Description

Key Features:

• Complete set of 20 plastic miniatures designed for Warhammer Age of Sigmar Helsmiths of Hashut armies
• Deploy massive infantry formations to swarm the battlefield and control key strategic positions
• Sacrifice expendable troops to overwhelm enemy forces while shielding your valuable war machines and elite units
• Essential battleline reinforcements that provide tactical flexibility and numerical superiority in every engagement

Hobgrot Vandalz: Expendable Cruelty for Your Helsmiths of Hashut

Masters of Sneaky Brutality

Hobgrot Vandalz embody cruelty and cunning in equal measure, making them natural servants of the Helsmiths of Hashut. These vicious creatures thrive in the shadow of their duardin masters, scavenging cast-off weapons from factory floors and turning industrial refuse into instruments of violence. While individually expendable and frequently meeting grisly ends, hobgrots possess a savage effectiveness that should never be underestimated. When they mob up against an unsuspecting target, their numbers and sheer viciousness transform them from mere nuisances into genuinely capable warriors who can overwhelm even prepared opponents through coordinated malice.

Tactical Versatility Through Expendability

The true genius of fielding Hobgrot Vandalz lies in their role as disposable assets that serve multiple strategic purposes simultaneously. They excel at being herded forward before your advancing duardin forces, where they fatally absorb enemy opening salvoes and vanguard strikes that would otherwise threaten your valuable war machines and elite troops. This expendable nature isn’t a weakness but a deliberate tactical advantage—every shot wasted on hobgrots is one that doesn’t strike your daemon engines or master engineers. Use them to screen your battle line, protect flanks, or simply clog up enemy movement while your real hammers prepare devastating strikes.

Overrun Objectives and Control the Battlefield

Twenty Hobgrot Vandalz give you the numerical superiority needed to flood key areas of the battlefield and secure exposed objectives before your opponent can react. Their light infantry profile makes them ideal for racing forward to claim territorial goals, forcing your enemy to commit resources to dislodge them or surrender vital strategic positions. When multiple units of hobgrots work in concert, they create an overwhelming tide that can overrun enemy formations through sheer weight of numbers, leaving your opponent scrambling to respond to threats from multiple directions simultaneously.

Complete Multipart Kit with Extensive Options

This comprehensive plastic kit provides everything needed to build twenty fully-equipped Hobgrot Vandalz ready for the tabletop. Each model comes armed with shields and a diverse array of scavenged weapons including hammers, blades, and picks—reflecting their nature as opportunistic thieves who arm themselves with whatever they can steal from the factory floors. The variety of weapon options ensures visual diversity across your mob, preventing the repetitive appearance that can plague infantry units while reinforcing the chaotic, scavenged aesthetic that defines these cunning creatures.

Command Options for Enhanced Effectiveness

Beyond basic troops, the kit includes parts to build two optional standard bearers who rally the mob with cursed banners, musicians whose discordant noise drives the hobgrots into frenzied attacks, and champions who lead from the front. Champions can be armed with your choice of dagger or chain weapon, allowing you to customize their appearance and suggest different fighting styles. These command options don’t just add visual interest—they provide mechanical benefits in gameplay, making your hobgrot units more effective and resilient on the battlefield.

Premium Transfer Sheet Included

This kit comes supplied with a dedicated Helsmiths of Hashut Transfer Sheet containing an impressive 450 high-quality waterslide transfers. These aren’t generic symbols but specific iconography for the major ziggurats including Ur-Zorn, Muspelzharr, Zharr Vyxa, and The Forge Anathema. Additional cursed sigils and runes provide countless options for decorating your miniatures and tying them into your broader army’s narrative. The transfers allow even novice painters to achieve professional-looking results with intricate details that would be challenging to freehand.

Substantial Component Count

With 124 plastic components included in this single kit, you receive exceptional value and modeling opportunities. The generous parts count allows for significant customization and variation between models, ensuring your mob of hobgrots looks like a diverse collection of individuals rather than identical clones. Mix and match weapons, poses, and accessories to create unique characters within the unit, telling visual stories about which hobgrots have been luckiest in their scavenging or most successful in their battles.

Perfect Scale and Basing

Each Hobgrot Vandalz is designed to fit perfectly on the included twenty Citadel 25mm Round Bases, providing the correct footprint for gameplay while allowing sufficient space for scenic basing elements. The scale works harmoniously with other Helsmiths of Hashut units, ensuring visual cohesion when your hobgrots advance alongside towering daemon engines and armored duardin warriors. The 25mm bases also make it easy to rank up large units for maximum battlefield presence and intimidation factor.

Assembly and Painting Opportunities

These miniatures require assembly and arrive unpainted, giving you complete creative control over their final appearance.  Assembly with Citadel Plastic Glue ensures strong, permanent bonds between components and painting with Citadel Colour paints provides access to the full range needed to bring these cruel creatures to life. Whether you prefer grimy, industrial schemes that emphasize their scavenger nature or more vibrant colors that make them stand out as distinct threats, the clean plastic components accept paint beautifully and reward both quick tabletop schemes and detailed display painting.

Essential Infantry for Your Dark Industrial Army

No Helsmiths of Hashut force is complete without masses of expendable troops to screen your valuable assets and seize objectives. Hobgrot Vandalz fill this role perfectly while maintaining the army’s unique aesthetic of cruel industry and daemon-forged weaponry. They provide the tactical flexibility needed to compete in objective-based scenarios while freeing up your elite units to focus on devastating enemy forces rather than babysitting control points. Add multiple units of twenty to create an unstoppable green tide that overwhelms through sheer malicious persistence.

From the Community:

Hobgrots are furtive and deceitful creatures who recognise the might of the Zharrdron empire, or the relative safety offered by ingratiating themselves with those who would otherwise wipe them out, at least. Their lot in life is still a miserable one, as the Helsmiths deploy them ahead of their main battleline to secure an advantage… and to range their brutal artillery. This box contains twenty Hobgrot Vandalz, whose champion can be armed with a cruel chain weapon or a vicious dagger. It also contains a Helsmiths of Hashut transfer sheet with 450 transfers.*

Assembly and painting required. Kit does not include model cement glue, paint, and tools. Adult supervision where required.

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