The second wave of Astra Militarum conscripts is ready for duty in next week’s pre-orders, alongside a huge collection of books, limited editions and audiobooks released for this year’s Black Library Celebration.
Combat Patrol: Astra Militarum
Ensure the Emperor’s Hammer swings swift and true with this Combat Patrol, which contains a dependable core of troopers and big guns. Lead from the front with a five-man Cadian Command squad, overwhelm with 20 Cadian Shock Troops, and unleash mechanised firepower with a Sentinel and a Field Ordnance Battery of two artillery pieces.*
Cadian Castellan
The troopers of Cadia fight on long past the death of their home, commanded by Castellans. These proven commanders direct the flow of battle, with a huge amount of options for arms, weapons, and heads.
Commissar
Maintain morale and discipline with a Commissar. Their devotion to the Imperium, steely gaze, and itchy trigger fingers inspire regiments all over the galaxy, and with one weird trick they can guarantee that your troops will pass all their Combat Attrition tests.
Attilan Rough Riders
Saddle up and unleash some literally explosive cavalry charges with the Attilan Rough Riders. Shock cavalry still find a place in the battlefields of the 41st Millennium, using armour-penetrating melta tips or infantry-shredding frag tips to ravage the enemy.
Cadian Upgrades
The Astra Militarum welcomes any warm body who can hold a gun, and the Cadian Upgrades sprue is the perfect way to add extra variety to your regiments. There are 87 components in all, including extra heads, arms, and accessories, poses to create medics, map readers, and others, and even a decorated officer for your Rogal Dorn.
Aegis Defence Line
Dig in and prepare to weather the assault with the greatest defence system known to the Imperium. Shore up your battlefield with an Aegis Defence Line, comprising a platform, barricades, and defence line end pieces, which can be configured in numerous ways.
Black Library Celebration 2023 begins tomorrow, and we’ll be covering it all here on Warhammer Community. There’s an avalanche of books coming out, touching almost every corner of the Warhammer universes.
Captain Messinius
Captain Messinius of the White Consuls is the star this year, a veteran of many wars and one of Roboute Guilliman’s most trusted advisors. He steps straight out of the pages of the Dawn of Fire series, armed with a plasma pistol and an ornate powerfist gifted to him by the Avenging Son himself.
Dawn of Fire: The Iron Kingdom
Battle Group Praxis returns to the planet Kamidar to recuperate and reinforce during a gruelling leg of the Indomitus Crusade. But the Knight world has survived years without Imperial aid, and what should be a cordial reunion becomes the seed for a bitter schism in The Iron Kingdom by Nick Kyme, the fifth instalment in the Dawn of Fire series – starring Messinius himself.
The special edition release is limited to 2,000 numbered copies, each signed by the author, and containing full-colour interior art, a map, the short story Kin, a leather effect cover, and a gold ribbon bookmark.
This novel will also be available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook formats.
The End and the Death Volume I
The end is finally here. The culmination of the Siege of Terra and the Horus Heresy series begins with Dan Abnett’s The End and the Death Volume I. Horus has left the Emperor with no way out, and now Terra’s final days are at hand…
This momentous tale gets a gorgeous limited edition of just 2,500 copies. This luxury tome features multiple internal illustrations, a foldout map depicting the ruined Imperial Palace, faux leather covers matching previous Siege of Terra novels, gold page edges, a red ribbon bookmark, and it’s signed by the author.
You can also buy this epic tale in other formats – hardback, eBook, and audiobook.
Black Library Celebration 2023
To commemorate this year’s Black Library Celebration, every order made on the Games Workshop webstore from the 18th of February will include a free compilation of Black Library stories (while stocks last).
The English version contains short stories by Justin D Hill, Noah Van Nguyen, Michael F Haspil, David Annandale, and Jude Reid, while the French and German versions contain a different set of stories by David Annandale, William King, Dan Abnett, Guy Haley, and Graham McNeill.
Bad Loon Rising
Zograt didn’t get the best start in life, but the Bad Moon has blessed this grot with the power of the Clammy Hand and made his dreams of becoming the greatest Loonboss ever a distinct possibility. In Andy Clark’s Bad Loon Rising, Zograt and his loyal troggoth Skrog will find out if his ambitions are destined for legend, or just a little bit too loony. You’ll be able to grab your own copy in hardback, eBook, and audiobook formats.
Angels of Darkness
A classic tale from Gav Thorpe returns. Angels of Darkness pits Interrogator-Chaplain Boreas of the Dark Angels against the Fallen – and his own haunted past – as he tries valiantly to defend the recruiting world of Piscina V from his Chapter’s oldest enemy. Don’t miss your chance to grab this 20th anniversary re-release.
Readers’ Choice Winners
This year’s Readers’ Choice Awards winners are Guy Haley’s Skarsnik and William King's The Macharian Crusade: Angel of Fire. Fans have voted for these books to return in paperback.
First Founding
The nine Loyalist Space Marine Legions who survived the Horus Heresy went on to become the First Founding Chapters – each with their own unique heroes, histories, home worlds, and heraldry. First Founding is a lavish coffee table book full of expansive new art and detailed background information that explores these Chapters in depth.
Vaults of Terra: The Dark City
The third volume in Chris Wraight’s Vaults of Terra series will be available in French and German next week, as both a paperback and an eBook, continuing the adventures of Luce Spinoza and Inquisitor Erasmus Cowl in other languages.
Gaunt’s Ghosts Print on Demand
Get your fill of Gaunt’s Ghosts with the first three novels, which are to be made available via Print on Demand. Dan Abnett’s First and Only, Ghostmaker and Necropolis cover the early days of Ibram Gaunt and the Tanith First and Only. They will be available for a short period.
Black Library Celebration eBook Subscription 2023
The latest Black Library subscription contains five eShorts by Marc Collins, Andy Clark, Chris Thursten, Danie Ware, and Robert Rath. These tales cover Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40,000, and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – including political intrigue amongst the Emperor’s Children, the return of Neave Blacktalon and Trazyn the Infinite, and tales from the early days of Zograt and Augusta Santorus. You can grab each one individually as they come out, or subscribe to get the whole bundle for less.
With the Askurgan Trueblades available for pre-order in Warcry: Bloodhunt, Warhammer+ teaches you how to paint perfect pallid vampire skin in this week’s Citadel Colour Masterclass. You can also find out how the Ultramarines get on when facing a void ship infested with Tyranids in a Boarding Action episode of Battle Report.
White Dwarf issue 481 and the lore sections of the Chaos Space Marines: Crimson Slaughter supplement are meanwhile added to the Warhammer Vault this week.
See what the Warhammer Live team get up to with Captain Messinius and the second wave of Astra Militarum miniatures on Friday for another evening of Hang Out and Paint.
Next week on Warhammer Community we’ll be exploring the Black Library Celebration, revealing a new miniature who also absolutely loves books, and showing you more of the new Astra Militarum releases.
* This product has been delayed in Australia and New Zealand