GW revealed new 40k Adeptus Mechanicus minis with serious bite. Here’s how Thulia Ghuld and the heavy Hastarii fit into the new Eye of Terror Narrative Campaign.
After Cadia fell (don’t tell Guard players), the Cadian Gate became a freeway for Traitor fleets, and the Imperium’s border worlds got promoted from “bad” to “actively on fire.” When the Eye of Terror starts treating realspace like an open house, somebody has to slam the door and reinforce the frame.
That somebody is Thulia Ghuld, Archmagos Terminus of Mars, and she’s not showing up to negotiate, debate, or workshop a new hypothesis. She’s here to conduct war like a factory process, and she has the Skitarii heavy infantry to prove it.
If you play Adeptus Mechanicus in 40k, this gives you an armoured march of Skitarii that doesn’t rely on robots or breachers.
Thulia Ghuld: The Anti-Cawl War Engine AdMech Has Been Waiting For
- AdMech got a new war boss: Thulia Ghuld, Archmagos Terminus from the Ordo Reductor, built to lead from the front and turn your Skitarii push into a moving demolition plan.
- Meet the Hastarii: legit heavy Skitarii infantry with armoured cyborg bodies and gyro-stabilised gun mounts wired into their brains, powered by chunky generator packs that scream elite unit, not bargain-bin spam.
- Big shift for Skitarii lists: this is an armoured march that can hit hard without leaning on robots or Breachers, and it could change what your “infantry brick” looks like in 40k.
- Eye of Terror wave tie-in: these kits slot into the new Eye of Terror Narrative Campaign push, with more factions and more reveals teased, so expect follow-up kits, books, or a bundle box.
Every Tech-Priest Dominus has a specialty. Ghuld’s specialty is simple: warfare, endlessly optimized.
She comes out of the Ordo Reductor, the Mechanicus subcult that worships the Omnissiah as destruction incarnate. In hobby terms, that means she is the kind of character designed to stand in the middle of a formation and make everything around her hit harder, shrug damage, and keep moving.
She also has a very specific kind of grudge against “wasted effort,” and that usually translates into tabletop rules that reward direct, aggressive play. Expect an AdMech leader who feels like she belongs at the front of a Skitarii push, not floating behind it holding a clipboard.
The Hastarii: Heavy Skitarii Infantry (That Actually Sounds Like Heavy Infantry)
The Hastarii are built for the front lines, blending the kind of firepower you expect from larger machines with armoured cyborg bodies that can lug the hardware into the fight.
Their right arms are even replaced with gyroscopically stabilised gun mounts wired straight into their brains, giving them eerie accuracy, but at a cost: they need advanced backpack generators that are heavy, rare, and obnoxious to manufacture.
That detail matters because it screams “elite unit.” Not a cheap spam pick. Not a disposable screen. A premium tool you deploy when you want the battlefield to change shape. And with AdMech having so many cheap Skitarii units, getting an elite one is nice.
If AdMech gets a genuinely tough, high-output infantry brick, it changes how the faction approaches Skitarii and maybe swapping out units like Breachers.
Exterminators vs Fusiliers: Pick Your Flavor of Bad Day
The Hastarii come in two variants that look like they were designed to solve two different problems. Which, honestly, is perfect, because 40k is mostly just problem-solving with dice.
Hastarii Exterminators: Eradication Casters
These project expanding cones of atomising energy at close range. That reads like brutal short-range pressure that punishes anyone trying to sit on an objective with “tough but not that tough” infantry.
Hastarii Fusiliers: Neutron Fusils
These lance through vehicles and scramble systems with pinpoint shots. That is anti-armor language, with a side of disruption to us.
Where This Sits in the Eye of Terror Campaign Wave
This release is a part of the bigger push. The Eye of Terror is the stage, multiple factions are getting spotlight moments (most notably the Iron Warriors), and GW promised more is on the way. Does that mean just more Battalion-style boxes or more new minis?
We’ll have to wait and see.
This is the kind of wave where Games Workshop likes to say, “and that’s not all,” then follow up with more kits, books, or value boxes. But if there are more AdMech minis, don’t be surprised if this gets bundled into one paywall-style box like the Aeldari.
Or, perhaps we will finally see Dark Mechanicum on 40k tabletops with the first preview of how 11th edition rules will work?
Final Thoughts on the New Thulia Ghuld and Hastarii AdMech Minis
Thulia Ghuld and the Hastarii feel like a statement: not every Adeptus Mechanicus leader needs to be a mad scientist, and not every Skitarii unit needs to be a fragile buff sponge. This is war doctrine, heavy guns, armoured bodies, and a character who would absolutely file a complaint if a battle plan involved “hope.”
If the rules land anywhere near the vibe, AdMech players are about to get a new way to play that feels less like balancing a stack of synergies and more like marching a calibrated execution line straight through the middle of the table.
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