Wazdakka Gutsmek finally gets an official 40k model, and his new rules are built to spearhead a Speedwaaagh in Armageddon against Yarrick.
Ork players have been converting Warbosses on bikes and calling them Wazdakka Gutsmek for two decades now, but there’s finally a real kit to put on the table now!
Games Workshop is charging him into Armageddon at the front of a fresh Speedwaaagh opposite Commisar Yarrick in the latest Warhammer 40k campaign arc leading into 11th Edition.
The blasted wastelands around the hives are about as on-brand a battlefield as Wazdakka is going to get, and he has the kind of presence that’s been missing from the Ork model range for a long time.
If you play Orks, and especially if Speed Freeks have been sitting half-built on your shelf forever, this is the release that pulls the biker theme back to the game.
Wazdakka Gutsmek Finally Gets the Model Ork Players Have Been Waiting For
Updated on April 20, 2026, by Rob Baer with confirmed release date and pricing information.
- Model: official kit finally lands after years of kitbashed stand-ins.
- Stats: M14, T8, 10 wounds, 3+ save, 4+ invulnerable, with Lone Operative and Deep Strike.
- Engine modes: Throttlerokit Shokka Engine rotates Turbo, Shokk Attack, or Pulse Jet each Command phase.
- Self-heal: Fixit da Grot restores D3 wounds each Command phase.
- Warlord trait: Warbiker units become Battleline when Wazdakka is your Warlord.
Wazdakka Gutsmek Price & Release Date:
- Wazdakka Release Date: May 9th, 2026
- Retail Price (MSRP/RRP): $85 (USD). Regional pricing is listed below.
For us, the model sculpt itself is the big win here. Big Revva looks every bit the over-the-top Ork war machine the lore always implied, and Wazdakka himself is the cigar-chomping Bikeboss the faction has been missing on the shelf.
Pairing the release to Armageddon puts his model right where it belongs in the story, too. A fresh Speedwaaagh charging out of the wastes is exactly the setup every Ork player wanted when they first read the Bikeboss lore.
The New Wazdakka Gutsmek Rules Are Built for Speedwaaagh Mayhem
In the game, Wazdakka rolls in at Movement 14, Toughness 8, 10 wounds, a 3+ save, and a 4+ invulnerable. Add Lone Operative and Deep Strike on top, and that’s a real bruiser profile for a single model because opponents have to commit real resources to bring him down.
The secret to this is the Throttlerokit Shokka Engine; it’s what does the heavy lifting. Each Command phase, you pick one rule and keep it until your next Command phase:
- Turbo Engine: charges after Advancing or Falling Back, putting him at roughly a 25″ charge threat range on average rolls. Tagging him with a screen rarely holds him in place.
- Shokk Attack Engine: if he’s not in Engagement Range, he jumps into Strategic Reserves and comes back where your opponent’s screening is weakest.
- Pulse Jet: a flat +6 to Advance plus movement through models and terrain features, which is exactly as dumb and dangerous as it sounds.
On top of that, Fixit da Grot heals up to D3 lost wounds at the start of your Command phase, so the hits that should’ve finished him off usually don’t.
Wazdakka’s weapon profile also packs a lot of heat:
- Psyko-gatler: volume fire that chews light infantry and still grinds Toughness 3-4 wherever it lands.
- Grabba dragga: real punch in melee, perfect for pulling priority targets into the main attack profile.
- Melee profile: the attacks and strength to bully lighter units, with lance and S10 wounding even giant models on a 4+.
Overall, his warlord trait is where list-building gets interesting, though, because if Wazdakka is your Warlord, every Warbiker unit in your army gains Battleline. That’s enough to start thinking of him as the anchor of a bike-heavy Speed Freeks list, not just a one-off addition.
Final Thoughts on Wazdakka Gutsmek Rules + Model
If your local meta has been short on bike-heavy Ork lists, expect that to change fast. Speed Freeks have been hovering as a fun-but-not-quite-there archetype for years, and a model this mobile and disruptive is exactly the kind of release that pulls a whole build off the shelf and onto event tables.
The bigger question is what comes next. A character release tied to an Armageddon campaign is usually how GW opens a longer narrative push, so if they keep running the Speed Freeks theme through the Armageddon launch, the next round of buggies, bikes, or warband boxes shouldn’t be far behind.
Where To Buy Wazdakka
Wazdakka: $85 (USA), $100 (Canada), $145 (Australia), £52 (UK), €67 (EU)
If you want discounts or to dodge out-of-stock headaches, use our retailer guide and grab whichever option works for your region. Links are below.
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What do you think about the new Wazdakka Gutsmek rules and model for Warhammer 40k?
