Kicking off 2026, Games Workshop revealed new Battleforce boxes for Warhammer 40,000 and the various Chaos gods. They’re all a great way to start a new force or expand your current one and will be released in early 2026.
It’s a big week for Leagues of Votann as their codex as well as numerous new units are released. There’s more Warhammer 40K as well as some made-to-order releases for Warhammer: The Old World, as well as Black Library. See everything you can start ordering next weekend.
Codex: Leagues of Votann is everything you need to get this army to your tabletop. The codex will be available as a regular and collector’s edition. It features 144 pages and now featuring added Ironkin compadres. You get 21 datasheets and 5 Detachments, feeding into a new army rule named Prioritised Efficiency – your units collect Yield Points by capturing and protecting objectives to unlock powerful combat bonuses.
Also featured is a new Combat Patrol – Bane-slayer’s Bulwark – as well as comprehensive Crusade rules, painting guides, galleries of miniatures, and brand-new lore.
The collector’s edition features a soft-touch cover, unique cover art, a ribbon bookmark and teal foil edges.
Buri Aegnirssen is the rage-filled sole survivor of the Emberg-Aegnir Bloc, a faction devoured by Hive Fleet Leviathan. Aegnirssen is a scarred vigilante who now plies the leagues, fighting the ever-present menace. Buri wields the unique darkstar glaive dubbed Bane, dealing five S12 or 10 S6 attacks in combat. A Lone Operative, he returns from the dead on a 2+ once per game.
Arkanyst Evaluators are tinkerers and experimenters, among the madder members of the Science Guild, who bring experimental weaponry to the field. Their transmatter inverters have three increasingly dangerous modes of fire – both to the foe and the firer – but when they work, they work. The kit comes with two head options: bare and helmeted.
Memnyr Strategist is the first Ironkin character who’s always one step ahead of the game. His already impressive computational power is boosted by the kognitâar mantle swirling behind him, processing yet more deadly permutations. The Memnyr can join units of Ironkin Steeljacks, allowing them to use Overwatch and Heroic Interventions for free, and helping you manipulate your Yield Points.
Cthonian Earthshakers are subterranean artillery with two ordnance options. Some of them still carry plasma weapons, so don’t get any ideas… This box contains two Earthshakers, which come with two barrel options representing each ordnance, and interchangeable base toppers. The crew have interchangeable heads, bodies, and left arms, while the Ironkin can switch between ammo types. The box includes a Leagues of Votann transfer sheet comprising 555 decals.
Ironkin Steeljacks are the abominable intelligences the Adeptus Mechanicus warned you about. With a 2+ save and a Preymark Crest that grants Precision when attacking enemies entrenched upon an objective, you can arm them either with heavy volkanite disintegrators or autoch-pattern bolters and plasma swords. The box contains three Steeljacks, with enough arms to outfit them all with either loadout. One can be built as a Theyn, while they can all also exchange their plasma swords for concussion gauntlets.
The Kapricus is a rugged light vehicle used by the hardy Hernkyn. It can be built in two configurations: the Kapricus Defender and the Kapricus Carrier. The former mounts a magna-rail cannon or HyLas rotary cannon on a turret alongside twin magna-coil autocannons, while the latter can ferry five Hernkyn Yaegirs, offering fire support from its magna-coil autocannons. This kit has three turret options split across the two configurations, and six interchangeable heads, including two Ironkin. It also includes a Leagues of Votann transfer sheet with 555 decals.
You can expand your army or start a new one with the Combat Patrol: Leagues of Votann. It features an Einhyr Champion, 5 Einhyr Hearthguard, 3 Brôkhyr Thunderkyn, and 10 Hearthkyn Warriors. There’s a specific way to build each unit for games of Combat Patrol, but they all have numerous loadout and cosmetic options. The set includes two 555-decal transfer sheets.
Keep track of things and show off your loyalty with the Leagues of Votann Dice and Datacards. It’s a set of 16 sea-green dice with the faction icon on the six face, and a pack of 26 quick-reference datacards comprising every datasheet in the faction (including for Combat Patrol) and the army rule.
Vulkan He’stan is equipped with a bolt pistol, the Gauntlet of the Forge, and the Spear of Vulkan, he can be attached to Assault Intercessor Squads, Company Heroes, Infernus Squads, and Tactical Squads. A single-pose model, he has two head options: bare and helmeted.
Combat Patrol: Salamanders features Adrax Agatone, an Invader ATV, 3 Eradicators, 5 Assault Intercessors, and 10 Infernus Marines. As always, many of these units have cosmetic options and variable loadouts, though the Combat Patrol rules have set constructions.
Salamanders Dice Set helps show off your loyalty with 16 Salamanders dice cast in fiery yellow with black pips and the Chapter icon on the six face.
The World Eaters Slaughterbound is now available on its own for the first time. He can lead units of Eightbound and exalted Eightbound, whipping an already unstable bunch of lads into such a frenzy that one of them returns from the dead every turn. He has a choice of two heads and an optional icon of Khorne on his armour.
Also available for the first time is the Death Guard Lord of Poxes. This guy keeps his armour on so he can brew up the foulest miasmas imaginable to surround him and the unit of Plague Marines he joins.
Warhammer Commemorative Series: Captain Centos helps celebrate 200 Warhammer stores and only available there while stocks last. This single-pose character miniature comes with a choice of two head options, and while he’s painted as an Ultramarine, the figure itself can be used by any Space Marine Chapter. He’s only available at Warhammer stores, arriving for sale on August 9.
Bretonnia Made to Order helps you flesh out your Warhammer: The Old World army. There are 6 sets of metal miniatures dating back to the mid 90s returning on a Made to Order basis. They will be available from 10am local time around the world on 9 August until 8am BST on 18 August. Remember, as Made to Order products, they can take up to 180 days to arrive.
Six Peasant Bowmen are joined by 3 Peasant Bowmen Command, while six Men-at-Arms with Spears are led by three Men-at-Arms with Spears Command. There are also 6 Men-at-Arms with Halberds (you get two each of the three miniatures) and 3 Men-at-Arms with Halberds Command. The Command Groups come with six paper banners, while all Men-at-Arms arrive with one or two positively ancient fighter shield sprues.
From Black Libarary comes The Lords of Silence (Illustrated and Annotated edition) by Chris Wraight. The galaxy has changed. Armies of Chaos march across the Dark Imperium, among them the Death Guard, servants of the Plague God. But shadows of the past haunt these traitors… Th epic novel returns in a fabulous new illustrated and annotated edition, with new illustrations, author commentary, and an afterword.
In The High Kâhl’s Oath (paperback in English, French, and German) by Gav Thorpe, Myrtun Dammergot, Hernkyn Prospect leader for the Kindred of the Eternal Starforge, is exploiting the unending galactic conflict and living a life of adventure without the unwanted burden of responsibility. But when a messenger from her Kindred’s Hold ship brings news that upends everything she knows, Myrtun and her companions are plunged into a venture beyond their wildest expectations, and find themselves set against an ancient, deadly foe guarding a mysterious but magnificent prize. This paperback release is in English, French, and German, and eBook releases in French and German.
In Final Deployment (paperback, eBook, MP3) by R S Wilt the Scions of First Eradicant squad drop directly into the fires of a global civil war. Joined by a Commissar who personifies the suffering of his past and facing a foe from the darkest days of the Imperium, Traxel’s fracturing psyche places the entire world at risk. On Rilis, he will face the foe that broke him. It will be available in paperback, eBook, and MP3.
In Deathworlder (paperback and eBook in French) by Victoria Hayward, on a planet trapped in the closing jaws of the Great Devourer, Major Wulf Khan of the Catachan 903rd receives a final, desperate mission – one which will take her soldiers into the maw of the Tyranid threat.
From TOMY comes the Necron Scarab Plush. What could be cuter than an aeons-old drone mindlessly serving the mad whims of sclerotic xenos dynasties who ruled the galaxy in ages past? The same thing reformulated as an adorable soft toy.
Chaos descends on Warhammer 40,000 as three forces receive releases for 40K. Death Guard and World Eaters each get their Codex release and more and the Emperor’s Children get their Combat Patrol. Check out what you’ll be able to get on pre-order starting next week.
Codex: Death Guard arrives bringing the plague ridden disease vectors to the tabletop. The 128-page Codex which is positively sodden with Nurgle’s munificent gifts. Within these mildewy pages you’ll find lore on the sons of Mortarion, six Detachments, and pages of miniatures photography, Combat Patrol and Crusade rules, as well as Datasheets for all your units. The Collector’s Edition, features unique cover art, sickly green foil page edges and a black ribbon bookmark. This is only available from Warhammer.com while stocks last.
True paragons of pestilence can even opt for the luxury Limited Edition Codex. This package includes its own unique cover art, a series of five art prints, a double-sided metal medallion fragment designed to be united with three other pieces from the other Chaos Gods, six double-sided metal objective markers, a pack of 39 Stratagem cards, and 42 Datasheet cards, all contained in a special two-part slipcase. It is available from Warhammer.com while stocks last.
You can start your force or expand it with the Poxwrought Vector Battleforce. It comes with a Lord of Poxes, seven Plague Marines, five Blight Lord Terminators, and three daemon engines in support – a Foetid Bloat-Drone, Myphitic Blight-Hauler, and Plagueburst Crawler. This Battleforce is the first place to acquire the new Lord of Poxes, and the battleforce will be available while stocks last.
You can also build your force with the Combat Patrol: Death Guard. It features a Lord of Virulence, a Tallyman, three tenacious Deathshroud Terminators, seven Plague Marines and a Chaos Rhino.
Of course you can show your loyalty and keep organized with the Death Guard Dice and Datasheet Card. The cards feature 44 quick reference cards which cover your primary Army Rule, Datasheets and Combat Patrol rules, and let what is inevitable happen with a roll of the conducting in Death Guard style with a set of 16 dice cast in pearlised purple, with green ink and the Death Guard faction icon on the six face.
Of skulls for the skull throne is more your thing, there’s Codex: World Eaters. It features 112 pages that traces the bloody history of Khorne’s Legion, five detachments, Combat Patrol and Crusade rules, and of course datasheets. The Collector’s Edition of the Codex has unique cover art, red foil page edges and a black ribbon bookmark. It is only available from Warhammer.com while stocks last.
Truly dedicated Khornites can demonstrate their commitment with the Limited Edition Codex. This package includes a copy of the Codex with its own unique cover art, five art prints, a double-sided metal medallion fragment designed to be united with three other pieces, six double-sided metal objective markers, a pack of 33 Stratagem cards and 35 Datasheet cards, all kept in a two-part slipcase. It is available from Warhammer.com while stocks last.
The Gorestorm Slaughterpack Battleforce is one way to start your force. It features a Slaughterbound, nine Eightbound (who can also be built as Exalted Eightbound), supported by a pack twenty Jakhals. It also includes a World Eaters transfer sheet featuring 200 transfers, and it will be available while stocks last.
There’s also the Combat Patrol: World Eaters which is led by a Daemon Prince and features a Master of Executions, 10 Khorne Berzerkers, and 10 Jakhals. It also contains two World Eaters transfer sheets, featuring 200 transfers each.
Khorne will show its blessing upon you with the World Eaters Dice and Datasheet Cards. The card pack features 35 quick reference cards cover your primary Army Rule, Datasheets, and Combat Patrol rules. Lend each and every dice roll a murderous with a set of 16 dice which are, cast in gem-effect red, with cream ink and the World Eaters faction icon on the six face.
For those still looking to build their Emperor’s Children force, there’s the Combat Patrol: Emperor’s Children. It features a Lord Exultant, two trios of Flawless Blades, and 10 Infractors. This complete Combat Patrol can be used as it is, or as reinforcements for your Warhammer 40,000 army, as the Infractors can also be built as Tormentors. It also contains an Emperor’s Children transfer sheet featuring 150 transfers.
From Black Library comes Legends of the Wolf: The Omnibus by Chris Wraight. The Space Wolves are moulded by the harsh environments of Fenris, feral warrior-kings who combine bravery and ferocity. The Járnhamar Pack are one group thrown into conflict after conflict, both with supposed allies and ancient enemies, barrelling headlong into a prophesied battle against the Archenemy. This trilogy of novels features Blood of Asaheim, Stormcaller, and The Helwinter Gate, as well as short story Kraken in paperback and eBook formats.