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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: High Elves for the Old World, Necromunda, Legions Imperialis, and The Horus Heresy

It’s a packed week of pre-orders for Games Workshop coming up with releases for Warhammer: The Old World, Necromunda, Legions Imperialis, and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. Check out all of the releases below.

The High Elves of Ulthuan have deep respect for magic and the High Elf Mages use their power in battle to overwhelm their floes, summoning great tempests or debilitating illusions. This kit builds one High Elf Mage on foot and one mounted on a barded elven steed, with head and staff options and three base options for the mage on foot.

High Elf Mages

Dragon Princes of Caledor ride into the thick of battle. Their blood runs hot and they become impetuous heroes who would happily throw away their highborn lives to protect Ulthuan’s people. This kit builds 10 Dragon Princes of Caledor with enough command comprising two squads of five, and comes with a High Elf Realms transfer sheet containing 356 transfers.

Dragon Princes of Caledor

Elven Archers are a foundation of the army delivering death from a distance. This box contains 32 Elven Archers with enough command options to make two units of 16, plus a High Elf Realms Transfer sheet featuring 356 transfers.

Elven Archers

Elven Spearmen much like the archers, have proven their worth on the battlefield and are the backbone of the Ulthan war machine. This box contains 32 Elven Spearmen with enough command options to make two units of 16, plus a High Elf Realms Transfer sheet featuring 356 transfers.

Elven Spearmen

Tiranoc Chariots use their mobility to rake the enemy with arrows before charging the enemy. This kit can build two Tiranoc Chariots or two Lion Chariots of Chrace, the latter made from distinctive white timber and drawn by ferocious War Lions – which can be assembled separately should you choose the Tiranoc Chariot option. It also contains a High Elf Realms transfer sheet featuring 356 transfers.

Tiranoc Chariots

Lothern Skycutter are airborne chariots that ride on magic and drawn into battle by tamed Swiftfeather Rocs. They act as outriders, using compact Eagle-eye bolt throwers to eliminate enemy units. This box builds a single Lothern Skycutter which can be equipped with an Eagle-eye bolt thrower, and also a Sea Guard High Elf Lord on foot. It comes with a High Elf Realms transfer sheet featuring 356 transfers.

Lothern Skycutter

For Necromunda, you can get Abyssal Ferryman: Hagthor Jarlun and Aster Felsturn who help ensure safe passage to the Secundan Abyss. These miniatures are cast in Forge World resin and come with their rules in the box, which can also be found in Necromunda: The Book of Desolation.

Abyssal Ferryman: Hagthor Jarlun and Aster Felsturn

Silberlant Sevos the Infotek trades in secrets. The former Van Saar can feel the soul of the Hive around him, gathering intelligence for the right price. Cast in Forge World resin, he comes with rules in the box which can also be found in Necromunda: The Arnathian Succession – Ruins of Jardlan.

Silberlant Sevos the Infotek

The Prophet of the Redemption is a mysteruius figure carrying the ancient remains of a Redemptor Priest, his magnetic aura of faith drew people to him by the thousand. His appearance inspires the faithful and causes enemies to falter and, while on target shots seem to barely scratch him. Cast in Forge World resin, he comes with rules in the box, which can alternatively be found in Necromunda: The Arnathian Succession – The Vaults of Temenos.

Prophet of the Redemption

Vandoth the Fallen is a giant of a man, near-impervious to conventional weapons and who wields a mighty boltgun with one hand. Some say he is a disgraced bodyguard from House Helmawr, others that he is a creature of Chaos, but all concur that his appearance heralds heaps of bodies. This miniature is cast in Forge World resin and comes with rules in the box, which can also be found in Necromunda: The Book of Ruin.

Vandoth the Fallen

Add the Whisper Merchant and Psychoteric Thrall to your gang. Whisper Merchants are willing to filter through the rumours which fall from the Hall of Lies for a price. The criminal Psychoterica gangs meanwhile recruit thralls to use as conduits for psychic powers. This double pack contains two miniatures cast in Forge World resin. They come with rules in the box, which can also be found in Necromunda: House of Shadow.

Whisper Merchant and Psychoteric Thrall

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis comes the Karacnos Assault Tank Squadron. A variant of the Triaros Armoured Conveyor which swaps transport capacity for a mortar battery loaded with radioactive missiles, the Karacnos is a frontline Mechanicum tank. With its lightning locks and shock ram, it remains effective even after enemies have closed the distance. This box contains four Karacnos Assault Tanks, and a Mechanicum transfer sheet featuring 500 transfers.

Karacnos Assault Tank Squadron

The Krios Squadron forgoes armour for speed and firepower, comparable to the Predator tank of the Legions Astartes – albeit one mounting a powerful shield generator. Armed with a lightning cannon or an irradiation blaster, the Krios can fulfill many battlefield roles, and it can alternatively be built as a Krios Ventator with the exceptionally destructive pulsar-fusil. This box makes six Krios battle tanks with lightning cannons, and comes with four irradiation blasters and four pulsar-fusils, and a Mechanicum transfer sheet featuring 500 transfers.

Krios Squadron

The Acastus Knights Asterius rival even Warhound Titans for firepower, armed with either two twin magna lascannons or two conversion beam cannons. Their heavy chassis can even be fitted with a Karacnos mortar battery found on the tanks of the same name. This box comes with two Acastus Knights Asterius, a Mechanichum Knights transfer sheet featuring 419 transfers, and an Asterius command terminal for use in games of Adeptus Titanicus.

Acastus Knights Asterius

The Cerastus Knights Atrapos has a machine spirit that harbours a hunger for destruction, and they usually fight forces of enemy knights. Wielding a graviton singularity cannon and an Atrapos lascutter, they are sometimes even sent after wayward scions as executioners. This box contains four Knights Atrapos, a Mechanicum Knights transfer sheet featuring 419 transfers, and an Atrapos command terminal for use in games of Adeptus Titanicus.

Cerastus Knights Atrapos

Also coming are Questoris Knights Magaera and Styrix. Households sworn to the Mechanicum are granted the honour of piloting more technological sophisticated steeds such as the Knights Magaera and Styrix. Both are equipped with ionic flare shields and repair autosimulacra to manage damage. This box contains four Knights which can be built as either Magaera or Styrix, a Mechanicum Knights transfer sheet featuring 419 transfers, as well as one Magaera command terminal and one Styrix command terminal for use in games of Adeptus Titanicus.

Questoris Knights Magaera and Styrix

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy comes Aster Crohne, The Shroudmaker. Aster Chorne is renowned for his sheer bloody-minded tenacity, and his uncanny ability to survive slaughter after slaughter. Clad in ornate artificer armour featuring detailed filigree to represent his commitment to the cause, he is armed with the Saiphan Shard-axe that speaks to his origins. Cast in Forge World resin, this miniature has rules in Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – The Martian Civil War.

Aster Crohne, The Shroudmaker

Kaedes Nex, The Blood Crow is a pariah within his own Legion, Kaedes Nex is known as the Blood Crow, an infamous criminal given a second chance by the Primarch Corvus Corax and transformed into a Space Marine. A Moritat-Prime with skills honed by a lifetime of murder, he sows terror on the battlefield, continuing to pursue his own mysterious agenda long after going missing during the Massacre at Isstvan V. Kaedes Nex is made from Forge World resin, and has rules in Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – The Martian Civil War.

Kaedes Nex, The Blood Crow

Lucius: The Faultless Blade by Ian St Martin is coming to audiobook. Blessed by Slaanesh with immortality, Lucius the Eternal is perhaps the best duellist in the entire galaxy. However his armies are nearly exhausted by constant war, and have turned inwards to fulfil their own selfish desires. To rebuild his strength, Lucius turns to an erstwhile brother, but betrayal from within and without threatens his ambitions.

Lucius: The Faultless Blade

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: The Empire of Man marches and Ironhead Squats expand

See what’s kicking off the new year for Games Workshop. Pre-orders have revealed for next Saturday including the launch of the Empire for Warhammer: The Old World. Joining them for order are the Ironhead Squats for Necromunda and the powerful warmachine Luminark of Hysh for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.

Arcane Journal: Empire of Man is a 48-page supplement containing new rules, background lore, and scenarios. Included are profiles for named characters Harald Gemunsen, Grand Master Of The Knights Panther, and General Hans von Löwenhacke, plus numerous additional units, two Armies of Infamy comprising the Knightly Orders and the City-state of Nuln, and new magical items. You can get it as a softback book and an epub.

Arcane Journal: Empire of Man

Kick off or expand your army with the Empire Of Man Battalion. It contains 30 State Troops and 30 State Missile Troops that provide the manpower while a mighty Steam Tank lays waste. This box also contains 2 new Empire of Man infantry transfer sheets, comprising 290 decals each.

Empire Of Man Battalion

Empire of Man Reference Card Pack, Dice Set, and Transfer Sheet will help keep things organized and show off your loyalty. The pack of 36 cards lets you quickly reference rules for magic items as well the tricks your Steam Tank can perform, while each set of 20 dice is cast in pearlescent swirl red plastic with gold pips and a Warhammer icon on the six face.

The new Empire of Man Transfer Sheet is covered with detailed emblems of the provinces of the Empire, plus regimental insignia, heraldry and iconography of the Knightly Orders, Marienburg, the City-state of Nuln, and other details – including tiny prayers to various gods which you can actually read…

Empire of Man Reference Card Pack, Dice Set, and Transfer Sheet

Some classic kits will be returning too!

The General of the Empire on Imperial Griffon soars above the battlefield with an impressive sight to lead your army. This plastic kit also builds a Wizard Lord on Imperial Griffon – only this one has two heads.

General of the Empire on Imperial Griffon

The War Altar of Sigmar raises the spirits and incite the soldiers of the Empire with their zealous sermons, and the most senior are pulled into battle upon War Altars by heavily barded war horses.

War Altar of Sigmar

Commanders of the Empire builds two heroes for your army. You get a mounted and one on foot, with an assortment of options to personalize them – building Champions, Generals and Standard-bearers.

Commanders of the Empire

Build up your forces with the Free Company Militia, Empire Pistoliers, Empire Knights, and Empire Demigryph Knights.

Sit back and rain death with Cannons & Mortars. This kit builds two great cannons or mortars, and comes with six crew.

Cannons & Mortars

Certain classic metal miniatures are also returning.

The Teutogen Guard Warriors and Command are the personal bodyguards of Ar-Ulric, the high priest of the Cult of Ulric. They are personally selected from the Knights of the White Wolf, a prestigious accolade worthy of their fearsome reputation. A set of five Teutogen Guard Warriors can be paired with three members of the Command Group.

Imperial Ogres make a return. They’re a mercenary unit that towers above the puny humans. There are two sets of three: one armed with hand weapons, the other with great weapons, and a dangerous individual casually brandishing a whole cannon.

Imperial Ogres

Finally, there’s one resin kit to round out the first wave of releases.

Imperial Ogres

The Empire of Man Command Set was initially released under the Warhammer Forge banner. It comprises of a General of the Empire, a Captain of the Empire with an impressive Battle Standard, and a Harbinger of Doom – who now has his own rules in the new Arcane Journal.

Empire of Man Command Set

For Necromunda enter the Halls of the Ancients. The Ironhead Squat Prospectors came to Necromunda some 10,000 years ago as the Confederation of Urlish, and you can find out why they stayed in Halls of the Ancients. Inside the latest supplement for Necromunda, you’ll find a complete history of the Ironhead Squat Prospectors, updated rules for the gangs, including the new Exo-kyn and Svenotar Scout Trikes, plus rules for hired guns, hangers-on, Dramatis Personae and more. Stake your claim on this bounty of fresh new rules and lore in either hardback and ePub editions.

Halls of the Ancients

The Ironhead Squat Prospectors Exo-kyn are based on the void suits used long ago by their ancestors, and now employed to hunt treasure in the Necromundan ash wastes. They mine in the depths, far below the sump sea, and they’re quite happy to turn this equipment against anyone who attempts to steal their finds. This set of four Exo-kyn comes with two Techmite Exovator 078b automata, which help them survey for materials and fend off aggressors.

Ironhead Squat Prospectors Exo-kyn

A classic gets updated with the Ironhead Squat Svenotar Scout Trikes. Rugged, dependable, and alarmingly fast, the Svenotar Scout Trike is light reconnaissance vehicle used by the Ironhead Squat Prospectors to roam ahead of the mining clans. Twin-linked weapons help them fend off rival gangs and their vehicles, while Techmite Oculi buzz alongside them, helping their riders zero in on targets with even greater accuracy.

Ironhead Squat Svenotar Scout Trikes

Customize your gang with the Ironhead Squat Prospectors Weapons & Upgrades. The plastic Weapons and Upgrades kit will outfit your crew with new weapons, equipment, heads and arms. This set contains two sprues, including two-handed power axes and picks, flamers, melta guns, mining lasers, gem extractors, circular stone saws and more.

Ironhead Squat Prospectors Weapons & Upgrades

Keep organized and show off your loyalty with the Halls of the Ancients Gang Tactics Cards and Gang Dice.
The card pack features 26 Gang Tactics cards, which comprises 18 tactics cards and eight blank vehicle cards. Make sure you’re rolling in style with this set of eight gang dice featuring three six-sided dice, two injury dice, two firepower dice, and a scatter dice, all in a dark white and green swirl with gold ink.

Halls of the Ancients Gang Tactics Cards and Gang Dice

For Warhammer: Age of Sigmar comes Luminark of Hysh. A powerful war machine that devastates enemies by focusing light through a series of finely crafted arcane optics, the Luminark of Hysh is fielded by the Cities of Sigmar in their efforts to purge Chaos from the Mortal Realms.

This kit has been slightly updated to fit better in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, and can also be built as a Celestial Hurricanum, which will unleash magical storms rather than beams of light. It includes a Battlemage, who can be mounted on either machine, adding spellcasting prowess to proceedings.

Luminark of Hysh

From Black Library comes The Emperor’s Gift (Special Edition) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Through an intensive regime of psychic training, new recruits are brought to the clandestine fortress of Titan to join the hallowed ranks of the 666th Chapter. These legendary battle-brothers must be vigilant and ever ready to defend the Imperium, for the forces of Chaos are never truly defeated.

The Special Edition features a faux leather cover, silver screen printing, and a silver bookmark. Each copy is numbered and signed by the author. It will be available while stocks last.

The Emperor's Gift (Special Edition)

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Necromunda and Dwarves pack the release schedule

Games Workshop has revealed what we can expect for next week’s pre-order and it’s packed with a new wave for Necromunda and the latest army release for the Warhammer: The Old World.

Necromunda: Hive Secundus will have you venturing into the ruins of Hive Secundus. Eight Van Saar Tek-hunters are joined by two Orrrus Spyre Hunters and a Caryatid Prime. They’re up against a corrupted Malstrain Brood which is composed of six Malstrain Genstealers, four Malstrain Tyramites, and eight Brood Scum in thrall to the Brood Mind.

You also get Bulhead Terrain which features five barricades and two doors, two double-sided paper playing surfaces, and a 176-page softback Necromunda: Hive Secundus Rulebook. There’s also a deck of Hive Secundus cards featuring Archeo-loot cards, Underhells Territory cards, Malstrain Forces fighter cards, and blank fighter cards, as well as a token board, a ruler, two blast markers and a flamer template, two rules reference sheets, and 16 Necromunda dice.

Also coming to fill your game board is the Hive Data Stack Cluster. The set features two of them which feature additional storage alcoves and removable data crystal stacks.

Ruined Zone Mortalis features 24 pieces of terrain including damaged and ruined columns, walls, and doors plus a whole selection of extra detritus to add to the atmosphere.

If you’re looking to expand your gang, there are the The Proxy and Fixer. The Proxy is a middleman between Guilders and outlaw gangs. The Fixer helps ease tensions with Guilders when things are at their lowest point. Both are from Forge World and in resin.

The Carta Galactica: The Secundan Exclusion Zone is a new poster map of the Secundan Exclusion Zone. It measures 1,000mm x 890mm and details that part of the Ash Wastes.

Head to Warhammer: The Old World with Arcane Journal: Dwarfen Mountain Holds, a 48-page supplement featuring new rules, lore, and scenarios. There are three named characters, a host of special units including the legendary Goblin Hewer and Dogs of War otions. There are are two Armies of Infamy allowing you to field a Royal Clan and Expeditionary Force, as well as Runes and Runic Tattoos.

Arcane Journal: Dwarfen Mountain Holds

The Dwarfen Mountain Holds Battalion allows you to quickly build your force. It features 32 Dwarf Warriors, 32 Quarrelers which can be built as Thunderers, and 2 Gyrocopters which can be built as Gyrobombers.

You can also get the Dwarfen Mountain Holds Reference Card Pack, Dice Set, and Transfer Sheet. The pack contains 56 cards with reference rules and runic abilities. The dice feature 20 of them in stone grey with gold pips and a Dwarfen Mountain Holds emblem on the six face. The transfers sheet features 962 transfers. There’s runic emblems, 260 Klinkarhun runes, and more!

Dwarfen Mountain Holds Reference Card Pack, Dice Set, and Transfer Sheet

Ungrim Ironfist, the Slayer King of Karak Kadrin… the Slayer King is back! The legendary Dwarf character is represented in his earlier years and wields the mighty Axe of Dargo and wears the Slayer Crown. This miniature is in Forge World resin.

Ungrim Ironfist, the Slayer King of Karak Kadrin

There’s also Dwarf Lords with Shieldbearers which features a Thane on foot and a King carried by three dedicated bodyguards, with interchangeable weapons allowing one to wield a hand weapon and shield and the other can wield a hefty great weapon.

Dwarf Lords with Shieldbearers

The Dwarf Thane with Handgun on Oathstone is ready to lead. Oathstones ar more than just elevated platforms, their presence helps immunie a unit from Panic tests. This miniature is made from Forge World resin.

Dwarf Thane with Handgun on Oathstone

Get some classics with the Classic Dwarf Characters. Runesmiths, Engineers, the Dwarf Command Set, and Slayer Command Set are all back.

Build up your force with Classic Dwarf Troops like Warriors, Slayers, Hammerers, Ironbreakers, Quarrelers, and Thunderers are all ready to join your army.

Classic Dwarf Mercenaries are ready to march to war and be added to your Dogs of War contingent. There’s also Slayers/Doomseekers returning featuring four metal characters in one pack.

Classic Dwarf War Engines are here including the Grudge Thrower and Bolt Thrower, Goblin-Hewer, and Flame Cannon.

Finally, get to more classics with The Anvil of Doom and Bugman’s Cart. The Anvil of Doom is a powerful unit to focus runic energies that allows the Forgefather to strike freshly forged runes upon its surface instilling Dwarves with powerful books that harden their armor and instill their weapons with strength. Bugmans Cart also helps deliver some non-magical power that helps boost nearby warrior’s speed.

For Warhammer 40,000 is the Adepta Sororitas Datasheet Cards. The 35 cards are here for a quick reference that features army rules and unit datasheets. There’s also a set of Combat Patrol cards to play quick-fire skirmish games.

 Adepta Sororitas Datasheet Cards

From Black Library comes the Dead Men Walking (Special Edition) by Steve Lyons. After mining operations awaken vengeful Necrons, the Death Korps of Krieg are brought in, and the death toll rapidly rises as two remorseless forces face off. The special edition has a canvas cover with screen-printed art, black printed page edges, and a brown ribbon bookmark. It’s signed by the author, uniquely numbered, and contains a foreword and short story Left for Dead.

Dead Men Walking (Special Edition)

Sons of Fenris by Lee Lightner gets an audiobook. Ragnar Blackmane and his Wolfblade brothers are sent to investigate a Chaos incursion on the planet Hyades, but when they arrive, they butt heads with their old rivals the Dark Angels, and the situation quickly gets out of hand.

Sons of Fenris