Games Workshop’s Sunday Preview revealed the new Warhammer 40k 11th Edition Orks Codex and model range, all going up for pre-order this Saturday.
The first codex of a new edition usually gives us a pretty good idea of what everyone else is in for, and GW handed that job to the Orks. So, whatever shape the first codex of 11th Edition takes is probably what the rest of the factions will be dealing with afterward.
Warhammer Community revealed the full lineup Sunday morning, with the codex, a Collector’s Edition, Nazdreg, and a pile of new kits arriving together.
The bit we’d pay the most attention to isn’t even the fifteen detachments. It’s the app code. GW says the code inside the codex now acts as an ongoing subscription to rules updates, extra detachments, new lore, and hobby guides instead of just being the one-time rules unlock we’ve been using through 10th Edition. So, if GW carries this setup through the rest of 11th Edition, it changes what buying a codex actually gets you.
There’s also a weird second half to the week. Two Made to Order (MTO) ranges are landing alongside the Orks, with classic Skaven on one side and metal Lothlorien Elves and Khazad-dûm Dwarves on the other.
Here’s everything going up for pre-order this Saturday, along with our thoughts on all these new releases.
Warhammer 40k: Pre-Order Releases
These go up for pre-order on Saturday, August 22, around 1 p.m. EST in the States, with a street date of Saturday, September 5, for store shelves.
If you’re waiting on something else, check our updated Warhammer Roadmap for 2026.
Orks Codex Pre-Order: $40 (USA), $50 (Canada), £25 (UK), €32.50 (EU), ¥5,900 (Japan), ₩55,000 (Korea), $70 (Australia), $83 (New Zealand)
Inside are fifteen detachments, datasheets for more than 50 units, and an expanded Waaagh! army rule. That’s a lot of room for GW to split up the different ways Orks like to cause problems.
We’ll be watching how those detachments divide things up. Orks need their mobs, vehicles, bikes, and other weird nonsense to work together without feeling like you’re building several half-armies at once. This many detachments could give players loads of options, or spread everything too thin.
Orks Codex Collector’s Edition
- This item is only available directly from Games Workshop; stores were not solicited for it.
The Collector’s Edition gets a full hardback cover, gold foil details, green foil page edges, and a green ribbon marker. The actual book inside is the same as the standard edition, so you’re really just paying for the fancy version rather than extra content.
It’s while stocks last, and these wave-one Collector’s Editions usually don’t hang around long at all.
Nazdreg Pre-Order: $60 (USA), $72 (Canada), £36 (UK), €45 (EU), ¥8,300 (Japan), ₩80,000 (Korea), $98 (Australia), $115 (New Zealand)
Nazdreg is a Bad Moons warlord rich enough to buy tellyporta technology that other Orks couldn’t afford, which is about as Bad Moons as it gets. He’s armed with the Moonchewa power klaw and a three-in-one weapon called Kustom Blasta X.
We just heard that Nazdreg was returning with new rules, and honestly, making him the named character for this release instead of another Ghazghkull variation feels like the better choice. Mostly because Bad Moons players have spent years finding stand-ins for him.
Nazdreg is delayed in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
Nazdreg Hobby Tips
Paint the yellow before final assembly. Keep the body, klaw, gun arm, and loose trophies separate while painting so you don’t have to reach around everything afterward. A thin orange glaze in the recesses will shade the yellow without making it look dirty, and saving the gold for the teef helps sell how loaded this guy is.
Ork Warboss Pre-Order: $47 (USA), $56 (Canada), £29 (UK), €37 (EU), ¥6,400 (Japan), ₩63,000 (Korea), $74 (Australia), $85 (New Zealand)
The new Warboss can take a kustom choppa or power klaw, paired with a kustom shoota, kombi-rokkit, or kombi-skorcha. There’s also an attack squig, several boss pole toppers, and different heads and jaws.
That’s useful because plenty of Ork players own more than one Warboss. Having enough bits to make the second or third one look different beats lining up several copies of basically the same model, and anything left over can go straight into new Nob conversions.
The Warboss is delayed in Japan and Korea.
Ork Warboss Hobby Tips
Magnetizing the arms makes sense here, so whether the choppa or power klaw is better can change with rules and points, and the kit gives you enough options to make swapping worthwhile. Keep the attack squig separate while painting too, especially if you want brighter colors on the tongue and smaller details.
Ork Mek: $43.50 (USA), $54 (Canada), £27 (UK), €34.50 (EU), ¥6,300 (Japan), ₩59,000 (Korea), $75.50 (Australia), $88.50 (New Zealand)
The new Mek is here to fix things in the middle of a firefight, and apparently bringing a crane along seemed reasonable. Honestly though, for an Ork, it probably was.
Rules-wise, he’s the obvious support piece for Dreads and vehicles. If the new codex leans into walkers as hard as the Armageddon reveals suggested, somebody who can keep them running will be pretty useful now.
Ork Mek Hobby Tips
Leave the crane off until you paint the rest of the Mek. It’ll block brush access to everything behind it, and it’s probably the part you’ll want to weather the most anyway. Sponge chipping and a heavy oil wash should work well while it’s loose, then attach it and blend the join with rust pigment if youre feeling adventurous.
Ork Boyz Pre-Order: $65 (USA), $80 (Canada), £40 (UK), €51.50 (EU), ¥9,300 (Japan), ₩85,000 (Korea), $110 (Australia), $130 (New Zealand)
Every Boy carries a shoota, slugga, and choppa, so the old decision over which version of the mob to build is gone. Three Boyz can take a big shoota, rokkit launcha, or burna, too, while the Nob gets a power klaw.
Giving every model all three weapons is a simple change that solves a long-running Ork problem. One box gives you one flexible unit instead of leaving you with a mob built for yesterday’s rules. It also fits with what the new Ork Boyz datasheet showed us: the mob is expected to contribute at different ranges, instead of just hoping enough models reach combat.
Ork Boyz Hobby Tips
Batch paint these as much as possible. Prime them black, drybrush the skin through two greens, then work through the cloth and leather in batches. Mix the heads and jaws as you build, because twenty Orks staring in exactly the same direction looks strangely organized.
Ork Warbikers Pre-Order: $68.50 (USA), $82 (Canada), £42.50 (UK), €55 (EU), ¥9,900 (Japan), ₩90,000 (Korea), $118 (Australia), $139 (New Zealand)
The new Warbikers are covered in mismatched armor plates, armed with rapid-fire dakkaguns, and the squad leader gets a kombi-rokkit.
We’ve been waiting on these since the Warbikes were first revealed, and if they’re meant to survive the trip across the table rather than dump one round of shooting and disappear, that’ll be a noticeable change from the last couple of editions.
Ork Warbikers Hobby Tips
Pin the riders before gluing them in place since bikes put a lot of stress onto a couple of small joints. Painting the bike and rider separately will also save you plenty of frustration. Do the exhaust soot last with black pigment so it sits over the finished metallics.
Ork Trukk Pre-Order: $85 (USA), $104 (Canada), £52 (UK), €67 (EU), ¥12,200 (Japan), ₩115,000 (Korea), $145 (Australia), $170 (New Zealand)
The Trukk gets a modern update with an optional grabbin’ klaw, buzzsaw, huge spiked ram, and plenty of cosmetic junk to keep every vehicle from looking identical. The old Trukk already gave Ork players a ridiculous pile of useful bits, so a newer version with even more stuff on the sprue works for us.
Ork Trukk Hobby Tips
Keep the bed and cab separate while painting, and don’t glue the crew in until you’ve finished the interior. Spray the vehicle red, then sponge-chip it with dark brown so it looks like Orks painted over old scrap instead of picking it up from a showroom.
Orks Command Pack: $35 (USA), $43 (Canada), £22 (UK), €29 (EU), ¥3,410 (Japan), ₩44,000 (Korea), $50 (Australia), $53 (New Zealand)
GW has put the reference cards and tokens together this time. The Command Pack includes 94 cards covering all fifteen detachments with their rules, enhancements, and stratagems, plus 36 double-sided tokens.
Orks Dice Set: $35 (USA), $41 (Canada), £22 (UK), €29 (EU), ¥3,410 (Japan), ₩44,000 (Korea), $50 (Australia), $53 (New Zealand)
The dice are a set of 16 in mottled green with red pips and an Ork faction logo on the six. They’ll still roll a one exactly when you don’t need it.
Armageddon Ork Solo Releases
- Big Mek Dakkarig: $82 (USA), $98 (Canada), £49.50 (UK), €64 (EU), ¥11,600 (Japan), ₩105,000 (Korea), $133 (Australia), $158 (New Zealand)
- Weirdboy: $43.50 (USA), $54 (Canada), £27 (UK), €34.50 (EU), ¥6,300 (Japan), ₩59,000 (Korea), $75.50 (Australia), $88.50 (New Zealand)
- Wartrakk: $67.50 (USA), $81 (Canada), £42.50 (UK), €55 (EU), ¥9,900 (Japan), ₩90,000 (Korea), $118 (Australia), $139 (New Zealand)
- Kommand Krew: This item is only available directly from Games Workshop; stores were not solicited for it.
The Big Mek Dakkarig, Weirdboy, Wartrakk, and Kommand Krew with Bannernob, Bigboss, Painboy, and his grot orderly are all breaking out of the Armageddon box as standalone kits this week. If you skipped the big box because you only wanted the Orks, this is the release you’ve been waiting for.
Anyone who already bought the Armageddon box set can mostly ignore this section. Everyone else now gets to compare the singles pricing against buying the original box with the Marine half included.
The Dakkarig is delayed in Japan and Korea, while the Weirdboy and Wartrakk are delayed in Japan.
Armageddon Ork Solo Releases Hobby Tips
Treat the Kommand Krew as one project instead of painting each model separately. Use the same basing and a couple of repeated spot colors across the three Orks and the grot so they look like an actual group. For the Dakkarig, paint the barrel assembly before attaching it to the body because getting into the middle afterward won’t be fun.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: New Pre-Order Releases
The latest Warhammer Age of Sigmar pre-orders are here too.
Made to Order Skaven
- These items are only available directly from Games Workshop; stores were not solicited for it.
Eleven classic Skaven characters are back for a limited Made to Order window:
- Ikit Claw
- Throt The Unclean
- Lord Skrolk
- Tretch Craventail
- Queek Headtaker
- Skweel Gnawtooth
- Plaguelord Nurglitch
- Warlord Spinetail
- Deathmaster Snikch
- Classic Verminlord
- Warpgnaw Verminlord
Seeing models like Snikch and Queek back on GW’s store will hit hard for anyone who built Skaven around these sculpts years ago. For plenty of hobbyists, these were the characters that defined the army.
The usual Made to Order rules apply. They’re only available directly from GW, the ordering window is limited, and they won’t necessarily ship on the normal Saturday release schedule.
Middle-earth Battle Strategy Game: New Pre-Order Releases
The latest Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game releases are here, bringing back more miniatures and heroes from Tolkien’s setting.
Made-to-Order Elves and Dwarves
- These items are only available directly from Games Workshop; stores were not solicited for it.
Lothlorien and Khazad-dûm are both getting Made to Order releases, and GW says these are being cast in metal for the first time in years:
- Galadriel, Protectress of Lothlorien
- Classic Lórien Elf Bowmen
- Classic Guards of the Galadhrim Court
- Classic Khazad-dûm Dwarven Warriors
- Classic Khazad-dûm Dwarven Bowmen
- Classic Khazad-dûm Dwarven Commanders
Metal makes sense for a short nostalgia run like this. GW isn’t going to cut new plastic tooling for a temporary release, and plenty of longtime Middle-earth players will probably be happier seeing these return in metal than another resin run.
The same Made to Order caveats apply here. They’re direct from GW, only available during a limited ordering window, and fulfillment runs on its own schedule rather than the normal street date.
Black Library: New Pre-Order Releases
The latest Black Library pre-orders are up too, with Orks, Space Wolves, Deathwatch, and tank crews getting something this week.
Deathwatch (Special Edition)
- This item is only available directly from Games Workshop; stores were not solicited for it.
Steve Parker’s Talon Squad story from 2013 is returning as a Special Edition after winning the 2025 Reader’s Choice vote. Talon Squad heads to 31-Caro on a mission for a mysterious Inquisitor Lord and hunts whatever has been eating the faithful.
Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! (Illustrated and Annotated Edition): $40 (USA), $47.50 (Canada), £25 (UK), €32.50 (EU), ¥5,900 (Japan), ₩55,000 (Korea), $70 (Australia), $83 (New Zealand)
Nate Crowley’s book gets the same Illustrated and Annotated treatment already given to The Infinite and the Divine and For the Emperor, adding author notes and new artwork to Makari’s very questionable account of Ghazghkull’s rise.
Bjorn: The Fell-Handed (Hardback): $21 (USA), $25 (Canada), £15 (UK), €20 (EU), ¥2,320 (Japan), ₩30,000 (Korea), $30 (Australia), $32 (New Zealand)
Justin D Hill puts the oldest living Space Marine between the Death Guard and Fenris. It’s coming in hardback along with a digital edition through the Black Library app.
Demolisher (Paperback): $17.99 (USA), $21.99 (Canada), £9.99 (UK), €13.50 (EU), ¥1,550 (Japan), ₩20,000 (Korea), $22.99 (Australia), $24 (New Zealand)
Andy Clark’s follow-up to Steel Tread is getting a paperback release. Hadeya Etsul and the crew of the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread are escorting a commissar across contested ground on Croatoas while something stalks them from range and a new crew member causes problems inside the tank.
FAQ About the Orks Codex and the Armageddon Wave Sunday Preview
Will I need to buy a new codex for 11th edition?
If you want the new detachments and datasheets, yes. The Orks Codex carries 15 detachments and the expanded Waaagh! rule that the previous book does not have.
Final Thoughts on the Orks Codex Pre-Orders
For Ork players, Saturday isn’t just another codex release. Most of the core range is changing at the same time. Boyz no longer force you to pick between their basic weapon setups, the Warboss has enough options to make multiple builds look different, and the Trukk is finally getting replaced after years of service.
Now we get to see whether GW treats the Orks as the template for the rest of the 11th Edition codex roadmap or just gave them an unusually big opening week. A codex, a sizeable kit refresh, accessories, and two Made to Order ranges is a lot to stack onto one Sunday Preview. The next few faction releases should tell us whether this is the new normal.
🔗 Related Reads:
- The Orks Codex is 11th Edition’s first drop
- Every new Ork model in the Armageddon box
- Armageddon starter set contents and value review
- The new Waaagh! army rule lets everyone charge after Advancing
- Nazdreg is back with new rules and a Total War debut
- The 11th Edition codex release schedule
- Updated Warhammer 40k 2026 roadmap
What do you think of the Orks Codex wave, and is the app subscription code a fair trade for ongoing rules?
