It’s back and more loaded than ever. Don’t miss the GW’s latest new release roadmap that is filling up fast with new model previews, and rumors as well.
All eyes are looking at the upcoming previews that will mark FIVE consecutive months of GW reveals revolved around hobby! But what clues have we already seen that could predict more from late summer and into fall?
Release Roadmap: Bold Release Predictions Ahead For August & Beyond
Here’s our latest speculation of what could be just over the bend moving from into August and beyond…
- Late Summer: Space Marines should be wrapping up the summer with a new codex. This codex is going to be Primaris-focused and have a bunch of new kits hit the game with it. We should look for multi-part kits with plenty of wargear options. As for normal Space Marines, apparently, GW isn’t touching anything for them rules-wise.
- Word on the street is there will be not one but two supplements incoming for the Astartes sooner than later.
- Ultramarines Supplement
- White Scars Supplement
More Previous Rumors About Primaris Support
- A close-combat designed Primaris unit with different weapon options. (These could be the Terminators of Primaris units).
- Some kind of Primaris Tank kit with different main turret options. (This could replace the Predator)
- New Fast one-man vehicles similar to Bikes/Land Speeders.
- A Primaris Medium Transport. (something cheap with a decent carrying capacity could work)
- Small Primaris Flyer
Honestly, GW’s primaris releases seem to emulate EXACTLY what they have been doing for their Stormcasts for Age of Sigmar right down to the recent “Vanguard” release. These latest rumors also seem to fit this trend as well.
Iron Hands Primaris Character
We think it’s safe to say the wait was worth it! This named Iron Father will be hitting shelves (and your opponents) later this year…
Rather unexpectedly, the Iron Hands got a named Primaris character coming to their faction. This took us by surprise for the fact that GW decided to show love to a very minor chapter in 40k. Could this guy be the first of many new characters coming to chapters across the Imperium?
New Primaris Vanguards
Spotted on the Primaris Lieutenant Twitter account, a new character-looking Reiver Lieutenant was unblurred. This model comes from the video we saw a while back showcasing a whole slew of blurred-out Primaris models.
Easy money is on the fact these will get revealed on Saturday at Warhammer world for either an August 10th or 31st go-live date.
Forge World: Adeptus Titanicus Titanicus Bits & More
Still, on deck are a slew of painted models for what we can only assume will be a release in the next three months. For the most part these all have product shots and have been actively previewed from May onward.
FW Titanicus Upgrades
Golden Keshig Jetbikes
Contemptor-Incaendius Class Dreadnought
More Horus Heresy: Book Nine & Dark Angels
While book nine was only mentioned, they did show off some of the Dark Angel’s specific models. Take a look at how intricate the detailing is on the Dreadnoughts and Praetors!
Look for the Dark Angels to be battling the Night Lords and Dark Mechanicum in book nine.
Aeronautica Imperialis is Coming Back
Not giving us too much, it looks like we’ve got a flying skirmish game in the works as well. Do you remember playing this game back in the day?
Warhammer Underworlds Season Three Announced
Season 3 can now be officially named – welcome to Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave! Bringing the ultimate competitive miniatures game to the heart of a living mountain in Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, we’re incredibly excited to see just what warbands and mechanics we can look forward to.
Giving us a hint at Season three of Warhammer Underworlds, we know that we’ll probably have a whole new wave of Warbands coming as well. In fact, they also gave us an early look at one of the Warband’s models.
We got our first look at one member of an all-new warband and are none the wiser about the faction from which they hail. Looks cute, though
Just who might inhabit such a place? We can’t wait to get a closer look at who these might be…
Reminder: Not pictured are even more Lord of the Rings and Blood Bowl releases.
Rumors abound of TWO new Blood Bowl Teams coming to the pitch soon, one that conveniently coincides with Sigmar rumors below. Perhaps it is too early to tell…
Underworlds Beginner Starter: Dreadfane
Designed to be perfect for beginners, you’ll be able to battle through a streamlined version of the game, balancing taking out your opponent with a host of hazards, like falling meteors, beams of magical energy and more. Each match promises to be a nail-biter right up until the last moment. And while both warbands will initially be exclusive to the set, we should see them available separately in the not too distant future.
Dreadfane is gearing up to be a version of Warhammer Underworlds that’s designed for beginners. With Warhammer Underworlds being a fairly simple game as it is, we feel like Dreadfane may be the perfect crossover for someone who plays mostly card games like MTG but wants to get into some tabletop miniatures.
Two New Battletomes Announced for AoS!
Earlier this year, we told you that EVERY Grand Alliance would be getting at least one new battletome – and we’re incredibly excited to announce the next two. Both of these books reinvent much-loved factions, bringing them into the second edition of the game in style.
Sticking to a battletome strategy that seems to have started with the Beast of Chaos army, GW looks to be perfecting including as many rules in one book as they can.
Ironjawz and Bonesplitterz, together at last! Orruk Warclans isn’t so much one battletome as three, containing allegiance abilities and sub-factions for the Ironjawz and Bonesplitterz, as well as a third set of allegiance abilities for the Great Waaagh! – a combination of both forces. This offers these popular factions much more strategic diversity, with the ultra-durable Ironjawz complemented perfectly by the fast-moving and frenzied Bonesplitterz.
Cities of Sigmar
Since the beginning of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, we’ve heard stories of the free cities and the brave alliances of humans, duardin and aelves who guard them… The Living City, Tempest’s Eye, the Greywater Fastness, Hallowheart, Anvilgard and The Phoenicium are now beloved parts of the setting, and at long last, they have a battletome of their own!
Completely out of left field and very much appreciated by hobbyists who have been hoping for this day for 4 years, the Empire is returning.
Cities of Sigmar takes sub-factions as diverse as the Scourge Privateers and the Ironweld Arsenal and forges them into a single force. No fewer than seven sets of allegiance abilities allow you to field mixed forces of duardin, humans and aelves, with a massive roster of units available.
Yep, that’s right they said Dwarves and Elves folks! Looks like the Aleven Wanderers and possibly the Duardin Dispossessed will get rules inside yet another multi-keyword/faction tome!
The arrival of Cities of Sigmar does mean a handful of Order units will be leaving the range and becoming Warhammer Legends later this year. We’ll be providing a full list of which ones closer to the time. The number of units available in the book is still vast, with loads of warscrolls.
What’s more, each City of Sigmar can enlist units from Battletome: Stormcast Eternals into their main force, while Tempest’s Eye and The Living City can draw on aid from the Kharadron Overlords and Sylvaneth, respectively, as full members of your army that share your allegiance abilities.
No word on new models yet, but the rules may be more than enough to make up for this if you ask these players!
Feast of Bones:
Warhammer community took the covers off a new Ogor Tyrant model at their recent event, and he looks stunning.
This is the first Ogor designed with the Mortal Realms in mind, combining classic aesthetic touches like a tusked gutplate and grisly trophies with some neat touches from the Age of Sigmar.
Look closely, and you’ll see vials of potions, some kind of magical sword and even the faceplate of an unfortunate Stormcast Eternal adorning this model, giving it the feel of a wandering, barbaric warrior-king.
Remember the Ogors, well the Ogre Kingdoms rather first debuted back in January of 2004! So the majority of the range is in “Warhammer High School” currently.
Knight Sprues & Weapon Options
This sprue was also spotted on the Warhammer TV stream on Twitch. As part of their Titanicus breakdown, they gave us a short glimpse of what the new Knight upgrade sprues were going to look like.
Take a look at the sprue next to the new set of Titanicus dice. It’s not the first time we’ve seen dice packaged that way. We’ve been comparing it to the size of the sprue and we feel like the sprue will be about the size of the current stratagem cards. Taking a deeper look at what kind of upgrades we’ll be getting, we’ll have:
- 6x fists (3 Right and Left)
- 3x missile pods
- 3x Meltas
- 3x Knight heads
While the sprue may come with six fists, it’s actually all geared around upgrading three Knights only. At least we’ll have more options on which hand we want our fist on and if nothing else, these will be a great leftover conversion bits.
Blackstone Fortress Escalation Expansion
Something even more sinister is going on in the Blackstone Fortress. It’s attracted another band of adventurers to its depths.
Escalation is the next expansion into the Blackstone Fortress Warhammer quest line. With new enemies and adventurers, you’ll be able to dive right back into the game refreshed!
In this latest expansion, Obsidius Mallex has gained control of a portion of the alien space station’s apocalyptic power, and now threatens to bring it to bear against his foes. Before, you were battling for treasure – now, you’re fighting for survival.
In the new wave of adventurers, we’ve got a Servitor, a Tech-Priest, a Rogue Trader, a Psyker, and a Crusader! (left to right).
Escalation will be the first time fans outside of the USA and Germany can get their hands on these models (if you’re in the USA or Germany, you’ll also be able to track them down in the Combat Arena game).
And of course, there have to be some bad guys lurking around, right? new plastic Cultists are going to be lead by the dude with the wacky flamer staff. These have a more dark-cultish look than what was spotted out of the first Blackstone Fortress base game. So what could be going on in the bowels of the labyrinth?
Space Marine Heroes Series 3: Death Guard
Here are more Death Guard minis that are coming inside of the Space Marine Heroes: series 3! Check out everything we’ve covered so far and all the new ones below.
Warhammer Yokohama’s Facebook page also gave us a look at the bare plastic models that were in the case at their store.
Clotticus and two of the recent reveals are above in this image of the assembled images.
So now that all of the models may be revealed for Series three of Space Marine Heroes, will you be trying to get your hands on them in your country?
New Sisters of Battle
It’s really no surprise but Sisters of Battle are coming at some point in 2019. However recent rumors say they may be getting their full release a lot sooner than a lot of hobbyists were expecting.
Coming from an Industry Insider:
These ladies will be hitting shelves around back to school time.
Sisters have been generating nothing but hype since we’ve started seeing their models more regularly. While this all should still be taken as rumors, your eyes should stay peeled in the month ahead for potential previews from GW and more!
Suprise Seraphon?
Seraphon also look to be getting a 2.0 reboot for Age of Sigmar as well according to rumors from June that seems to be supported by some of the rumor engines as of late.
Rumors From an Industry Insider:
Lizards are coming back late summer for a bigger release than Sylvaneth.
The only “lizard” faction we know about is Seraphon and while the Sylvaneth are still being held up, they’ve definitely gotten a lot of support. That makes us wonder exactly what kind of help the Seraphon could be getting this summer. Most overhauled factions at the very least get their own set of Endless Spells, however, Seraphon have a lot of older models too. Maybe we could see some minis transferred over to plastic or even get reworked.
We know there are more Warcry warbands that will be releasing in the near future as well.
With that said, it’s only a matter of time before we see more on their latest projects. With late summer and fall ahead of us, we should keep our eyes peeled for everything that was mentioned above to be hitting the shelves.
So what are you most excited for? When would you like to see Space Marines get a 2.0 codex?
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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.
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