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New 40k Minis Spotted Inside GW’s Latest Board Game

By Wesley Floyd | February 15th, 2019 | Categories: 40k News & Articles, 40k Rumors & News

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It’s raining new Warhammer 40k minis! Don’t miss this new model sculpts that Games Workshop is previewing at the 2019 New York Toy Fair!

Warhammer Community gave us a heads up at what they’ll be bringing to the table at the 2019 Toy Fair in New York (which is going on now). Among one of those previews were a handful of brand new 40k minis inside of a Combat Arena board game.

Combat Arena Boardgame

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This Combat Arena is actually a prequel to the events at Blackstone Fortress. The setting of the game actually takes place in an Imperial ship where you can grab a few of your friends and duke it out between the fighters you choose. But what kind of models are going to be inside the game exactly? Well, new sculpts of a Crusader, a Primaris Psyker, and even a new Rogue Trader model!

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The Primaris Psyker alternate model is perfect for your Imperial Guard.

new gw crusader

Need a T3 Inquisitor? Use this new Crusader sculpt!

new gw rogue trader

You know how you know you’re fancy? When you have a servo skull that loads your revolver for you.

new gw servitor

Servitors are typically mindless automatons that do the real legwork the Imperium needs, but it looks like he’s got enough mind of his own to kill whoever challenges him.

new gw techpriest

Ad Mech are known to have multiple Techpriests seeded into their ranks. Why not use this new model that stands out from the others!

While these models are coming exclusive to the board game, they still have plenty of uses across all kinds of Imperial factions in tabletop 40k. The best part of it is you get all new minis that you can always pull out to play in a brawler-style game with your friends on a Saturday morning! This could be the perfect (cheaper) way to get them into the 40k universe after all.

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2018’s Space Marine Marine Board Game

Last year we saw a plethora of board games hit Barnes and Noble for the holiday season from Games Workshop, and with previews this early in the year, they may be gearing up for a BIG push the 2019 holiday as well!

What do you think about the new minis in the game? Do you think these will be easy-to-build? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group. 

About the Author: Wesley Floyd

Wesley Floyd

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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.

Imperial fanboy, tabletop fanatic, and the self-proclaimed King of Sprues. He knows for a fact that Mephiston red is the best-tasting paint and is the commission painting equivalent of a Wendy’s 4 for $4.  If you like what he writes and want to contact him or have your tabletop minatures painted (to a mostly okayish standard), message him on Instagram.