The Soulblight Gravelords recently stunned with the awesome Deathrattle army set, but today the second wave of releases and the battletome itself are all up for pre order! In this review we’ll be checking out some of the new kits that are being released for the Gravelords, including the jaw dropping Prince Vhordrai! We’ll be checking out the sprues, chatting a little about how they go together and taking a look at the painted kits!

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We’ve also filmed a full unboxing for this release, which you can see just below or over on YouTube

So without further ado, lets swing open the doors to the Sepulchre and see what reenforcements have arrived for the Soulblight Gravelords…

Soulblight Gravelords Wave 2 Unboxing

A lot of releases this year have had army sets containing a collection of new models, which is then followed up by the full release including the battletome and a couple of new kits – and it’s no different here with a large bulk of the new kits up for pre order today. While a lot of the kits in the army set were redone versions of old kits, the vast majority here are brand new plastic kits for some of the new units that have been added in the battletome.

I say the majority though, as leading the pack is the centre piece of this wave, Prince Vhordrai…

I think it’s safe to say that the old Terrorghiest kit is a little dated now. It was an amazing kit when it came out, but it’s not nearly as awesome looking as some of the other large monsters we’ve had for Age of Sigmar since the release of the game. Let’s not forget that it was an old Warhammer Fantasy kit that got released at a time when there was a large focus on trying to add multiple different builds to each kit in order to maximise sales. While this led to lots of unit options, it did also sometimes mean that the alternate builds were maybe not as dynamic as they could have been if not tied to a duel kit.

For the new Prince Vhordrai, Games Workshop are very much focused on this being just the new “Zombie Dragon” without it also having to build a Flesh Eater Courts monster too – and I suspect that the Flesh Eaters will be getting a brand new kit too, perhaps with their own named character build.

I think you’ll agree that Games Workshop have done the model justice and it looks absolutly amazing! Now, this kit does have a pretty high price tag at £115 (which perhaps may make it less attractive for people wanting to build it as the riderless varient), but the model fully deserves a place in your collection if you’re looking for a vampire themed centrepiece for your army.

I built and painted this in a single assembly, and I would highly recommend not making the same mistake I did! the model is very large (About a similar size to the old Zombie Dragon, but taller and on a larger base) and if you don’t leave the rider separate then it is very easy to snap that lance while you are trying to get to some of the hidden details. I’d recommend leaving the dragon off the base until he’s painted too, as otherwise it can be tricky to get underneath it too!

As cool as Vhordrai is however, one of the kits I was most looking forward to checking out was the Cursed Sepulchre. This is the new scenery kit for the Soulblight Gravelords and essentially acts similar to the old grave sites. You place 3 structures down at the start of the game and can use them as focal points for Manifestations and for returning raised units.

Its easy to see that the old Garden of Morr was a massive influence here, with each of the structures having similar style architecture to that old Warhammer Fantasy kit, and while they have a similar footprint to the old set, they are much chunkier and solid feeling. I was a little surprised at the £50 price tag before I built the kit, but they finished models do feel weighty to the hand while still covering a similar area to each of the old pieces from the classic kit.

There’s surprisingly a lot of variation here. You’ve probably already seen that this kit can be build to be used as terrain for the Gravelords or the Nighthaunt, and this is achieved with double sided pieces, one side is more ruined and covered in vines, while the other has roses creeping up the sides – You can get away with picking and choosing whichever you like the most, but they have done a decent job here of incorporating elements that fit with both of those factions. You could even use both a combination of both sides here, as the kit will go together using whichever pieces you want!

What’s also really nice is the fact that all of the bases are interchangeable too, as are the dead trees and coffins – these can all be left off or on whichever of the pieces you want them to, and like with the old Garden of Morr you can build them so the mausoleums can be removed from the bases too.

Next up we have the Soulblight Gravelords Manifestations – another new kit that is introduced in the new Battletome. We’ve seen a lot of the factions missing manifestations and terrain slowly get them over the last few years, and I’m glad that the vampires now have their very own!

Like with most other Endless Spells, these are not many pieces and are made of fairly chunky pieces. They went together really easily and I had a great time painting them up. The Hand of Nagash is the standout piece in my opinion and feels very “Age of Sigmar” with a massive bone hand reaching out through a portal of smoke. I also really like the way this “smoke” effect is replicated throughout the three models, as if these spells are being pulled out of the smoke itself! The manifestations cost £35.50

We also got sent over the new Vampire Lord on Nightmare Steed – Sadly I didnt quite get round to painting him, but the model is certainly impressive. He stands on the same sized base as the new Wights and there’s actually a couple of different weapons and heads you can equip him with! I’ll be working on this guy over the next few weeks, so will update the article with some more pictures when he’s done! The kit costs £35.50

Finally, due to the vagaries of the Warp, the Blades of the Hollow King arrived a little after the rest of the kits, so I’ve only managed to get these build and sprayed, but they are also awesome looking models. Surprisingly this is a push fit kit, which is something that I wasn’t expecting. I actually assembled these with no glue as i tend to find that push fit models dont tend to fit together quite as well when you use glue – and the pieces are connected solidly enough that you don’t really need the glue either. Like with the Vampire Lord, I’ll add some painted models to the article once they are done.

And that’s our look at the new releases for the Soulblight Gravelords! Don’t forget we recently did a full review of the Battletome which you can see here, or watch us check it out on YouTube just below!

The Gravelords releases are up for pre order today and are released Saturday 24th May

Games Workshop provided Sprues & Brews with free copies for review purposes.