It's the end of the year, so it's pretty quiet in pre-order land. Really interesting to see the new Huron Blackheart mini previewed, and makes us wonder if we will see a Badab Wars campaign in the style of Horus Heresy any time soon.
But onto this week, with White Dwarf 519 having a street date of January 9th 2026, but up on the pre-orders page today.
The other orderable material is the Made to Order terrain with the ​Battlezone: Mechanicus – Tectonic Fragdrill always a popular item when it's around. A personal favourite are the Macroplasma Batteries which just seem like such versatile little terrain pieces. We've also got the lump that is the Generatorum Hub, the Mechasite Minoris, two fan favourites the Battlezone: Mechanicus – Galvanic Servohaulers and Battlezone: Mechanicus – Haemotrope Reactors, and then we go old school (in terms of modern terrain) and get the Battlezone: Mechanicus – Transterranic Gantries and Battlezone: Mechanicus – Galvanic Magnavent. They're a bit dated now, not totally compatible with the Kill Team terrain, but still versatile.
​On New Years Day, there's also the Sisters of Battle Made To Order too.

Well it's that time of year, the time when pre-orders dry up and we have to buy gifts for "other people" - URGH!!
Anyway, in store today is the Squig Slipper Socks and Squig Mega Hoodie, probably great for the northern hemisphere, but not so much the southern. It's obviously too hard for Games Workshop to print a t-shirt for the rest of us... Will they be in your store today? Who knows! Go look and see if Da Red Gobbo has been nice to you.
Meanwhile, the Siege of Terra: Era of Ruin (Special Edition) is now Print on Demand, so the chances of getting your hands on it within the next 6 months (yes that's the timeframe) are much better. The book includes the short stories Angels of Another Age by John French, Fulgurite by Nick Kyme, Fragments (All We Have Left) by Dan Abnett, Ex Libris by John French, System Purge by Gav Thorpe, After the Dawn, the Darkness by Guy Haley, Homebound by Chris Wraight and The Carrion Lord of the Imperium by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

The recent Necromunda campaign comes to a conclusion with the final expansion in the series - Necromunda: The Aranthian Succession – Spire of Primus - with Lady Haera and the forces of Helmawr up against the usurper, Ozostium Aranthus. The new book adds new forces and lore to the ever-expanding Necromunda lore, and with these new rules comes new plastic minis, including Ozostium Aranthus, the Divine Prince. This striking new plastic miniature comes in striking bespoke armour and alternate heads. Another new miniature set from the expansion are the Palanite Justicars, enforcers of the law sent directly from the ruling class. This design goes back to some of the concepts done by John Blanche for the original version of Necromunda, Confrontation, which had an incredibly rich lore and highly detailed social structure. The Justicars have multiple weapon options and certainly have a different look to the Enforcers we are used to - not sure they vibe with us. Far from the top-tier of society are the new Underhive Hangers-on, a set we'd usually see in resin, but now in plastic. The set includes an Ammo-jack, Slopper, Hive Watcher, Dome, Runner, and Rogue Doc with Medi skull, a nice mix of minis for mercenaries in a few games systems. Fans of Squats rejoice as the new Ironhead Squat Charter Masters and Drill Masters get their release, so encased in armour you'd wonder how they would move! The last Necromunda release on pre-order this week is the new Palanite Enforcer Weapons & Upgrades, adding new weapons and heads to the Enforcer range. Be aware though that this set is only compatible with the Palanite Enforcer Patrol and Palanite Enforcers Captains & Sergeants kits.
Away from the main range, there's tiny armies afield with the new Journal Strategia – The Ruin of the Salamanders expansion on pre-order this week, bringing new rules for super-heavies and telling the story of the slaughter of the Salamanders at Istvaan V. In terms of miniatures there's the new Legions Imperialis: Falchion / Ascalon Super-heavy Tanks and Legions Imperialis: Fellblade / Glaive Super-heavy Tanks kits. Speaking of Salamanders, the new Legions Imperialis: Saturnine Heavy Assault Cadre which includes 6 x Saturnine Terminator Squads, 4 x Saturnine Dreadnoughts, 2 x Saturnine Command Squads. If you'd prefer a larger force with the new Saturnine Terminators, then the Legions Imperialis: Legiones Astartes – Saturnine Battle Group is for you. Meanwhile you can expand your forces with the Legions Imperialis: Legiones Astartes – Combined Arms Battle Group, the Legions Imperialis: Araknae Weapons Platform Batteries or the Legions Imperialis: Solar Auxilia – Combined Arms Battle Group.
In books we have the very cool Trollslayer (Already Sold Out Mega Massive Awesome Limited Edition). I mean it's cool, but where would we put it??

The lure of the boxed game is back, and this time with the latest incarnation of Warhammer Quest, Darkwater. This box sees our heroes delving into the wastes corrupted by Nurgle, and this box seems to be full of surprises - especially for the new additions to the already sizeable range of Nurgle miniatures! Warhammer Quest: Darkwater comes with 49 x push-fit plastic (yuck, but okay) miniatures, which include your heroes: Edmark Valoran, Bren Tylis, Inara Sion, Drolf Ironhead, Kelthannor, Drasher Vorn, and Jacobus Vyne with Wisper the all-too-common pet. The bad guys also have heroes, but just less shiny, with Gelgus Pust, the incredible Belga the Cystwitch, Mulgoth the Cleaver, and Shaman Foulhoof. These are supported by 2 x Cankerborn, 3 x very cool Blight Templars, 6 x Mire Kelpies, 8 x Pestigors (by the Gods, new Beastmen. AWESOME!), and 14 x Pox-Wretches (which really do look like digital kitbashes of the Pox-Walkers). There's also the 36-page softback rulebook and a new format hardback map book which includes foldout maps to play your games on. Another great box, surely to be picked up by Nurgle fans for the new troops, even if the heroes do seem to lack a little bit of flair! We should expect there will be multi-part/multi-pose versions of these kits one would think, but who knows when - certainly the previews we have seen show an amazing looking range!
Possibly as a precursor to these new minis, we have the new Age of $igmar expansion, Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds, which sees Nurgle invade the Mortal Realms yet again, giving you the opportunity to build and the level up your troops and champions. They say "a special roster makes it easy to record the progress of your warriors, along with their paths, enhancements, and lore(s)", so that sounds interesting! Certainly very thematic!
In books this week we have the new Demolisher in Hardback and Special Edition (have to admit these new Imperial Guard Special Edition covers don't work for us - bit too minimalist), plus The Rise of Nagash omnibus in Paperback which includes the novels Nagash the Sorcerer, Nagash the Unbroken, and Nagash Immortal, plus the short story Picking the Bones.
This week also sees the pre-orders for the very special White Dwarf 518 which marks the 50th anniversary of Games Workshop. Being that it's such a landmark it would be nice to hear from the old guard like Jervis Johnson, Andy Chambers, the Perry Twins, Jes Goodwin etc, but the contents look a little less nostalgic and a little more navel-gazing.  
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The countries that missed out on the Hobgrot Vandalz and Infernal Cohort also have these added to their re-orders this week. Both of these kits look brilliant and are very tempting to add to the Christmas list, despite the price! 

Chaos Marauders have some of the most venerable minis in the Games Workshop library, and even so, they were amazing minis not only for their time but the heads have lived much larger lives as conversion fodder for decades. Now, as Chaos gets an overall range refresh, these fantastic, thematic miniature have receive a glow-up, and wow did GW do an amazing job. Great minis, and for a surprising environment - Warhammer: The Old World! Not Age of $igmar, but the venerable system that has kept on giving and driven the hobby community mad with excitement. The Chaos Marauders launch inside the new Arcane Journal: The Razing of Westerland, with tweaked stats, lore, their four "primordial spirits" (ie. Chaos Gods in disguise) and how they worship them and more. The big love this week though, is the Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Marauders Army Reinforcement Set, with 40 x Chaos Marauders (with options for hand weapons and shields, great weapons, or flails) and 10 x Marauder Horsemen (with spear and shield or flail options). If you want to build an army - this is for you - but for the price, maybe dip your toe into the separate releases. In other Warhammer: The Old World releases this week we also have the Map of the Old World – Imperial Calendar 2278. Go back in time and see the world that was!
Meanwhile, for those more into power armour than steel and fur, Warhammer 40K is for you, and leading that assault is Ferren Areios of the Ultramarines. Short on pointy arm, large of hammer, this guy is kind of boring but less so if you cut him up. Less boring and very dynamic is the White Scars Ride-or-Die guy Suboden Khan. He comes with a helmeted head option as well, but come on - he's a White Scar - let him have his top knot in the wind.
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The narrative arc for Horus Heresy is over (50+ books later) and now The Scouring begins. The story begins in the new Ashes of the Imperium: The Scouring Book 1 - which comes in Premium Edition and Hardback. There's some confusing messaging around the Premium Edition with this "This is your first chance to buy this edition, which is currently only available while stocks last" written under the description, but Games Workshop later stating that "This edition may return to print at a future date". The reality is this will sell out, what we are yet to see is if Games Workshop follow through on their promise and reprint. It's been a huge bone of contention that they have such limited print runs, don't adequately police scalpers and have basically made this entire "limited edition" thing a massive toxic mess, with readers being unable to get certain volumes due to "demand". Let's see what happens, but hopefully they can sort themselves out. The Scouring is a really interesting time and sees more Marine vs Marine action, plus a brutal pogrom against collaborators on both sides. In other books we have the Warhammer 40k themed Master of Rites in Special Edition and hardback, and Hell's Last in paperback.
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In an exciting game of catch up, the regions that missed out some on some earlier releases will be getting the Traitor Enforcer, Combat Patrol: Ultramarines, Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers and ​Space Marines Battleforce: Crux Terminatus boxed sets on pre-order this week too.

In some parts of the world the big release this week will be yet more bloody Ultramarines! The brand new Ancient in Terminator Armour is now available outside the Space Marines Battleforce: Crux Terminatus box and includes two banner topper options, two right arm poses, and a choice of four heads.
Also available outside the  ​Space Marines Battleforce: Crux Terminatus box, we have the much-anticipated Terminator Assault Squad, which you can arm with lightning claws or the thunder hammer and storm shield combo. Go nuts you crazy kids!!

In Made to Order this week we have some classic metal goodness - and these are very good! We have the Classic Empire Captains, ​Classic Empire State Troop Command, ​Classic Empire State Troop Command with Halberd, Classic Empire State Troops with Halberds, ​Classic Empire Handgunners (so cool), and Classic Empire Archers (even cooler).
​Last but absolutely totally least in every way is yet another Lord of the Rings/ Middle-earth metal Made to Order dump, with ​Gandalf the Grey at Rivendell, Arwen & Frodo, Samwise Gamgee & Bill the Pony, Twilight Ringwraiths, Morannon Orc Warriors and The Lord of the Rings Casualties all boring us to death! Granted, Sam and the pony are cute!

It's that magical time of the year where Christmas comes, presents are opened... and if you're a lucky boy/ girl/ Xenos lifeform, then Santa has brought you a Battleforce! Games Workshop haven't gone all out this year with some typical recycling of ideas (hello Tau!!), but there's still good stuff in here - so come check it out.
​++ Incidentally, this is a perfect opportunity to support your local independent stores by preordering - you save 20% off the GW price and they get some needed end-of-year foot traffic ++ 
Let's start with Warhammer 40K and the Space Marines Battleforce: Iron Halo Strike Force, which would be the perfect way to start or add new units for any Space Marine force and includes 5 x Company Heroes (including a Captain), a Lieutenant, Redemptor Dreadnought, Ballistus Dreadnought, 5 x Sternguard Veterans, 5 x Hellblasters, plus this is first way to get the new plastic Helmeted Heads - 30 x Bare heads and 6 x Terminator heads. A real winner out of the Warhammer 40K options is the Astra Militarum Battleforce: Krieg Siege Platoon giving you a really solid amount of troops and support including 7 x Krieg Command Squad miniatures, 2 x Artillery Teams, 5 x Krieg Combat Engineers, and 20 x Death Korps of Krieg troopers. If "bad guys" are more your cup of tea, then the Chaos Space Marines Battleforce: Hellforged Warband is the way to go, which has all the standard minis we get these days; a Lord Discordant, Chaos Rhino, Venomcrawler, 2 x Obliterators, 5 x Havocs and 10 x Legionaries. Really not an exciting option, but maybe a good way to start. Speaking of Chaos, its the first year that Slaanesh get their very own Xmas box (Slaanesh would love Christmas!!) in the form of the Emperor’s Children Battleforce: Blissbound Warband, and look who's here - Fulgrim, Daemon Primarch of Slaanesh, 6 x of the elite Flawless Blades and 6 x Noise Marines. Pretty awesome to get a Primarch in a box like this, even if it's not the first time! While the Chaos Battleforce is pretty boring, check this out for copy-paste, the T’au Empire Battleforce: Farsight Cadre which includes Commander Farsight, a Riptide Battlesuit and drones, a Broadside Battlesuit and drones and 3 x Crisis Battlesuits and drones. This is the standard Tau Battleforce we keep getting in rotation with the Stealth version EVERY YEAR!! Very uninteresting, very boring, when what would be really fun would be a great combined arms infantry box with Kroot, Tau and Vespid - great fun and probably really popular. Yet another wasted opportunity to get people into Tau and also serve the Tau hobbyist community. In more Xenos news, the Tyranids Battleforce: Crusher Stampede with a Neurotyrant (and Neuroloids), Screamer-Killer, Tyrannofex/ Tervigon, Haruspex/ Exocrine and Maleceptor/ Toxicrene may have a low model count, but it's a huge project to undertaker with all that bioorganic armour. Not Xenos but not Imperial, the Leagues of Votann Battleforce: Cthonian Prospect is an interesting one, with Brôkhyr Iron-master (plus a Ironkin Assistant, and 3 x E-COGs), a Kapricus Defender/ Kapricus Carrier, 2 x Cthonian Earthshakers, 3 x Brôkhyr Thunderkyn and 10 x Cthonian Beserks.
​In the world of Warhammer: Age of $igmar we have the very tempting Skaven: Skryre Warpswarm, bringing the Arch-Warlock, a Ratling Warpblaster, 3 x Warplock Jezzails, 3 x Warpspark Weapon Battery teams, 5 x Acolyte Globadiers and 20 of the awesome Stormvermin. From the forest we have the Sylvaneth: Outcast Spitegrove with Drycha Hamadreth, a Spirit of Durthu/ Treelord/ Treelord Ancient, 15 x Spite-Revenants/ Tree-Revenants and 20 x Dryads. A really great set that would look amazing on the tabletop if you decided to to the high contrast version we're seeing more and more from hobbyists. Your friends and mine, the Soulblight Gravelords meanwhile, have the Lances of the Crimson Keep which brings Prince Vhordrai, Lord of the Crimson Keep/ Revenant Draconith, 3 x Fell Bats and 10 x Blood Knights to battle. Not sure about this one, but we have had a lot of Skeleton and Vampire boxes recently, so there's probably what you're after elsewhere anyway. Lastly in the Age of $igmar Xmas Battleforces are the Gloomspite Gitz: Dankhold Rampage which includes Trugg, the Troggoth King, a Dankhold Troggoth/ Dankhold Troggboss, 3 x Fellwater Troggoths and 6 x Rockgut Troggoths. A fun one if you like some big stompy friends!
++ As an aside here, it's really interesting that we didn't get Xmas Battleforces for Warhammer: The Old World. It would have been an awesome opportunity to get some extra massed troops and maybe even themed armies under named commanders - a bit like the old Regiments of Renown sets ++
In books this week we have the Special Edition of Steel Tread.

It’s Kill Team, and finally the Tau get some love! But not just any love, because the classic XV26 Stealth Suit has had an upgrade adding more dynamism to this old lady! “How can I get this?”, you ask - well the brand new Kill Team: Dead Silence is your answer, sporting not only some stealth Tau, but also some stealth Space Wolves. Wolves are an interesting choice, especially considering Raven Guard or even Alpha Legion would be a seemingly better fit! None the less, Kill Team: Blind Silence doesn’t come with scenery, but it does come with 8 of the afore-mentioned XV26 Stealth Battlesuits with standard loadout, plus extra parts to build Kill Team specialists like the Lodestar, and Neutraliser. The Wolf Scouts Kill Team, meanwhile, gives you 5 Phobos armoured dudes, plus a wolf, and of course you will get the parts to build optional specialists like the Fangbearer, Rune Priest Skjald, and a guy with a big round handbag! This set also comes with the softcover Dead Silence Dossier, maps, Campaign Log Pad, Datacards for the Tau and Space Wolf operatives, token sheet and decals. Of specific note must be the addition of tactical rocks for the Wolf Scouts!
 If you’re a Kill Team fan, then you’re in luck, because this week we also have the individual release of the Killzone: Tomb World bringing us some rare Necron terrain and the very first to show us inside a Tomb World (thus the name – no real surprise there).
Speaking of Necrons there’s also the Kill Team: Canoptek Circle and their Data Cards, and the Deathwatch don’t miss out, with Kill Team: Deathwatch and their Data Cards also available on pre-order this weekend too.
In books this week we have Eisenhorn: Hereticus – Illustrated and Annotated Edition in hardback, Archmagos in Special Edition and hardback, the Twice-Dead King: Omnibus in paperback and the Special Edition of an older book, Renegades: Harrowmaster.
It’s a White Dwarf week too, with Issue 517 up for pre-order. We’ve been hearing whispers about how the new editor Lyle has been doing a great job on the book, so lets see how long he lasts! Well done Lyle. 

What a joy to have a game that brings humour and epic violence together and calls it "sport" - I guess it's like real life! Blood Bowl is back, this time as the Blood Bowl – Third Season Edition! A big fan favourite and a place to find really fantastic alternative sculpts and kitbash material for your armies, this really has been a gift that keeps on giving. The brand new set includes two teams; 12 x red plastic Bretonnian team players and 14 x bone-coloured plastic Tomb Kings players, the 200-page hardback Blood Bowl: The Official Rulebook – Third Season Edition!, a double-sided fold-out pitch, 2 x Double-sided cardboard team Dugouts, plastic game tokens, Tomb Kings-themed dice, Bretonnian-themed dice, cheat sheets and transfer sheets for both teams. That is everything you need to play - all in one box. It's kidn of a shame we didn't get two referee models for fun. but that's okay! What a great set and perfect for a Christmas present or to have when the family comes around. Honestly, big fan of this!
Now if you didn't need or want the box but you wanted to get involved, they have made it really easy for you. You can get the Blood Bowl: The Official Rulebook – Third Season Edition! seperately on Day 1 of release. Catch up on new rules, buy your own teams seperately and use the rules in this book, or just have a read and see if it's for you. But that's not all...
On Day 1 of release you can also buy the full Bretonnian release seperately. We have the very proud and arrogant Bretonnian Blood Bowl Team: The Brionne Barons, plus you can get more on their rules and star players in Blood Bowl Spike! Journal Issue 19 and also add to their gameplay with the Bretonnian Team Reference Card Pack and Bretonnian Team Dice Set. If you relaly want to get thematic, then there's also the Bretonnian Pitch: Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts set.
The Bretonnians arent the only ones to get the treatment though - bring on the best team so far; the Tomb Kings Blood Bowl Team: The Nehekhara Nightmares. They also get added rules and player profiles in their own Blood Bowl Spike! Journal, Issue 20, as set of Tomb Kings Team Reference Cards, the Tomb Kings Team Dice Set and the Tomb Kings Pitch: Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set. All there, all available.
It's a really smart move by Games Workshop to do this, giving ultimate flexibility to gamers and hobbyists to get into the new edition early and enjoy the fun. Damn, can't wait to see some of those minis turn up in people Warhammer: The Old World armies. The other game asset that's out seperately are the Blood Bowl: Official Game Tokens, plastic but looking metallic, these are really vital for the game and a different fun mechanic.
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++ While we're talking about Blood Bowl, I think it would be a really smart idea for Games Workshop to bring out a plastic stadium seating/ bleachers set. It would be a huge seller, and could be used in Warhammer for jousting, Warcry for gladiator arenas, even Warhammer 40K and Necromunda. Seems to be a great idea - give it a go Games Workshop! ++
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In books this week we have the new ​Vagabond Squadron in Special Edition and hardback and the new Seraphon-themed Starseer's Ruin in hardback.

If you're a long-time fan of Warhammer 40K or Warhammer in general, there's a specific Chapter of Space Marines you may never have heard about. Lost in the midst of time, these heroes are finally getting the spotlight they so richly deserve, and yes I'm talking about the little-seen Ultramarines. Those shy, retiring... okay I can't keep up the pretext anymore! Seriously? MORE Ultramarines? Urgh, the boring Blue Boys, the poster children of Warhammer 40K are getting yet more attention, granted, two of these minis are needed, but the rest? Why??  
So lets get to the legitimate releases - we have the Primaris-ified living legend himself, Marneus Calgar in Armour of Antilochus. An upscaled and version of his former self, this mini is very cool and a must-have for Ultras hobbyists - but he's not the best boy this week. No, that honour goes to Cato Sicarius in his ornate armour, backbanner and Victrix-style helmet. A fantastic mini, almost like as smaller version of the orginal Forge World Roboute Girlyman, this guy is here to lead and lead he does. Absolute standout this week! Speaking of Victrix, the new Victrix Honour Guard are on pre-order this week too, and the kit has some much-needed flexibility, with the option to build three Victrix dudes, or you can build one of them as a Chapter Champion, and another can be built as a Chapter Ancient, with the Banner of Macragge. That's a cool kit, giving you some nice Command options.
Now here's where a mini didn't have to be an Ultramarine - the Captain with Jump Pack and Relic Shield is a cool mini, would it have killed you to paint him up as a Raven Guard or Blood Angel? Noooo. Bring back more generic Marines like in the old days when there were colour schemes on the side of the boxes to get excited about! There's some more Ultras (see below) and there's also the Ultramarines Dice.
It's a 40K week and we have the new Drukhari Archon model availble seperately for the first time. This is a brilliant kit, giving you gender, helmet and weapon options. Drukhari players need love, and this mini answers some long held prayers, being a vast improvement on the previous model. 
How do you feel about Da Red Gobbo? Well he's hanging around again, but this time it's the Da Red Gobbo's Tinboy, giving him a nice armoured suit made in the image of the Vostroyans. Does this mean we will be seeing new Vostroyans soon? One can live in hope!
Two former Kill Teams are making their way into the main range as well, with the Legionaries and ​Traitor Guardsmen Squad being repackaged to add to your 40K armies.
In books this week we have the Death Korps of Krieg-themed The Relentless Dead, in both Special Edition and Hardback. Jump on this if you want it, the Special Edition is probably already sold out, plus Da Red Gobbo's Last Stand in hardback.
We also have two 40K anthologies, No Peace Among Stars in paperback, which includes: Death's Toll, The Blooded, The Guns of Enth, Tally of Slaughter, The Vengeful Dead, The Shot that Kills You, Tears of Raphaela, Tattershield, The Strength of Symbols, Those Without Mercy, The Last Psyker, Exterminator, Nightfall on Stygies, Dream of the Locust, Beneath the Ashes, and Imperfect Engines. The other anthology is Death and Duty in paperback which includes Less Than Human, Blood Sands, Hell Fist, The Sum of its Parts, The Strength of Symbols (in both antholgies this week - interesting...), The Redoubt, Finest Hour, Resounding, Those Without Mercy (another one!), The Last Psyker (I feel a pattern here) , Exterminator (you again!) , and Worm of Valhalla. Interesting GW doen't think that the audience will buy both books so they include some of the same stories in both... In other books we have the air battle-themed Double Eagle and ​Interceptor City both in paperback.
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It seems Australia and New Zealand get spared some of the Ultramarines gushing, but for the rest of you, suffer with this new Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers, which is a bit boring, but fine! There's also a new Battleforce, with Battleforce: Crux Terminatus the first set to include the new Ancient in Terminator Armour and ten brand new Assault Terminators. You also get a multi-part Terminator Captain, a Terminator Chaplain, and five regular multi-part Terminators. As well as the Battleforce, there's also a new Combat Patrol: Ultramarines, which includes Chief Librarian Tigurius, 3 x Aggressors, 3 x Bladeguard Veterans, 5 x Reivers, 5 x Intercessors, plus the brand new Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers set.
The other 40K release is the other Kill Team now available seperately, and its the ​Traitor Enforcer with Ogryn Bodyguard.

It's quite rare to see a product range that's almost perfect - but the Helsmiths of Hashut have reimagined the old Chaos Dwarves so brilliantly that it's very hard to resist being sucked into their orbit. For many of us, this week will be one to be very disciplined and nide our wallets somewhere!
Giving us the rules and lore we all need is the Chaos Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut which comes in Ashen Hooves Gamer's Edition and Vengeful Anvils Standard Edition. There's also a big selection of minis, including the miniatures from the former Army Box plus what seems like the rest of the range as well. Leading off the charge is the War Despot, a powerful leader who seems to carry all the rage that the Helsmiths embody - a pretty big achievement in such a small miniature! The other single leader model is the Daemonsmith/Ashen Elder combi-kit, which really does make two miniature that are so different! This set also gives you some lovely bitz to add to your bitz box. The big model in this range is the Urak Taar the First Daemonsmith/ Daemonsmith on Infernal Taurus combi-kit - and it's stunning - a huge winged bull with three character options, again, all very different and incredibly thematic! Pain in the butt to paint, but a gorgeous kit. A standout favourite is the Bull Centaurs/Annointed Sentinels combi-kit. How would you choose? Both amazing, both dynamic and just awesome. These embody the whole Helsmiths of Hashut vibe and are just fantastic. In terms of infantry models we have the Infernal Razers (which can be armed with Grizmalok Blunderbusses or Karagthrun Flamehurlers), the the Infernal Cohort core unit (with either blades or spears), and the much-maligned Hobgrot Vandalz, infantry fodder but still very cool minis and a huge improvement on the awful Hobgrots we got with the Age of $igmar Swamp Orcs a few years ago. In terms of heavy hitters we have the Dominator Engine (which comes with either melee or ranged weapons) and the Deathshrieker Rocket Battery/Tormentor Bombard combi-kit, which gives your Helsmiths much needed firepower. There's also the Helsmiths of Hashut Dice, but no amry cards this week, so ideally they will be soon.
++ Please note that the Infernal Razers, Hobgrot Vandalz, and Infernal Cohort will not be up for pre-order in Australia and New Zealand this weekend ++
In books this week we have the Space Wolf-themed Krakenblood which comes in yet another Special Edition and hardback. We also have some omnibus', with The Dark Coil: Ascension for WH40K in Paperback whcih features the novels The Reverie, and Requiem Infernal, and the short stories, The Crown of Thorns, The Sins of My Brothers, The Thirteenth Psalm, Nightbleed, Nightshift Nineteen, Aria Arcana, The Walker in Fire, and Nightfall. The other omnibus is for Age of $igmar - On the Shoulders of Giants And Other Stories in paperback which features the novella On the Shoulders of Giants, and the short stories The Wanderer, Hounds, Roadwarden, Murder by Moonlight, The Manse of Mirrors, Past Returns, False Dawn, River of Death, The Siege of Greenspire, The Book of Transformations, and The Nameless.
Also in books this week is Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen in hardback.

The Iron Hands don't get as much love as they should - either the Legion or the Chapter depending on your games system! Well this week the Iron Hands in Warhammer 40K get a new character with Caanok Var and his awesome power maul. We don't see power mauls enough, and this Japanese kanabō-style is awesome! Also in Iron Hands-land is their new Combat Patrol, which includes the awesome Techmarine, 2 x Firestrike Servo-turrets and 10 x Heavy Intercessors. There's also some new Iron Hands Dice. The White Scars also get their Combat Patrol with the brand new Suboden Khan mini, an Impulsor, 3 x Outriders and 5 x Assault Intercessors. Like the Iron Hands, there's also some White Scars Dice on pre-order this week. The last Combat Patrol on pre-order is for the Harlequins, which includes 6 x Harlequin minis, 2 x Skyweavers, 2 x Starweaver/ Voidweaver, and a Solitaire. 
Unfortunately the Warhammer Day 2025 miniature this year isn't anything to write home about (he says while writing about it) with Urkhan the Dark Warden stepping up to the plate. He looks cool with his helmet off, but frankly he looks more at home in Warhammer: The Old World than Age of $igmar, matching the aesthetic of the old mono-pose Warriors of Chaos. Swing and a miss!
In books this week we have the new Horus Heresy-themed Dropsite Massacre in hardback. In audiobook land there's two older novellas that have made their way to an audible (no pun intended) medium. both Spear of Ultramar and Dreadwing were released in 2018 and will be released on the 17th of October. I've read Dreadwing and liked it a lot, so despite it's short length it might be worth a listen!
Previewed last week but not appearing in the Australian or New Zealand webstore is the Captain with Jump Pack and Relic Shield. Maybe it's been delayed here ro forgotten, but keep an eye out for it if you have been waiting.  
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A few weeks ago Australia and New Zealand didn't get the big Horus Heresy releases that week, well now we have. Mortgage the cat because the price of the Fellblade Super-Heavy Battle Tank is nuts!! That's a lot of tank and a lot of money! The must-anticipated MkII Assault Squad is also pricey, so is definitely one to get from independent retailers, and of course the rather lacklustre Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn.

Ho Ho Ho! It's that time of year again, when the industrial furnaces of South East and Northern Asia ramp up to produce loads of Christmas crap from Games Workshop. Do you need this? No. Do you want this? Probably not really! 
Games Workshop takes these products so seriously some of them aren't even in the webstore, so if you are so inclined, toddle along to a store and see what they have. Listed below are the ones we have links for, the others not so much. Who loves the Da Red Gobbo? Not us, but here is a fluffy one! Want some Xmas cheer on your fridge, well AAA have Warhammer Christmas Magnets in three flavours; Inquisition, Skull, Stormcast Eternals AND they have a Da Red Gobbo Fridge Magnet Bottle Opener.
Meanwhile, Starforged actually have some things that might be useful, with the Eradicator's Melta Gun Keychain, Mephiston's Plasma Pistol Keychain, Servo Skull Keychain, Death Company Purity Seal and Astartes Purity Seal all available via the links.
Nothing says Christmas like a pogram in a far future world! 

It's a bumper week for Age of $igmar fans with a new game and some decent boxed sets, Warhammer: The Old World fans with new minis for the Undead of Khemri, and Combat Force sets for Legions Imperialis.
It's a fact that the Undead of Khemri are the best force in Warhammer: The Old World (well fact in our minds) but this week the new Arcane Journal: The War of Settra's Fury is planning to convert you to their side. The new book gives expanded lore and rules as we see Settra's forces enter the Kingdom of Man and take on the Empire, Dwarves and Bretonnians. A must-have for player and hobbyists of all those factions. As well as the new Arcane Journal, there's also some great new leadership minis for the Undead, with the Royal Heralds and Liche Priests on pre-order this weekend. Both boxes have alternative heads and weapons making them great for bitz, but also flexible enough to make an interesting and bespoke leader for your forces. The price is pretty high, working out at $2 AUD per piece - this is defintely one to get from independent stockists! 
In Age of $igmar we have a new entrant into the ​Warhammer Underworlds series of games, with Spitewood bringing two new warbands to the game - Kurnoth's Heralds from the Sylvaneth and the Blood of the Bull from the Chaos Dwarf faction. Great to already see some new minis for the Chaos Dwarves (despite the full range not being out yet) and these Kurnoth's Heralds are great! We finally have some Centaurs backing up the Sylvaneth! There is also a set of cards for most existing Warhammer Underworlds warbands in the Warbands of Spitewood set, allowing you to play them in this new setting. 
If warbands are your thing, then these boxes give you a chance to pick up some great minis for each Grand Alliance (do we still use that term?). In Death Warbands: Morbid Minions we have the Exiled Dead, Sons of Velmorn, Skinnerkin and Thorns of the Briar Queen. The Chaos Warbands: Reavers of Ruin gives you the Gnarlspirit Pack, Skittershank's Clawpack, the Thricefold Discord, and the Wurmspat. The Order Warbands: Seekers in Shadow includes: Xandire's Truthseekers, the Shadeborn, the Starblood Stalkers, and Elathain's Soulraid. While Destruction Warbands: Gitz and Goliaths is Zarbag's Gitz, Hrothgorn's Mantrappers, Mollog's Mob, and Rippa's Snarlfangs. Not cheap, but a big saving on buying them seperately.
Meanwhile, in the world of tiny minis, ​Legions Imperialis have three Combat Forces - the Mechanicum Combat Force, Legiones Astartes Combat Force and the Solar Auxilia Combat Force. Big armies to bolster your existing force or maybe start in the game.
In books this week we have the prestige-looking Yarrick: The Box Set which includes the novels Imperial Creed, and The Pyres of Armageddon, plus the short stories Chains of Golgotha, A Plague of Saints, The Wreckage, Evil Eye, The Gallows Saint, Sacrificial, and Sarcophagus.
​For everyone except Australia and New Zealand you also get White Dwarf 517 too. We'll just wait over here for the English to be translated into Oceanic. Oh what a chore that must be!

The Warhammer 40k universe is really not a nice place, and as such there's really no "good guys". The Tau probably get closest, but in relaity you don't play as a good guy! However, when it comes to a spectrum. the Dark Eldar (or Drukhari) are definitely the very worst of the bad guys. Slave traders, pirates, raiders, torturers - there's no real positive side, unless you like politcal infighting, treachery and cruel violence... which in this game, we do! It does help that the Drukhari are from the design mind of Jes Goodwin, portraying the flipside to his Eldar. Beautifully designed, brilliantly modelled, the Drukhari are truly amazing models and have been for well over a decade. They have stood the test of time and keep on looking amazing. This week we have the pre-orders for the new Drukhari Codex, an amazing Battleforce and a new character - lets dive in!
The new Codex: Drukhari comes in two flavours Spiky Visage of Death Collectors Edition and Heartless Raiders Standard Edition. There's an interesting new mechanic in this Codex, with rules for battling rival lords and trading the spoils of war in Crusade campaigns, both of which sound really interesting and adding a new flavour that could be great in terms of expanding the narrative element. This new Codex is acc0mpanied by a new combat leader, Lady Malys, who doesn't quite match the look of the other miniatures, so here's hoping this isn't a portent of things to come in a range refresh! Now this is cool - if you are vaguely interested in Drukhari, you have Drukhari and need reinforcements, or you even just like the Drukhari miniatures - then the Drukhari Battleforce: Realspace Raiders is for you. It has EVERYTHING you need in terms of troops. Lead by the brand new Archon miniature, who has mutiple weapon and gender build options, this box packs a punch! It also comes with a light support/ transport Venom, 5 x winged Scourges, 5 x elite Incubi, 5 x fast attack Hellions, 10 x Kabalite Warriors and 10 x assault Wyches. This is a great box! I already have multiples of these minis and want to buy it!! If you're more into the Haemonculus Covens, then the new Combat Patrol: Drukhari is for you, with a Haemonculus, 2 x Cronos/ Talos and 10 x Wracks. Speaking of Wracks, these guys have been reboxed for this edition too and can be bought seperately. Of course we also have the Drukhari Dice (why are these blue and yellow?) and Drukhari Datasheet Cards.
Warhammer 40K also has two new Combat Patrols on pre-order this weekend as well. The Combat Patrol: Imperial Fists includes 5 x Company Heroes, 5 x Intercessors, 5 x Heavy Intercessors, 5 x Terminators and an Imperial Fists upgrade frame. This is a great set for any any Space Marines player to pick up, especially with the Company Heroes and Terminators. The other Combat Patrol is the Combat Patrol: Death Korps of Krieg which includes 5 x Death Riders, Krieg Heavy Weapons Squads, 10 x Death Korps of Krieg soldiers and a Krieg Command Squad. Another very cool set!
In books this week we have a new Necron-themed novel, Tomb World which is avaible in hardback and also a cool Special Edition. There's also Morvenn Vahl: Spear of Faith in paperback, plus it's a White Dwarf week with Issue 516 celebrating 10 years since Warhammer died and Age of $igmar was born! 

Horus Heresy, you glorious beast! It's the gift that keeps on giving, and this week there's a bevy of Horus Heresy pre-orders - but not for everyone! Unfortunately for Australia and New Zealand, three of the main pieces are delayed (see below), but as far as all the things we can pre-order this weekend, let's go for a tour!
First up there's three Combat Forces for Horus Heresy, leading gthe charge is The Legiones Astartes: Combat Force, which includes a Leviathan Dreadnought (with Ranged Weapons), a Deimos pattern Rhino, 10 MkVI Tactical Squad Legionaries and 10 MkVI Heavy Support Squad Legionaries (which can be made with either the missile launcher or the heavy bolter). Great set to start with, especially with a transport. The Solar Auxilia: Combat Force comes with a Leman Russ Strike Tank, 2 Hermes Light Sentinels/ Veletaris Sentinels, 5 Tactical Command Section/ Legatine Command Section/ Line Command Section members, and 20 Lasrifle Section Auxiliaries. Pretty solid, and buying multiples of this box will not only give you savings on the RRP, but also a quick army all in one swoop. The Mechanicum: Combat Force is a Thanatar Cavas Siege-automata, 2 Castellax Battle-automata, and 6 of the amazing Thallax. This is brutal hitting power, and those Thallax are fantastic minis! All these boxes are a perfect addition to whatever force you're into.
We've seen some reall ynice new minis come out for Middle-earth in recent times, and the new The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim expansion gives us even more. The book gives us new missions based on the movie The War of the Rohirrim plus more, expanding the universe, quite literally. In terms of miniature we have the new Helm Hammerhand, King of Rohan, Théodred, Prince of Rohan, Fréaláf Hildeson, Olwyn & Lief, Heroes of Rohan. All these are beautifully painted and show just how great these miniatures really are. There's also some new Rohirrim Dice Set and ​Hill Tribesmen Dice Set.
In books this week we have Night Lords-themed The Remnant Blade in Hardback, the Eldar pirate-themed Voidscarred in Hardback and also a very garish Special Edition. There's also two paperbacks, the Tau-themed Elemental Council and the Warhammer 40K Darkness Eternal omnibus which includes One Million Years by Nate Crowley, Altar of Maws by Peter Fehervari, The Light of the Emperor by Darius Hinks, The Devouring Void by Danie Ware, Own Worst Enemy by Denny Flowers, Arcady Pride by Justin D Hill, Nightsider Imperialis by Victoria Hayward, A Forbidden Meal by Carrie Harris, Eradicant by R S Wilt, The Convocation by Tammy Nicholls, Stealing Orpheon by Richard Ford, Lessons of Rorphax by Callum Davis and Devilhunter by Nicholas Wolf.

As stated above, theres' three key Horus Heresy pre-orders that some of us miss out on this week, the titanic Fellblade Super-heavy Battle Tank, the glorious Astartes MkII Assault Squad with their new assault weapons and jump packs, and Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn - which considering the reviews of the first Journal Tactica, might not be worth it anyway. Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn goes into depth on the origins of the Saturnine-pattern suits, including their use in the Great Crusade and how Vulkan brought them back to life. There's also rules for new units; Centurions and Command Squads in Saturnine armour, Word Bearers in daemon-infused Terminator unit, and new Prosperine arcana for the Thousand Sons.

Well here's a day that we weren't sure would ever come, but the Chaos Dwarves - now called the Helsmiths of Hashut - are launching with their new Army Set. It's a great set, and every miniature is a winner, even their alternative builds! The new Helsmiths of Hashut Army Set includes a War Despot, a Dominator Engine with Immolation Cannons/ Bane Maces, a Tormentor Bombard/ Deathshrieker Rocket Battery and 11 x Infernal Cohort miniatures that can either have spears or blades. In terms of troops, this isn't the very best the Helsmiths of Hashut have to offer, but it is a good core! The Army set also comes with the new Chaos Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut, Helsmiths of Hashut warscroll cards, and a Helsmiths of Hashut Transfer Sheet containing transfers for the Ur-Zorn, Muspelzharr, Zharr Vyxa, and The Forge Anathema ziggurats, along with other cursed sigils and runes to decorate your miniatures. We're very keen for the Helsmiths of Hashut, and this is a nice box, but it really does miss some of the best new minis in the line. The Spearhead for this faction is going to be awesome!
​An interesting update for Necromunda this week with the new Necromunda: Bastions of Law expansion, which gives us some solid background for these brutes, plus some rules for "Badzone Enforcer Gangs - Enforcers from isolated or abandoned fortress-precincts". That could be interesting. I'm thinking Marshall Bravestarr or a wayward Sheriff - either way there's some fun hobby potential in there! We also have new miniatures, with the Palanite Enforcer Captains & Sergeants giving us some plastic leaders for our crews, and there's also two new resin sets too, with the Palanite Companions (crappy lore for these guys - such a wasted opportunity!) and Palanite Enforcer Haunts on pre-order this weekend too. Not listed on the GW site for Australia and New Zealand but listed at independent stockists is the Palanite Enforcer Weapons and Upgrades, a nice selection of wepons for your crew, but do be aware that they are not designed for use with the older Subjugator Patrol, which is a bit of a shame really! Maybe it's going to be deleted from the range... Of course with this expansion comes the Bastions of Law Dice Set and Bastions of Law Gang Tactics Cards. That's not all in Necromunda, there's also the new Ashwing Helamites for the Ash Wastes. Great looking minis that would fit into any games system and surely will!
Warhammer: Age of $igmar has a really really tempting new box - the Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords – Deathrattle Tomb Host. Oh God this is a beauty! It comes with a Wight King, 5 x Barrow Knights, 10 x Barrow Guard, 20 x Deathrattle Skeletons and 4 x Tombstones. A great great set. Need. Want!! The other Spearhead is the new Gloomspite Gitz – Snarlpack Huntaz which comes with a Snarlboss, 2 x Wolfgit Retinue, 2 x Sunsteala Wheelas and 6 x Snarlpack Cavalry. Super fluffy, very cool, lots of character! Dammit!
In books this week we have the (probably already out of stock) Saints of the Imperium (Limited Edition). It includes the novels Celestine by Andy Clark, Ephrael Stern: The Heretic Saint by David Annandale, The Triumph of Saint Katherine by Danie Ware and the short story Celestine: Revelation by Andy Clark.

In Made to Order this week we have some old school Space Wolves, with the Classic Njal Stormcaller, Lukas the Trickster, Classic Wolf Guard Standard Bearer, Priests of Russ and Classic Bjorn the Fell-Handed all on pre-order. As they are Made to Order, they will take up to 180 days to arrive, so be aware!

The Raven Guard get a little bit ignored these days, but this week we have their brand new Chapter Master Aethon Shaan - and he's a brilliant miniature, incredibly dynamic and a great way to introduce new hobbyists to the Chapter. There's also a new Combat Patrol: Raven Guard, and a new set of Raven Guard Dice.
The Imperial Knights get a refresh in pre-orders this week too, with the new Codex: Imperial Knights in Stompy Boys Collector's Edition or Mighty Machine Men, Mighty Robots Standard Edition. WIth the Codex comes a reboxing of the Knight Questoris (which also makes the Knight Defender, Knight Paladin, Knight Errant, Knight Gallant, Knight Warden, or Knight Crusader) plus the Knight Preceptor also get's a rebox. With the relaunch comes the new Imperial Knights Dice and the Datasheet Cards: Imperial Knights.
Warhammer 40K also has some random minis chucked in, with the weirdly-cool Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight, Imperial Fists Chapter Master Darnath Lysander, plus the Imperial Fists Dice, and the new Thousand Sons Sekhetar Robots - who are so different from the other Thousand Sons minis that they may as well be a new Xenos faction.
Kill Team fans rejoice as the new Kill Team: Approved Ops Card Pack 2025 goes on pre-order too, which goes nicely with the Kill Teams from last weekend.
In books this week there's the Imperial Guard-themed Ciaphas Cain: The Anthology, and it's a White Dwarf week with Issue 515, which comes with a new Space Marine transfer sheet.

It's not often we get to see an entirely alien environment in Warhammer, but the new Kill Team: Tomb World gives us just that, as we enter a Necron... Tomb World, well it's all in the name really!!
Kill Team: Tomb World is the largest  
Kill Team set we have seen in a while, and although the Necron minatures aren't that exciting, the environment that comes with the boxed set certainly is! For the Necron hobbyist, this is a fantastic opportunity, with 25 x modular Tomb World pillars and walls as well as scatter terrain of sarcophagus and teleport pads. This is a fantastic opportunity to get into a civilisation, plus there's an 80-page softcover Kill Team: Tomb World Dossier with background, artwork, and rules for the kill teams included in the box, including the new Necron Canoptek Circle Kill Team. They are led by a Cryptek Geomancer, and include 2 x Tomb Crawlers and 5 x Macrocyte Warriors (with options to build the specialist Accelerator and Reanimator). Their adversary... the Deathwatch Kill Team, which inlcudes 10 x multipart Space Marines with all their specialist gear. This is enough f0r two Kill Teams, so go nuts! The set also includes NPCs, with 10 x Necron Warriors and 3 x Canoptek Scarab Swarm. There's also a double-sided folding game board, 37 x Datacards for the Deathwatch and 32 x Datacards for the Canoptek Circle, and the Tomb World Card Pack. It's a hefty box and sure to be popular. Full credit to Games Workshop for creating this awesome terrain - it really brings to Necrons to life... no pun intended!
There's more Kill Team goodness, and this time from the last alien world we got to see, and that's the Killzone Upgrade: Tyranid Infestation, giving us terrain for the Tyranids, there's also the ​Kill Team: Raveners and the Kill Team: Raveners Datacards. Their adversary, the Adeptus Mechanicus also rolls into town with the Kill Team: Battleclade and their Kill Team: Battleclade Datacards. As a great addition to the Imperial ranks, there's also the Sisters Novitiate Squad, and the amazing Ork Kommandos.
This week saw the preview for the exclusive Warhammer+ Year 5 miniature, which goes on pre-order this week too. You can pick from the really dynamic Aeldari – Infinity’s Lament or the malevolent Soulblight Gravelords – The Summons. They're both excellent, unlike some of the Warhammer+ content we've seen, but maybe the miniature alone is worth it. They're both gorgeous.
In books this week we have the Special Edition of Assassinorum: Kingmaker, plus it's a White Dwarf week coming up, so we have White Dwarf 515 on pre-order too.

In Made to Order this week, we have some lovely Eldar and some not-so lovely Emperor's Children!
Lovely metal miniatures of your favourite old school Aeldari include the Classic Eldrad Ulthran, Farseer and Warlocks, the Phoenix Court of Khaine (Avatar of Khaine, Baharroth, Karandras, Asurmen, Jain Zar, Maugan Ra, Fuegan), and the plastic Webway Gate, which should be a shelf item in all stores frankly! It not being so is a diservice to Aeldari players! All these sculpts (from memory) are classic Jes Goodwin and beautiful reminders of his amazing work. 
In the absolute opposite camp, we have the Emperor's Children Heroes (Emperor's Children Lord, Fabius Bile, and Lucius the Eternal), Classic Noise Marines, and the awesome plastic Noise Marine. This should also be a line item in stores - damn them for ever removing it.

After a hiatus away from the XIIth Legion War Hounds, the new Horus Heresy has brought them back. The colour scheme has been tweaked, there's some new units, and boy do those MKII marines look AWESOME!! Click the image below to take you there! 

Grand Alliance Cathay have had a bit of a stange release - the normal army box, then some staggered other minis and now these guys. It almost seems like a diservice to some great miniatures and a really interesting culture we haven't seen before. Anyway, this week we have a varied pre-order week starting off with the afore-mentioned Grand Cathy! The new Arcane Journal: Dawn of the Storm Dragon gives us rules for allying with Empire of Man, an expanded history of Grand Cathay and much more as we get to know more. We're finally getting not only one of the brilliant new dragon models in the form of ​Miao Ying, the Storm Dragon, but also the core of the Grand Cathay army, the Jade Warriors and Jade Lancers. These are brilliantly detailed miniatures and deserve a much greater fanfare - one does wonder if it's because these aren't being put out by the main studio... The other miniature release is the Grand Cannon & Fire Rain Rocket Battery which captured the imagination of hobbyists with the highly detailed crews. Surely this will be the inspiration for many dioramas. Lastly, the new The Northern Provinces of Grand Cathay Transfer Sheet is also on pre-order and it's great! In the tradition of the Horus Heresy transfer sheets this beauty will not only add a tonne of flavour to your troops, but will surely go like hotcakes.
If you like your battles "grand" but not Warhammer: The Old World, then Legions Imperialis is for you, and this week we have the pre-orders for the new Legions Imperialis: Liber Strategia, which has the army lists for Legiones Astartes, Solar Auxilia, Mechanicum Taghmata, Dark Mechanicum, Collegia Titanica, and Knight Households plus rules for bonded automata in allied units. Adding to the new book we have the new plastic Whirlwind and Scorpius Missile Tank Squadrons, Vindicator Siege Tank Squadron, Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer Squadron, Typhon Heavy Siege Tank Squadron and Mastodon Super-heavy Assault Transports. In terms of rules there's the Datasheet Cards for Legiones Astartes, Solar Auxilia and Mechanicum, plus some new plastic Legions Imperialis: Order Tokens and Objective Markers.
From the world of Middle-Earth the new resin Gundabad Catapult Troll makes his debut. He's a large lad and so is his price tag, but damn is he cool!! Also this week are two great looking minis War Drakes of Rhûn.

Although the gory nature of the Death faction in Warhammer Age of $igmar might not everyone's cup of tea (except you sick-sick Nurgle hobbists) you have to admit that the Death faction have some absolutely amazing looking miniatures - and they just seem to be getting better!
Nighthaunt, the embodiment of all things that go bump in the night, lead us off this week with a new Battletome, which comes in Did You Just Hear? That Gamer's Edition and Venkman Ectoplasm Standard Edition. There's two new minis in this edition, with the Knight of Shrouds (available for the first time seperately) and the noxious Lord Vitriolic, with the cutest little apothecary rack on his back you ever-did see! 
Sporting a good mix of troops, the new Spearhead: Nighthaunt – Cursed Shacklehorde gives you a ready to play set that would be a great fun boost to your existing forces or maybe the start to something fun and new. As we would expect there are the Nighthaunt Warscroll Cards and ​Nighthaunt Dice making up the rest of the pre-orders for them this week.
Meanwhile, on the stinkier ghoulish end of the Death faction (don't tell them, they think they're very regal and glamorous), we have the Flesh-eater Courts! Heading up the wave there is the Flesh-eater Courts Battletome which comes in Imperious Exemplar Gamer's Edition and Jeepers Shaggy Standard Edition. There's a new ghoul on the block for the Flesh-eater Courts, with High Falconer Felgryn making his debut too - where do these ghouls find so many tree stumps to hang from? There's also two new sets - the Regiment of Renown: The Scarlet Jury with ole Guts Head Grand Justice Gormayne and his Royal Decapitator minion, or you could go with a brilliant core set, the Spearhead: Flesh-eater Courts – Charnel Watch. This latter set is absolutely brilliant, with an Abhorrant Gorewarden, 6 x Crypt Flayers/ Crypt Horrors, and 10 characterful Royal Beastflayers. Packed with great minis, this is a must have! For the gamers out there we also have the Flesh-eater Courts Warscroll Cards and the Flesh-eater Courts Dice.
​In books this week we have the new Chaos-themed Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen in Limited Edition, with an awesome cover, and the new Legend of Sigmar omnibus by Graham McNeill in paperback. The omnibus includes the novels, Heldenhammer, the David Gemmell Legend Awarding Empire, and God King, as well as short stories Let the Great Axe Fall, Gods of Flesh and Blood and Sword Guardian.

I was tooling around in the New Releases part of Warhammer.com and saw these which had slipped our gaze before - classic Perry Twins metal goodness. These miniatures are smaller than the current rangte (not much smaller, but smaller) but have so much character and presence. We have the Classic Peasant Bowmen Command, Classic Peasant Bowmen, Classic Men-at-Arms with Halberds Command (absolutely one of the best!!), Classic Men-at-Arms with Halberds (also excellent - need/want!), and the Classic Men-at-Arms with Spears Command with their Classic Men-at-Arms with Spears. Keep in mind that these are Made To Order, so could take up to 180 days to get to you.