Age of Sigmar Stormbringer Magazine 20 to 25

Last Saturday, on June 15th, the 5th shipment of German Stormbringer by Hachette arrived, covering the next batch of six issues, numbers 20 to 25, including the subscription bonus.

Shipment number three (issues 8 to 13) and four (issues 14 to 19) cover six issues each, and this will continue until the end of the run. You can find an overview on the issues so far over here, along with unboxings of the former shipments.

Every time these arrive, they create quite the sensation of happiness, with this roughly monthly Hobby drop. With around 44 EUR per month (52 for Premium) it's a decent deal, and savings are usually least 50% savings towards RRP. And of course, you have the option to trade in or sell off the content you don't need with other hobbyists - at least at what you paid for the magazine.

This shipment does not only cover the six issues, but a bit of additional content for subscribers. In case of the subscribers, you get the magazine part bond together in a huge stack, along with two additional inlays covering the armies of Chaos and Ulgu, and an additional binder, as the first one rapidly filled.

The binder is identical with the first one, comes with several separators for the various chapters, and it is up to you to either spread the chapters across the binders or keep the content of every 20 issues per binder.

And there was another surprise, which I didn't expected, as it wasn't on the road map nor the previewed content list, a few pages covering the Ogor Mawtribes and that was not just printed material, but a sprue of the Ogor Tyrant as well. A pretty neat miniature, which I didn't really knew was plastic, I always suspected it to be finecast.

But let us begin with the main magazine. Issue #20, from June 5th is the first one, that spreads its content across two issues, as we get the first part of the Marshcrawla Sloggoth. A model from the Kruleboyz range that comes with two sprues and the split those across issue #20 and #21.

The content of the magazine itself covers mostly lore, introducing the Fyreslayers (part of the Duardin / Dwarves, and solo-spin off of the old Old World Slayers) and Chaos, along with additional gaming content and the instruction on the Marshcrawla.

With Issue #21, from June 12th, we receive the second part of the Marshcrawla Sloggoth.

You now have a medium and a small sized sprue, along with a 105 by 70mm oval base. This is the exact model you get from the 47,50 EUR RRP boxed set, which provides us with a bit more than 50% off when we buy it via Stormbringer. The model itself comes with various options, including different heads for the sloggoths and various options for the crew.

The issue itself covers the further information on painting and using the Marshcrawla in games, along with basic techniques on cleaning up and preparing models. Unfortunately, the battle scroll had some issues with the font, and the special characters in the text are just boxes. Never the less, they suggest the use of blu-tac for the kit, which I can only support.

With Issue #22, from June 19th, we receive two paint pots, with a base colour and a contrast colour and I sorted the subscription of the paint brush set to this issue, as it made the most sense.

Regarding savings, if you only look at the paints themself, with 6,30 EUR for Citadel Contrast Gryp Charger Grey and 3,60 EUR for Citadel Base Averland Sunset, just buying the paints is cheaper, but as often written in these unboxings, over the total run and usually savings of 50% and more this evens out. In addition, as we have a paint brush set, covering the synthetic brushes (branded STC within the Citadel Tools range) in three sized, the Large Base Brush (7,25 EUR), the Large Drybrush (8,25 EUR) and Medium Shade Brush (6,50 EUR), this is - at least in the subscription - certainly a steal.

The issue itself expands the lore on the factions of Age of Sigmar and makes use of the new brushes and paints.

And we're jumping back from the Kruleboyz towards the Stormcast Eternals with Issue #23, from June 26th, with the mounted Lord Aquilor.

The Lord Aquilor is a 35 EUR kit, and comes from the Dominion Release wave in 2017 as well. Two small sized sprues and a base, with an option for his head.

As you would expect, the issue provides information on assembly, painting, rules and lore of the unit, along with really nice artwork, tied into the reasons about the End Times and the era that followed it. Beyond that, you will the rules for using the Lord Aquilor on Gryph-charger  for Warcry in the free pdfs.

With the Issue #24, of July 3rd, we jump for the first time out of the conflict between Kruleboys and Stormcasts into the additional factions covered in the Stormbringer releases, the Gloomspite Gitz, and with a character, the Loonboss.

The Gloomspite Gitz Loonboss is a single sprue character and usually comes in a clamshell blister for 25 EURs, but the pricing within Stormbringer is much more reasonable giving you a more than 50% discount. The model is built as he is seen, no options with a fixed pose.

The pages for the collector binders cover the new faction in depth, their connection within the Age of Sigmar towards others, along with what you would expect for the new character. He has Warcry rules, available for free as a PDF.

In Issue #25, from July 10th, we have a bit of terrain. It is the fountain frame from the Azyrite Shattered Plaza.

These were part of the Azyrite terrain range, that was released alongside the Warcry starter sets, and after a larger set, the content was split into two medium sized sets of which the fountain sprue was a part of. It is a bit difficult to put a price on this. You could pick these up at around 15 EUR (+/- 5) on eBay, so the Stormbringer pricing of 10,99 EUR is reasonable. It is a small set of scatter terrain, that is well detailed.

And as you would expect, the pages cover the assembly and painting, along with further information on using terrain with the provided rules.

To my surprise, there was an additional premium goodie in this shipment, which wasn't announced and covered an Ogor Mawtribe Tyrant.

The Tyrant is a really lovely miniature, and I was a bit surprised, as for some reason had him sorted towards the resin / finecast releases. I probably have him mixed up, with one of the models that is now listed as a Man Eater. The model itself is set at a RRP of 31,50 EUR.

The pages coming with the Tyrant are quite interesting, as they cover a brief tutorial on how to take pictures of your miniatures and even come with a neat little backdrop to pose your miniatures within. In case you don't have access to these pages, there is a free introduction on Warhammer Community on the same topic - How to Photograph Models for Display.

And we have a little preview on the issues 26 and 27, that will drop on July 17th on the market. Another duo of paints, along with a set of Gryph Hounds.

The six issues of Age of Sigmar Stormbringer cost us 65,94 EUR (plus another 12 EUR for the premium upgrade) and we got around 185,00 EUR of goods. Proper deal from my perspective, especially as the majority of the content can be used with either Kruleboys or Stormcasts, especially with the flexibility if you go for Warcry.

The next shipment should arrived towards the end of July, providing us with further paints, another Underworlds warband (Zarbags Gitz) and more core units for both Kruleboyz and Stormcast Eternals. As mentioned further above, you can find an overview on the issues so far over here, along with the detailed unboxings of older shipments as well:

• Stormbringer issues 01 to 03
• Stormbringer issues 04 to 07
• Stormbringer issues 08 to 13
• Stormbringer issues 14 to 19

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Stormbringer is distributed by Hachette Collections

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