With the release of 8th there’s some things already selling out on GW’s webstore. Here’s our picks of the top 10 items that could sell out at Forge World!
People are starting to realize how strong certain models are in the new 8th edition of Warhammer 40,000 and the product is flying off the shelves. A lot of the items that made our top 10 list are poised to be in high demand. But will their demand outpace suppl? Take a look at our list and then each unit’s rules you can judge for yourself.
Let’s dive in:
LEVIATHAN PATTERN SIEGE DREADNOUGHT £46
Description
Created in limited numbers in the latter days of the Great Crusade, the Leviathan pattern Siege Dreadnought was developed in secret on Terra, away from the pervasive oculars of the Mechanicum. Its massive frame incorporates hybridised technologies, some dating back into the dim past of humanity.
Towering over later Imperial walker patterns, this heavily armoured dreadnought is savagely powerful. It was designed for siege warfare and primarily armed with close combat and support weaponry that can rend buildings, vehicles and flesh alike; though it is no less effective when armed with the powerful and esoteric short ranged weaponry uniquely developed for it. The Leviathan’s oversized reactor allows it to bear weapons more powerful than other classes of dreadnought, and also powers reinforced energy fields that surpass those developed for the Contemptor class.
Power has its cost though, and the systems of the Leviathan place a lethal level of strain on the minds its occupants. Those few examples that survive in the armouries of Space Marine Chapters into the 41st Millennium are reserved for the direst of circumstances. Marines who find themselves interred within a Leviathan will pay a heavy toll; either with their life, or their reason.
The Leviathan pattern Siege Dreadnought is a multi-part resin kit. It includes optional torso mounted heavy flamers and volkite calivers, an optional Phosphex discharger and an 80mm round base. Weapon arms shown in some photos are sold separately.
XIPHON PATTERN INTERCEPTOR £83
Description
With unparalleled speed and manoeuvrability, the Xiphon pattern Interceptor saw increasing service in the Legiones Astartes during the dark days of the Horus Heresy. Based on ancient designs, the void and atmospheric craft carried heavy armaments into battle, allowing it to destroy both air and ground targets with apparent ease. Its pair of twin-linked lascannon and Xiphon rotary missile launcher combined with the Interceptor’s speed and agility to make it a deadly opponent from which the enemies of Mankind could not hide.
The Xiphon Pattern Interceptor is a flyer that is available to all Legiones Astartes armies in Horus Heresy games.
This is a complete multi-part resin kit which includes a plastic canopy and flying stand.
LEGION FALCHION SUPER HEAVY TANK DESTROYER £180
Description
The Falchion uses a potent weapon which combines technologies fielded in the Fellblade and the Shadowsword super-heavy tank. The Falchion’s twin-mounted Volcano cannon is one of the most powerful vehicle-mounted, anti-tank weapons in the Imperium’s arsenal and it requires such an investment in resources to construct just a single example that its use is limited to the Legiones Astartes. Even then, the Falchion is so rare that most Legions maintain but a handful, reserved for use against the largest of enemy war machines.
The Falchion was developed long before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy and as such its prey was not the enemy Titans it would later see such extensive combat against. As the Great Crusade expanded ever outward, the Expeditionary fleets encountered a staggering array of foes, some of whom were of a truly gargantuan scale, but all were set to ravening flame by the touch of the Falchion’s Volcano cannon.
The Legion Falchion is a complete multi-part resin kit. The rules for the Falchion can be found in The Horus Heresy Book Three: Extermination.
LEGION DEIMOS PATTERN WHIRLWIND SCORPIUS £55
Description
An ancient variant of the more common Whirlwind missile tank, the Scorpius was designed with a single purpose in mind – the destruction of heavily armoured infantry. The Scorpius variant replaces the Whirlwind’s multiple missile launcher system with the intricate drum-fed scorpius launcher, whose implosive warheads are devastating to armoured infantry and light vehicles. The Whirlwind Scorpius’ origins lie in the dark days of the first inter-Legion civil war and, in more recent times, it has become an all but forgotten relic amongst some Chapters as the ability to manufacture its complex munitions has become a forgotten art, but for other Chapters it still remains a potent weapon of war.
The Whirlwind Scorpius is a complete multi-part resin and plastic kit.
IMPERIAL NAVY VULTURE GUNSHIP £66
Description
The Vulture Gunship is a purpose-built variant of the Valkyrie STC; a high-speed, low-level hunter-killer, capable of mounting a wide range of payloads to carry out its assigned mission. Commonly used in a close protection role for air-to-surface Imperial Guard deployments for regiments such as the Drop Troops of Elysia, the Vulture is also assigned to strafing missions against massed infantry formations and lightly-armoured vehicles.
This is a complete resin and plastic kit, includes plastic flying base and plastic Hellstrike missiles and Rocket Pods. Punisher Cannons shown on some pictures sold separately.
BLOODTHIRSTER – GREATER DAEMON OF KHORNE £155
Description
The greatest of Khorne’s servants, a physical embodiment of the Blood God’s rage and never ending thirst for blood – Bloodthirsters are huge creatures, desiring only death and devastation. Manifesting in the Mortal Realms, a Bloodthirster of this prodigious size is known as Exalted, and surpasses other Khornate Daemons in size and thirst for war.
In the grim Darkness of the 41st Millennium, the only Bloodthirster of this immense size seen by the servants of the Imperium is named as An’ggrath the Unbound, the Deathbringer and Daemon Lord of Khorne. In each of the few times he has been summoned over the 10,000 years since The Horus Heresy , An’ggrath has brought unfettered destruction to the Imperium, with countless worlds falling beneath his axe.
Armed with a mighty Axe of Khorne and vicious barbed whip, the Bloodthirster – Greater Daemon of Khorne is a towering model, standing at 24cm tall and with a wingspan of 27cm. It stands on a resin scenic base.
This set contains one complete multi-part resin model. A 130mm round base is included.
CERASTUS KNIGHT-LANCER £180
Description
The Cerastus Knight-Lancer is a first strike weapon, attuned to rapid assault tactics and lethal outflanking charges against a foe. It is justly renowned for its speed and its power, as well as for the temperamental and restive nature of the machine-spirits which dwell as anima within its colossal frame.
Because of this reputation, the most impetuous and glory-hungry of the Knight Households are driven to bond with these war machines, their own souls a match for the fury caged within their mounts. The greatest of these pairings will go on to create martial legends among their lineage, while for those whose temper cannot fully master that of their Knight-engine or whose own lust for glory might see valour outweigh caution on the battlefield, their triumphs are likely to blaze brightly, if briefly, in the chronicles of their Households.
The Cerastus Knight-Lancer is a complete multi-part resin kit. You can also see Daren talking about the making of the Knight-Lancer on our visual feed. Rules for using the Cerastus Knight-Lancer for us in Warhammer 40,000 can be found here. Transfers shown on the model are not supplied and Space Marine and plastic Knight models shown in some images for size purposes only.
CYCLOPS DEMOLITION VEHICLE £14
Description
Primarily used for breaching fortifications such as Pillboxes and Bunkers, Cyclops demolition vehicles are guided to their targets and detonated with devastating results.
The Cyclops is a complete resin kit. Chimera shown in some pictures for scale purposes only and is sold seperately..
GREATER BRASS SCORPION £155
Description
A Daemon manifesting as a machine, this formidable daemon engine of the Blood God Khorne wreaks havoc upon the battlefield.
Complete resin kit.
FIRE RAPTOR GUNSHIP £105
Description
The Fire Raptor Gunship is a specialised variant of the Storm Eagle known to have its origins in the Imperium’s dim and distant past. The vehicle is configured to maximise ammunition stowage in order to feed the voracious appetite of its numerous weapons and this is achieved by sacrificing the Storm Eagle’s transport capacity.
The secrets of the Fire Raptors construction were lost sometime after the Horus Heresy but Fire Raptors are now being fielded in increasing numbers across the countless war zones of the 41st Millennium, suggesting that an as-yet unidentified Adeptus Mechanicus Forge World or Adeptus Astartes Chapter Forge has come into possession of a complete STC imprint.
The Fire Raptor Gunship, is a complete resin and plastic kit armed with twin-linked avenger bolt cannon, wing-mounted hellstrike missiles and two ball turrets sporting either quad heavy bolters or twin-linked autocannon.
These models are our predictions of what most people may be trying to get their hands on right now. If you’ve been thinking about getting any of these you might not want to wait too long, there’s no telling if they will be here today and gone tomorrow! Head on over to Forge World and pick up your favorites before they’re all gone.
Do you think something should’ve made the top 10 list that didn’t? Let us know in the comments below.
