Just How Good is Skaventide!? AOS Launch Box Deep Dive!

[@Max-vp5sn]

“Rats, we’re rats. We are the rats. We stalk at night we prey at night we are the rats…”

[@gammothdraws]

"I'm the giant rat who makes all of da rules, who knows what kind of trouble we'll get ourselves into."

[@royhite8835]

I really appreciate the skits you guys have been doing. I know theres a lot of work involved with scripting, shooting, editing and apparently costuming. So I wanted to make sure I told you how great they were.

[@MikePawlak]

I was not ready for dead Rat-Murray. That was great!

[@RyanEdwardsVA]

Same. The sudden cut to the tiny trap on his head having killed him got me real good. Brilliant. Very 5 Second Films-like.

[@thomasbraden8242]

Jen either has the patience of a saint or is crazy. All those rats and nmm? Kudos to you for pushing through to the end they look fantastic. Dave stellar job on your builds. That tip about the gold is something worth trying, thanks. And Murray that giant rat is sick, no seriously he looks ill, you might want a Vet to look at him. Great job one and all. Thanks for this awesome video.

[@Dmitriy_8791]

А серебрянкой красить миниатюры для Вархаммера правилами игры запрещено? Может и другие металлики есть для миниатюр, расскажите о них пожалуйста. ❤

[@Lament_the_VVitch]

@@Dmitriy_8791you can paint them however you like. This is just a paint style that doesn’t use metallic paints but there is nothing wrong with using metallics brother

[@SpoopyPants]

The Moment I saw the new Stormcast Prosecutors I knew that you would convert them to be Diablo Angels!

[@Codex_of_Wisdom]

Doing NMM really was crazy, but turned out SO good! Though the true metal Stormcast look amazing too! Also fun to see you and Squidmar doing the same model on the same day, and how differently you approach it.

[@kylerogers7633]

I love these skits. The coffee bit and now this have been pure gold. I hope they're as fun to make as they seem

[@lordravenblade]

A Warlock Engineer is called that because the character is both a warlock and an engineer. “Warplock” is an adjective describing how something works. Think of a matchlock musket or flintlock pistol, except instead of a match or flint igniting the powder it uses a warpstone action of some sort.

[@Eldên28]

The Skaven looks fantastic, but also the Stormcast are super cool. Can't wait to get it on my hands

[@jasonyang2101]

I haven't watched anyone's Skaventide anything yet. TABLETOP TIME IS THE FIRST CHANNEL I WATCH ABOUT SKAVENTIDE!!!

[@dannyjaye]

You are literally here on this video, claiming youre not watching the video 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

[@Spider-kart]

​@dannyjaye he said this is the first skaventide video he watched not regecting😂😂😂

[@xyler8665]

FINALLY! I’ve been looking out for your skaventide review since it was revealed!

[@christorresdey7121]

I was not expecting the foaming at the mouth and twitching 😂

[@elfbait3774]

I am very much enjoying all the fun you are working in around the chats, games coverage, and painting/modelling stuff.

[@The_Watchful_Scribe]

Recently got into AoS saw some art for the Daughters of Khaine and thought they looked really cool and I can use them to get better at painting skin while also having some cool models, I got a box of Melusai, they really look cool. They really need to let the Age of Sigmar design team take a crack at 40K those Dark Eldar sculpt would be easily replaced and look super cool at the same time

[@DogmanDraws]

Genuinely starting an AOS army due to this box. Stoked to see what you guys do with it

[@thelittlepurpleelf]

Incredible paint jobs, I love what you've done with them.

[@noxion4143]

Great Diabolo color scheme, cant wait to get my hands onto the box and paint the Stormcasts very Soulslike

[@brandie3344]

You guys are absolutely hysterical 😂

[@odharrison23]

I liked the bit with mouse trap. Thanks tabletop team!!

[@blaholtzen]

Really really love how the skaven came out! Looking forward to seeing some nice photos of them. The red/green combo and NMM looks so striking and stylized, reminds of something like a pulp book cover or horror comic.

[@euansmith3699]

I really like the painterly Murray-style paint jobs on the Skaven, and Dave's take on the magic wings for the Stormcast looks very cool.

[@mikewicked.x]

With respect to the Easy-to-build pegs, I find it much easier to cut the hole part, rather than the pegs. If you cut the holes by putting your nippers into the hole and cutting them down and parallel to the mechanism. This prevents the pneumatic pressure that can arise, especially if you use glue.

[@MrGreenpaulo]

What do you mean by "down and parallel to the mechanism"? Do you mean just cut the ring around the hole to loosen the hole?

[@EatTheMarxists]

@@MrGreenpauloyeah he’s got me all sorts of confused too. Hopefully we get a response!

[@mikewicked.x]

Ah, yeah sorry it's hard to explain in words. I'll try explain again, but if you're on their discord, I'll take some pics to share there. Basically stick one of the blades of your nippers into the hole where the peg will go, and cut. Turn the O of the hole into a C. It should still be tight enough to hold the model together without glue, but will left you push the model together *tighter* because any trapped air or liquid can escape, relieving pressure when you do glue it, preventing the worst of the gaps.

[@EatTheMarxists]

@@mikewicked.x ahhh okay, that makes perfect sense! Thanks for the clarification, my friend.

[@darkaiel]

Wow, that's a pretty good tip!

[@C0m3TSw1tch]

Jen and Murray's rat antics are freaking hilarious! Great vid guys.

[@FranktheBlindArtist]

Jen your painting looked beautiful

[@capt.mannerings8095]

Okay your sketch bits with the Damned Rats! were brilliant.

[@brotquel1592]

Dave, I have a quick suggestion that is... honestly such a small detail I don't know if it's even worth the effort, but I thought I would put it out there anyway. To reinforce the idea of the Diablo-style empty hoods, wave you considered getting a pot of that "darkest black" paint, or whatever it's called? The one that barely reflects any light and makes things painted with it like a hole into space? I know it's expensive, but you would need so little for each hood that it could last really long. Again, it's a minuscule detail, but I just thought it would be neat.

[@Gwenx]

I love the rat and mouse bit lol it was amazing hahah! I really want this box now, it looks like a lot of fun :)

[@sebuko69]

LOVE this Skaven Skits !! hahahaha love you guys !!

[@durelljfg5217]

Wow, those hooded Prosecutors look really straight out of Diablo. Stormcast and hoods is a winning combination for sure. Great job!!!

[@guleri]

Great video, love the fun twist with the rats showing up.

[@TheRunningLeopard]

I totally need this box, says I, who have like a total of nearly 80 clanrats

[@Skyhervagault]

These look so good! I love the Diablo theme for the bigs and prosecutors!

[@blaholtzen]

When gluing push-fit models, you're better off snipping off most of if not the entire pegs. All they're really good for in this situation is as locating pins, and for that purpose you really just want the peg to barely be poking into the hole. and depending on the bit, the two parts might have enough features to mesh together well enough without needing a locating pin. It might be more finicky without pins, but if you're used to regular kits that'll probably be far less frustrating. Even assembling them without glue I find usually you need a surprising amount of pressure to have parts seated all the way together without gaps, but ofc in that situation there's no time pressure to get it all into place.

[@ArynCrinn]

I've also had a lot of success with drilling the holes a bit larger. Sometimes I go a little large, and it will no longer go together without glue, but often it's particularly satisfying. It just glides in. Most people just don't have 2.05mm drill bits sitting around. Also, don't do yourself a disservice with regular plastic glue. Do yourself a favour and run that thin cement along the seams _after_ you've fit them together.

[@EatTheMarxists]

I glue all of the push-fit minis as well - when I first started with 40K I quickly discovered that many of the push-fit pieces would fall the heck off. Glue solves that well, plus it helps hide seems as well - just a little filing over the glued seam and they look more like they are just one piece. Edit: my Sigmarines are patiently waiting for their upgrade. 13 July feels like a long way off though. Edit edit: those rats look very nice! You all did a good job. Speaking of Dominion, I still haven’t put all of the Orruks from Dominion together yet. I know, I know. I need to get it done before I pick up my Skaventide box.

[@blkjet117]

I love the warpstone coloring; and while I liked the concept of the wings, they were too pastel, and not enough crackling energy. I have no idea how to get that effect but I can see it in my mind. The hooded heads just being black darkness, as well as the Gnarlbeast is so thematic. Fantastic job, all round. Looking forward to seeing these awesome miniatures on the field.

[@ovan2190]

I can't tell what I'm more shocked by, The excellent use of "MEANWHILE At the Legion of Doom" cut away OR the fact that I just saw Mouse Trap ACTUALLY WORK!!!! This is a crazy time to be alive lol Looking forward to seeing the spearhead battle report :) these armies look amazing

[@adamray7249]

Your Diablo inspired Stormcast are epic!

[@DrakeossDragoon]

Anyone else just picturing Jazza walking in seeing the cheese and wine and just going "Oh office snacks " and then digging in before anyone notices or stops him ? lol maybe that is how Dave finally becomes the big boss of the channel lol

[@josephzimmer5385]

I always love Jen's non-metallic metal and it makes me want to start doing it again myself

[@Mark-sd4hv]

Wow I love how you made them look like Diablo. I had to pause for a few minutes to gawk

[@BitzboxTV]

Looking forward to getting these for the Stormcast miniatures but I am not too excited about putting together the snapfit miniatures

[@louisbuss6068]

A tip from an old Graffiti painter with spray cans, is to jump on them standing upright. It compresses the last gasses and moves the "straw" inside closer to the bottom of the can. You would be surprised how much extra paint you can get out of them. Hurts the foot in thin shoes though..

[@needfoolthings]

Jumping up and down always compresses and releases the gasses with me, alright.

[@77loka]

I bet Jen is painting all the models in the end... thanx Jen.

[@TheDoomertron]

The beauty of the Skavens is we are sooo...soo many!! Hihihi

[@KnightSquire]

Awesome, mind if I ask what you used for the sort of scattered pieces of rock/ruins on the Stormcast bases? they look great.

[@caveychip7]

The idea of the twilight sentinels being based somewear inbetween hysh and ulgu, which seems impossible lore-wise, Except for the fact that uhl-gysh exists, A.K.A were the aelven god imprisoned slaanesh. (Which would explain why there so arogant in battle reports) So well done on accidentally creating one of the most interesting home bases for a storm host EVER

[@TabletopTime]

The idea was their stormkeep literally watches the ulgu gate on the hysh side, and they frequently garrison uhlgysh

[@caveychip7]

Verry cool, thanks for clarification.

[@geekgrrllurking1]

Loved this video! I was wondering what purples you use on the cloaks for Dave's Stormcast Eternals? And yay for all our Tabletop peeps appearing on the recent Warhammer promo video. Saw Jenn on the thumbnail and had to click.

[@TabletopTime]

GW Purples - Naggaroth Night, Phonecian Purple blended into genestealer purple historically but i might change it to Kakophoni purple I havent decided

[@geekgrrllurking1]

@@TabletopTime Thank you!

[@Hukahey]

Ha ha another dope video from the TTT team

[@julianankers1928]

Thanks for the working on the presentation what is the UK price

[@pauls3585]

Sweet looking models

[@WolfTau]

Great video. Liked and subscribed.

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

😮❤❤️ loved the video bro

[@foxfoxi3492]

Extremely good! Bought mine today at the local Warhammer Store…

[@SpaceBiscuits]

Have you tried the Gaunlet Gold spray paint by Colour Forge? They claim it's colour matched to Retributer Gold. I'm a big fan of the colour forge range, but haven't tried Gauntlet Gold myself.

[@ElEnanoAr]

Hey Dave, have you tried black 2.0 or one of those "blackest black" paints to paint the inside of the cowls?

[@Nordic_Redhead]

Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a video. A Tabletop Time video. A Tabletop Time video with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a video. A Tabletop Time video. A Tabletop Time video with rats. And rats...

[@CrussaderGrarl]

i love the little skitz^^

[@KiyokaMakibi]

Can you tell me what mask you used for spraying?

[@1mBearman]

Dave went nutty with the paint job. Awesome video.

[@Urherion]

Rats of unusual size? In Australia? That shouldn't really surprise anyone....

[@michaell825]

Does this box have a paper insert that contains some art? Dominion and Leviathan had this. I love framing those bits :)

[@TabletopTime]

Two sheets but they seemed pretty bashed up by the sprues

[@DudexNOR]

Does the Knight-Questor come with a helmeted head?

[@jacawandersmok9043]

5:50 YES YES!!

[@HarrenZepter]

Those Skaven look so good. The colour scheme slaps so hard. How long did it take Jenn to paint all those rats?

[@TabletopTime]

A shockingly quick time. Maybe two days today

[@jackmallinson7269]

It would be great to add photos while you list of the included minis, in my opinion! Otherwise amazing video

[@calebparris8956]

13:45 “Ride wife. Life good”

[@V_lord11]

If you need a retributor armour spray cheaper, I could not recommend colour forge more. They have a hole range of sprays colour-matched with citadel paints and i know they have one for retributor armour because I have one.

[@garfusa2]

I still have my dominion box unopened and sealed. Is that bad?

[@scepteredisle]

this episode escalated out of nowhere lol ....

[@AcoraZ3RO]

I might have missed it, but how did you do the bone colored pauldrons on the stormcast?

[@TabletopTime]

Khaki by Vallejo, then mix it with wraith bone in 2/3 really quick stages and blend it up to a highlight, then pure white spot highlight, then glaze wraithbone to blend. It sounds like a lot but it's all done wet and only takes a minute or two

[@anders103]

So what is the general timeframe before they start selling the content separately? I just want to get my hands on the Knight-questor for a kitbash

[@TabletopTime]

My guess is we will see "starter packs' of various sizes at some point soon after launch like 40k. Questor might be cheapest purchased in one of those, might not exist we genuinely don't know. But I'd say individually you will be waiting a few months

[@ambuknight]

I love your stormcast eternals designs VERY MUCH I wonder how they look if you made like a Fallen variant say Give them Glowing horns form their hoods and Upsidedown wings of some kind like Darksiders demons

[@georgeaitken2719]

Still on sale in the shops

[@TabletopTime]

Not the greatest launch!

[@NinjatoBlade]

Where do you get the hoods for prosecutors??

[@NinjatoBlade]

Nvm that’s one expensive conversion lmao, can’t pull that for a full force

[@TabletopTime]

The inner circle comes with about 7 heads for 3 models - It shouldnt be hard to just ask for or buy the spare heads from anyone who plays dark angels - Thats what id do - no way would I waste an inner circle kit on this for the heads (I also left 3 heads for the inner circle should I choose to make them later)

[@TheScience69]

I can't believe they didn't throw in cardboard warscrolls for all the models in the box like in the starter boxes. Just so you can play both full armies against eachother out of the box. You get the spearhead units in that book, but not every model in the box is in the spearheads

[@toakrikitt]

is it bad that I want to see the mousetrap gameboard converted into a Skaven wargameing terrain now?

[@kosachilles2504]

How much is this box for Australia?

[@goforitpainting]

Really cool.

[@brionl4741]

Even if you did use NMM on the rats, at least you did them the correct rusty, crusty style. So many people doing Skaven with bright shiny metal like they were High Elves or something. I actually do most of my Skaven metals as bronze.

[@scottperkins5038]

There are no rats under the studio.

[@ragnarok719]

This non metalic metal on skavens is fabulous! One of the best nmm I've ever seen

[@caseyjasey4446]

JEN!!! NMM!!!! ON THE CLAN RATS!!!!!!

[@---we1ok]

Holy shit the rat bits were all amazing.

[@Fan_of_the_hobby]

Could’ve used those rat ogres for csm units

[@ChrisCoggan21]

I want to play the game and certainly have enough models to play spearhead if not a full 1000 point game but I really don’t wanna pay 50 bucks for a rule book that is subject to change. Anyone know how long the rule book will be viable and do I need to buy a specific book for the faction I play

[@charleswacker7166]

Skaven Murray and Skaven Jen: “SPREAD-SPREAD CONFUSION TO DAVE-THING!!” Kruelboy Jazza: “S’not bad, but needz moar purple if yez want to not be seen.” Time to find some Gryph-hounds to patrol the studio Dave

[@ethannass3651]

I guess you could thin regular retributor armour into an airbrush but I understand if it’s not the same.

[@TabletopTime]

The actual colour is different, which is really bad from GW perspective

[@ethannass3651]

@@TabletopTime you just said words that are insane and I will never trust labels again.

[@aveo2699]

Play 40k not AOS but want the box. Hard to say no to a launch box, as such great deal. But paid 200usd for Dominion, then jaw dropped when saw stacks of it at local stores for 95. Dominion is going for 130 on amazon right now. I guess a lot didn't like the "LOTR" orks. I personally like them. Gonna hold off and see if can get a deal. If I miss out, oh well. Skaven are pretty cool.

[@TabletopTime]

I think GW learnt a lot from dominion - My gut feeling is skaventide will be deliberately made like Leviathan, not a starter set, a launch box in limited numbers - with starter products hot on its heels

[@aveo2699]

@@TabletopTime Cool, guess that means if I try to wait for a price I will miss out. Guess they just made too much Dominion, it is a great box though. I got enough in my pile for now.

[@shiroraijin8697]

Just got mine in the mail only 2 more 12h shifts and I can sit down for a week question anyone also got those nice metal objective markers granted I ordered from gw just because my lgs could guarantee a box because he wasent told what amount he would get so maybe it was a free bee when you order from gw

[@bigceelos]

Had to look up mie goreng.... It looks delicious.

[@YoutubeFrostiez]

I have the Skaventide 4th edition box and I love it so far! I havent built anything yet

[@tigermaps5493]

Cool

[@DatBrasss]

The Vermindoom is upon us

[@Wolfineer_]

*clickbait* "You wouldn't believe this videos bodycount!" Those rats look amazing, I have no idea how jenn had time to still help after that, what a machine!

[@diyfireking]

How awesome 👍👍

[@Surge7-hs63k]

I hope the new models that come after this boxset for both the Stormcast and Skaven arn't just more boring hero's, and are monsters, dragons, battline units, and elite units like the newer giant-er rat ogre thing (can't remember the name), im already disappointed we got yet another hero revealed (the one with wings), like Gw just give us some dracontith battline units like Tempesters but have wings and no riders and come as a unit of 3!!!!! THAT WOULD BE AWESOME, MORE DRACONITH UNITS!!!

[@TabletopTime]

I'm so excited we got a winged hero. Amazing. Can now lead flights of angels.

[@LiliaArmoury]

i'm surprised dave didn't blast one of the rats with lightening sith style

[@jacksond420]

Finally!!!!! Nah jk let’s go it’s tabletoptime

[@Brotherofthe4thCompany]

Skaven reveal: “Rats” by Ghost plays Stormcast Eternals reveal: “Fury of the Storm” by Dragonforce plays

[@syd4890]

Ah yes it has has begun: the flood of "content creators" promoting "the best starter set ever until the next best starter set ever" from a company everybody keeps moaning about bad rules, predatory market tactics, bloat, and making model ranges irrelevant so that you rebuy the "updated" version. Great content 🎉

[@TabletopTime]

It is the best box. The rest of what you said is ALSO true.