts the vast treasures of Erebor. The Arkenstone™ and The One Ring can both clearly be seen amongst the gems and gold as Smaug™ looms over the would-be burglar Bilbo Baggins™.

This magnificent 42 piece miniature is hand cast using the highest quality resin (the same used by Forge World), and the most advanced techniques to produce a model with extremely fine detail. Every scale, horn and battle-scar has been expertly reproduced to create a beatifically authentic collectors piece.

Weighing in at 2.4kgs, the height of the miniature from the bottom of the base to the tip of Smaug’s™ wing is 8.4 inches (or 21.4 cm). The base is 9.2 inches (or 23.1 cm) long and 5.4 inches (or 13.3 cm) wide.

 



Codex Blood Angels $49.50

This 112-page, full colour hardback codex contains:
– Background of the origin of the Blood Angels, their Chapter organisation, successor Chapters, colour schemes and heraldry
– Details of a brand new Blood Angels successor Chapter, the Carmine Blades
– An explanation of the most famous events and battles from the Chapter’s history
– Descriptions of all of the units and characters available to the Blood Angels
– A showcase of beautifully painted Blood Angels miniatures
– Rules for fielding your collection of Blood Angels in games of Warhammer 40,000 including army special rules, warlord traits, and a formation for a Battle Company
– Wargear includes weapons only available to the Blood Angels, special issue wargear and the Relics of Baal
– The Sanguinary Discipline – with psychic powers only available to the Blood Angels
– Baal Strike Force – a unique Detachment force organisation chart
– 6 Tactical Objectives exclusive to the Blood Angels


and Sanguinary Guard Edition $165


Blood Angels Tactical Squad $43

This box contains everything you need to make a 10 man Blood Angels Tactical Squad, including the options to include a Sergeant, Heavy Weapon and Special Weapon. There are 165 components in total, allowing for a massive amount of poses and variation in your squad. However you assemble it, you’ll have plenty of components left over to add to the rest of your Blood Angels collection.

You get 11 torso fronts (10 of which are unique); the Sergeant’s armour is easily identified as it has a sculpted torso and an attached tabard; there are 10 different leg poses; 16 different heads of which 13 are helmeted and 3 are bare (one of the bare heads wears a re-breather). There are 10 different backpacks; and 10 sets of arms.

There are 10 unique boltguns covered in Blood Angels iconography, a flamer, a meltagun, a plasma gun, and a grav gun. You can also make a heavy bolter and a heavy flamer, both of which come with their corresponding backpacks. The Sergeant can be armed with a combination of inferno pistol, hand flamer, storm bolter, grav pistol, bolt pistol, plasma pistol, power fist, power sword, or chainsword. You can also make one of the following combi-bolters: combi-flamer, combi-plasma, combi-melta or combi-grav.

There are plenty of additional components to really personalise your Tactical Squad including 3 banner tops, an auspex. a range of frag and krak grenades, pouches, holsters, a Sergeant back banner, weapon scopes and melta bombs.

 

 





Sanguinary Priest $30

This 11-piece plastic kit makes a Blood Angels Sanguinary Priest armed with a double-edged chainsword. He holds aloft a blood chalice and is equipped with a narthecium, the instrument of all Space Marine Apothecaries.


Datacards: Blood Angels $10

Included within this set are 7 large-format Warhammer 40,000 psychic power cards – the complete set of new Sanguinary discipline psychic powers available to the Blood Angels. Also included are a full set of 36 Blood Angels Tactical Objectives cards, including the 6 unique Blood Angels Tactical Objectives from Codex: Blood Angels.

 


Sons of Sanguinius $33

Sons of Sanguinius: Blood Angels Painting Guide is a 176 page paperback painting guide. Inside you will find four fantastic miniatures collections – The Archangels, The Blooded, The Lost Brethren, and Strike Force Razorwind of the Flesh Tearers Chapter.

 

About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X

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.