Here’s GW’s latest new release Horus Heresy roadmap, previews, and reveals, looking back at 2025 and what we can expect in 2026!
This has been quite the insane time for Horus Heresy since 2022, with a new edition, a giant starter set, battle group bundles, updated designs in plastic, a new roadmap, and a constant stream of new resin miniatures. So, we’re definitely excited to see where things go from here.
Here are the latest new releases and a preview roadmap from Games Workshop for Horus Heresy, Saturnine, and the Age of Darkness for 2026 and beyond.
Horus Heresy Roadmap From 2025 Through 2026
Updated on March 31, 2026, by Rob Baer with the latest reveals, new previews, and teasers.
Get the scoop on the upcoming Warhammer new releases for the Age of Darkness in the latest Horus Heresy roadmap for 2026.
Tons of awesome new sculpts and revamped classics are on the way as Games Workshop goes all out to keep your armies looking fresh and fierce. And if you’re itching to know about the latest campaign books, we’ve got the inside scoop right here for you!
On The Horizon: Horus Heresy New Releases Coming Soon
Here are all the upcoming Horus Heresy releases we know are on the horizon, but just don’t ask when. Look for more information to drop shortly about all the new products in this section, soon™.
Spartan Prometheus Assault Tank
The Spartan Prometheus swaps out the standard lascannons for heavy bolter arrays or laser destroyers, giving it a nice “pick your flavor of overkill” vibe, whether you want to mulch infantry or crack open enemy armor.
Charonite Ogryn Section
Charonite Ogryns are what happens when the Solar Auxilia look at Space Marines and decide the answer is more drugs, more steel, and way less concern for workplace safety. Now in plstic these brutes look brutal in all the right ways, with their industrial-looking implanted weapons and suits.
Rapier Fire Support Battery
The Rapier Fire Support Battery can be built as a thudd gun tossing out frag and shatter shells, or the mole mortar literally firing into the ground to ruin someone’s day from below.
Rapier Direct Fire Battery
The Rapier Direct Fire Battery brings options for anti-infantry firepower and a laser destroyer for punching tanks in the face.
Journal Tactica: The Battle of Tallarn Part 1
Tallarn is one of those Horus Heresy battlefields that already comes with plenty of built-in hype. Getting updated rules for the new Rapiers, Charonite Ogryns, and the Command Tank version of the Spartan Prometheus gives this release some real support beyond just the plastic kits.
New Plastic Falchion on the Way
The new plastic Falchion looks like exactly what Horus Heresy needed, a Titan-hunting brute built around an absurd neutron-wave cannon, and since Games Workshop already had the chassis rolling around in Legions Imperialis, it was only a matter of time before this showed up with what is probably an upgrade sprue for the Fellblade.
Years from now, we will see the inevitable all-variants box set for Fellbade, Falchion, and Glaive as well.
New Legio Custodes
The “Battle Group” label is not messing around here. This looks less like a cute bundle and more like a ready-made Custodes force that hits like a truck and refuses to leave the table. You’re getting fresh infantry, a tough objective core, and real armor support all at once. If you want to start Legio Custodes in Horus Heresy, or even pivot into Adeptus Custodes in 40k, this is the kind of set that gets you playing proper games fast.
The Battle Group was released on April 4th, 2026, for $255, but we’re still waiting on the separate releases below:
New Custodian Guard
The new Guard leans hard into the classic Custodes vibe with spears, crests, and that “born to stand in the Emperor’s spotlight” swagger. If you like the iconic look, this is exactly the unit you wanted in plastic.
Custodian Sentinels
Sentinels take the Guard template and crank up the stubborn with warblades and those praesidium shields. They also line up with options for both game systems, so you are not buying something that only lives in one ruleset.
Caladius Annihilator Grav-tank
Custodes tanks always look like museum pieces that woke up angry, and the Annihilator is being pitched as a serious threat in the Age of Darkness. It gives the army a real armored hammer instead of relying on “all infantry, all the time.”
New Plastic Contemptor Kit
This might be the quiet MVP of the reveal since one kit builds either the Achillus or the Galatus. That means you can pick your flavor of pain without hunting down separate boxes.
Achillus build
With the dreadspear and that Damage three callout, the Achillus is clearly here to delete tough targets and punish anyone who thought they were safe. It is the kind of unit that turns “pretty solid plan” into “well, that went badly.”
Galatus build
The Galatus shows up with a sword, a shield, and a flamer baked into the package, which is a rude combo for infantry clearing and staying power. If you want a brick that can push in and keep swinging, this is your pick.
New Shield Captain
Custodes characters need to look like they actually run the room, and this Shield Captain sounds like a proper centerpiece HQ The detail level and customization angle make it feel like a model you will actually enjoy putting front and center.
In the preview around the one minute fifteen second mark, Adam Troke and Eddie Eccles mention that this Shield Captain is female. They also pointed out female head options in the Sodality kit, and if you prefer the classic look, a standard helmet swap still keeps everything clean and cohesive.
Venatari
Venatari bring fast, flashy aggression with weapon options like kinetic destroyers with bucklers or the Verutum lance. They are the kind of unit that shows up from an awkward angle and makes sloppy positioning hurt immediately.
A Second Caladius variant
A second Caladius option was teased with a twin Iliastus accelerator cannon, and the preview calls out six Strength eight shots each turn. That profile is the sort of thing that makes medium armor and heavier infantry start reconsidering their life choices.
Coronus Grav Carrier
The Coronus Grav Carrier is being described as a heavily armored transport with speed and Deep Strike, which is exactly how you deliver elite melee without eating two turns of incoming fire. It hauls seven Custodians and brings guns like a twin Arachnus blaze cannon or lastrum bolt cannons, so it can contribute while it delivers the payload.
Whirlwind Missile Tank
The Whirlwind is the classic Rhino-with-a-missile-rack setup, built to dump explosive pain on targets whether it can see them or not. With different ammo types and the speed to reposition when things get hot, it’s the kind of artillery piece that fits just as well in a mobile force as it does in a siege line.
Happening Now: Current Horus Heresy Releases For Q1 Winter 2026
- Comprehensive kit: includes rules, miniatures, and accessories
- Plastic Citadel Miniatures: 54 pieces (44 new)
- Iconic MKVI 'Beaky' Tactical Marines: 40 pieces
- Cataphractii Terminators: 10 existing pieces
- Space Marine Praetors (captains): 2 pieces
Last update on 2026-04-02 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
Legio Custodes Battle Group: April 4th 2026
This is a box of Elite infantry, elite walkers, and elite tanks. No mystery there. The Custodes are not here to flood the table with bodies. They are here to look expensive, hit like a truck, and remind everyone why the Emperor kept these guys close at hand.
- Shield Captain
- Custodian Guard
- Sentinel Guard
- Contemptor-Achillus or Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought
- Caladius Annihilator grav-tank
Mailed Fist Journal Tactica: April 4th 2026
Mailed Fist: Legiones Astartes Super-Heavy Tanks is the companion piece to all this armor madness, packing lore, new rules for super-heavy companies, and datasheets for the big tanks we have seen lately into a forty-eight-page book that should make tank fans and anyone planning to spam steel bricks in Horus Heresy pretty happy.
Liber Custodes: April 4th 2026
All these kits need a rules and lore home, and Liber Custodes is being set up as the go-to book for running Legio Custodes in Horus Heresy.
It also folds in Sisters of Silence, an Agents of the Divisio Assassinorum addendum, plus rules for Constantin Valdor and Jenetia Krole, which screams “full support package” instead of a drip feed.
Glaive Super-heavy Special Weapons Tank: April 4th 2026
The Glaive is a Fellblade chassis that traded subtlety for a massive volkite carronade, and the result is exactly as rude as it sounds. It throws out a brutal heat beam that punches through armor and cooks whatever is left, making it a pretty nasty answer to elite infantry and anything else caught in front of it. It’s also finally coming to plastic, with plenty of hull and sponson options to mess with.
Myrmidon Destructors: March 14th, 2026
The new kit packs six plastic bruisers loaded with darkfire cannons, weird energy guns, radiation sprayers, and enough spare heads and servo-skulls to make any tech-fanatic grin.
Mechanicum Skitarii Battle Group: January 10th, 2026
The new Skitarii Battle Group brings augmented zealots and a plastic Vultarax to the field for some serious Mars-style mayhem.
The separate products from this box set were released on March 14th, 2026.
Angron Transfigured & Lotara: January 10th, 2026
Angron, now a fully warped instrument of the Blood God, and Lotara Sarrin, the iron-willed captain of The Conqueror, are stepping onto the battlefield in stunning new Forge World miniatures.
Siege Assault Battle Group: January 10th, 2026
The Siege Assault box drops a full breach team of Cataphractii Terminators, Breachers, and a Leviathan Dreadnought ready to turn fortresses into dust.
The separate products from this box set were released on February 14th, 2026.
- 6x Cataphractii Terminators with volkite chargers
- 6x Cataphractii Terminators with bolters and powerfists
- 10x Breachers
Fall Horus Heresy New Releases: Q4 2025
The Horus Heresy wave three releases for the new edition landed on October 4th, 2025, and they brought a pile of fresh models with them. Bundle boxes, heavy tanks, and a few extra surprises rolled straight into the Age of Darkness like they owned the place.
- Horus Heresy Combat Forces
- MKII Assault Squad
- Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn
- Fellblade Returns in Plastic!
Summer Horus Heresy New Releases: Q3 2025
July 26th, 2025, is when the Saturnine Box and its rulebook-toting reinforcements officially arrived with new units, updated rules, and enough lore to make a remembrancer weep.
- Journal Tactica: Isstvan V Dropsite Massacre
- Five New Liber Rulebooks
- New Horus Heresy Saturnine Starter Set
New Horus Heresy Gun Platforms
These weapon kits dropped just before Saturnine and were released on June 26th, 2025.
- Tarantula Sentry Gun
- Tarantula Missile Battery Kit
- Rapier gun platform
- Rapier quad-launcher or laser-destroyer
Warhammer 40k Horus Heresy Roadmap & Previews
Previews of the Coming Future in 2026
Space Marines aren’t hogging all the plastic love either; Forge World’s finest are rolling out new troops from Mars, too. This ended up being the new Mechanicum Battle-Pilgryms
Look sharp, there’s also a gleam of auramite steel. Someone very golden will arrive in 2026: the new Legio Custodes.
The Horus Heresy never fails to surprise, and in 2025, the Age of Darkness was anything but quiet. Games Workshop said in early 2025 we’d be treated to an array of new tanks and plastic weapon options for existing walkers, and they did not disappoint.
We also got new digital rules that covered just about every flavor of carnage from the Age of Darkness.
New Legions Imperialis Model Release Previews:
Chart your course through the tumultuous times of the Horus Heresy with the new release roadmap for Horus Heresy: Legions Imperialis!
This Horus Heresy roadmap for Legion Imperialis is your ultimate guide to all the upcoming new miniatures, expansions, and game-changing updates.
- A game of massive battles set during the Horus Heresy
- Includes 223 epic scale plastic Citadel miniatures, enough to form the core of two armies
- Also includes a 240-page hardback rulebook and other gaming accessories
- The miniatures in this set are supplied unassembled and unpainted
Last update on 2026-04-02 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
Legion Imperialis New Releases: December 20th, 2025
The Age of Darkness just got a serious upgrade, and it’s not for the faint of heart, or the lightly armored. Between hulking Saturnine Terminators, rolling fortresses, and enough firepower to make a Titan flinch, these new Legions Imperialis battle groups are here to remind everyone who the real heavy hitters are.
Saturnine Battle Group
The heavy hitters have arrived, and this bundle is basically Vulkan’s dream team of destruction. Inside you’ll find:
- 2 Saturnine Heavy Assault Cadre sets with a total of 12 Terminator squads, 4 Command squads, and 8 Saturnine Dreadnoughts ready to melt anything in sight.
- 1 Araknae Weapons Platform set with 8 platforms that can be armed with quad autocannons, punisher cannons, or frag missile batteries.
- 8 Vindicator Siege Tanks, 2 Mastodon Super-heavy Transports, and 2 Fire Raptors for when subtlety’s not on the menu.
- Plus transfer sheets for vehicles and aircraft because grimdark armor deserves proper heraldry.
Legiones Astartes Combined Arms Battle Group
The Space Marines’ answer to “what if we just took everything?” You get infantry, tanks, Dreadnoughts, and flyers for a fully loaded strike force:
- 2 Legion Command Squads
- 8 Tactical Legionary bases
- 2 Terminator bases
- 2 Assault Marine bases
- 4 Support Legionary bases
- 4 each of Contemptor, Leviathan, and Deredeo Dreadnoughts
- 4 Rapiers, 4 Tarantulas, 4 Kratos, 4 Sicaran Tanks
- 6 Land Raider Proteus and 6 Xiphon Interceptors
Basically, it’s a small apocalypse in a box.
Solar Auxilia Combined Arms Battle Group
The humans aren’t sitting this one out either. This box brings elite troops and armored muscle in equal measure:
- 2 Command bases, 8 Infantry bases, 4 Flamers, 4 Veletarii, and 4 Ogryn bases
- 4 Aethon Heavy Sentinels, 12 Rapiers, 4 Cyclops units, and 12 Tarantulas
- 2 Super-heavy Tanks, 6 Dracosans, 8 Leman Russ, and 6 Lightning Fighters
It’s the perfect mix of “we’re only human” and “we brought tanks anyway.”
Everything Else in the Drop
- Saturnine Heavy Assault Cadre:
- Araknae Weapons Platforms
- Legion Super-heavy Tanks: Falchion, Ascalon, Fellblade, and Glaive variants
- Journal Strategia: The Ruin of the Salamanders:
New Combat Forces: October 18th, 2025 Releases
These Combat Forces aren’t just boxes of plastic; they’re ready-made warbands that practically set up the table for you. Whether you choose power-armored elites, mechanical nightmares, or an ocean of Solar Auxilia infantry rolling with tank support, each set feels like a complete ticket to the Heresy.
Summer Legions Imperialis New Releases: Q3 2025
Released on September 26th, 2025, these kits helped fill out the rest of the Legions Imperialis line ahead of the new Battle Groups in October.
- Mastodon Super-heavy Assault Transports
- Whirlwind and Scorpius Missile Tank Squadrons
- Vindicator Siege Tank Squadron
- Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer Squadron
- Typhon Heavy Siege Tank Squadron
- Formation and Datasheet Cards
- Liber Strategia
- Order Tokens and Objective Markers
Final Thoughts On Horus Heresy Roadmap For 2025, 2026
Games Workshop has some exciting plans for Horus Heresy in 2025, heading into 2026 and beyond, including new plastic kits and resin miniatures, as seen in the latest previews and roadmap of upcoming releases.
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Are you excited about the new miniature releases for Horus Heresy and Legions Imperialis roadmap for 2025 into 2026?
