This week is a feast for fans of Warhammer skirmish games, with huge new releases for both Kill Team and Warcry – including the VERY long-awaited return of the Adeptus Arbites. Elsewhere, jetbikes arrive in Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, while a slate of Made to Order classics from the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game round out the week.
Kill Team: Soulshackle
The latest excursion into the malevolent and mysterious space hulk Gallowdark begins in Kill Team: Soulshackle. It finds a crack Exaction Squad of Adeptus Arbites – elite space cops returning to Warhammer 40,000 after an absence of decades – seek out a missing alpha-level psyker in a race against the devious Drukhari Hand of the Archon.
This expansion set includes two full kill teams, an entire board of Gallowdark scenery, plus new terrain elements to add to your games like breachable walls and hatchway barricades. You’ll also get a book full of rules for the two teams, nine new missions making full use of the new terrain, and plenty of exciting background lore.
Wondering how to paint your grizzled Exaction Squad operatives? The Warhammer painting team have pulled together a list of their recommended paints for that dark, serious look.
Dark tones like Black Templar, Basilicanum Grey, Flesh Tearers Red, Leadbelcher, and Wyldwood lay a solid base for details in Russ Grey, Retributor Armour and Rakarth Flesh, with a dash of Agrax Earthshade and Guilliman Flesh to complete the model.
Imperial Navy Breachers Kill Team
As specialists at boarding and clearing voidcraft, the Imperial Navy Breachers are perfectly suited to the corner-to-corner battles of the Gallowdark killzone. This team of 10 operatives is equipped for close-range combat with shotguns, axes, shields, and even a loyal C.A.T. Unit to scout into the shadows.
Kroot Kinband Kill Team
Mercenary Kroot with unparalleled tracking abilities, the Farstalker Kinband are a lightly armoured but brutally effective kill team capable both at range and up close. Their Kroot Hounds are perfect for chasing down injured enemy operatives, while skilled marksmen cover savage melee experts as they move rapidly through the killzone.
Kasrkin Kill Team
Kasrkin are quite possibly the finest (non-genetically-enhanced) human soldiers in the galaxy, coupling eagle-eyed marksmanship with an array of powerful weapons and sturdy armour. Their exclusive Elite rule guarantees that crucial shots land, and special weapons like plasma and meltaguns ensure the enemy will feel them when they do.
Hierotek Circle Kill Team
Necron Crypteks of the Hierotek Circle scour ships for interesting artefacts, protecting themselves behind a wall of Immortals and Deathmarks. This kill team is compact, efficient, and individually powerful, with durable foot soldiers and an assortment of support operatives available to assist their master – and they just keep coming back.
Killzone: Gallowdark
Boost your terrain collection for Kill Team and Warhammer 40,000 with Killzone: Gallowdark, the standalone release of the terrain set found in Kill Team: Into the Dark. This packed box contains a total of 54 walls, hatchways, and pillars to construct an intricate network of corridors and rooms to fight through, as well as 22 additional pieces of scatter terrain.
Killzone: Gallowdark is also an excellent way to expand your Into the Dark, Shadowvaults, and Soulshackle boxes into a collection suitable for Warhammer 40,000 Boarding Actions.
Killzone Upgrade: Shadowvaults
Add some spice to your games with Killzone Upgrade: Shadowvaults, adding 11 additional pieces of terrain from Kill Team: Shadowvaults, including gun racks, weapons piles, bombs, and automated turrets.
Kill Team: Into the Dark (Book)
Relive the lore that started the Gallowdark adventure in Kill Team: Into the Dark – the 120-page game manual from the original boxed set is available separately for the first time. Alongside rules for the Imperial Navy Breachers and Kroot Farstalker Kinband, you’ll also find missions made specifically for the space hulk-style Kill Team terrain.
Kill Team: Shadowvaults (Book)
Join the Kasrkin and Hierotek Circle for a trip around the Gallowdark in Kill Team: Shadowvaults, containing rules for the two teams plus further background lore, new missions, and game rules for the accessories found in the Killzone Upgrade: Shadowvaults set.
Exaction Squad Dice Set
Make sure your rolls are always lawful and above-board with the Exaction Squad Dice Set*, containing 15 dice cast in pearlescent black plastic with orange ink pips and the Adeptus Arbites faction logo on the six.
Hand of the Archon Dice Set
The Drukhari might be fine with cheating, but your dice never lie – and the Hand of the Archon Dice Set ensures they’ll look great regardless. This set contains 15 dice cast in pearlescent black plastic with orange ink pips and the Kabal of the Poisoned Tongue sigil on the six.
Imperial Navy Breachers Dice Set
Represent your navy brothers and sisters with the Imperial Navy Breachers Dice Set, containing 20 dice cast in swirly orange plastic with white ink pips and a stylised Breacher helmet logo on the six.
Kroot Farstalker Kinband Dice Set
The Kroot Farstalker Kinband Dice Set is the perfect way to add a touch of flair to your spartan hunting pack, containing 20 dice cast in swirly orange plastic with white ink pips and a stylised Kroot head logo on the six.
Warcry: Bloodhunt
Head even deeper into the Gnarlwood with Warcry: Bloodhunt, a new expansion packed with brand new warbands, scenery, rules, and missions. New terrain pieces bring Fortifications to the carnivorous jungle, while the Askurgan Trueblades and Claws of Karanak battle for control of the Bloodmad Ravage.
This box contains 16 brand new miniatures, 11 terrain pieces, the 64-page Predator and Prey Warband Tome, a double-sided game board, and 48 reference cards for Battle Plans, fighter profiles, and warband abilities.
Hunters of Huanchi
Silent but violent is the way of the Hunters of Huanchi, chameleonic Seraphon warriors who protect the sacred boundaries of Talaxis from would-be pillagers. This fast and deadly warband consists of 13 multi-option models including the terrifying(-ly adorable) Terrawings. The whole lot can also be fielded among Seraphon armies in Warhammer Age of Sigmar – download their warscroll here.
The Jade Obelisk
Where others create, the Jade Obelisk destroy, tearing down the monuments of anyone who denies their sinister god – the Speaker in the Stone. Their skill in stonecraft and demolition has hardened their bodies, making them a strong and durable warband able to dish out just as much damage as they absorb. They also have a free warscroll for use in games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
Void War Bases
Spruce up your Boarding Patrols with the Void War Bases set,* containing 20 bases in each of three different sizes (25mm, 28.5mm, and 32mm) and 54 decorative accessories from large broken grates to damaged machinery. These bases will make your miniatures stand out, and fit just as well on any kill teams whiling away their days in the Gallowdark.
Sky-hunter Squadron
Sky-hunter Squadrons soar across the blasted battlefields of the Horus Heresy on sophisticated Scimitar jetbikes – making lightning-fast hit-and-run attacks. This pack of three Sky-hunters is the first time Scimitar jetbikes have been released in plastic, and it includes options to equip each bike with a heavy bolter, a volkite culverin, a plasma cannon, or a multi-melta.
Forge World is meanwhile releasing MKVI Tactical Squad upgrades for a beloved Loyalist Legion who enjoy righteously immolating their enemies, and for a vile Traitor Legion who also love incinerating their enemies – but in a bad, daemonic way.
Salamanders MKVI Heads
Even while the Horus Heresy was dragon on, the Salamanders kept fighting the good fight. Tooled up in fancy Mark VI armour, they embellish their sleek look with draconic helms and fiery markings. This set of 11 resin heads also includes one bare head, and one plumed head fit for a leader.
Salamanders MKVI Shoulder Pads
Show off the artisanship of the XVIII Legion with this set of 10 resin shoulder pads which feature their drake’s head emblem and an elegantly sculpted trim.
Word Bearers MKVI Heads
One look at these Word Bearers heads, and you have to wonder who they thought they were kidding, even as Loyalists. This set of 11 resin heads includes nine helmets carved with the runes of Colchis, one bare head, and one utterly cursed daemonic helm.
Word Bearers MKVI Shoulder Pads
Add yet more runes of ill portent to your Word Bearers with a set of 10 resin shoulder pads. These also feature the Legion emblem – the book and burning flame of truth, which is totally normal heraldry that shouldn’t raise any questions.
Made to Order Heroes and Villains
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Add classic Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game models to your collection with this week’s Made to Order miniatures, which are available for a limited time only.
make their way towards Osgiliath, watched by the
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fight off the deadly Warg attack from
The Lord of the Rings™: The Two Towers™.
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Continuing with the action from The Lord of the Rings™: The Two Towers™, snap up Gandalf the White and the Heroes of Helm’s Deep for the forces of Good, or the Warg Riders and Uruk-hai Battering Ram from Evil’s foul hordes.
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Lastly, a triumphant Gimli sits on a dead (and twitching, according to Legolas) Uruk-hai while the massive Ringwraith on Fell Beast cuts an impressive figure looming over any battlefield. Each of these Made to Order miniatures is available to order from today until 6pm GMT on Sunday 19th February, so don’t miss your chance!
White Dwarf 485
This month’s issue of White Dwarf magazine features a vicious Boarding Actions battle report in which the World Eaters fight to liberate Khârn the Betrayer, alongside 40 pages of lore and rules from the Ark of Omen Herald of Woe. Over in the Mortal Realms, the Gloomspite Gitz and Grinkrak’s Looncourt get rules for Warcry, and a new Black Library serial starring the White Dwarf himself begins.
Head over to the Games Workshop webstore now to find all of these awesome releases ready to pre-order.
*These products are delayed in North America