Each Shire has a ‘Muster Captain’ who inspects and controlls the trained bands in their territory. Captains are a key part of the halfling command structure. While the goal of halfling leaders is to defend and protect, avoiding conflict where possible, it is the duty of these same leaders to bring the full force of halfling savagery to the enemy if pushed too far.

Alluring and deadly, Mau’Ti-Bu-Su seeks a powerful artifact for her infernal masters. She has easily infiltrated the world of mortals, bending them to her will with ease and killing them when they are no longer of use to her. This miniature can be fielded as either Mau’Ti-Bu-Su in the Kings of War Summer Campaign, or as a winged Abyssal Temptress. Supplied unassembled and unpainted, Requires superglue. Requires either the Edge of the Abyss Summer Campaign book or Kings of War Rulebook to play. The set contains

• 1 Resin Miniature
• 20mm Square Base

Brand new campaign book introducing brand new spells for narrative play.

Following their membership of the League, some gunpowder artillery is also used by both the Shire army and also the brigades in Ej, as the – mostly due to exchanges in military hardware. Volley-guns deliver multi-barreled, devastating close-range fire-power, while the howitzer is a long range cannon capable of firing high explosive projectiles.

Originally conceived by the dwarfs as their Steel Behemoth, the concept of an Iron Beast was later brought to the Shires by the halfling Percival Arbuckle and the design later evolved by Paddy Bobart . While the designs of individual machines vary, they are all essentially an enormous four-legged, steam — powered behemoth controlled from a small cabin on the back and armed with guns, piercing tusks and unstoppable momentum. An implacable foe, they are eminently capable of smashing through an enemy army, spreading death and shear panic.

Stormcallers are the spiritual leaders of the Riftforged Orcs. They are not mere priests or double-speaking shamans, but living embodiments of their patron’s power, whose toil at sacred elemental forges, or unto the anvil of battle, is a homage to the power of Garkan himself.

• 1x Resin Riftforged Orc Stormcaller
• 1x 25mm Square Base

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue. We recommend washing resin models in warm, soapy water before painting.

Stormcallers act as messengers and emissaries, often delivering the orders of the High Marshalls or even one of the Wicked Ones directly from the Abyss to the field of battle. Although none amongst the Riftforged would openly question the Stormcallers’ authority, the legionaries are always uneasy around the enigmatic individuals, whose nature seems disturbingly similar to the Wicked Ones themselves.

• 1x Resin Riftforged Orc Stormcaller on Manticore
• 1x MDF Cavalry Base

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue. We recommend washing resin models in warm, soapy water before painting.

Stormslayers are massive creatures created from the same stock as trolls, but exposure to the Nexus of Power drove them to a rage-fuelled frenzy. Each has a pair of great falchions, with which they could control the lightning that might otherwise consume them. In battle, the Stormslayers are driven by pain-fuelled rage, and with each sweep of their falchions the foe are smote with the very force of the storm.

• 1x Resin Stormslayer
• 1x MDF 50mm Square Base

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue. We recommend washing resin models in warm, soapy water before painting.

This bumper edition of Mantic’s annual Kings of War update introduces two brand new army lists, a campaign with new scenarios, and a raft of new background information, new maps and artwork. Learn all about the halflings and the new army created by the Wicked Ones, harnessing the power of Halpi’s Rift.

The annual game updates bring a slew of changes to all existing armies, plus new magic, heroes and artefacts to deliver a big and exciting update to the game for the coming year.

• 112 pages packed with new rules, amended army lists and new lore!
• Halfing background and army list
• Riftforged Orcs background and army list
• New campaign: A Storm in the Shires
• Clash of Kings 2022 updates, including changes to Special Rules, New Special Rules, Formations, new spells, new/revised Magical Artefacts, 38 pages of army updates for every single faction!

• 3x Resin Halfling Aeronauts
• 3x MDF 50mm Square Base

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue. We recommend washing resin models in warm, soapy water before painting.

• 1x Resin halfling general on winged aralez
• 1x MDF 50mm Square Base

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue. We recommend washing resin models in warm, soapy water before painting.

• 1x Resin Halfling Harvester
• 1x MDF Chariot Base

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue. We recommend washing resin models in warm, soapy water before painting.

• 1x PVC plastic Sauceror
• 1x PVC plastic Greedyguts
• 1x PVC plastic Feastmaster

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue.

• 10x Plastic Halfling Poachers (hard plastic with resin upgrade parts)
• 5x Halfling Wild Riders (hard plastic with resin upgrade parts)
• 10x Plastic 20mm Bases
• 5x MDF Cavalry Bases

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Requires super glue. We recommend washing resin models in warm, soapy water before painting.

Some units of halflings have made soldiering a full-time profession. These Stalwarts are better equipped than the Trained Bands, with metal armour (a mix of thick leather and plate mail), helmets and strong shields. Heavier battle cavalry, mounted on armoured aralez are armed with lances. They are designated as knights by outsiders simply because their weapons, equipment, and battlefield role is similar to the knights of other armies. However, as the halflings have no noble class, the name ‘knights’ is misleading in the true sense. The halflings themselves know them as Juggers.

The Trained Bands are the most common troops in the Shire Army. Many so-called Braves that are drafted to the Bands are not full-time soldiers, although they are better trained than some militias found elsewhere. They typically have padded leather armour and wooden shields or bucklers, and carry a variety of weapons.

Some Trained Bands are organised and equipped as light cavalry riding highly trained miniature aralez. Their primary mission is scouting and skirmishing, but on the battlefield they will harass the enemy with ranged fire and protect the army’s flanks, charging into melee if absolutely necessary.

Perhaps the most daring troops in a halfling army are the Ej Grenadiers. Using their mechanical-wings, these hot-blooded individuals swoop over the battlefield like huge birds of prey, raining down destruction with their firebombs before dropping into the midst of the chaos they have created to wreak more destruction.

The Halflings have split from the League of Rhordia . While relations have been rebuilt, the Shirefolk are now responsible for their own defence and have organised their army under the expert eye of Aeron Cadwallader, their greatest modern hero. Combining their engineering talents with their skills in archery and poaching, the trained bands of professional soldiers and their support units pose an unexpected and formidable barrier to any who threaten the peace of the Shires.

Contents:

• 40 Halfling Infantry
• 20 Halfling Cavalry
• 1 Harvester
• 1 Sauceror on Aralez