The festive season always brings some extra-special goodies in the form of annual Warhammer 40,000 army boxes. These amazing boxed sets are packed to the brim with miniatures, and make a brilliant way to start a new project or reinforce your favourite faction.
And it’s that time of year again.
Defenders of the Ancestors
The Leagues of Votann place the defence of their Ancestor Cores as the highest priority, and nothing but their biggest guns will do when enemies come knocking. A rock-hard core of 10 Einhyr Hearthguard are led by an Einhyr Champion as they bundle into a heavily-armed Hekaton Land Fortress, backed up by the wisdom of a Grimnyr living ancestor while a Sagitaur ATV provides mobile fire support.
Beast Snagga Stampede
As snow begins to fall and friends gather to exchange gifts, who better to loot an enticing bounty of presents than the Beast Snaggas? These green-hued big game hunters are ready to scrap, led by legendary everything-killer Mozrog Skragbad – who can be built as a standard Beastboss on Squigosaur, if you prefer – at the head of three Squighog Boyz and a Nob on Smasha Squig. They’re joined by a Painboss medic and a mob of 10 Beast Snagga Boyz, who mount up in a psyker-strapped Kill Rig – which can alternatively be built as a Hunta Rig and a psychic Wurrboy on foot – to keep up with the cavalry for a jolly old winter punch-up.
Cadian Defence Force
Guardsmen with lasguns, big rumbling tanks… is there any more an Astra Militarum fan could want? The Cadian Defence Force is a classic assemblage of humanity’s might, pairing 20 Cadian Shock Troops and a five-model Cadian Command Squad with two mighty Rogal Dorn battle tanks, presenting an immovable wall of firepower. It’s enough to make the most ambitious Black Crusader think twice.
Space Marines Spearhead Force
The fastest fighters amongst the new Space Marine releases have wasted no time in forming a Spearhead Force. This boxed set is bursting with 15 of the new Jump Pack Intercessors, led by a Captain with Jump Pack. Such speed needs exceptionally mobile fire support to back it up, so the box also includes a squad of three Outriders and an Invader ATV to add firepower to their overwhelming assault.
Onslaught Swarm
Bury your foes in a relentless tide of claws with the Onslaught Swarm, one of the most terrifying assemblages of Tyranid monstrosities ever stuffed into a box. A massive Norn Emissary joins up with a Winged Hive Tyrant – which can also be built as a ground bound Hive Tyrant or Swarmlord – to lead a tide of 20 leaping, scything Hormagaunts and 10 ravening Genestealers, with a pair of Ripper Swarms to boot.
Exalted of the Red Angel
Da Red Gobbo will soon be packing up his squig-sleigh to fly across the sky bringing presents to all, and what better gift could you ask for than a mountain of skulls and eviscerated corpses? Angron, Daemon Primarch of Khorne, is getting into spirit of things by packing up his most devoted warriors – 10 Khorne Berzerkers and six Exalted Eightbound, who can alternatively be built as Eightbound – for a worldwide stampede of bloodsoaked mayhem. Don’t forget to leave out the milk and biscuits!
Make sure to hang up an extra-large stocking this year so the Red Gobbo knows just how many of these incredible boxes to stuff down your chimney. They are a great way to add more units to your existing force, and make for quality gifts the Warhammer fan in your life will never forget.
All six of these boxed sets are going up for pre-orders soon – alongside a whole bunch more for Warhammer Age of Sigmar – so get ready for another Warhammer Christmas bonanza.