New 40k Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus Revealed!

By Travis Pasch | October 8th, 2021 | Categories: Games Workshop Previews, Space Marines, Tabletop Gaming News, Warhammer 40k

A new Black Templars High Chaplain Grimaldus mini has been revealed along with his retinue by GW- check it out!

We’ve been hearing rumors (all have come true other than an Ancient so far, so don’t be surprised to see that) for a while now a new Grimaldus model would come with the new codex book, and here it is!

First, let’s take a look at the latest (mostly confirmed) New Black Templars release rumors, and then bask in the glory of this new model!

October and November 2021: Complete BT release with

▪Ancient

▪Helbrecht

▪Grimaldus

▪Emperor’s Champion

▪Seneschal (Marshall)

▪Initiates (6 Marines with Intercessor CC equipment or auto bolt rifles)

▪4 Neophytes (boltguns or chainswords)

The post goes on with some very specific reveals about new weapon options and even named the Primaris Neophyetes before the reveal!

New 40k Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus Revealed!

It really looks like GW doesn’t want any of the Black Templars champions to remain in the smaller Firstborn scale. It looks like this may be something every chapter can look forward to soon as well.

Warhammer Community has just unveiled the newest mini alongside his retinue. The model is pretty similar to his old one, just reworked and of course, bigger. He is the third named character to come along with the new release, following Helbrecht and the Emperor’s Champion.

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Grimaldus earned his title during the siege of Helsreach, when a millions-strong Ork horde fell upon the hive city. After months of intense fighting, the survivors fell back to the Temple of the Emperor Ascendent where they held the Orks at bay until the building itself collapsed around them.

Miraculously, Grimaldus pulled himself from the rubble carrying three holy relics of the temple. Ever since, he has marched to war with them at his side, carried by a retinue of Cenobyte Servitors.

The new mini is pretty sweet and they really just took the old sculpt and really updated it. He still has plenty of relics, seals, and skulls everywhere! Black Templars are really going to be one of the first armies to more or less go all Primaris.

So by the next edition, we may not see too many Firstborn survivors as it looks like Guilliman is getting his way and everyone is going to Primaris. At least it means more wounds…

The servitors carry the Banner of Fallen Crusaders, the Sceptre of Anointing, and the Remnant of the Fallen Temple. They form a procession-like unit on the battlefield that rallies the spirits of nearby Black Templars and drives them onward.

We’re glad they kept his little retinue as they are just really cool. The updated versions of them have all kinds of great relics and the new banner looks super badass.

All this is based on a super dope classic piece of Mark Gibbons artwork that is nearly 20 years old.

Overall it’s a great time to be a loyalist and an even worse time to be a heretic! Need more on everything Black Templars? Here’s the latest news and rumors for these crusaders!