When the Leagues of Votann made their debut back in April, they shocked everyone. Since then we’ve seen a plethora of new units, including sturdy warriors with serious weapons, robot pals, and an impressive ATV.
After months of awesome miniatures announcements, it’s time to see all that the Leagues of Votann have to offer.
Even though we’ve seen so many amazing miniatures already, there are some big surprises in that video – let’s take a closer look.
Hekaton Land Fortress
The Hekaton Land Fortress is the Kin’s signature combat vehicle. This chunky Heavy Support tank packs overwhelming firepower onto a rugged frame, and can lug around a hefty 12 models.
This beast can go toe-to-toe with some of the biggest and best battle tanks in the 41st Millennium thanks to its durable void armour. It can be equipped with a variety of hefty weapons and devastating warheads – from the very nasty heavy magna-rail cannon to the SP heavy conversion beamer.
Ûthar the Destined
The most accomplished hero of the Greater Thurian League, Kâhl Ûthar the Destined is a ruthless warrior armed with masterfully wrought weapons, including the legendary Blade of the Ancestors. With a gift for assessing enemy foes, he ensures that the Kinhosts he leads strikes with swift and brutal precision.
Einhyr Champion
Those who climb the ranks of the Einhyr may one day become Champions. These noble warriors are clad in modified exo-armour fitted with mass-drivers and armed with vicious close combat weapons. They function as living battering rams, pulverising anything that gets in their way.
Brôkhyr Iron-master
The Brôkhyr are the Leagues' highly skilled techno-artificers, and the Iron-masters are the cream of the crop. They head into battle with a dutiful Ironkin assistant and a knack for repairing even the most beaten-up vehicles. Helping them are a gaggle of E-COGs – hardy combat and repair drones, lacking the intellect of a true Ironkin.
Grimnyr
The mighty Ancestors guide the Leagues of Votann with their inscrutable wisdom. The primary conduits between Kin and Votann are the Grimnyr, Kin blessed with psychic powers from a rare and important cloneskein.
These Living Ancestors are the closest you’ll usually find to priests amongst the largely secular Leagues, and use barrier tech to help them harness the raw power of the immaterium in battle – such as the two mechanical CORVs that hover alongside them.*
Cthonian Beserk Mole Grenade Launcher
The Cthonian Beserks reveal the ace up their metaphorical sleeve with the mole grenade launcher. This repurposed mining equipment delivers subterranean explosives into the midst of enemy units, even if they’re cowering out of sight.
The return of the Kin is Warhammer history in the making, and the launch box brings the first of the new models and early access to the codex.
Leagues of Votann Army Set
The first wave of Kin includes Ûthar the Destined – who you can also build as a Kâhl – a formidable Einhyr Champion, three nippy Hernkyn Pioneers, and 20 Hearthkyn Warriors who can be taken as two squads of 10 to fill out a Patrol Detachment.
It’s the first place to acquire the 104-page Codex: Leagues of Votann – with an exclusive cover no less – alongside a pack of 50 datacards and two transfer sheets filled with the symbols and logos of the major Leagues. Everything in this set will be available separately later – except that exclusive codex cover.
The Kin are on their way sooner than you might expect. The Leagues of Votann army set will be released shortly after Codex: Chaos Daemons – which is up for pre-order right now. They will be followed by their Codex a little after that, and then the rest of the Kin forces. The Astra Militarum rally their ranks in Winter, before Angron and the World Eaters descend.
There are plenty more reveals to check out today, so keep an eye on the Warhammer Community site for news for Warhammer 40,000 and beyond.
* That’s right – the Genestealer Cults don’t have a monopoly on helpful familiars...