There were tons of reveals left, right, and center in the 2022 Warhammer Day preview; here’s the breakdown of everything new!
The big Warhammer Day 2022 preview for Warhammer 40k and Kill Team is here from Warhammer TV and Warhammer Community, along with our commentary on all of it.
Games Workshop Warhammer Day Open Preview 2022
Warhammer 40,000 turns 35 next month, and we’re packing this year’s Warhammer Day – the annual celebration of the world’s best miniatures games – with goodies from the last three-and-a-half decades. Festivities kick off on Saturday the 8th of October with a special live Warhammer preview dedicated to all things Warhammer 40,000 and Kill Team.
Cadia Stands: New Imperial Guard Army Set Box Revealed!
Games Workshop has revealed a new army box set for the Imperial Guard featuring a ton of new Cadian miniatures during the Warhammer Day 2022 preview!
The box contains 20 Cadian Shock Troops, a Command Squad, a Field Ordnance Battery, and a Sentinel – plus a spoilerific codex that we can’t show quite yet – but these are far from the only new miniatures coming for the Astra Militarum.
This long-awaited update to the Astra Militarum line looks better than we could have expected. The 35th Anniversary Warhammer Day Stream revealed a ton of new multipart kits in this new army box so that players will have plenty of options!
According to the Warhammer Day preview stream, all the new Imerial Guardsman models will be on 28mm bases like the revamped Eldar line.
Not to let the new Cadians outdo them, the classic Sentinel is also getting a makeover! There are concrete ways to differentiate between the varieties of sentinels available, but it looks like the box will make two kits.
There aren’t just revamped miniatures either, new units will also premier in this army box. Check out the Field Ordinance Battery we had been hearing rumors about. It can be built in three different ways and comes with a variety of poses for the Guardsmen manning the guns.
Games Workshop also mentioned these would have a wide stance and be mounted on 100mm bases.
Not to be left out, the stream also discussed the basic idea behind the new Imperial Guard Codex’s design. Regimental Doctrine is the new keyword that dictates how your guard army will differentiate how your Guard army fights vs. other Guard armies.
The stream also mentioned that the new Kasrkin’s 40k rules function a bit differently than regular Guardsmen. As fitting their veteran status, the Kasrkin are capable of using not one, but TWO Regimental Doctrines.
Check out the full video below for a closer look at all the new models coming in the new Imperial Guard Cadians Army Box:
RUMORS: New Imperial Guard Kasrkin, Weapon Teams & More Models SPOTTED!
Boom goes the dynamite; the whole image that was previously leaked of new Imperial Guard models has been revealed coming in the new Cadians Army box!
Whew, this is a lot to digest. Okay, first up is what looks to be the rumored Creed daughter with #pattonpistols, then the new armored top sentinel as well (note open-topped version far right in red light).
Then the long-awaited Kasrkin models that look true to their metal counterparts from the 2000s, which are on what appears to be either Kill Team style or Blackstone Fortress style bases?
Then the middle appears to be new Cadian Shock Troopers who were rumored to be “more elite” now than regular guard. However, they could just be the old models with the new upgrade sprue as well- it’s really hard to tell.
Now confirmed is a five-man command squad pictured far right, as even the tassels do not match the current plastic kit from the mid-2000s.
The new Lord Commisar model is also visible in the middle from the previous rumors, and last but certainly not least are the new Imperial Guard Heavy Weapon Teams!
Looking closely, you will notice the armored shields are missing, and the location of the ammo feeds are different from the current models pictured below:
Pretty cool to finally see some pictures, and if we’re seeing them, it most likely means the release isn’t that far off.
RUMORS: New 40k Imperial Guard Catachan, Scions & Krieg Rules
These were supposedly from the GSC Discord by “the same guys as previous leaks” (as posted on B&C; edited for grammar)
- You won’t be running pure cadians (of course you could) You will be able to mix and match different regiments into one force.
- Your army bonus doesn’t care that half is Catachan and the other Krieg; you’ll still get your army rule.
- The only benefit in running, say, a unit of Catachan is to use a strat like “vicious traps.”
- In the enemy charge phase, spend X cp When a unit is charged and is in terrain, roll a d6 +1 if the unit is Catachans or guerrillas +1 if the unit has a melta mine +1 if Sly Marbo is on the battlefield.
- On a 2-5, the enemy unit suffers d3 mortal wounds. On a 6+, the enemy unit suffers 2d3 mortal wounds.
- The Command Squad is now the HQ (Exceptions being Commissars and Special Characters)
- You don’t get individual characters leading
- Field Ordinance Battery Choices
- Bombast field gun
- Heavy lascannon
- Malleus rocket launcher
- Scions range is now 24″ get the regiments bonus and also 6’s to hit score additional hits
- Veteran Squads and Special Weapon squads are gone from the book, and Infantry squads lose access to heavy weapons but gain a second special weapon slot.
- New Guard Combat Patrol:
- Cadian Shock Troops
- Field ordinance battery
- Armored Sentinel
- Cadian Command Squad
There are a lot of takeaways here. First, there is a new heavy weapon squad or a complete rebranding of the names, which is probably more likely, but as we know now, the Field Ordinance Battery is a completely new kit on a 100mm base.
Second is the supposed configuration of the new Imperial Guard Combat Patrol box that looks to perhaps be all new models if you believe our CSI-type breakdown of the leaked new model image from early 2022.
Last seems to be some cool rules that won’t penalize you for mixing and matching regiments in your armies!
Either way, the Imperial Guard looks to be getting a slew of new models that may also satiate the discerning treadhead. Dope new rules would be a fantastic pairing to have as well in their upcoming codex.
New Narrative 40k Campaign Series & Products on the Way!
GW has announced the first new narrative-expanding series in a long time, dubbed Arks of Omen! The new series will be called Arks of Omen, and it follows the schemes of Abaddon as he attempts to weaponize the various Space Hulks strewn about the galaxy.
The team at Warhammer Community has been tight-lipped about the in-depth rules, but they did give us a few choice nuggets. The most important piece of news regarding this new series of books is that they will NOT have matched play rules!
The Warhammer Community team announced that, due to feedback from players not wanting army rules spread out between multiple books, they have decided to dedicate the new books to having only narrative rules. This is huge for new players that can’t figure out what rules they need to pick up to start playing their army.
Associated with this new series of books is the terrain used for the settings of the narrative battles. Focused centrally around Space Hulks, the battles described in Ark of Omens will be similar in style to Kill Team games.
The stream mentioned that Combat Patrol size games will be the focus, and to facilitate that, Games Workshop has decided to rerelease the terrain that originally premiered in the “Into the Dark” Kill Team box.
Check out the full video below for a closer look at all the new kits coming to the narrative Arks of Omen 40k campaign series and the products on the way!
Get ready to board some Space Hulks in the near future! Games Workshop will give you the tools; all you have to do is dive in!
GW Teases a Chaos Dark Mechanicus Surprise…
The 2022 Warhammer Day Preview has come and gone, but not without one last tease from the Community Team regarding a future miniature that looks a little sus from an Imperial perspective…
There is a ton of info we can pull out of these images. No one can deny the obvious connection to Chaos Space Marines with Abbadon standing front and center; those who know a bit about the lore will also spy the Mechanicum-style servo-skulls lining the perimeter of the image.
This may be a reference to the long-awaited Dark Mechincum and their introduction into Warhammer 40k proper.
These next images add even more intrigue to the situation. There have been rumors about the possibility of a new named daemon prince hitting in late 2022 or early 2023, and we cannot deny the uncanny similarity between these silhouettes and a Daemon prince’s shape.
Perhaps they are variants of the same model kit or several different new model kits? Probably the clear image comes from Warhammer Community’s announcement video for this mini.
This is everything Games Workshop has revealed up to now, and your guess is as good as ours:
Advent of the Arkifane
wh!ꗐƤe®s in th■ v❖iƌ
–/–/–
A̸ 𝔫e✴ powᗴ𝓇 r`i̷ses Ⅎroṁ tℍe ⲰaᎡᑭ
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Seems to translate into:
Advent of the Arkifane
Whispers in the Void
A new power rises from the warp
Have come to make you an offer
Check out the full video below for a closer look at what may be the first new Dark Mechancius models for Warhammer 40k.
Is it a Daemon Prince? A named character? Some sort of jumping-off point for a new line of Dark Mechanicum minis? Your guess is as good as ours at this point, but we’re paying attention to whispers and rumors, so check back to see if we find out more!
New Kasrkin & 40k Shadowvaults Kill Team Announced!
The long-awaited Kasrkin it for the Imperial Guard has finally been announced by GW at the 2022 Warhammer Day preview, and we are pumped! Plus, we know this will hit store shelves on October 22, 2022, as well, so be sure to check out the latest on its release here.
This new Kill Team Shadowvaults box set will feature an epic battle between the legendary Kasrkin Cadians and a group treasure hunting Necrons named the “Hierotek Circle.”
Necrons Hierotek
The stream mentioned the multipart versatility found in the Kasrkin Kit and that the Necron half of the box will contain a number of previously released kits along with never before seen upgrade sprues.
Not to be left out, this exciting new Kill Team set will include exclusive terrain pieces designed to spice up your games of skirmish combat.
The Warhammer Community stream also mentioned that the Kasrkin’s 40k rules will function a bit differently than regular Guardsmen. As fitting their veteran status, the Kasrkin are capable of using not one, but TWO Regimental Doctrines.
If the rest of the doctrines are anything like the ones above, we are sure they’ll be a huge asset to any Astra Militarum army!
This new set is shaping up to be a real hit, and we are hyped to see how people will utilize both the Kasrkin and Necrons in their games!
Check out the full video below for a closer look at all the new models coming in the Shadowvaults Kill Team 40k Box:
World Eaters Lord Invocatus Revealed On Juggernaut
Another taste of the long-awaited World Eaters in the form of Lord Invocatus on Juggernaut was revealed at the 2022 Warhammer Day preview!
Clad in every kind of spike and tooth, Lord Invocatus will lead future armies of World Eaters on a path of destruction. He has been previously mentioned in past Chaos-themed publications, so we’re excited that he finally has a proper mini to represent him on the battlefield.
Scholars of Chaos lore may have heard of Lord Invocatus’ exploits already, particularly his devastation of a powerful Deathwatch watch fortress in a previous Codex: Chaos Space Marines. He leads thunderous charges of Bloodcrushers and Berzerkers in frontal attacks that light the sky aflame, and some claim he even rides the flames themselves.
Lord Invocatus’ design harkens back to the earlier days of Warhammer, and it’s been a long time since we have seen such a majestic glow-up.
Check out the full video below for a closer look at all the new World Eaters Lord Invocatus on Juggernaught:
RUMORS: New Word Eaters 40k Khorne Juggernaut
There are some spicy rumors about a possible flying Brazen Beast Warlord with a connection to the Dark Mechanicum. However, these are rumors so take them with as much salt as you need.
According to an Industry Insider, something big is coming for the World Eaters (besides Angron)
- There will only be one Juggernaut, but he will be insanely strong. It looks to be a single character, not a unit.
- He might just fly
- Has a link to the Dark Mechanicum
- Called the Brazen Beast Warlord
- Unstoppable, B!$@%
Again, these are rumors, but if they turn out to be true, this would be awesome! Plus, if it can fly like the teaser text seems to indicate, this will be a beast that can smash through the weak enemies of Lord Khorne!
Hopefully, we don’t have to wait long for Lord Invocatus to rip and tear on a battlefield near you!
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