Age of Sigmar: Hobby Highlight – Cities of Sigmar Army Box
It’s time for the Cities of Sigmar Army Box to get the attention of the Hobby Highlight!
Today I am showing some of the new Cities of Sigmar models from the newest Army Box that I painted for Age of Sigmar. This box was our first chance to get some hands on some of the new, redesigned Freeguild humans, and it came with a nice selection of fairly standard models (nothing too esoteric here). While basic, everything in the box should be useful for anyone leaning into the human parts of the army. Just enough to wet our beak while we wait for the rest of the range to come out.
Cities of Sigmar Army Box Assemble!
All the kits that are part of the Army Set are easy to put together. The multipart kits offer a fair number of options, which results in a decent amount of extra pieces. Out of the whole set, I think the stars of the show are the Freeguild Cavaliers. Their different weapon options, ornate helmets, and bespoke armour give them every chance to stand out from the crowd.
Cities of Sigmar Army Box Paint Scheme
So my initial decision had to be what city my Crusaders were coming from. It was an easy, almost automatic choice. I wanted to use the Lioness of the Parch in my army, so it would hail from Hammerhal Aqsha– simple. All I really let this decide was my primary cloth color- red. I knew I wanted to keep things earthy and simply- dark leathers and dirty armour. Going to add some chipping where it is needed. For the bases, I decided the army will be a crusade force headed into frigid Andtor, and went for the slate n’ snow.
I painted up the force with a fairly uniform scheme. I wanted an ordered military style under the watchful eye of Tahlia Vehdra. The amour plates were painted with Leadbelcher, shaded with AP Soft Tone, sealed with Dullcoat, and then lightly re-drybrushed with Leadbelcher to bring the luster back out on the edges. The red cloth is built up with Khorne Red, Flesh Tearers red, and Mephiston red. I used a light colored wood scheme for the shields, which are especially prominent on the Steelhelms. For this I undercoated with Two Thin Coats Vampire Fang, washed with Skeleton Horde, and then rehighlighted the woodgrain pattern with the Vampire Fang. For the bronze accent metals I used Castellax Bronze, treated with Nihilakh Oxide, then sealed with Dullcoat, and then lightly re-drybrushed with Castellax Bronze to bring the luster back up.
With the base I first applied broken slate to a plain base with super glue. Once the glue dried, I slathered Vahallan Blizzard over and between the stone. Then I finished it off with a few grass tufts.
Closing Thoughts
Overall the Cities of Sigmar Army Box models are a great set that was a lot of fun to paint up. They have a lot of personality and room for customization that is especially nice when you are building humans. Finally having proper regulars to identify with in the Age of Sigmar setting is awesome.
