The anvils finally stopped ringing and the shackles came off. Helsmiths of Hashut are marching, and it feels gloriously nasty.
This Sunday Preview on Warhammer Community delivers a full army rollout plus juicy lore hooks. As a gamer, I love when theme and rules lock together. Consequently, this drop hits like a daemon-fueled freight train.
Battletome and Core Rules Payload
First up is Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut, a 90-page dive into the Zharrdron. It details how these duardin bind daemons into weapons, then strip realms for fuel. Importantly, you get battle traits, enhancements, warscrolls, two Regiments and Armies of Renown, a Spearhead, and Path to Glory rules. Moreover, a gamer’s edition bundles 32 reference cards for tableside ease, though it is limited while stocks last.
Urak Taar and the Priestly Hierarchy
Urak Taar arrives as the First Daemonsmith, riding the bronze-bodied Infernal Taurus Ghorrakos. He is ancient, ambitious, and terrifying, with options to build a generic Daemonsmith on Infernal Taurus instead.
Additionally, the standalone Daemonsmith kit can build an Ashen Elder, the sermon-bellowing temple heavy with Black Hammer in hand.
Meanwhile, War Despots bring brute authority and daemonflame glaives, pushing your battleline forward through raw intimidation.
Hooves, Cohorts, and Hell-machines
Bull Centaurs thunder in as living demigods, or you can build Anointed Sentinels as zealot temple guards. The kit sprinkles interchangeable horns or masks and includes a 450-mark transfer sheet.
Furthermore, the Infernal Cohort box lands as your backbone: ten duardin plus a gong-toting hobgrot, with champion, standard, musician, arm swaps, and another transfer sheet.
Then the engines arrive. Dominator Engines stomp with bane maces or immolation cannons, each with mix-and-match plates, horns, and poseable arms.
Artillery fans get the Deathshrieker Rocket Battery or Tormentor Bombard, both crewed and both daemon-juiced to ruin charges and clusters.
Finally, Infernal Razers deliver ranged pain via Grizmalok Blunderbusses or Karagthrun Flamehurlers, while Hobgrot Vandalz skulk forward to screen, bait, and die hilariously.
Round it out with faction dice in marbled purple. Products are delayed in Australia and New Zealand.
Books, Shows, and What’s Next
Black Library stacks the shelves. Krakenblood follows a Fenrisian quest in luxe and standard formats. Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen digs into Chaos intrigue in the reforged Blackpyre.
The Dark Coil: Ascension binds Fehervari’s grim threads into one anthology. Anvils of the Heldenhammer: The Ancients pushes a rogue Stormcast mission, while On the Shoulders of Giants and Other Stories spotlights Cities of Sigmar grit.
French readers get The Rose in Darkness, and German readers get Minka Lesk: The Last Whiteshield. Meanwhile, Warhammer TV brings How We Roll on the new Mission Deck and an Ultimate Paint-off focused on freehand banners. Next week promises a festive reveal and a deeper look at incoming Helsmith kits.
Summary
In short, Helsmiths of Hashut are a complete package: deep lore, a ruthless roster, and flexible build options that scream synergy. Consequently, list crafters can mix hard anvils, brutal charges, and daemon-engine control to bully objectives and delete threats. If you want a faction that weaponizes spite, this is your new obsession. See you in the ash clouds, and may your immolation cannons always find a clump.
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