Warhammer is loading the pre-orders with blue swagger and seasonal mischief.
The headline is simple yet loud. Ultramarines get heroes, a stacked Terminator battleforce, and tasty upgrades. Meanwhile, xenos and heretics sharpen blades and repack kits. Consequently, Black Library fuels the hype with grim novels and classic flyers.
Terminators, Calgar, and the Blue Wall Marches
The Crux Terminatus battleforce is a love letter to ceramite. It is also the first place to grab the brand new Assault Terminators. Consequently, you can build two sets of five with hammers and shields or twin claws. Therefore, the box nets ten Assault Terminators ready to wreck. Additionally, you get a new Ancient in Terminator Armour, a multi-part Captain, a Chaplain, and five Terminators.
There is more for the detail fiends. The box includes a Terminator transfer sheet packing 579 transfers. However, it is available only while stocks last. Marneus Calgar returns in the Armour of Antilochus with the Gauntlets of Ultramar. Therefore, he moves with enough agility to join most infantry squads. Cato Sicarius leads the Victrix Guard and flexes his tempest blade styles.
The Victrix Honour Guard arrive as modular bodyguards for your heroes. Consequently, each kit builds three veterans with interchangeable heads, arms, and greaves. You can make a Chapter Champion with blades of honour and a Chapter Ancient with the Banner of Macragge. Moreover, two boxes let you field six Guard or mix four plus those character options. The Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers set then dials the identity to eleven.
That upgrade pack is dense with options across armor marks. You get eight bare heads and four helmeted heads for variety. Additionally, there are shoulder pads for Phobos, Tacticus, Bladeguard, Gravis, Aggressors, and Terminators. Terminator bits include six pads, two heads, a chest plate, a storm bolter barrel, a tilting plate, and a power sword arm. Vehicles get numerous Ultima symbols, including winged and laurel variants. Finally, a fresh Ultramarines transfer sheet adds 255 decals for infantry and vehicles.
Combat Patrol: Ultramarines lands as a balanced starter or expansion. Therefore, you get Tigurius, three Aggressors, three Bladeguard, five Reivers, and five Intercessors.
Moreover, the full Upgrades and Transfers set is inside for instant glow ups. The Ultramarines Dice Set finishes the look with sixteen pearlised blue dice. Consequently, gold pips and the sigil on six keep the theme tight. Note that the Crux Terminatus product is delayed in Australia and New Zealand.
Xenos Style and Heretic Muscle
Drukhari raiders receive a new multi-part Archon dripping with choices. Consequently, you can pick blast pistol, splinter pistol, or soul trap on the right arm. Meanwhile, the left arm can carry an agoniser, huskblade, or master-crafted power weapon. Additionally, two torsos, two collars, and three heads let you sculpt your Kabal terror.
Chaos returns with three kits shifting from Kill Team to 40k packaging. The Legionaries box builds ten Heretic Astartes with eighteen heads and twenty two shoulder pads. Consequently, you can kit them for ranged menace or melee brutality with special and heavy weapons. The Traitor Guardsmen kit builds ten scrappy renegades with a flexible Sergeant. Moreover, up to three can take a grenade launcher, sniper rifle, plasma gun, meltagun, or flamer. The Traitor Enforcer arrives with an Ogryn bodyguard to keep the line vicious.
Da Red Gobbo refuses to miss a holiday. He returns riding a clanking Tinboy that screams Vostroyan vibes. Therefore, expect explosive gifts and zero safety checks. However, this miniature is limited to while stocks last. Consequently, act fast if you want festive mayhem on your shelf.
Page-Turners and Dogfights from Black Library
The Relentless Dead by Steve Lyons drags the Death Korps back into the dark. Colonel Graven hunts a missing inquisitor through bone caverns and Chaos plagues. Consequently, his kill team meets nightmares and Graven wrestles personal ghosts. The special edition adds the short story The Forge and features a monochrome canvas cover, printed edges, and a barbed wire ribbon. Additionally, it joins regular hardback, eBook, and audiobook formats while stocks last.
Greenskins get literary mischief with Da Red Gobbo’s Last Stand by Andi Ewington. Bodgit faces a haunted space hulk and the infamous Kaptin Bludhook. Therefore, he must channel the spirit of Da Red Gobbo or die trying. The Da Red Gobbo Collection bundles three novellas and two short stories. You get Da Gobbo’s Revenge, Da Gobbo’s Demise, Da Wrong Type of Green, Da Gobbo Rides Again, and The Instigator. Moreover, it arrives in multiple languages across paperback and eBook editions.
Astra Militarum courage takes center stage in Death and Duty. The anthology collects twelve stories about Guardsmen on the line. Consequently, three new tales join the roster. The Redoubt by John Sollitto, Resounding by Russell Zimmerman, and Worm of Valhalla by Tom R Pike. Formats include paperback, eBook, and audiobook.
Fans of high-altitude heroics can rejoice. Double Eagle and Interceptor City by Dan Abnett return in paperback. Consequently, the Phantine XX fight Chaos and duel ace Khrel Kas Obarkon on Enothis. Two decades later, veteran Bree Jagdea is hauled back to duty in Vesperus. Circus 66 then flies lethal runs through hive tunnels in the tense sequel. No Peace Among Stars brings sixteen new stories of Marines, Guard, and Mechanicum. Therefore, the anthology lands in paperback and eBook to round out the fiction wave.
Finally, Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives arrives in German. The arena queen returns to Commorragh with pretenders everywhere. Consequently, even Vect moves pieces in a murderous game. Hardback and eBook land for German readers who crave the Dark City.
Streams, Paint, and What’s Next
Warhammer+ heads to the Nachmund Gauntlet for a classic showdown. Battle Report pits Space Marines against Chaos Space Marines featuring the Iron Knights. Additionally, Citadel Colour Masterclass goes retro with a Blood Angels guide. Therefore, you can paint like it is the golden era and smile.
Warhammer Community will showcase more on the Ultramarines characters. Moreover, expect our first look at Blood Bowl rules for Tomb Kings and Bretonnians. There will also be more notes on wider rules changes and staff paint showcases. Consequently, the news cycle stays busy and hobby queues grow.
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