Here’s a first look at the new Space Marines releases and codex rules releases hitting pre-order on September 30th, 2023.
Get those hobby dollars ready if you want any of these new releases from Games Workshop that will go up for pre-order with your favorite retailers on Saturday, September 30th, 2023, around 1 p.m. EST.
New 40k Space Marine Kits & Codex: FIRST LOOK
Some of these box sets are still holdovers from 9th Edition, so it’s nice to finally see them get their own separate kits. However, most new pre-orders are the new releases revealed at the 2023 Nova Open! Perhaps, best of all, a new codex is here, and it’s a giant 216-page book.
Don’t forget these will be on pre-order for two weeks, with a street date of October 14th, 2023.
Codex: Space Marines
Tyranids are running rampant across the galaxy, but the Space Marines are ready to fight back. The new codex is packed with datasheets, detachment rules, background lore, beautiful miniatures showcases, and Crusade content aplenty. This huge 216-page book contains seven complete detachments with a wide variety of abilities and playstyles.
Any Space Marine army can use these rules – including divergent chapters like the Space Wolves and Blood Angels. Want to see what happens when the Black Templars try being sneaky for once in a Vanguard Spearhead? Now you can!
With rules for all the sub-factions, this will be an essential book for any variety of Space Marines until the Dark Angels book drops.
Codex Space Marines (Collectors)
Of course, if you’re one of the First Company Veterans, a regular codex just won’t do. That’s why there’s a luxury special edition featuring unique cover art, foil details, and fetching gilt page edges. This is strictly limited to just a few thousand copies.
Get this fast if you want it, as it will almost certainly sell out quickly.
Captain with Jump Pack
Space Marine Captains aren’t just strategic masterminds – they’re also indomitable warriors in their own right, and many prefer to smash straight into enemy ranks strapped to a jump pack. This new kit gives you the option to send your eager leader flying into close combat with several different weapon choices, as well as both helmeted and unhelmeted head options.
Jump Pack Captains are very popular with particular sub-faction Space Marines, so it’ll be interesting to see if this kit gets more play as those factions get their supplements!
Chaplain in Terminator Armour
Deliver sermons on the front lines safely with the latest in personal priesthood protection – the Chaplain in Terminator Armour. This walking behemoth of righteous fury is all-but immovable on the battlefield, and that’s before he straps on his optional relic shield. He can even choose between two variants of crozius arcanum.
Chalain’s are a core support model for Space Marines, so getting their Terminator version as a separate release might be a boon depending on the rules!
Company Heroes
Captains and Chapter Masters are often accompanied by some of the finest heroes of their chapter as a personal bodyguard. The squad’s Ancient carries a fluttering company banner to inspire his comrades and boost their Objective Control, while the Company Champion duels enemy leaders before they can even think of getting near the Captain. The Veterans meanwhile lay down a hail of bolt fire. This kit also includes a versatile Captain with multiple options.
Company Heroes are great because you can use them for various roles by fielding them as “counts as”, along with their new rules too!
Terminator Squad
The bulked-up Terminators first seen in the Leviathan boxed set are back with a full multi-part plastic kit, including classic weapons like the heavy flamer and cyclone missile launcher. These five plastic Terminators are packed with options including a wide range of heads and chainfists for all who want them, in case you’re up against a legion of stubborn Vehicles and fortifications.
Terminators might always be a staple, and these kits are pretty good, so seeing them get a separate release is a big positive!
Jump Pack Intercessors
Take to the skies and deliver hot, fresh chainsword death at an indeterminate speed with a band of Assault Intercessors equipped with the latest in jump pack technology. These five multi-part plastic assault troops cause massive damage with the weight of their charge alone, while the Sergeant has the option of a hand flamer, plasma pistol, power sword, and power fist in place of his regular equipment.
Mobility is always good, so might as well have these sweet kits to fill the role. But if you are just looking for jump-pack bits, we recommend these affordable ones.
Sternguard Veteran Squad
Space Marines with many years of service are organised into Sternguard Veteran squads, who wield finely tuned boltguns and combi-weapons. This new multi-part plastic kit builds five Veterans with your choice of Sternguard boltguns or combi-weapons, and includes the brand new pyrecannon heavy weapon as a heavy weapon option.*
Yes, that is a back banner.
These Vets are great looking and starting with this wave of releases, you’ll be able to stock up on them, too!
Combat Patrol: Space Marines
Take an elite, flexible force into Combat Patrol and kickstart your Space Marines collection with this fine assemblage of powerful heroes. Five Terminators, five Infernus Marines, a Terminator Captain, and a Terminator Librarian – whom you may have seen grinding up some Tyranids in the Leviathan box set earlier this year – put out the damage of many more men, and are tough as nails to boot.
This is pretty much the Space Marines from the new edition starter, but these are all excellent units if you want to bulk up on them or pass on the original box(es)!
Space Marine Datasheet Cards
Space Marine Dice
Add some handy accessories to your army with a set of 99 reference cards – featuring every Space Marines datasheet, separate Combat Patrol cards, and an armoury reference – and a pack of 16 pearlescent blue, plastic dice with metallic silver pips and the faction logo of the Adeptus Astartes on the six. The cards have gold gilt edging as befits the mightiest warriors of mankind.
Pick up the new release bonus products to show off your devotion or help smooth out the learning curve.
Chapter Approved: Leviathan Mission Deck
This pack of cards is an essential companion for playing Matched Play games of Warhammer 40,000, first available in the Leviathan box set and now coming to shelves separately. Drawing cards from each deck allows you to quickly construct an exciting mission, and execute Gambits to bring trailing players back into the game.
With the marked card debacle behind us, this 10th Edition mission deck is getting re-released for everyone who needs a set for their games!
Strike Force Agastus Box Separate Kits Releases
Lieutenant
The leader of Strike Force Agastus gets a standalone release, ready to join your Space Marine squads and grant the powerful Lethal Hits ability to all of their weapons. This intensely customisable kit can be equipped in many different ways, from the classic power fist and plasma pistol combo to power swords, bolt rifles, or the dreaded pointing finger.
Sometimes, what we really want is a new Lieutenant, haha. This is the one from the Agastus kit and has some of the best kit loadout options so far of any of them!
Brutalis Dreadnought
The best place for a gigantic walking death machine is right in the middle of the enemy, and the Brutalis Dreadnought is equipped to take full advantage of the sheer everything-shredding power of its mighty fists and talons. Gone are the heavy guns of the Redemptor or the missiles of the Ballistus – this dreadnought is squarely in the business of tearing things apart in close combat, and business is booming.
You’ll now be able to get the new Brutalis Dreadnought as a separate release with this wave of new drops!
Desolation Squad
While your Brutalis Dreadnought is having the time of their life in melee combat, some long-range fire support is just the ticket to keep it from being overwhelmed.
The Desolation Squad is the final word in man-portable missile-flinging firepower, able to lay down a barrage of high explosives at impressive range while sitting squarely behind the safety of some good cover. They even have a choice between superfrag or superkrak missiles, so you can pick whatever’s best against the unfortunate subject of your ire.
Desolation Marines have some sweet weapons, and Anti Armor is always in style these days…
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