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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Seraphon and Horus Heresy highlight the week

It’s a big week for Seraphon players and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar as next weekend’s Games Workshop pre-order is filled with a new battletome and new miniatures.

The Battletome: Seraphon is now available after its initial release in the Seraphon Army Set. The book has everything you need to play including new and updated rules, warscrolls, pitched battle profiles for every unit and sub-faction, and fresh Path to Glory rules. You can also get a limited edition copy that features gilt page edges, gold foil blocking, a red ribbon page marker, and a soft-touch cover. It’s limited to just 400 numbered copies.

Battletome: Seraphon

The Seraphon operate under the Slann Starmaster. Created by the Old Ones, the ensure the cosmic equation known as the Astromatrix is not unbalanced and that the Great Plan comes to pass. They bring cosmic energy and spellcasting to the Seraphon host.

Slann Starmaster

Skink Starseers are the most powerful Skink wizards, second only to their Slann superiors. They predict the future and bestow blessings upon their allies.

Skink Starseer

The Saurus Scar-Veteran on Aggradon head into combat on the back of alpha predators. They attack with a ferocious roar.

 Saurus Scar-Veteran on Aggradon

The Saurus Astrolith Bearer act as conduits for heavenly energies to help empower the Serapon armies.

Saurus Astrolith Bearer

Aggradon Lancers are vicious and become frenzied when they taste blood helping to carve through enemy lines.

Aggradon Lancers

Kroxigors bring brute strength and this kit also helps build Kroxigor Warspawned, a more savage variant.

Kroxigors

Raptadon Hunters are Raptadons ridden into battle by Skinks. You can also make Raptadon Chargers.

  • Raptadon Hunters
  • Raptadon Hunters

Saurus Warriors are the mainstay of Seraphon armies.

Saurus Warriors

Spawn of Chotec are living artillery belching flaming gobs of corrosive saliva at the enemy.

Spawn of Chotec

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy comes to Librarian Consul. They tap into the warp to wield psychic powers against their enemies. The resin miniature is equipped with a force axe and comes with a choice of helmed and unhelmed head.

 Librarian Consul

The Imperial Fists used the Decurion Saggitar as tank commanders in their vehicle combat. They help tank crews split fire to destroy multiple critical targets in a single engagement. The resin upgrade kit is designed to be fitted on a plastic Deimos Pattern Predator, Sicaran, or Kratos.

Decurion Saggitar

With Siege of Cthonia here, get Imperial Fists and Sons of Horus Shoulder Pads and Torsos to upgrade your figures. These will be available to order on Friday, and will go off sale at 8am UK time on Monday the 5th of June. There are six sets available, all cast in resin: Imperial Fists MKIV Shoulder Pads and MKVI Shoulder Pads, and Sons of Horus MKIII Shoulder Pads, MKIV Shoulder Pads, Cataphractii Shoulder Pads, and MKIV Torsos.

  • Imperial Fists and Sons of Horus Shoulder Pads and Torsos
  • Imperial Fists and Sons of Horus Shoulder Pads and Torsos

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Kill Team: Ashes of Faith, Horus Heresy, Made to Order Space Marines and more!

While we wait for the release of Warhammer 40K 10th edition in June, Games Workshop has some releases to get you ready with Kill Team, some made to order Space Marines, and releases for Horus Heresy and Necromunda. Check out everything coming to pre-order next week.

Kill Team: Ashes of Faith bridges the gap between the previous season of releases and the next. It falls to the clandestine warriors of the Inquisition to lead the charge against these forces of sedition. Kill Team: Ashes of faith provides a lengthy narrative campaign focused on a group of these operatives and their attempt to purge a whole planet of a malignant Chaos Cult. There are 40 miniatures, 23 for the Chaos Cult, and 17 assorted Inquisitorial Agents. Seven of these are brand-new dual-build miniatures that allow you to build a rag-tag band of hyper-talented weirdos. The set also contains the Ashes of Faith Campaign Rulebook with all the rules for playing out this planet-spanning narrative, and dozens of accessories.

  • Kill Team: Ashes of Faith
  • Kill Team: Ashes of Faith

Campaigns of The Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia is out for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. The 240-page supplement features a hefty lore section, campaign rules for playing out the key battles of the siege, new rules for claustrophobic Zone Mortalis battles, as well as new options for units and wargear including Inductii, tank commanders, and the Infernus Abomination.

Campaigns of The Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia

The Vindicator Siege Tank will allow you to bombard enemy fortifications and enemy squads with its hull-mounted demolisher cannon. You’ll be able to get this plastic kit to add to your forces.

Vindicator Siege Tank

Get ready for Warhammer 40K 10th edition with these made to order figures. They will be available to order for nine days, between the 20th of May and the 29th of May at 8am UK-time – and they may take up to 180 days to arrive.

In plastic, there’s the Primaris Company Champion and the Blood Angels Captain in Terminator Armour. In resin are Brother Corbulo, Chapter Master Pedro Kantor, Chapter Master Gariel Seth, Flesh Tearers Shoulder Pads, Darnath Lysander, Dark Angels Company Master, Captain Sicarius, Sergeant Chronus, and Sergeant Telion. In resin, with plastic parts are Captain Tycho, Chaplain Cassius, and the Tyrannic War Veterans. And finally, in metal and plastic is the White Scars Khan on Bike.

From Forge World is Lord-castellan Evander Garrius – The Tyrant of Cthonia. Evander Garrius is one of the most decorated Imperial Fists, though his brutish methods and casual disregard for the wellbeing of his brothers have marked him out as something of a pariah.

Lord-castellan Evander Garrius – The Tyrant of Cthonia

Vheren Ashurhaddon – Master of the True Sons quickly rose through the ranks of the Luna Wolves. His zeal drew to him a cadre of highly skilled Chtonian Legionaries – known as the True Sons.

Vheren Ashurhaddon – Master of the True Sons

The Infernus Abomination is an assassin for the traitor legions and will be released in resin.

Infernus Abomination

The last batch of Contemptor Dreadnought Torso Upgrades are on the way and include the Salamanders, the Ultramarines, the Word Bearers, the Alpha Legion, the Raven Guard, and the Thousand Sons.

Contemptor Dreadnought Torso Upgrades

If closed combat is your thing, you’ll want the Despoiler Squad Upgrade Set.

Despoiler Squad Upgrade Set

For Necromunda comes the Outland Beastmaster with Millisaurs. The set features three resin models to add to your gang.

Outland Beastmaster with Millisaurs

The Black Library Warhammer 40,000 eShorts Week Subscription will be available starting on Monday the 22nd of May and runs until the 26th of May. This collection also includes three Black Library authors making their debut. The full lineup is Altar of Maws by Peter Fehervari, A Forbidden Meal by Carrie Harris, The Dust That Remains by J H Archer, The Whispering Blade by Matthew Harffy, and Stealing Orpheon by Richard Ford.

Black Library Warhammer 40,000 eShorts Week Subscription

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Warcry: Nightmare Quest and Tanks for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy

Next week features a rather focused pre-order week for Games Workshop with Warcry and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy being the two main releases.

Warcry: Nightmare Quest is the latest box set for Warcry and the big release for the week. The battle for the Ravening Ruin continues as a band of heroic huntsmen venture into the Gnarlwood on a quest to save the Mortal Realms… or so they think. Alongside these two complete warbands, Nightmare Quest contains a full complement of Gnarlwood scenery – including a massive, half-ruined Realmshaper Engine and a selection of twisted gnarloaks. Combined with the 64-page warband tome, double-sided game board, and reference cards.

  • Warcry: Nightmare Quest
  • Warcry: Nightmare Quest
  • Warcry: Nightmare Quest

The vampire ascetics of the Askurgan Trueblades are precision and discipline incarnate, suppressing their hunger to attain enlightenment in the ways of combat. This standalone warband of features eight miniatures and are now available on their own. The set features fighter cards and ability card making it easy to get them to the table right away.

Askurgan Trueblades

The Claws of Karanak love blood like all devotees of Khorne. They revel in the carnage of open battle and aim to turn the jungles of Ghur into their own personal charnel house. It features a Houd of Wrath and seven other warriors all too happy to collect skulls for the skull throne.

Claws of Karanak

It’s a tank-heavy week for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy featuring lots of new tanks now in plastic and some featuring resin. Leading the charge is the Mastodon which can feature a platoon of Space Marines within. The Mastodon will also soon be getting an updated datasheet to allow all of the options available on the new sponson sprue, such as volkite culverins and heavy bolters.

Mastodon

If you need more firepower, there’s the Fellblade, Falchion, and Glaive.

If you want to rain death from a distance, there are the Arquitor Bombards. The dedicated artillery tanks can mount either a spicula rocket system, a graviton-charge cannon, or a morbus heavy bombard. Despite their role as artillery, they still pack a pair of sponsons for more diverse work. Each kit includes resin autocannons, plus the full spread of plastic lascannons, heavy flamers, heavy bolters, and volkite culverins.

Arquitor Bombards

The Javelin Land Speeder also gets new weapon options and an updated datasheet to give more versatile load-outs to speed-hungry commanders.

Javelin Land Speeder

The Damocles Command Rhino Upgrade Kit lets you upgrade a regular plastic Deimos-pattern Rhino into a mobile command base with powerful sensor suites.

Damocles Command Rhino Upgrade Kit

From Black Libary comes Blightslayer by Richard Strachan which continues Gotrek’s adventures. The duardin Slayer saves a blasphemous warrior-priest from the gallows and earns a life-debt he neither wants nor needs. Nevertheless, Amara Fidellus is determined to return the favor, and the pair soon find themselves caught up in a sorcerous plot that – should it succeed – would plunge the Mortal Realms into the hellscape of Nurgle’s Garden. Blightslayer will be available in hardback, eBook, and MP3 audiobook editions.

Blightslayer

Prince Maesa by Guy Haley is a tale of an exiled aelven prince scorned for the crime of loving a human returns to Black Library in paperback. Prince Maesa follows the eponymous nomad’s quest to return his paramour from the grip of death, a journey that will take him to the hostile lands of Shyish and earn the ire of Nagash himself, who jealously guards every last soul that crosses into his realm.

Prince Maesa

White Dwarf 488 features the final part of the Herald of Misery saga. The magazine features the final battle in the White Dwarf Arks of Omen campaign, as the Tome Keepers and Blood Angels make a final desperate push to reach the center of the accursed space hulk. Warsmith Czagra awaits, and those unlucky enough to be caught on board his Ark must contend with the new Unstable Structure tiles included in this issue. It also features brand-new lore surrounding the return of Lion El’Jonson. The serial Grombrindal adventure continues with another short story about the white-bearded ancestor.

White Dwarf 488

Warhammer Fest 2023: Plastic Cerastus Knight Lancer!

A classic Knight is getting a new plastic release, the Cerastus Knight Lancer! Revealed at Warhammer Fest 2023, the once-resin Forge World kit is getting an all-new plastic miniature after nearly 10 years!

The Cerastus-class Knights are warlike steeds built for speed and aggression. They’re armed with close-range weaponry suited for routing the flanks of enemy armies.

It can turn incoming attacks aside with its ion gauntlet shield generator allowing it to wait for the perfect moment to strike.

Also currently playable in Warhammer 40K, will we see more of these on the tabletop for that game as well?

Warhammer Fest 2023: Horus Heresy 2023 and 2024 Roadmap revealed

At Warhammer Fest 2023, Games Workshop revealed the roadmap for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. The game has generally had a steady amount of releases though a few bumps so far since its launch. The Roadmap is broken out into plastic and resin releases through Spring 2024.

While it lacks some specifics, standouts from this are a plastic Knight Lancer, a Primarch, and… a mystery army in plastic!?

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy roadmap

Warhammer Fest 2023: Horus Heresy Siege of Cthonia characters revealed!

In March, Games Workshop revealed Siege of Cthonia, the first campaign book for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. The book covers the battle on the Warmaster’s homeworld. The story focuses on the Imperial Fists and Sons of Horus and now, we get the reveal of the headline characters from the Loyalist and Traitor commands.

Vheren Ashurhaddon is the overall commander of the Sons of Horus invasion fleet. He’s been tasked by Horus to recapture their homeworld and assembled a force to do so. Vheren Ashurhaddon is a vicious fighter and fashioned his True Sons into men of honor and discipline.

Vheren Ashurhaddon wears the Panoply of the Void, armor crafted from rare materials, and carries the Axe of Serpentis.

Lord-castellan Evander Garrius is a veteran of the Unification Wars. He’s a brutal warrior which has kept him far from his Primarch’s favor. His rare aggression for an Imperial Fist combined with his Legion’s fortification skills makes him a difficult foe to deal with.

Lord-castellan Evander Garrius wears Cataphractii armor and wields a gauntlet torn from the hand of a Terran dictator, the Tyrant of Cthonia.

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: The Lion Returns! Dante! Azrael! Vashtorr! Blood Bowl! Horus Heresy! And more!

Games Workshop has revealed its previews for next week and it’s a big one for Warhammer 40K. The Lion returns with two Space Marine Chapter Masters, more made to order, Arks of Omen, Vashtorr and so much more. There are also new releases for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl! See what’s coming soon to shops!

The return of Lion El’Jonson is one of the big stories of the year so far and you’ll be able to get The Lion & Retinue. The Lion has risen from his 10,000-year slumber, and he’s wasting no time putting traitors to the sword. You get Lion El’Jonson and three elite Bladeguard Veterans, as well as a packed Dark Angels transfer sheet, and two beautiful prints depicting key art from Arks of Omen: The Lion.

The Lion & Retinue

Arks of Omen: The Lion is the final chapter of the event storyline. Vashtorr the Arkifane assembles his Key-fragments and begins a ritual of cataclysmic proportions. The Dark Angels are hot on his heels, hungry for vengeance for the assault on the Rock, but even they can’t predict what they’ll find when information extracted from a traitor leads to the far reaches of the galaxy. The book contains expanded rules for Boarding Actions. On top of extra faction rules for the Leagues of Votann, Thousand Sons, Imperial Agents, and Adeptus Custodes, there’s a suite of diverse Dread Encounter missions to add scenarios that tear the battlefield itself apart and suck walls and doorways into the warp, while 12 Breaching Operation missions let you smash straight through solid walls and leave diabolical traps for your foes.

Arks of Omen: The Lion

You’ll be able to get Supreme Grand Master Azrael fresh from his battle with Vashtorr. The figure will now be available on his own to stand next to The Lion.

Supreme Grand Master Azrael

Commander Dante gets an upgrade and ready to join in the battles that rage.

Commander Dante

Vashtorr the Arkifane is now available on its own and ready to join your Chaos forces.

Vashtorr the Arkifane

Show off your loyalty with the Arks of Omen: Sanguinary Guard Dice Set. It features 15 metallic gold dice featuring royal red pips and the icon of their Chapter on the 6 face.

Arks of Omen: Sanguinary Guard Dice Set

Expand or start your Votann army with the Boarding Patrol: Leagues of Votann. It features an Einhyr Champion who leads 5 Einhyr Hearthguard, 5 Cthonian Beserks, and 10 Hearthkyn Warriors.

Boarding Patrol: Leagues of Votann

You can also get the Boarding Patrol: Agents of the Imperium. It consists entirely of Agents of the Imperium units usually restricted to a supporting role. 10 Elucidean Starstriders, 20 Imperial Navy Breachers, and there’s an Eversor Assassin.

Boarding Patrol: Agents of the Imperium

Made to Order: Drukhari will help you flesh out your force. These resin kits will be available to order for nine days, between April 15th and 8am UK-time on April 24th – and they can take up to 180 days to arrive.

Beastmasters, Clawed Fiends, Grotesques, Mandrakes, Razorwing Flocks, Khymerae, Lhameans, Medusae, Sslyth, Ur-Ghuls, and even the Master Haemonculus Urien Rakarth himself will all be available to order.

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy comes the Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer. It’s an armored beast, mounting a triple-barrelled neutron laser battery onto a rugged Spartan hull to create a devastatingly focused anti-tank weapon.

Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer

The Sicaran Venator Tank Hunter is a more discrete anti-tank option. It trades mass for speed and can wind its way around enemy flanks before lancing neutron beam laser blasts right through the sides of opposing tanks.

Sicaran Venator Tank Hunter

For Blood Bowl comes Cindy Piewhistle & Puggy Baconbreath. Cindy weaponizes her delicious wares while Puggy is an elite athlete with skill and discipline. The two-pack will be out from Forge World and can be used in Halfling Thimble Cup or Old World Classic teams.

Cindy Piewhistle & Puggy Baconbreath

From Black Library comes The Lion: Son of the Forest. Witness the dramatic return of Lion El’Jonson to the galaxy in The Lion: Son of the Forest by Mike Brooks. The Primarch of the Dark Angels has spent 10 millennia sequestered within the Rock, and the time is nigh for him to rise. You can get it in paperback, eBook, and audiobook, as well get a limited edition version. The Limited Edtion copy features a dark green cloth cover with red, cream, and gold details, and a crimson ribbon page marker. Only 2,000 individually numbered copies will be available, and they’re all signed by the author.

  • The Lion: Son of the Forest
  • The Lion: Son of the Forest

Legends of the Dark Angels by Gav Thorpe and C Z Dunn is a compilation of four full-length novels, one novella, and three short stories. These tales follow heroes like Supreme Grand Master Azrael, Chief Librarian Ezekiel, and more.

Legends of the Dark Angels

Angels of Darkness by Gav Thorpe gets a German Edition. Interrogator-Chaplain Boreas stands vigil over the critical recruiting world of Piscina V, ensuring the next generation of Dark Angels are protected from the horrors of the galaxy. When the existence of the Fallen comes to light, tragedy will strike.

Angels of Darkness

Warboss by Mike Brooks gets a German Edition as well. Six clans vie for leadership over a suddenly leaderless warband. Prophecy foretells of a mysterious gate beneath a human city that only the one true warboss can open, and plenty of aspiring leaders know for sure that they’re the only ork suitable for the job.

Warboss

White Dwarf 487 continues the story of the space hulk Herald of Misery, adding new rules for deadly laser grids to Boarding Actions games and two short stories concerning the forces fighting within. Meanwhile, a Tale of Four Warlords takes on its second challenge of the year, while Part Five of The Great Stomp introduces campaign rules for Warhammer Age of Sigmar games set in the Living Peaks.

White Dwarf 487

Games Workshop Pre-Order Previews: Ossiarch Bonereapers and Soulblight Gravelords arrive for Age of Sigmar and more

It’s death all around in next week’s pre-orders from Games Workshop. It’s a Warhammer: Age of Sigmar focused week with two armies getting new battletomes and miniatures releases to go with them.

Battletome: Ossiarch Bonereapers has updated rules, warscrolls, pitched battle profiles, and new Path to Glory rules for you to muster your forces. You can show your loyalty to Nagash with the limited edition version which features gilt page edges, gold foil blocking, a red ribbon page marker, and a soft-touch cover. It is limited to just 500 numbered copies.

Battletome: Ossiarch Bonereapers

The Mortisan Ossifector tend to the skeletal engines of the Ossiarchs. They help buff these behemoths.

Mortisan Ossifector

Start or expand your force with the Vanguard: Ossiarch Bonereapers. It contains a Mortisan Soulreaper, 5 Kavalos Deathriders, 20 Mortek Guard, and a Gothizzar Harvester.

Vanguard: Ossiarch Bonereapers

Keep track of things with the Warscroll Cards: Ossiarch Bonereapers. This pack contains 24 reference cards, which come with two token boards for all of your rules and special effects.

 Warscroll Cards: Ossiarch Bonereapers

Battletome: Soulblight Gravelords is also being released. It features new warscrolls and pitched battle profiles for the heroes and shambling fodder of five full undead dynasties, along with thematic new Path to Glory rules. The limited edition battletome is just 500 copies and features luxurious gilt page edges, gold foil blocking, a red ribbon page marker, and a soft-touch cover.

Battletome: Soulblight Gravelords i

Ivya Volga, The Outcast is a solitary member of this brood, who ranges across the Mortal Realms to hunt the mightiest monsters she can find with begrudging approval from her elders.

Ivya Volga, The Outcast

The Wight King on Skeletal Steed was once found in the Start Collecting box for Soulblight Gravelords – they now ride out on their own for the first time.

Wight King on Skeletal Steed

Grow or start your force with the Vanguard: Soulblight Gravelords. It’s led by a vainglorious Vampire Lord, 20 Deathrattle Skeletons, 5 Blood Knights, and 3 monstrous Vargheists.

Vanguard: Soulblight Gravelords

The Warscroll Cards: Soulblight Gravelords features 46 reference cards that keep the vital statistics of your Deadwalker Zombies and Grave Guard within reach, and contain two token boards to remind you of crucial abilities.

Warscroll Cards: Soulblight Gravelords

The Soulblight Gravelords Dice Set is a set of 20 dice, cast in black with red pips and the faction icon on the 6 face.

Soulblight Gravelords Dice Set

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, you can get Contemptor Dreadnought Torso Upgrades. These resin torsos-and-head packs are designed to work with the plastic Contemptor Dreadnought, featuring the heraldry of the Blood Angels, Death Guard, Iron Hands, Night Lords, Space Wolves, and the World Eaters.

Contemptor Dreadnought Torso Upgrades

It’s another made-to-order weekend for the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game. It’s available from Saturday the 8th of April until 6pm UK-time on Sunday the 16th of April. All of these models are cast in metal, and remember that orders can take up to 180 days to fulfill.

Here’s what’s on offer:

  • Cave Troll with Chain and Hammer
  • Cave Troll with Chain and Spear
  • Elladan and Elrohir
  • The Grey Company – 3x Rangers of the North
  • Halbarad
  • Kings of Men x4
  • Mordor Orc Bowmen x4
  • Mordor Orc Captains x2
  • Mordor Orc Warriors x14
  • The Witch-king of Angmar on Fell Beast

From Black Library comes The Last Volari by Gary Kloster. Nyssa Volari is in an impossible predicament – despite being an immortal vampire, her own cursed blood is killing her. She’s the last of her bloodline, and an army of Sigmar’s zealots is out to hasten her demise. It’ll be available in hardback, eBook, and mp3.

The Last Volari

The Hollow King by John French is coming to paperback for the first time. Follow the adventures of Cado Ezechiar, a Soulblight vampire who has accepted his curse and now seeks vengeance against the servants of Chaos who wiped out his family and kingdom.

The Hollow King

Adepticon 2023: Cthonia, the first Horus Heresy Campaign Book

Revealed at Adepticon 2023, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – The Siege of Cthonia is the first campaign book for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.

The book contains over 100 pages of narrative content focused on Horus’ home planet.

The planet of Cthonia is consumed by a rolling war and under siege by the Imperial Fists. Vheren Ashurhaddon, Master of the True Sons of Cthonia, vows to retake his home before Horus claims Terra, with the aid of the Word Bearers and the Alpha Legion.

Standing between the First Reaver and victory is a garrison of Imperial Fists led by Lord-castellan Evander Garrius. The Butcher of Larissan is reinforced by warbands of the Shattered Legions and even a cadre of Loyalist Thousand Sons.

There are rules for customizing forces for this campaign and features two sets of missions, five new Core Missions and two narrative-style Apex Missions.

There are also rules for Zone Mortalis with five missions and dedicated campaign rules, extra Imperial Fists and Sons of Horus rules and upgrades that can be used by any Legion.

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - The Siege of Cthonia
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