With the Great Horned Rat taking his rightful place at the table of the Great Game, there is a real need for an underdog in the Mortal Realms right now. Who better to fill the void than the Gloomspite Gitz, snivelling cowards driven mad by the light of the Bad Moon?
Even their maniacal lunar deity has competition now, as the Glareface Frazzlegit races across the sky and stokes the Gitmob to war.
The grots of the Gitmobs revel in the light of the Bad Moon just like their grotto-dwelling kin, but unlike their damp, anaemic, sun-hating Gloomspite cousins, they view the searing entity called the Glareface Frazzlegit (the realm of Hysh to us) as a bully who chases around their much vaunted Bad Moon. Naturally, the Gitmob looks up to this malignant orb of fire – often quite literally – because what kind of grot doesn’t want to be a bully?
To that end, they craft all manner of gubbinz designed to steal its power, absorbing the Hyshian light so that they might use it in battle. They do so from the back of vicious Snarlfangs and ramshackle chariots, the likes of which make up the Gloomspite Gitz Gitmob Army Set.
Framed by his impressive saddle banner, Da Frazzlefangz, Droggz da Sunchompa is Grand Snarlboss, leader of the Sunchompaz, the largest Gitmob to descend from Hysh. Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, Droggz crafted this corona-like banner from sunmetal looted from Scinari battle mages, but surely no grot could have lived for so long?
In truth, a succession of the most fearsome Gitmob warriors have taken up the mantle of Sunchompa, each chosen by Jaggedsnarl, the wily Snarlfang Alpha who has lived for that long. The current incarnation of Droggz is a mean and keen-minded grot with unquenchable ambition who leads the gitmobs to war with an unwavering purpose: dragging all of civilisation into the muck.
Accompanying Droggz are a pack of Giant Snarlfangs, each ridden by a pair of grots. Snarlpack Cavalry act as shock troopers, gathering up a deadly momentum so that their skewas can effortlessly punch through thick plate armour and rugged beast skin. Their weapons are frequently crafted from the choicest bits of metal taken from post-battle loot piles, extremely effective at conducting Hyshian energies which they release in blinding sunbursts on the charge.
Crafted from lightweight wicker and wood, and adorned with light-absorbing metal hammered into depictions of the Glareface Frazzlegit, Sunsteala Wheelas are lightweight chariots sent crashing into enemy lines. These impacts are inevitably followed by the searing flash of magic, often setting the chariot alight, immolating riders and nearby enemies alike. Thankfully, they’re quick to make, and there’s no shortage of grots to send careening into enemies, making these deadly devices a common sight among the Gitmob hordes.
The army set also contains a copy of Battletome: Gloomspite Gitz, a 128-page book packed with background information, rules, art, and gorgeous photography of miniatures that captures the essence of the Moonclan and the Gitmobs alongside the Troggoth Hordes, skittering Spiderfang, and all their squiggly companions. This copy comes with a special cover featuring a depiction of the leering Glareface Frazzlegit, solar foil to the lunatic lunar god. It also comes with a set of 59 warscroll cards, featuring rules for all your clammy and conniving units.
Things don’t end there for the Gitmob though: they have a slew of new kits coming after the army set, including the return of one of the most iconic war machines in the whole history of Warhammer – the Doom Diver Catapult.
These bizarre weapons are perhaps the ultimate expression of the short-sighted philosophy of expendability that the grots ascribe to (so long as the grot that’s being expended isn’t them). They are named after the Doom Diver grots which the machine catapults high above the battlefield, allowing them to soar gracefully for a few serene moments… before hurriedly descending to a terminal appointment with the ground below.
Their special helmets also absorb light as this living ammunition arcs through the air, with this pent up energy exploding on impact, setting off the incendiaries strapped to the unfortunate grots.
Gitmob packs are commanded by Snarlbosses, uniquely violent grots who have managed to secure the trust of a slobbering Snarlfang Alpha through some rare act of unseemly courage. Those rare grots who managed to tame two Alphas will leash them to chariots, a potent symbol of their unassailable might. A Snarlboss on War-wheela brings lunar and solar power together in jars made of metal that absorbs Hyshian light, heating up the moonstone dust within to create a wildly unstable concoction that can be released to give their chariot an unfathomable burst of speed.
Sometimes War-wheela chariots are co-opted by Frazzlegit Shamans, the lunatic wizards who wield the luminous power of the Glarefrace Frazzlegit to power their fiery conjurations, blinding nearby enemies, or sending snaking plumes of scorching smoke across the battlefield to burn lungs and eyes alike.
You’ll also be able to get Battletome: Gloomspite Gitz in standard and gaming editions shortly after the release of the army set, so you can furnish your damp and detestable hordes with rules for the new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
These high-speed hooligans aren’t the only blessing the gods of Destruction have laid out for us. The much larger and meaner Orruk Warclans are also feeling the pull of war. Check them out, alongside all of today’s reveals, over at the preview hub.
