Age Of Sigmar Range Review: Nighthaunt

Today we take a look at the Nighthaunt range from Age of Sigmar, and I remain convinced that it's one of the most solid ranges that Games Workshop do.
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[@john-paulfuller-jackson1606]

"I do like the idea of the noose around their neck, but I'm just not sure about the execution of it on this model" HAH.. execution... Get it?

[@rebeccaschroder3000]

Haha because it funny

[@HistoryMatters]

Easily some of the best models that Games Workshop has produced. The Black Coach is the model that got me interested in AoS in the first place.

[@lv100Alice]

i'll just say after dry brushing most of the range. even with how fragile they look sometimes. they can bend way more without snapping than i would have thought and honestly it's very impressive with how the models are designed

[@xvxnightmaresxvx]

I broke 1 out of 40 bladegheist revenants. Pretty good odds for me, especially for a unit that was such a pain to build

[@pepebabushki9376]

I'm gonna base them with victorian gothic ruins, so hopefully I can give them more support. (kinda like bloodborne)

[@callumpyrah5016]

I enjoy seeing KZbin subtitles every time you upload, Kerry Arthur.

[@michaelwilson4907]

God damn it Kirioth every time I watch these I keep having the same conversation with myself. "Ok I have an unpainted flesh eater courts army. I have an unpainted tyranid army. I have stacks and stacks of unpainted space marines, chaos space marines, stormcasts, and gloomspite models to add to my existing armies. BUT......................................... 'I really like these'."

[@Rohnon]

Oh Kiri, I just found out that the Ossiarch Bonereapers would make perfect bases for Eldar Black Reapers. Saw a nice Conversion for Maugan Ra that was based on a Bonereaper

[@ak318]

Cairn wraith is an old Vampire count model came out same time as the tomb banshee and hexwraiths.

[@krimson4980]

I got into AOS because of the nighthaunt. By the way on the executioner, the spirit host is a rule he has that gives him a 5 of save against mortal wounds. So they are representing the rule on the model.

[@joemagill4041]

The square base for the banshee is on the sprue. When I got it with Mortal Realms magazine they included a round base and the instructions tell you not to bother using the square base.

[@anotherzingbo]

The Tomb Banshee that came in the issue of Mortal Realms that I bought came with a plain round base. The model comes with a textured 20mm square base on its sprue, but the magazine says not to use it. I cut off its bevel and stuck the textured part onto the round base. The same applies to the Cairn Wraith, it comes with a square base on the sprue but was packaged with a round base.

[@darrenrichardson6146]

I've done that with mine, along with a Tomb King and Savage Orc boss, a decent pair of clippers, cut along each corner on one side, and slowly trim the sides down, takes about 10 minutes, but it's worth it.

[@raymondwright5996]

I was building the Endless Spells at work on my lunch break. The crazy woman sat in the cubicle behind me yelled to get the manager for a computer issue. It startled me and I snapped one of the skulls as I was gluing it into the treasure chest. I modeled it closed and like the look better.

[@salamanda550]

Those scythe guys you werent a fan of would....work really well for making Ghost Gaunts...Spooky Spirit Nids. Replace the, heads and bam, scythe gaunts

[@entertherussian6457]

Next to CSM probably my favorite range GW makes

[@PlasticComplex]

_Looks at massive pile of Chainrasps from Mortal Realms_ Yeah i'll get round to that one day...

[@OnlyRoke]

The Dreadscythe Harridans look like they could be really cool as a basis for Necron Flayed Ones, or a Dark Mechanicus version of Sicarians.

[@AndrewMcColl]

If the solo Banshee is anything like the Wight Lord, the blister will come with a round base and instructions to trim the sides of the square base and glue it to the round one. Seems weird, but that's what happens when you make fancy bases then change the base type.

[@anotherzingbo]

I'm painting up some of these for Warcry at the moment. I like that generally they can be painted quickly and still look good. My absolute favourite out of the ones I've done have to be the Glaivewraith Stalkers. They go together easily, were easy to paint and, Kirioth, how can you not like their heads! Horse skulls, sheep skulls, they're excellently creepy and I love them! Other than that, buildwise the Spirit Hosts are an absolute pain and the nasty join across the top of several of the Myrmourn Banshees' shrouds deserves a mention. Paintwise the Grimghast Reapers are a bit annoying because their chainmail and cloak trims mean they can't be painted as quickly and easily as the Glaivewraiths and Chainrasps could. The Spirit Torment from the Soul Wars box is also very prone to vibrations thanks to being attached to the base with one small join at the far end of their body. But still I should return to my initial point that overall the models look nice and I'm finding them quick to paint (while still looking decent), which is a rare thing for me!

[@AX50K]

Your content keeping me sane during quarantine and uni work

[@maxzaslove6897]

I am always so happy to see a kirioth video being released during this God awe full quarantaine

[@frankkelly05]

Sitting painting my Nighthaunt as I watch this - perfect timing. Really enjoying these range reviews.

[@tombouric]

You know, sometimes when I see the Nighthaunts with hair it feels like the hair is coming from behind the face, like the skull-face is almost a mask. Or at the very least that there’s something behind it that the hair is coming from. Weird, now that I think about it.

[@jusnogood1715]

I always thought the naruto running dude was not running, but supposed to look like he’s about to clap the two weapons together on someone’s head

[@connorkeightley231]

"I'd be like NO! You can have a pointy hand" Has got to be my favourite line from any range review ever...

[@Bysentenial]

Mortal Realms magazine just started in Australia [august 2020] and I am hype. If you're Australian and reading this soon, go to your news agents and get it!

[@apocalypticmoth6040]

I really want to play nighthaunt as my second army. I think having blood dripping from all of the eyes would be great. On the ones with metal helmets, you could have a trail of rust running form the eye holes.

[@deerspirit7560]

Nighthaunt are just done so well. It's so easy to mess up the spooky, sheet ghostesque look, but gw just did it perfectly with these ones. If I ever switch from the beasts of chaos, nighthaunt might be the next army I grab

[@Phoenixillusion18]

Lady Olynder is my favorite model, and I have the same feeling about those 2 derpfaced helpers. So I removed them and added 2 Mymourn Bnashees, I also went the extra mile to transfer the items , aka the hourglass and box

[@dinofacedindividual9462]

Dreadscythe Harridans do like kinda wonky. But, their lore is amazing, so imma run them anyways

[@nathanfee9644]

Thanks for the video Kiri!

[@Delveintohobby]

There's a couple of models that come with those square bases, my Wight King came with one, but it was a part of the sprue and it connects to the model itself . Thankfully there was also a circular base chucked in the blister, but it was pretty annoying to have to chop up the original base and file it down to be flush with the circle base. The Chaos Lord on foot seems to be the same way as well.

[@InvinciblKillerQueen]

Really love the weapons all these guys have, very simple ornaments while still practical-looking

[@nexusoldbind5015]

The tomb banshee does come with a round base as well as a square base on mine I cut the lip off the Square base and used it to turn the flat round base into a scenic one along with a couple of other spare bits I had

[@rafaelz6211]

When third edition is released we will get malendrek's procession as a start collecting. It happened when 2nd edition released and we got the thunderstrike brotherhood and Goreblade warband. Hopefully it happens again

[@mihalyorsovszki1498]

Fairly certain the reason for the tomb banshee coming with a square base is that the base is one of the ones that were on the sprue and were part of the model, so it's not just a case of swapping out the base it's packaged with. The Dark Elf Sorceress and the Black Ark Fleetmaster models are examples of a similar thing, where their scenic base was molded as part of the sprue, and in fact their feet are molded to the base. This was a design choice that was mainly prevalent during late 7th, and during 8th edition Warhammer Fantasy.

[@phoenixheart79]

Both the Cairn Wraith and Banshee come with pre-detailed, moulded onto the sprue, square bases that you need to clip down to fit on a round base (the Wraith you can actually get away with just gluing straight to a round base as he connects via that small rock). The Banshee takes a tiny bit more effort, but both are late stage Warhammer Fantasy kits so that's not too bad all things considered.

[@darrenrichardson6146]

The Cairn wraith and Tomb Banshee are both old models, as are the Hex Wraiths, all three are from the old Vampire Counts range, the Banshee does come with a round base these days, but for some reason they haven't changed the write up, thankfully, unlike some of the older Character models , the banshee just glues onto the square and doesn't have anything integrated like the Tomb King or Savage Orc boss, both of which have feet moulded into the bases. And yes, the Banshee does come in Mortal Realms, the magazine even says to throw the base away as you won't use it! And we 'll be getting almost the entire range in Mortal realms spread over the 80 weeks.....

[@queen-val6135]

Don't own the tomb banshee but having looked at it in store the square scenic base is part of the sprue, and they include a plain round 25mm one in the blister card

[@raymondwright5996]

The Cairn Wraith came with a square base also. That and the banshee were the proof of concept models for the Nighthaunt range, before Warhammer Fantasy Battles ended.

[@DarkAutumnScribe]

This range just blew me away! It was what really pulled me back into AoS...

[@EvilLobsterKing]

I read something about an ethereal race that joined the Tau, and night haunt got me wondering if I should make a couple, just for fun. Don’t know quite what I’d do with them, or what kit I’d use as a base, but it’s an idea

[@dominiquepereirapalacios7031]

Man I was thinking this afternoon "When will this dude look up a set of units that really interests me?" And boom! There you go! Happy quarantine^^

[@ak318]

Also I have a thought about the head and the hair being issues with some of the minis like with the horse's "skin" to skill transition it might be the same because they aren't gradual they are these very stark and sudden changes.

[@michaelmiller3616]

im collecting the mortal realms magazines and already have the soul wars box, the nighthaunts are fantastic, but ive never had so many breakages before maybe, just random arms falling off things like that. and the executioner is a bugger to paint so bouncy. My mortal realms banshee came with a square base and a circle base, but the circle base wasnt sculpted

[@PureHarry]

there is a poster from the first thing in mortal realms telling you what you'll be getting in the full run. You should be able to find online too

[@cuddlemuffin44]

I never gave these "ghosty bois" a solid look until this episode- and now I want to snag a box just to enjoy painting them.

[@Sigismundssword]

Ive never been into chaos or xenos in 40K but after painting like 5 stormcast eternals vs 5 night haunt I'm really loving them and beasts of chaos

[@MuShinnen]

Something that would be sick with the black coach would be having the lid of the coffin off, and being dragged behind by another of the ghosties. You could chip it, so that it had clear damage from being dragged on the ground as well.

[@DanielRisberg]

The old miniatures with square scenic bases tended to have parts of the model moulded into the base. Transferring it to a round base requires some fiddly cutting.

[@Craamron]

There's a Chaos Lord who also has a square base for the same reason, the detail is built into it. The base comes on the sprue and it's an old Fantasy model from when they were all square. The Cairn Wraith is as old as the Banshee and if you look at the sprue you'll see that he also comes with a square base but his model is designed in a way where you can easily transplant him onto any other base.

[@aliciacarr9014]

The Banshee has a square base because it's literally part of the sprue and, with Mortal realms at least, it came with a round base as well and the instructions say not to use the square base.

[@magnos_decimus]

If there was an age of sigmar army that I would pick up it would be nighthaunt but I could see a narrative campaign with Grey knights fighting Nighthaunt

[@tiarnanhart4717]

Can confirm, the Tomb Banshee some with 2 bases. A round blank one and a square one with details

[@mosbyvanpanhuis2589]

Hey. Very nice. My spook army has a very vibrent color scheme. Pink, red, and purple

[@almondtree906]

My Tomb Banshee from Mortal realms came with a circular base. The square base is also included on the sprue

[@RobertsHobbies]

The collar at 14:30 is very reminiscent to the mancatcher to me

[@chaosnightravngaming88]

Can they put into vampire counts and do a review of vampire range? Vampire counts are my favorite warhammer faction

[@Monom55]

Reikenor the Grimhailer (dude on winged horse) is shown in the models you are getting in Mortal Realms.

[@jiado6893]

Looking forward to the Ossiarch review, where we revisit the Dinosaur Bone Throne.

[@DarkRaven4561]

I can see some potential Dark Mechanics amongst those...

[@andyc5674]

Dreadscythe harridans = ghost hormagaunt???

[@samb.8134]

Cairn Wraith is still awesome, really holds up. It is an older model, but it feels like that was them experimenting, and when they saw they could physically make that kind of model, of that quality, looking so ethereal they thought "Screw it, let's give a whole army of that a go". And Nighthaunt were born.

[@Heartless-Sage]

I'm looking forward to you doing Fyreslayers even if your not a fan as it will be an entertaining video either way. :)

[@barbos1507]

Most of the old Fantasy characters. who made in plastic, had a square base casted in sprues of blister. They do add a round base in repackages, but they just don't bother to correct the pictures on their website.

[@Le-cp9tr]

The best part about the endless spells is that the chest just straight up has Eddie the Head as the central ghost

[@maxxammax0]

I was gunna put that scythe on my Nightbringer, but that thing is bigger than the shard itself ;o.

[@angelos3277]

Do a Disciples of Tzeentch range review, you could even combine it with Thousand Sons

[@steffanjenkins4205]

The Banshee with the square base is entirely because the detail on the base is modelled onto it, rather than it being a separate piece you glue on. Similar to that one Scourge Privateer model.

[@rolo-royce-6626]

The Black Coach is just so...unlike everything else while still fitting in. It’s like you look at it and the ghost fellas on the side are having a good time being there, it’s insane, it’s beautiful, it’s dreadful, and gods I like it

[@madmerlinsart]

Easily my fave is Reiknor the Grimhailer, just so much awesome detail and really hammers home the Grim Reaper aesthetic. Least fave, the Harridans, they're just so weirdly, horrid. They'd be better if they had a couple of hand scythes, like olde time farmers used, and more of a generic ghost instead of mutated nurses/healers, which they are. Also they'd look right at home in a Tyranid army, just give them an alien head.

[@os7272]

I blame you personally for me buying the Soul Wars box!!

[@karljohan2300]

those glavewraiths are they dead skaven? also agree with lady olander one those two needs to be veiled or something to fit in with her

[@TheKlink]

0:23 now i want Beastmen gors to perform Intergallactic.

[@skotbean5690]

Mortal realms must be a bit different, I'm in Australia, I got a 32mm base with the banshee

[@Sollezzo]

I was just watching an AoS batrep and thinking a NH range review would be nice

[@kingghidorah102]

They're quallity, some of them would be a cool for C'tan conversion too

[@jeansteeler8831]

Never been a fan of AOS, but I love these spooky bois enough to start a 2000 points army. I'll just wait till summer and air brush all of them in one afternoon.

[@-beastie-2847]

Could you do orks at some point?

[@EidolonSpecus]

I love how "marmite-y" is an adjective now.

[@Eric-sy1xu]

Thing about the cartoony face & not liking the harridans, I think it might be the mandible/lower jaw being SUPER prominent in the overall face of the model. But about not liking them, I am thoroughly apathetic towards them, they have a Tyranid feel with the scything talons that doesn't to me fit with the rest of the range. I mean props to the guys for trying something with the range but I don't think that in this instance it worked. And that's Good! not every experiment is destined for greatness, like personally as an Ad Mech Man I REALLY don't like electropriests in their models as they don't really _feel_ efficient like Ad Mech or Robo-Roman like the rest of their range. It's a bit of a tragedy for me that they're like the only way to be competitive with the army now, but Oh Well, I never really get into the rules anyway.

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

I've always wondered why some amazing models like the Banshees that have 4 in one box with amazing poses and even sculpted bases are like a third of the price of a generic Space Marine or Stormcast captain or whatever that's only 1 model with a plain base. Well, weird GW pricing I guess, but I'm not complaining, sticking to their skirmish games has made it better for my wallet.

[@TheOneTheyCallJack]

These were my first army and I love them but good god do they need a mechanical overhaul

[@Malisteen]

My main issue with the range is there's a bit much redundancy. The Reapers, Revenants, and Chainghasts are all too similar in appearance. I wish they didn't all have that same studded leather trim on their hoods. It's a bigger problem mechanically - there aren't nearly enough units in the Nighthaunt army for so very many of them - Reapers, Revenants, Stalkers, Haridans, and Banshees - to be semi-elite melee infantry with such similar stat blocks and offensive profiles. They've got a few unique mechanics to distinguish them, but they're still way to similar in overall battlefield role, and the reapers and revenants looking like the same unit with just a weapon swap doesn't help. Taken individually, though, there's a lot of really lovely models here. The starter box knight of shrouds is especially great. And there's nothing I actively dislike, apart from some of the old models. The wraith and banshee character models just do not hold up, not when there are larger, more detailed, and more dynamic versions of the same models as regular trooper models in some of the units, and the hexwraiths don't even look look like they belong in the rest of the range. I'd honestly rather the unit was dropped from Nighthaunts altogether and the same models, with a less ghostly paint scheme, were added to deathrattle instead.

[@InvinciblKillerQueen]

My only issue with these is that I'd be worried of some braking off the base

[@animositywargaming5266]

I’d love to put the banshees hair on a Space Wolf! With a beard obviously!

[@rybo0072]

My fave by far is reikenor the grimhailer and my least fave is probably the banshee but either way night haunts are my fave faction to paint

[@Gormathius]

I only have one thing to say about this range. Ahem... NEED.

[@MiszAgrippa]

But damn. You make me want to buy so many stuff I don't play/need/collect (but I might!)

[@jimminey-fooking-cricket4903]

@ 15:07 that's an iron mask he/she was locked into is it not?

[@ethanpaulgaard7157]

Do one on skaven

[@rafaelz6211]

Mortal realms is making everything in soul wars accessible (except the SW lord executioner) I didn’t want to buy soul wars because I don’t collect stormcasts and everyone I know who wants to play warhammer has an army anyway. Also my friend who does collect stormcasts already has the kits. I wouldn’t want to get it just for the Nighthaunt (although they are my favourite army). But I’ll probably end up ordering the SW executioner off of eBay unbuilt and unpainted as I don’t really like liekoron. So I am happy that mortal realms exists

[@Lakefront_Khan]

These guys remind me of the Shadow of War Nazgul.

[@Alex-cp6mq]

The cairn wraith is old. Also the mortal realms banee does have a round base in it

[@GirlPainting]

The Banshe and the Cairn Wreith are quite old models and they are the base for the entire range....but your rambliung about the square base is a little bitt odd....the base is part of the sprue ;-) she dos NOT come with a seperate base. both where part of the first wave of plastic caracter models and quite alot of them have build in square bases in the sprues

[@tomtommerson6320]

This is the faction I plan on playing with whenever I get into AoS. So it's cool to see your opinion on the models

[@crushyunis1089]

Is this all one set?

[@thepartworkscomicsreader9488]

Cherry picking Mortal Realms just for the ghosts and graveyard. The Harridans are about the only ghosts I've passed on so far. I think it's a case of a different designer working on them in what's mostly a Brian Nelson army. Transitioning to AoS I kept my Nelson orcs and ogres as a mixed Destruction army, sold the few metal bits left of my old, much battered, Empire army and put my early 2000s Dark Elves aside, hopefully they'll get some new life when The Old World hits. So pretty much just a Nelson collector in fantasy armies these days.

[@philipblack8694]

I really wish there was a mortal realms subscription for just the night haunt parts, zero interest in collecting stormasts apart from the lord arcanum on gryphcharger due at end of may

[@DrunkenRoadkill]

Weird my tomb banshee came with a 25mm circle base

[@tyranitararmaldo]

25:26 Whatever floats your boat I guess...

[@MiszAgrippa]

Wow really love those vids. Watched all of them today when worked remotely! Moar!