Latest Games Workshop New Releases For August

By Rob Baer | October 28th, 2023 | Categories: Game Envy, Warhammer 40k, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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All the latest new GW releases into August are still available across platforms- here are the links to where you can get yours!

Most of these Games Workshop releases are orderable, but they might be low on stock or higher in price already on the secondary market. So be sure to check out all of the offerings and pick up anything you might want while they are still available…

Some of these may also still be available on GW’s store, but they are often cheaper when the allocations were favorable from stores elsewhere. Of course, if you can get them at your LGS at a discount, that may be a great place to spend your hobby dollars as well!

Here are the latest new Games Workshop releases with order links!

GW New Releases: June 18th

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New 40k Chapter Approved, AoS, Squats: Pricing & Links

General’s Handbook – Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 1 Retail Price:$50

Click here to get yours for less from these retailers: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Frontline Gaming | Games Workshop’s Store Link

Inside this season’s General’s Handbook, you’ll find:

– An introduction to setting up Pitched Battles for matched play games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, including guidance on the Battle Ready standard of painting for your miniatures, and a comprehensive list of the official publications which can be used in Pitched Battles
– Detailed background information for Gallet, the wind-blasted continent of Ghur where the action takes place. You’ll learn all about this arid landscape, the beasts that dwell there, and the tunnels underneath it
– Region of War rules for Gallet, the Splintered Land, with special rules that focus on empowering Battleline troops, a terrifying new Realmsphere spell for all Wizards, and an aggressive Realm Command available to all players
– Two additional core battalions that players can include in their army: Expert Conquerors, well-versed in seizing objectives, and Bounty Hunters, tasked with bringing down the mightiest foes
– Six grand strategies that dictate an army’s goals in battle by offering victory points if completed by the end of the game, whether you spread your veterans across the battlefield in a Show of Dominance, or eliminate your opponent’s core to demonstrate that there’s No Place for the Weak
– Eight battle tactics that can be used to gain an advantage each turn by earning additional victory points, such as taking revenge for fallen warriors with An Eye for an Eye, or choosing to Outmuscle your opponent’s veterans by driving them from an objective
– 12 battleplans for setting up games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, with a variety of special rules and victory conditions, such as claiming volatile amberbone deposits in the Realmstone Cache, fighting over the twisting tunnels of the Nidus Paths, or struggling to the bitter end in a claustrophobic Turf War
– Updated warscrolls for the following 17 endless spells: Horrorghast, Aethervoid Pendulum, Chronomantic Cogs, Emerald Lifeswarm, Geminids of Uhl-Gysh, Malevolent Maelstrom, Prismatic Palisade, Purple Sun of Shyish, Quicksilver Swords, Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws, Soulsnare Shackles, Suffocating Gravetide, The Burning Head, Umbral Spellportal, Soulscream Bridge, Shards of Valagharr, and Lauchon the Soulseeker
– The core rules and player’s code for games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar

New General’s Handbook means new rules! Exciting times for all AoS players!

Battletome: Sylvaneth Retail Price: $55

This 104-page hardback book contains:

– Twisting thickets of background information on the Sylvaneth, including their history, curious arboreal traditions, and legendary figures like Drycha Hamadreth and Alarielle the Everqueen
– A bushel of artwork that shows off the vital energies of the Sylvaneth
– 25 warscrolls and pitched battle profiles for the spirits of Ghyran, from flitting Gossamid Archers and mounted Spiterider Lancers to the demigod Lady of Vines
– Rules for the 7 greatest Sylvaneth Glades and their 4 Seasons of War, plus command traits, artefacts of power, spell lores, and battle traits like Places of Power and Verdant Blessings
– Path to Glory campaign rules that allow you to grow and spread your Wyldwood stronghold into a mighty forest, plus 5 warscroll battalions for use in narrative play
– Matched play content including 3 grand strategies and 5 battle tactics, as well as a Treelord-focused core battalion
– A showcase of stunning Sylvaneth miniatures in all the natural colours of their Glades, alongside guides on painting them yourself

Take up arms and protect the world of the living with the help of Alarielle and her servants.

Gossamid Archers Retail Price: $60

This multipart plastic kit builds five Gossamid Archers, a swift mid-range harassment unit for Sylvaneth armies. Each Gossamid Archer has a distinctive pose and appearance, and one can be assembled as a Flitwing Scion with a diadem and ornate tabard. This set includes five different designs of zephyrwing spites and quiverbugs, each of which can be equipped to any one of the Gossamid Archer bodies, allowing you to mix-and-match your Archers for a wider variety of appearances across your army.

This kit comprises 42 plastic components, and is supplied with 5x Citadel 32mm Round Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and requires assembly

This new unit for Sylvaneth looks to be a strong one as any ranged options in the melee dense AOS are usually worth considering.

Spiterider Lancers Retail Price: $60

This multipart plastic kit builds three Spiterider Lancers, forest spirits mounted atop insectoid dragonspites. Wearing knightly horned helms and armed with long magical spears, these elite cavalry fighters can soar across massive distances into a devastating charge, and are infused with vital energies that allow them to repair all but the most grievous wounds. One Spiterider Lancer can be assembled as a Spiterider Scion unit leader, another as a Banner Bearer, and another as a Hornblower. The kit includes a variety of shield designs, heads, and different ways to assemble each dragonspite, as well as a choice of two different instruments for your Hornblower, so no two units need look the same. This set can alternatively be assembled as Revenant Seekers.

This kit comprises 82 plastic components, and is supplied with 3x Citadel Flying Stems with 60mm Flying Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and requires assembly

The other new model is some bug-riding cavalry, which is certainly not afraid of charging in.

Battletome: Skaven Retail Price: $55

This 120-page hardback book contains:

– Endless warrens of background information on the skaven, including their history, quarrelsome society, and the magnificence of the Great Horned Rat.
– Heaps of artwork that captures the malign majesty of the expansive Under-Empire
– 45 warscrolls and pitched battle profiles for the insidious ratmen and their terrifying war machines, from the lowliest Clanrat to the most cunning Deathmaster
– Rules for all 6 Great Clans, plus command traits, artefacts of power, spell lores, prayers, and battle traits like Strength in Numbers and Scurry Away
– Path to Glory campaign rules that allow you to enact the circuitous plans of the Great Horned Rat, plus 11 warscroll battalions for use in narrative play
– Matched play content, including 5 grand strategies and 4 battle tactics to confound your opponents
– A showcase of scurrying swarms of Skaven miniatures from the many Great Clans, alongside guides on how to paint them yourself

Skaven needed a bit of help. so this update was very welcomed. Ratmen rejoice!

Warscroll Cards – Sylvaneth Retail: $33.50, Skaven Retail: $35, and Daughters of Khaine Retail: $35

Three new sets of Warscroll Cards came out for this week’s focus factions, making the learning process and learning games easier by giving you quicker access to the information you need to play.

Dice Sets – Sylvaneth and Skaven Retail Price: $38 Each

Along with their updates, the two focus factions are also getting access to new dice.

Vanguard: Daughters of Khaine Retail Price: $130

This set includes the following multipart plastic models:

– 1x Melusai Ironscale
– 10x Witch Aelves, which can alternatively be built as Sisters of Slaughter
– 5x Blood Stalkers, which can alternatively be built as Blood Sisters
– 5x Doomfire Warlocks

All models are supplied with their appropriate bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly

The first of a few new Vanguards are for Daughters of Khaine, which is an easy purchase for fans of the faction who still want to bolster their forces a bit.

Vanguard: Skaven Retail Price: $130

This set includes the following multipart plastic models:

– 1x Grey Seer
– 1x Warp Lightning Cannon, which can alternatively be built as a Plagueclaw Catapult
– 3x Stormfiends
– 20x Clanrats

All models are supplied with their appropriate bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly

Another new vanguard is coming for Skaven, perfect for any prospective and returning players.

Vanguard: Nighthaunt Retail Price: $130

This set includes the following multipart plastic models:

– 1x Knight of Shrouds
– 10x Grimghast Reapers
– 20x Chainrasps
– 3x Spirit Hosts

All models are supplied with their appropriate bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly

Vanguards seem to always be a good value, so this one is probably no different!

Auric Flamekeeper Retail Price: $33.50

This multipart plastic kit builds one Auric Flamekeeper, a funerary support Hero and Totem for Fyreslayer armies. Garbed in his sacred salamander-skin cloak and stern death mask, this duardin bears aloft the burning Masterflame Rune in one hand and wields a flaming brazier axe in the other. In battle, these warrior-priests wade into combat wherever the fighting is hardest, calling on the ur-gold power harvested from their fallen comrades to activate one of a range of magical effects.

This kit is comprised of 10 plastic components, and is supplied with a Citadel 32mm Round Base. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly

Starting a string of AoS characters, this new one is from a recent battle box and can now be bought separately.

Akhelian Thrallmaster Retail Price: $33.50

This multipart plastic kit builds one Akhelian Thrallmaster, a flexible support Hero for Idoneth Deepkin. Clad in the roguish, flowing outfit of a noble exile, this well-traveled noble is bristling with exotic weaponry and accompanied by a snapjaw eel companion. In battle, the Akhelian Thrallmaster is an excellent choice to lead a small force of Namarti Thralls and Reavers, or support them on the front lines in a larger army. The Thrallmaster can swap between fighting stances, each of which offers them – and nearby Namarti units – different abilities, allowing them to adapt to the shifting tides of war.

This kit is comprised of 11 plastic components, and is supplied with 1x Citadel 32mm Round Base. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly

Available outside of his battle box, this character is an easy pickup for Idoneth Deepkin players.

High Gladiatrix Retail Price: $35

This multipart plastic kit builds one High Gladiatrix, a pit-fighting Hero for Daughters of Khaine armies. Twirling her barbed whip around herself, this elegant and intimidating figure comes with a choice of two heads – one wearing a mask in the style of the Sisters of Slaughter, and one bare head. She can also be built with one of two styles of gladiatrix blade – either a curved dagger or a double-bladed spear – allowing for loads of variety in your murderous aelves. In battle, the High Gladiatrix is a powerful fighter who seeks out enemy Heroes to decapitate them in a single blow, and inspires nearby fighters to hit even harder.

This kit is comprised of plastic 10 components, and is supplied with a Citadel 32mm Round Base. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly

Another new character option is for Daughters of Khaine. Quite simply, it’s almost always worth it for players to pick up these one-off new characters if it’s their faction.

Scriptor Mortis Retail Price: $38

This multipart plastic kit builds one Scriptor Mortis, a malignant Hero for Nighthaunt armies. Surrounded by dribbling candles and the vapours of a spectral lantern, this bitter and vengeful scholar floats before an ornate skeletal lectern, making for a striking leader of your spectral hordes. A Scriptor Mortis can sentence enemy Heroes to endless punishment, inflicting a doom that creeps ever-closer as the battle drags on. When surrounded by friendly Nighthaunt, they’re also able to shield themselves from harm by transferring damage to their thralls.

This kit is comprised of 12 plastic components and is supplied with 1x Citadel 40mm Round Base. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly

Now available separately, this character is sure to be a great option for anyone who is a fan of the ghost boys.

Chapter Approved – War Zone Nephilim: Grand Tournament Mission Pack Retail Price: $30

Inside this 136-page softback book, you’ll find:

– Two mission packs, each comprising nine missions each for Incursion and Strike Force battles, each designed to offer a wide array of challenges to players
– Warzone Nephilim secondary objectives, featuring three default secondary objectives for this Grand Tournament Mission Pack, bespoke secondary objectives for every Warhammer 40,000 faction, and a host of general secondary objectives for common use
– Dynamic new rules for allocating and generating Command points, as well as changes to choosing Relics and Warlord Traits
– Guidelines for setting up and playing a matched play or Grand Tournament-level competitive game, including suggested battlefield size, time limit, and how best to determine secondary objectives
– A blank tournament scoring sheet for you to photocopy and use, with an annotated example of how to fill it out
– The full core rules needed for matched play games of Warhammer 40,000, including a glossary and explanation of rare rules, as well as an introduction to the Battle Ready standard of painting for your miniatures

Take your matched play games to new heights with a wide range of secondary objectives for every faction, new rules for Command points, and a range of balanced and competitive missions. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a newcomer to the exciting world of matched play, Chapter Approved: War Zone Nephilim has something for you.

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Whooohooo looks like those spicy Warlord Traits and Relics rumors may just be for real. Either way, a rules update is one of the best ways to spice up your games, so this new mission pack might actually be a lot better than it seems.

The Book of the Outlands Retail Price: $50

This 144-page hardback book contains:

– Ash Waste Nomads: In-depth background material for the mysterious Ash Waste Nomads who roam Necromunda’s outlands, plus all the rules you need to field an Ash Waste Nomads gang, including new wargear, gang tactics, and the Wastelands Skill Set.

– Ironhead Squat Prospectors: Extensive setting information on the abhuman Ironhead Squat Prospectors who seek Necromunda’s riches, plus complete rules for fielding an Ironhead Squat Prospectors gang, with new wargear, gang tactics, and the Wisdom of the Ancients Skill Set.

– Wasteland Gangs: Rules for expanding your gang with vehicles and bikes, hiring vehicle crews, new Hangers-on and Brutes from the outlands, and Exotic Beasts native to the ash wastes.

– Wasteland Workshop: Design and customise your own vehicles for Necromunda campaigns and skirmish games, with rules for unique vehicles like Outrider Quads and setting up a land train with the Cargo-8 Ridgehauler.

– Battles in the Ash Wastes: Rules for generating battlefield conditions including regions and seasons, plus rules for fighting mobile battles in all-important Rolling Roads combat.

– Additional Rules: Gang tactics for the Ash Wastes Nomads, Ironhead Squat Prospectors, and Orlock Vehicle Gangs, as well as the new Driving Skill Set.

– Vehicle Rules: All the rules you need to run vehicles in your games of Necromunda, including profiles and characteristcs, new actions, movement and impacts, and crew. Plus, gang tactics for Orlock Vehicles, and a new Driving Skill Set for all gangs.

– Weapon Reference Chart: A comprehensive reference chart for the weapons you will find in the Ash Wastes.

This is an expansion to Necromunda – you’ll need a copy of the Necromunda Rulebook or the Necromunda: Ash Wastes Rulebook to use the contents of this book.

New rules always help game systems change and adapt over time, so this one is great for that exact reason!

Cargo-8 Ridgehauler Retail Price: $95

The kit includes a variety of additional components for use with its flatbed cargo bay:
– 2x Large Crates
– 2x Small Crates
– 3x Barrels

This set comprises 203 plastic components, and is supplied with a Cargo-8 Ridgehauler Transfer Sheet featuring a variety of vehicular decals and gang logos. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel paints. Note that some components are intended to be assembled without glue.

Rules for using this vehicle and any attached Ridgehauler Trailers can be found in Necromunda: Book of the Outlands.

The biggest and badest cargo truck on this side of Ash Wastes is finally coming!

Cargo-8 Ridgehauler Trailer Retail Price: $60

The kit includes a variety of additional components for use with its flatbed cargo bay:
– 2x Large Crates
– 2x Small Crates
– 3x Barrels

This set comprises 114 plastic components, and is supplied with a Cargo-8 Ridgehauler Transfer Sheet featuring a variety of vehicular decals and gang logos. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel paints. Note that some components are intended to be assembled without glue.

Rules for using the Ridgehauler Trailer and the Cargo-8 Ridgehauler can be found in Necromunda: Book of the Outlands.

Extend your Cargo-8 with this trailer to use as extra story building or simply more on theme cover in Necromunda.

Ironhead Squat Prospectors Retail Price: $47

The set includes:
– 8x bodies in four unique designs, each wearing protective mining suits with a variety of accessories like scanners and grenades, to be assembled as you see fit
– 10x heads in five different designs
– 10x headlamp helmets in five different designs and 2x fully-enclosed helmets, each compatible with any of the heads
– Weapons aplenty! 2 Ironhead heavy stubbers, 2 Ironhead autoguns, 2 Ironhead boltguns, 4 Ironhead bolt pistols, 2 Ironhead auto pistols, 2 Ironhead stub guns, 2 stone burners, and 2 power hammers

This set comprises 128 plastic components and is supplied with 10x Citadel 28.5mm Round Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel paints.

Full rules for using this gang can be found in the Necromunda: Book of the Outlands supplement.

Being some of the first of the new era of Squat minis, these might be popular in 40k as proxies too!

Ironhead Squat Prospectors & House Orlock Gang Tactics Cards Retail Price: $16.50 Each

The Ironhead Squat Prospectors have plenty of tricks up their sleeves, learned through millennia of tireless toil beneath the hives. Keep their best-laid plans close at hand with these Gang Tactics Cards.

House Orlock can grab their own Gang Tactics in this pack of cards, collecting their repertoire of schemes, gambits, and sharp practices in one convenient place.

The next two characters are suspected to be from Forge World, so keep that in mind if you want to look for them.

GW New Releases: July 9th

New Citadel Color Paints & More: Pricing & Where To Get Yours

There are over 30 new and redone GW contrasts and shades. One thing to note about all the paints is they will be on a 2-week pre-order. We’re not sure if they will sell out or what, but might as well grab something if you like it, just in case.

New Citadel Contrast Paints $7.80 Each

Contrast has revolutionised the way we paint our armies. This massively successful range has allowed hobbyists of all levels to achieve the results they want in a quick, fresh, and easy way. The already-impressive Contrast lineup is set to receive 25 new hues.

Since the introduction of Contrast, we’ve had access to new techniques and easier ways to paint huge amounts of models quickly, so new options are always great!

These are some of the brightest and boldest colours yet, including fiery reds and oranges, icy blues, and vibrant greens and purples. They all go up for pre-order this Saturday, so clear some space on your shelves* and start dreaming up new ways to put the expanded range to use.

These are quite bright across the board, so it will be interesting to see what hobbyists come up with as far as usage goes.

New & Reformulated Shades $7.80 Each

All Shade paints have been reformulated to flow better, settling into the recesses while adding a bit less pigment to flat surfaces, making them even more useful.

In addition to reformulating these beloved paints (and don’t fret, they’re the same great colours – they just go on smoother and better than ever before) they went ahead and added seven new Shade paints to the range! There’s something here for just about every project, and you’ll be able to pre-order all the new and reformulated existing colours starting this Saturday.

Shades are another great technical option for painting and new options are always great!

The new options look pretty interesting, and with an update to all shades, hopefully, they all are better in the long run too…

White Scar Spray Retail Price: $22

Sometimes you just need a crisp, bright white undercoat to give your model the perfect start – and that’s where the new White Scar Spray comes in. It’s the perfect compliment to the existing sprays – Grey Seer offers a wonderful cool white, and Wraithbone a rich, creamy base – and now the trinity is complete! White Scar gives you that brilliant white base you’ve always wanted.

Pure white is a good undercoat assuming you want to paint bright colors! This new primer is a great tool for any hobbyist, especially since it pairs well with contrast paints.

White Dwarf 478 $11 (GW Exclusive)

White Dwarf is Games Workshop’s premium Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing content each month – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.

478 is an essential issue for sci-fi fans, with expanded rules for terrain in Kill Team, and the first in a new series of articles for the latest edition of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.

White Dwarf always has a little bit for everyone, so if you like browsing a variety of things about Warhammer this is a great pickup for you.

GW New Releases: July 16th

New 40k Eldar & Chaos Releases: Pricing & Where To Get Yours

It’s been a while now since we saw the kill teams released together, but now you can finally grab either team on its own, which is always nice! Especially when they have so many new bits and even models for multiple Aeldari armies.

Knight Questoris: GW Webstore Exclusive

The Questoris-class Imperial Knights are the mainstay of any Knight House, filling a wide variety of battlefield roles in support of their Armiger underlings – or crusading forth alongside allied forces as a mighty Freeblade. This reboxed kit can build any one of the six Imperial Knight variants, plus the legendary Canis Rex – and you can even use it to create a Chaos Knight Despoiler.

This new repackage makes it easier to build Knights with different kit options to fit eight great datasheets you can choose from.

Corsair Voidscarred Retail Price: $60

Fresh from duelling Heretic Astartes in the Nachmund Gauntlet, the Corsair Voidscarred will soon be claiming plunder as an independent force. These stylish void pirates cut a mean streak across games of Kill Team, and they can also be built as two different units found in Warhammer 40,000’s Codex: Aeldari.

With these seeing some play in Eldar lists, it’s probably at least worth considering if you are a player of the faction.

Chaos Space Marine Legionaries Retail Price: $65

With Chaos ascendant, traitorous Astartes converge for glory, power, and a spot of carnage on the side. Many Legionaries have thousands of years of experience to draw on, forming flexible kill teams that mix raw strength and cunning tactics with lethal sorceries and powerful weapons.

With Chaos’ resurgence, this kit is sure to be a popular pick-up to add some variety to your army lists or conversions- if you don’t use them in Kill Team.

Kill Team: Nachmund (Book) Retail Price: $45

This is the paperback Kill Team supplement originally found in the Kill Team: Nachmund boxed set, now available on its own. Inside these 96 pages, you’ll find full rules and background for both Voidscarred Corsairs and Chaos Space Marine Legionaries Kill Teams, datacards (including fillable blanks to copy), equipment lists, and Spec Ops rules including Rare Equipment.

Also contained within is a lore guide to the Nachmund Gauntlet, full killzone rules for using the terrain from Killzone: Nachmund, and the Shadow Operations: Nachmund Mission Pack, which offers nine missions for use in your games of Kill Team, available to any faction.

Now finally available separately, you can pick up this great book for some extra ways to play Kill Team.

GW New Releases: July 23rd

New 40k Chaos, Leviathan & More: Pricing & Where To Get Yours

It’s awesome to see more of the Chaos line actually hit pre-order, and you can finally start adding those new models into your army!

Chaos Cultists Retail Price: $45

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This multipart plastic kit builds 10 Chaos Cultists, each equipped with some combination of autopistol, brutal assault weapon, frag grenades, and krak grenades. These models boast all manner of twisted details, from Chaos symbols and pendants to daemonic masks and robes, with scavenged weapons ranging from crude bionics to vicious machetes. The kit includes two Cultists that can alternatively be built as Cultist Champions – a mutated female Cultist Champion with a bare, horned head and a tentacled arm wielding a chainsword, or a male Cultist Champion with a ragged mask and a bolt pistol.

This set comprises 41 plastic components and is supplied with 10x Citadel 25mm Round Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly

Cultists have always been a popular model for Chaos, and these updates will continue that trend!

Dark Commune Retail Price: $50

This multipart plastic kit builds a full Dark Commune, consisting of five models – one Cult Demagogue, one Iconarch, one Mindwitch, and two Blessed Blades. The members of this wicked cabal are clad in sinister robes, talismans, and daemonic masks reminiscent of their Chaos Cultist followers – but each boasts a unique appearance suited to their role. The Cult Demagogue wears a towering horned mask and pauldrons, wielding a staff adorned with a parchment strips and a foul familiar, while the Iconarch hoists a daemonic icon roaring with flames, his face hidden by a shadowy cowl. Both are marked by tentacled mutations, but the Mindwitch is by far the most twisted – a bloated, severed head cybernetically enshrined upon the body of a hooded cultist. The faceless Blessed Blades each wield an ornate ritual sword, standing ready to defend the Commune.

This set comprises 13 plastic components and is supplied with 3x Citadel 32mm Round Bases and 2x Citadel 28mm Round Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly

Along with the cultist are these awesome character models.

Chosen Retail Price: $60

This multipart plastic kit builds five Chosen, hardened Chaos Space Marine warriors who lead the assault on enemy positions. These veterans are armed with a dizzying variety of vicious melee armaments – accursed weapons in the form of chainswords, chainaxes, power fists, lightning claws, and different power weapons – as well as bolt pistols, boltguns, and optional special weapons for blasting chunks out of the foe – two plasma pistols, and two combi-weapons with three configurations each (flamer, melta, or plasma). In addition to cross-compatible weapons, this massively customisable kit offers a huge range of interchangeable cosmetics – including five unique backpacks, 10 unique shoulder pads, 13 unique heads (both bare and helmeted), and various accessories – as well as components to build a Chosen Champion with a choice of chestplates, loincloths, trophies, and a Chaos icon with different symbols for each Chaos God.

This set comprises 102 plastic components and is supplied with 5x Citadel 32mm Round Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly

Thanks to this update, the once-forgotten models are finally back and looking better than ever.

Warpsmith Retail Price: $38

This multipart plastic kit builds one Warpsmith, a fiendish engineer capable of enhancing and repairing the vehicles of the Chaos Space Marines. This powerful warrior is bristling with an array of writhing mechatendrils, a number of which can be posed individually. These tendrils are mounted with a variety of spikes, drills, snapping jaws, and two potent ranged weapons – a melta and a flamer – alongside the plasma pistol held by the Warpsmith himself. This kit is loaded with industrial details like smokestacks, bionics, and a choice of three different shoulder pads, each rimmed with corrupted cog-teeth – one blank pauldron, one with iron banding, and one with a skull-and-cog icon. It also offers a choice of two heads – one bare head riddled with bionics and cables, and one grim half-mask helmet – as well as two different melee weapons – a serrated power axe, or a crushing thunder hammer – allowing even more customisation amongst your accursed engineers.

This kit is comprised of 25 plastic components, and is supplied with a Citadel 60mm x 35.5mm Oval Base. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly

Daemon engines have been growing in popularity recently, so these Warpsmiths to support them aren’t a bad pickup to match them.

Warpforged Retail Price: $70 (webstore only)

Venomcrawlers are arachnid-like amalgams of daemonic flesh and cursed iron, driven by a malignant sentience to scuttle across war zones in search of bodies to tear and spirits to consume. After butchering the prey with their excruciator cannons, claws and lashing tendrils, they draw the souls of the slain into their abdomens.

This multipart plastic kit builds a Venomcrawler and two Obliterators, warpforged biomechanical monstrosities capable of unleashing hellish firepower. Both Obliterators have a distinct appearance and pose, their warped armour and exposed mutant hides bulging with a variety of fleshmetal guns. The Venomcrawler sports gruesome insectoid details and abdomen-mounted excruciator cannons – it is also armed with a pair of soulflayer tendrils and six viciously clawed legs.

This set comprises 49 plastic components and is supplied with 2x Citadel 50mm Round Bases and one Citadel 100mm Round Base. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly

While the Venomcralwer might not be very competitive, it’s a really awesome model… And those Obliterators are good, so that the bundle might be worth it.

Leviathan Siege Dreadnought with Drill & Claw Weapons Retail Price: $80

This kit comprises 153 plastic components and is supplied with a Citadel 80mm Round Base, as well as a Legiones Astartes Vehicle Transfer Sheet containing 44 optional markings and icons for the Sons of Horus and Imperial Fists Legions. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly

With the upgraded plastic kit, the new dreadnought is an easy pick-up for any fans of Horus Heresy.

Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Close Combat Weapons Frame Retail Price: $27 (Webstore Only)

This upgrade kit comprises 58 plastic components. These components are supplied unpainted and require assembly

This frame includes the two melee fists from the full Dreadnought kit, which can each be built as siege drills or siege claws for all of your Loyalist/Traitor grinding/crushing needs, and is a great way to add weapon options to any future Leviathan Siege Dreadnoughts you might add to your army.

As the quote above says, this is a perfect pick-up if you’d rather wait out for the ranged variant but still want access to melee options.

Warcry: Heart of Ghur Starter Set $230

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Everyone’s favourite game of brutal skirmish combat in the Mortal Realms ramps up the carnage with Warcry: Heart of Ghur. This is a new and revamped edition, and has a two-week pre-order window. The boxed contains two incredible new warbands – all set to battle across rope bridges and bamboo barricades between the carnivorous trees of the Gnarlwood, with the help of some tasty new rules.

Two-week pre-order window! meaning we won’t see this actually release until we are into August.

Straight from the festering fens to the north of the Gnarlwood, the Rotmire Creed head to the Ravening Ruin of Talaxis to hunt for the ingredients for their elixir of immortality. The industrious Horns of Hashut, on the other hand, bring the flame and fury of their dark god to Ghur. looking to level its lush greenery to make way for their forge fires.

Both of the new warbands look great with unique designs and characters.

The Nurgle-like swamp men face off against the noticeably better-equipped Horns of Hashut, but can they still win? Probably!

Heart of Ghur contains 20 finely detailed plastic miniatures, along with 18 pieces of new Gnarlwood-themed scenery, and a double-sided game board, as well as all the cards, tokens, dice, and accessories you need to play.

The new Ghur terrain will be perfect for AoS and Warcry alike in the realm of beasts.

Essential Hobby Supplies, Tools for Miniatures & Wargames Models

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As the world becomes increasingly modern, hobby technology has skyrocketed. Take a look at these products I recommend that’ll make your hobby journey a bit smoother.

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TUTORIAL: Make your own light halo for under $50

Products For The Hobby Table

Light Halo (featured above)– Tutorial With Parts List
Overhead Triple Bright Lamp– I use two of these on my hobby table.
Ultrasonic model cleaner. Quickly clean parts and tools
Smaller Ultrasonic cleaner– Both ultrasonic model cleaners are sweet at saving you time with a hands-free way of washing the chemicals off of your resin pieces.

REVIEW: Take Your Models Anywhere with This Mobile Hobby Table

Dx Racer Chair– A good chair is something you don’t want to skip out on if you find yourself at the hobby desk. This is what Rob uses himself.
Gunnar Glasses- Protect From Harmful Blue Light, great for those harsh painting lights and computer monitor

REVIEW: Keep Your Posture While Hobbying: Razer Iskur Chair

Purple Pad makes any chair better – hobbying takes a lot out of you and this pad is great for long hours in the chair.
Razer Iskur Gaming Chair – This new chair is the real deal whether you are hobbying, gaming, or working on the computer is has all the support you need!
Ott Light Portable Light with No Clamps– perfect for on the go light for your projects

TUTORIAL: Cleaning Models With The Ultrasonic Model Cleaner (large)

“Vortex” Heavy-duty paint mixer is more fun than it should be. We recently found this cheaper alternative as well that may be worth checking out here, as well as this version.
Mr. Polisher for trimming mold lines– Resin and plastic injections still come with mold lines that are visible after paint. Take it all off with Mr. Polisher
Refilling Paint Water Pot– If you’re painting with a bunch of different colors, you can save yourself the trips of dumping water with the press of a button.

TUTORIAL: Best Mixer Shaker for Wargames Miniatures Paints

Masters Airbrush Spray Booth With LED Lights- remove harmful particles from the air, and still be able to see your models!
Gamer Black Dual Fan Spray Booth – Just like the booth above, but has two fans, and comes in a slick color!
Amazon 11×17 Poster Frame 2 Pack for Warhammer starter box inserts.
Mobile Hobby Table- mobile dedicated hobby table you can use anywhere.

REVIEW:Spray Booth With LED Lights Black Spray Booth (New Product)

Masters Black Spray Booth (New Product)
Affordable Spray Booth – Masters original upgraded with LEDs so you can see better!
Indoor Filters For Spray Booth– Keeps your hobby airspace clean if you’ll be priming and airbrushing a bunch.
Wet Pallet (small)– If you’re tired of wasting your paints by watching them dry as you work on your models, it’s time to grab a wet pallet.

Hobby Supplies to Pick Up

TUTORIAL: Transferring Citadel Paints to Dropper Bottles: Decant

15ml Dropper Bottles– Swap the Citadel paint pots with these dropper bottles and keep them from drying out.
30ml Dropper Bottles (for contrast and large pots)
Shoe Holder For Spray Can Storage– store your spray cans out of sight behind a door!
Matte Coat In Any Conditions: Rust-Oleum Dead Flat Spray– Never ruin a miniature again! TUTORIAL: Remove Dust & Fix Matte Coat Crazing/Frosting
Dead Flat Testors Lusterless Replacement

REVIEW: Take Better Pictures of Your Minis With These

Vallejo Plastic putty for gap filling– Green Stuff has its uses, but this is awesome for filling in small cracks and crevices between bits.
Tamiya Extra-Thin Cement Quick-Setting– Great for ETB and all those “sliced” plastic model characters
Testors Liquid Cement For Plastics
Selfie Light for Miniatures– works great for taking pics of your minis for posting to social media.
Cheesecloth- for making Camo cloaks for miniatures. TUTORIAL: Shockingly Easy: Make Camo Cloaks For Your Miniatures

TUTORIAL: Easy Lift-Off- Great for lifting paint off of minis you want to restore

Hobby Holder– GW’s handles are great if you buy them all. This product is a one-stop solution to most miniature sizes.
Metallic Sharpie Markers For Painting– Great for quick trimming details on smaller models like shoulder pads/Titanicus
Testors Easy Lift Off Stripper (ELO)– A must-have if you’re restoring a model or bringing some older ones up to speed.
Cheat at applying decals: Micro Sol/Set- Never have trouble with Decals again! TUTORIAL: Don’t Suck At Applying Transfers & Decals Anymore!

TUTORIAL: Saving and preserving your miniature paint brushes

Winsor Newton Cleaner removes dried paint– This cleaner does not play. You will need to use it with metal or glass containers it will eat plastic!
Jentastic Brush Goop Conditioner after each use– Invented by a lady, but strong enough to protect and condition your brushes!
Vallejo Chipping Medium
Shapers Brushes for filling gaps with putties– If you’re doing high-detail work on a conversion and need to fill gaps with plastic putty or green stuff.
High-Quality Sable Paint Brushes

REVIEW: Bomb Wicks VS Citadel & Winsor Newton Brushes

Green Stuff is hands down the best for freehand sculpting just about anything
Sculpting Set this a great set for doing all that sculpting with green stuff above TUTORIAL: Sculpting Detail on Miniatures is Easy
Dremel Tool Set – Variable Speed, great set for working with resin miniatures and terrain!
Tentacle & Tube Maker: Must have for converters, the clear version rocks!

TUTORIAL: This Product Changes Everything!

Bomb Wicks & Igniter Paintbrushes for Miniatures – Some of the best brushes I’ve ever used and reasonably priced as well.
Resin Sand– Helps to build up texture around scenic basing bits to flat plastic beveled bases. TUTORIAL: Beginner’s Guide To Making Bases With Pumice
Refilling Paint Water Pot

TUTORIAL: How to Magnetize Knights

Hand Sized Pin Vice
Drill Bits For Magnets (small quick release) Larger Bits (for vehicles etc.) Quick-release set

New Monument Hobbies Pro Synthetic Detail and Sable Hair Paint Brushes and Dry Brushes!

Mr. Hobby Multi-Black Weathering– one of the easiest ways to get great dirty, grimy weathering on your painted models.
Ground Brown Mr. Hobby Weathering
Mr. Hobby Weathering Stain Brown
White Wash Mr. Hobby Weathering
Mr. Hobby Weathering Solvent– for cutting back the weathering solution.

For Streaming

New section under progress featuring all the gear we use to record video content and stream.

Elite Earbuds For Podcasts & Streaming- Pretty much waterproof (I dropped them in a 3 ft mudpuddle), and indestructible ( I also smashed them on the asphalt twice). 15-hour battery life and quick charging case make these my go-to now for everything from phone calls to streaming.
Powerful Slim Laptop we use for streaming and working at conventions.

3D Printers Are Great For Miniatures

TUTORIAL: Learn 3D Printing Today

These days it’s even easier for hobbyists to source and print bits, perhaps more so than any of us had thought. The undeniable allure is that it’s not too expensive for any person to get into 3D printing in order to monetize and/or supplement their hobby.

3D Printers:

Anycubic Mono X

ANYCUBIC Photon Mono SE

Anycubic Mono–is pretty affordable and easy to use
Anycubic Photon Mono SE– printer is magic for minis.
Anycubic Mono X Printer– seems to be the new favorite of miniature hobbyists that swear by Anycubic.
ELEGOO Mars 2– Clocking in generally cheaper than the Anycubic series of printers (except the base mono) ELEGOO Mars 2 is a perfect “in-between” printer that is a great quality at a great price!
ELEGOO Saturn 4k Printer– Between the much larger print area and a resolution approaching actual 4k, the Elegoo Saturn has quickly become a favorite of hobbyists for 3d printing miniatures!

3D Printing Supplies:

You won’t need the pickle jars or the UV cure unit if you get the Anycubic Wash & Cure Station. The new version is pictured above, the old one below.

Waterproof Silicone Prep Mat (makes containing and cleaning up spills of both resin and IPA mixes easy)
Microfiber Cleaning Cloths (for the print film)
Pickle Jar for washing parts
90% or higher Isopropyl Alcohol (12 pack)

Basic UV Curing Station (3-time settings)
Anycubic Wash & Cure Station (previous design)
New Anycubic Wash & Cure Station Large Capacity
Resin filter & funnel: Strain out uncured bits of resin from your printer vat.

Recommended Airbrushes & Supplies

Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Airbrush (left) and Colani (right) REVIEW: High-End Airbrushes

H&S Colani Airbrush– Amazing quality for the price.
H&S Ultra Airbrush– is Probably one of the best “starting airbrushes” on the market.
H&S Evolution Airbrush (Lightweight Aluminium)
H&S Evolution Airbrush (Chrome finish)
Badger Patriot 105
Iwata Eclipse Airbrush– An awesome airbrush to get you started.
GSI Creos .18 Super fine Airbrush Great for the smallest of details.

Tooty No-Name Compressor REVIEW: More Than a Beginner Airbrush Compressor

Sparmax Compressor– Name Brand Super Heavy duty and quiet.
Tooty No-Name Compressor– This is a solid overall compressor that comes with an air reservoir if your airbrush didn’t come with one.
Aspire Compressor
Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver Makes Airbrushing EASY!
Vallejo Airbrush Thinner Thinner is great for getting your paints to the right consistency.
Iwata Airbrush Lube – keep your metals lubed up!
Grex Airbrush Cleaner – The second you buy an airbrush, you should also invest in some cleaner.
Goose Neck Bottle for Cleaning AB– Clean your AB from every angle with high powered water!
Tamiya Masking Tape For Miniatures: 18mm Large 10mm Medium 6mm Small

Figure Storage Options For Miniature Wargaming

TUTORIAL: Store Your Miniatures Safely For Under $20

Collapsible Tournament Push Cart– This thing is MONEY. You can roll up to the tournament, pull out your minis, collapse this thing and tuck it under the table.
Clear Case For Miniatures 15″x 17″, 6″ Tall
Project Cart With 6 Cases for Miniatures 12″x12″ 2″-1/2“

REVIEW: Pack & Roll Foldable Tournament Cart

Steel Sheet (For Clear Cases)- use as a base for something to magnetize your minis to.
3M Double Sided Mounted Table (For Steel Sheets)
10 Adhesive Magnetic Sheets 8.5″ x 11″ 20 mil Magnet Peel & Stick– If you want a peel-off magnet sheet for your minis to stick to, this is perfect.

TUTORIAL: Store Your Larger Miniatures Safely Too!

Sterlite Bins x12 – You can put a metal sheet in the bottom of these and throw your minis with magnetized bases inside!
Hobby Bags – You can never have enough transportable bags to keep your hobby supplies in one spot

TUTORIAL: How To Magnetize Resin & Plastic Bases For Miniatures

Large Acid-Free Cases- Perfect for miniatures like Magnus, Mortarion, Beetle Lady and more.
LED Set For IKEA Case
3 Outlet Remote to control multiple sets of lights, devices, fans, etc…

Adeptus Titanicus Hobby Gear

TUTORIAL: Magnetize Your Adeptus Titanicus Command Terminals

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About the Author: Rob Baer

Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.