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4 New Formations For Warhammer 40k REVEALED

By Rob Baer | December 8th, 2016 | Categories: Warhammer 40k News, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Come see the big four new formations for Warhammer 40k that come inside this holiday’s battleforce bundles deals! Don’t miss this!

Big deals are coming along with the new supplement itself. Here’s what we’ll be seeing just before the holidays!

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The new Battleforce sets will retail for $170, a savings of nearly $100 a box or about 30% off retail (MSRP).

If you’ve been eyeing Age of Sigmar checkout that Slyvaneth battleforce, at over 40% off!

40k Battleforces break down to:

  • Space Wolves: Dreadnought, 15 Grey Hunters (updated count to 15), 5 Terminators, 5 Fenrisian Wolves, Stormwolf Flyer, Iron Priest: $289
  • Deathwatch:  5 Bikes, 5 Terminators, 15 Deathwatch Kill Team, Razorback, Watch Commander: $282
  • Tau: 3 Stealth Suits, Ghostkeel, Devilfish, Broadside, 10 Pathfinders, Commander: $275
  • Adeptus Mechanicus: 2 Kastelan Robots + Priest, 3 Kataphron, 5 Electro Priest, 5 Infiltrators, Ironstrider. $263

And here are the four new formations that are in each of the above box sets courtesy of Scanner:

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Overall this seems like another indicator that times are a changing at Games Workshop in 2016, and I for one am ready to welcome our new Hobby Overlords in 2017!

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About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X

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 the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of 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 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.

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.