Last week saw new releases for the Death Guard and World Eaters in the form of new army books, battleforces, and Combat Patrols. In this review, we’ll take a closer look at the Poxwrought Vector and Gorestorm Slaughterpack boxes, with a particular focus on the new Lord of Poxes and Slaughterbound models. As usual, with high-resolution sprue images.
The new Death Guard and World Eaters releases will be available for pre-order starting Saturday, 26 April 2025. The pre-order period lasts two weeks, with the official release date set for 10 May 2025. Please note that there will be only one production run for the Poxwrought Vector and Gorestorm Slaughterpack battleforces, and at the time of publishing this review, most online retailers are sold out of their preorder contingent.
Death Guard Poxwrought Vector battleforce unboxed
The new Lord of Poxes character model for the Death Guard is initially only available in the limited Poxwrought Vector battleforce. The set includes a nice selection of various Death Guard core models:
- a Lord of Poxes
- 7 Plague Marines
- 5 Blight Lord Terminators
- a Foetid Bloat-Drone
- a Myphitic Blight-Hauler
- a Plagueburst Crawler.
Patreon bonus content: Ultra high-res, uncompressed versions of these sprue images (and backsides of the sprues) can be downloaded here.
The new Lord of Poxes comes on a small sprue and a 40mm base. While there are already quite a few Death Guard character models, this new Lord stands out with a very expressive pose. The model is also pretty big; the body alone is just as massive as a Blight Lord Terminator, and then there’s a huge back module on top of that. Unfortunately, the kit doesn’t offer any build options or alternative bits.
Gorestorm Slaughterpack & Slaughterbound review
The composition of the World Eaters box is more thematic compared to the Death Guard battleforce, but also more one-dimensional:
- a Slaughterbound
- 9 (!) Eightbound / Exalted Eightbound
- 20 Jakhals
- plus a World Eaters transfer sheet
Patreon bonus content: Ultra high-res, uncompressed versions of these sprue images (and backsides of the sprues) can be downloaded here.
New to the range is the Slaughterbound, an Eightbound on steroids. The model comes on a small sprue and a 50mm base. The Slaughterbound is even more pumped up than an Eightbound and about a head taller. Speaking of heads, the kit includes two options: a bare face (part 11), and a head with a half-mask (part 10).
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8.5 Score
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Final Verdict
Games Workshop are taking their usual approach with the Poxwrought Vector and Gorestorm Slaughterpack, releasing new character models exclusively in battleforces at first. You can either love this or hate it, but at least it lets you save a bit of money compared to buying everything separately. That is, if you manage to secure a box in time, because they tend to sell out quickly, online at least, upon release. Both the Lord of Poxes and the Slaughterbound are beautifully designed, and the Death Guard box in particular provides an excellent foundation for starting a new army. The World Eaters box is more limited, but in return, World Eaters players are also getting a very well out together Combat Patrol.
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