It's getting pretty loud out in those Ash Wastes, with almost all factions now having some sort of vehicle to do combat with in the hell-scape that is Necromunda. This week it's Escher who now have something to help distribute their illicit contraband with in the form of the Escher Cutters - jet bikes that would also make excellent engines on an Ork flyer. The flyers also have special Dice, Escher Vehicle Gang Tactics Cards, plus the second edition of the Escher Gang Tactics Cards.
Last week we saw the Age of $igmar Battleforces, well this week it's time for the Warhammer 40,000 versions. Interestingly, two of the Battleforces come with a Primarch, with the Thousand Sons – Court of The Crimson King and the Death Guard – Council of The Death Lord boxes boasting their powerful leader. Meanwhile, the Legion whose Father doesn't love them - the Imperial Fists - have to battle on alone with the Imperial Fists – Bastion Strike Force. The Raven Guard also get their own set with the Raven Guard – Ravenstrike Battle Force, but at least the Raven Guard's Chapter Master, Kayvaan Shrike turned up! Two elite forces of the Imperium get some love, the Adepta Sororitas – Sanctorum Guard and the Adeptus Custodes – Watchers of The Gate with both being forces all unto themselves.
Still in the world of WH40K, your old Machine Cult friends, the Adeptus Mechanicus have a new-ish model out, the Technoarcheologist, who is a nice mini it itself, but also a great base for any conversion.
Warhammer Quest: Cursed City – Nemesis, the second and final expansion for Cursed City is here, and sadly, no new minis! This seems like an awful lot for just some paper... 
In books this week, another beautifully presented set, The Gotrek Gurnisson Collection collecting three novels and three short stories written by Darius Hinks, including Ghoulslayer, The Neverspike, Gitslayer, Death on the Road to Svardheim, Soulslayer, and a new short story – The Crown of Karak-Khazhar. Age of $igmar's favourite Golden Bois have a new hardback, Hammers of Sigmar: First Forged and the Emperor's Murder Lords appear in 26 stories across the Heirs of The Emperor anthology in hardback.

All that later, lets' go with the new stuff first as the new Blood Bowl set is out, Dungeon Bowl: Death Match. Feels like this has slipped under the radar a bit, but if you're thinking "Hmmmmm, that'd be fun on Xmas Day with the family/ kids/ collection of fellow geeks" then you might want to look at the Jim and Bob's Dungeon Bowl Yearbook Collection which gives you the base set plus a softcover Spike! yearbook. While you're at it, the Blood Bowl Spike! Presents: 2022 Almanac is also here, bringing you rules from the year's Spike! issues and White Dwarf articles.
We say it all the time - but Warcry is awesome. Sure recently it seems like maybe they are scraping the bottom of the imagination bin, but how cool to see Seraphon back as the Hunters of Huanchi in the new Warcry: Sundered Fate expansion. It's Seraphon vs the Tzeentch-flavoured Jade Obelisk warband with terrain that expands the existing Gnarlwood look at feel. This is where we see the first of the regional differences in pre-orders this week, with the Hunters of Huanchi Dice Set and Jade Obelisk Dice Set being delayed to the US and Japanese customers. More on what you're missing below. 
That's not the only Warcry this week though, with the Warcry: Warband Tome – Rot and Ruin expansion book, the Ravaged Lands: Gnarlwood Watchcamp, and the two warbands from the previous release, the Horns of Hashut and Rotmire Creed all on pre-order this week too. It's not just these releases either - on pre-order this week is ALL the previous warbands - some of the very best miniatures Games Workshop has ever produced and now webstore exclusives. Let's start with the beasts, the Ogroid Myrmidon Champion, Fomoroid Crusher and Mindstealer Sphiranx are all amazing models - I have them all (sure they all got converted) and they are highly recommended. In fact you would have seen the recent Slaves to Darkness Army Box set has three somewhat more static Myrmidon in there too. You like your warbands - check these out: the gruesome Unmade, personal favourite, the dynamic Corvus Cabal, three of the warbands from the original boxed game the Iron Golems, the Untamed Beasts and the Chaotic Beasts, another favourite that became Slaaneshi warriors on our hobby desk - the Cypher Lords, the Chaos Undivided warbands the Spire Tyrants and the Darkoath Savagers, the newer Scions of the Flame and Tarantulos Brood, and two of the best for last, the Khainite Shadowstalkers who make amazing characters in Dark Elf forces and the amazing Splintered Fang. If you're into Warhammer, Age of $igmar or even Dungeons and Dragons, these add so much character and dynamism to your forces.
Christmas is a time for giving, but it's pretty rare we get the hobby stuff we need/ want/ desire - so why not get yourself a Christmas present and grab one of these Battleforce boxes to reinforce your army, add allies, or start something brand-spankingly new?! You could get these from Games Workshop, or you could support a local business and buy it from your hobby store and save around 20% on the RRP. Let's dig in...
First up we have the Bloody Side of the Force with the Daughters of Khaine – Khainite Slaughter-coven box, which comes with a good cross section of their forces. The Gloomspite Gitz are here with the Stampeding Squigalanche, which may not give you the masses of infantry you want, so if it's pure numbers you're after , then it's the Skaven's Verminous Host answers that in spades. Meanwhile, on the Sylvaneth arrive with their Revenant Wargrove.
Want to add some Tzeentch to your hobby table? Well the Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch is now available for the first time separately too.
In books this week, a beautiful Special Edition for the nice guy of the Primarchs, Sanguinius: The Great Angel, which is also available in hardcover the same week which is nice! For Age of $igmar readers, there's the paperback of Hallowed Ground, and The Soul Drinkers Omnibus II in paperback for the WH40K fans.

As above, Australian, New Zealand and Japan won't be getting some of the pre-orders this week, so ideally our chance to get our hands on the Nighthaunt - Legion of Grief, Orruk Warclans – Kruleboyz Swamp-lurkers and Stormcast Eternals – Thunderstrike Spearhead Battleforces will have to come later. I'm not saying this was a contributing factor, but Dominion did not sell well in Australia and NZ, so if I was GW and had to choose to work out what to put in a container, these would be ones I would drop for room. It's logical, but also a pity because all three may in fact be the pick of the bunch.
Add three of the Warcry Dice Sets - The Hunters of Huanchi and Jade Obelisk dice which are delayed in Japan and North America, and the Horns of Hashut and Rotmire Creed dice are delayed in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand and it's a bit of a bummer. Japan also has delays with Blood Bowl and Warcry, so a small week for you I'm afraid!
Lastly in the delayed section for today, the Scinari Enlightener from the Lumineth range, available for the first time separately except in Australia, NZ and Japan this week 

In the Wonderful World of Forge World, Horus Heresy is king, and this week we get the Mark VI upgrades for the Night Lords and the Iron Hands.
Night Lords get MK VI Helmets and Shoulder Pads, while their Loyalist Brothers in the Iron Hands also get their new MK VI Helmets and Shoulder Pads.

Whenever there's a two week pre-order window for a big release, you know the next week is going to be something... "classic". Lord of the Rings, Blood Bowl or even Warhammer 40K or Old World Warhammer, and today it's the latter with six minis - some old, and some very old.
First up we have the mini that should probably now be called Mini Archaon as he now has a much bigger rendition, but Archaon, Lord of the End Times (I think his second mini) is a great mini for it's time. It's dynamic, he has a great horse and that thick metal cape is so "classic". For a hand crafted miniature, this surely has to be one of the best. Next up we have the Mounted Chaos Sorcerer, who is riding some sort of horse/ deer making him potentially Slaanesh or Tzeentch - hard to say! An all-time favourite with roots right back to Slaves to Darkness (the original back in the 1980s), the Slaanesh Chaos Lord is everything - cloven feet, chunky shoulders, pink armour, the massive top-knot - Slannesh personified if you're from a certain era. The next mini has an unfortunate paint job, but is actually a very nice miniature. Having converted the Nurgle Chaos Lord into something else he is well worth the time. Now we delve a little lower on the quality scale with the Khorne Chaos Lord - never a high point in the collection of Khorne's finest, and the Tzeentch Chaos Lord with Familiar... what is actually going on here?? 
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Don't forget, this week is the final week to order the Cadia Stands Army Set too. The miniatures will be released separately next year, so if you're desperate, go forth! 

They are here! The long awaited update to the Imperial Guard range, the first of many we are told, but first it's the Cadians. The previous Cadian Shock Troops kit is an old one - venerable, adaptable, ultimately customisable​ - which received a much-needed upgrade in 2021 with an excellent head and weapon sprue being added to the box. And now, in 2022, we have new minis, an updated look, new proportions, and added dynamism (not to mention retaining the multi-part multi-pose nature of the originals as mentioned above) with the launch box set Cadia Stands: Astra Militarum Army Set. Everything you need to start a small force, or supplement your old one, is here - a Command Squad, 20 Cadian Shock Troops, the new Sentinel kit, which can also be built as a Scout or Armoured Sentinel and two Heavy Weapons Ordnance Teams. As with the other launch boxes, there is also the Codex: Astra Militarum, a set of the new Datacards: Astra Militarumand the new Cadian Transfer Sheet (which if you look closely has some markings very reminiscent of the original box way back in the late 80s). With these miniatures not being available until next year. This is also a two week pre-order window, so be aware you won't have it until the end of November. 
The only other miniature release this week is the Goff Rocker, one of those character Ork models you think would have been released in Orktober. Kind of cute, but not amazing, this is on pre-order until January 1st and will be released somewhere within the first half of next year.
Books this week is all Warhammer 40K related; the Cadian Blood Special Edition is yet another amazing looking creation, this one in a fabric cover, one assumes to replicate a Cadian flag. Da Gobbo's Demise in hardback is a new novella featuring everyone's "favourite" green weirdo, along with Witchbringer in paperback, Krieg in paperback, and the second Omnibus of Gaunt's Ghosts: The Victory (Part Two) in paperback. It's also a White Dwarf week with Issue 482 on the shelves this Friday.   

Age of $igmar hasn't had much love recently, so this week there's definitely some of that being sent your way! The brand new Slaves to Darkness Army Set, with 14 brand new multipart minis, a limited edition Battletome, and exclusive warscroll cards is here. This is the first chance you will get to get your hands on the new Daemon Prince (the other build options are better than the one pictured), ten Chaos Chosen and excitingly, three Ogroid Theridons (yes the one with the horn does look a bit weird, but he's plastic so an easy fix!) This is a pretty awesome set and a great addition to the already excellent Slaves to Darkness range. 
You think the Ogroids are big and mean, wait until you get a load of the new Battletome for the Ogor Mawtribes. The Battletome comes in Is That a Foot Between Your Teeth Limited Edition and Showering is Optional Standard Edition. To kick this Battletome off, the Ogor Mawtribes get a new miniature (as frankly all factions should when a new Battletome comes out) with the Bloodpelt Hunter. There's also a new set of heroes with the Maneaters, including The Executioner, who has to be a great model to convert for a Nurgle army. Build your new army, or add to an existing one, with the new Vanguard: Ogor Mawtribes boxed set, theme your rolls with the Ogor Mawtribes Dice Set, and add to your strategy with the Warscroll Cards. Speaking of ​Warscroll Cards, the Sons of Behemat ones have rocked up this week. Away from the obviously evil to the ambiguous power of the Sylvaneth who get their Vanguard boxed set on pre-order this week too.
The Horus Heresy rolls on with the Liber Imperium – The Forces of The Emperor Army Book here to add rules for the Imperial forces that aren't Space Marines. The book includes rules and unit profiles for the Legio Custodes, Sisters of Silence, Divisio Assassinorum, and Solar Auxilia, plus Warlord Traits, a new Reaction for Assassins, and rules for the Tercio and Cohort Doctrines of the Solar Auxilia. There's also rules for the seven Divisio Assassinorum Clade Operatives and everyone's favourite non-Stormcast Golden Boy, Constantin Valdor, the Shield of the Emperor. It's a real shame we haven't seen plastic Imperial Army or Solar Auxilia. These would be amazing additions to the battlefield and are very much wished for from the Community. The Solar Auxilia range is excellent, and in plastic would be a sure winner.
Necromunda is a game, a universe, and seemingly a cult if you go online. A hugely popular game, there's now some more scenery to add to the expanding range with the Promethium Tanks Refuelling Station and the mobile Promethium Tanks on Cargo-8 Ridgehauler Trailer. These will be popular!
In books this week we have a new novel for the Tau Empire with Shadowsun: The Patient Hunter in Limited Edition. There's also three new anthologies - Conquest Unbound: Stories from the Mortal Realms in paperback - 21 short stories from the Mortal Realms, Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium in paperback - 24 short stories from the 41st Millennium and Inferno! Presents: The Emperor’s Finest in paperback - 12 stories featuring the Space Marines doing what Space Marines do.
Also on pre-order this week, the paperback version of Kragnos: Avatar of Destruction, and the graphic novel of Marvel – Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle.

Meanwhile, Forge World continue their Horus Heresy range with characters including new Assassins! First up is the excellent (I need four) Clade Vanus Infocyte Assassin, the Clade Venenum Assassin, and an assassin who will look familiar to you, the Clade Adamus Assassin, who we have seen in many incarnations over the past 20 or so years.
Away from Assassins it's all about two new Praetors, the Death Guard – Legion Praetor and the rather crushed-looking Death Guard – Legion Cataphractii Praetor.
Away from Horus Heresy, Necromunda has a new upgrade set with the Goliath Ash Wastes Upgrades. Interesting these aren't in plastic as that would go well with the weapons upgrade sets.

No, we didn't forget, there are indeed a bevy of Made To Order for Horus Heresy bits on pre-order this week - let's dive in with the ​Iron Hands first. This week Forge World are offering shoulder pads in Mark II, Mark IV, and Cataphractii, and Mark III torsos for your Iron Hands.
Away from the mechanically-enhanced and on to the purely evil Night Lords, with Mark II and Mark III shoulder pads, and Mark IV torsos.
To add to the pre-order of the new Liber Imperium book this weekend, the Solar Auxilia have some re-released minis too, with the Solar Auxilia Tank Crew, the Solar Auxilia Surgeon-Primus Aevos Jovan and Medicae Orderlies and the Solar Auxilia Rapier Batteries.
​By the Gods - please give us plastic infantry!

The launch of Leagues of Votann has been a rocky one, from a luke-warm reveal to a Codex in a premium deluxe set that was obviously not finalised properly. It's a shame, because this is actually a big deal - a new faction (well sort of)  in the 40K universe does not happen that often! So having the entire range all dumped in one weekend does seem like a knee-jerk reaction to just get it all out there, and the question remains, was a full errata done on the original Codex before gamers go and buy this new one, AND if they do, will there be a tonne of revisions later? It would be disappointing to see the Votann as the first faction to get a Codex in the upcoming 10th Edition if the Community just forked out on this at the tail of 9th Edition.
Speaking of the League of Votann Codex, here it is - of course available in the Hiding in Plain Sight Collectors' Edition or the Long Lost Cousins Standard Edition. Having the whole range appear at  once means a bevvy of new miniatures, so lets dive in with the dynamic Ûthar the Destined/ Kâhl combi-kit. This is a lovely miniature, in fact all versions and packs so much of what the new Leagues of Votann are about all in one mini. This is a must have, and yes, we're a bit obsessed with that power fist! As far as Elites go, the Votann have some good options with the Einhyr Champion and Einhyr Hearthguard bringing heavy armour and melee power, and the Cthonian Beserks doing their best to be the 40K version of Fireslayers, plus the heavy ranged power of the Brôkhyr Thunderkyn who are packing power suits the Imperial Guard would be jealous of! There's also some characters, with Grimnyr, which is again a really beautiful thematic model showing the more "magical" side of the Votann, and Brôkhyr Iron-master with his mini Kastelan Robots.
Need some fast attack? well bring on the Hernkyn Pioneers who have hoverbikes that are very similar to ones that appear in the original Rogue Trader rulebook. Potentially great conversion fodder for Space Marine Scout Squads... The Votann of course need their grunts, and the Hearthkyn Warriors fit that bill nicely. With a variety of weapon and accessory options, they stand out from much of the range in having flexibility for hobbyists. A look at the sprues for the rest of the range shows that the Votann are spread across less sprues and more inline with the new mono-pose aesthetic that Games Workshop seem to be moving towards, sadly. Happily, the Votann do have what looks like a truly great Combat Patrol, which has a strong presence from the range, giving gamers and hobbyists alike a great entry into the faction. There are also two vehicles, the Sagitaur and the beefy Hekaton Land Fortress. Seeing these and the units, it will be interesting to see how they play. Their formations could be compared to Marines in some ways, as are their two vehicles. And as we speak about tabletop, there's also the Votann Datacards and ​Leagues of Votann Dice Set, in lovely transparent orange! Now if all of this floats your boat and you want to go all-in, then the Leagues of Votann Pre-order Collection is for you. Get absolutely all of it in one big hit!
Away from 40K, fans of the Horus Heresy will be pleased to see a second version of the Predator, this time the Deimos Pattern Predator Support Tank with different weapon options. Not sure if this will be amalgamated into one kit at some point, but for now, this is Predator #2!
In books this week, there is the Eisenhorn: The Omnibus in paperback and the paperback version of ​The Successors: A Space Marine Anthology.

The Leagues of Votann saw the return of the much-loved "Squats" to the Warhammer 40,000 universe - and as a far-flung human species out in the great dark of space, did they ally themselves with Xenos powers to survive? Certainly their technology has thrived, showing the lineage from humanity's past but upgraded and advanced from those thousands of years of isolation. However, when looking at the iconography associated with the various League of Votann alliances, there's some very conspicuous symbolism that looks eerily similar.
Knowing that Jes Goodwin puts a lot of thought and work into symbolism, his work with the Eldar and Adeptus Mechanicus are two prime examples, it would seem unusual to have symbols that seem so familiar in the universe mean absolutely nothing, or point us in a direction as a portent of the past and the future.

So that's our theory. Will it see conflict with the Imperium? Will we see Votann troops amongst Tau Fire Warriors or guarding Necron throne worlds while they slumber.
​The Warhammer 40K universe is massive, and potentially up to you - but not all things are as they seem and these potential touch points for drama could be great triggers for campaigns!
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Thanks for reading - and let us know what you think of this idea. 
Not saying it is the intention of the designers at Games Workshop, but it does seem awfully coincidental to have this iconography echo so visibly with these other factions.

Adventure is afoot, and into the Gnarlwood we go with lit torch and keen blade to... to... well to quest! The latest in the never-ending Warhammer Underworlds expansion, Gnarlwood is upon us with two amazing looking warbands - the Darkoath Gnarlspirit Pack warband and the undead Sons of Velmorn warband. These are all amazing minis (especially the Shaman) and will be popular with hobbyists and gamers alike. With this release we also get the Warhammer Underworlds: Gnarlwood Card Sleeves to keep your cards safe and minty. But they're not the only adversaries, Skittershank’s Clawpack and the Shadeborn have entered the Gnarlwood as the Rivals of Nethermaze.
Now if warbands are your thing, then it's the week for you. Unencumbered by those pesky cards and the like, you can now get Khagra's Ravagers, The Crimson Court, Kainan's Reapers, The Starblood Stalkers, Elathain's Soulraid, and Hedkrakka's Madmob as purely mini releases. Very tempting, and keep in mind that this is generally the final incarnation before they are deleted from the range.
In books this week, we have the Dark Imperium Collection Special Edition, which is a bit plain really, the new Grombrindal: Chronicles of the Wanderer in Hardback with a very cool cover, and a new Alpha Legion novel for those cunning skulking so-and-so's, Renegades: Harrowmaster in Hardback. 

Kill Team is at it again, resurrecting a fan-favourite and bringing them to fight games of skirmish. Kill Team: Shadowvaults brings back the elite Imperial Guard, the Kasrkin (or as I always called them, Karsickens), with brand new sculpts giving you not only line infantry, but also the Specialists needed for Kill Team. Disappointingly, their adversary the Necrons only get an upgrade sprue (see below) to some existing minis which seems like a real missed opportunity to see some really niche minis for Kill Team. The launch of Kill Team: Shadowvaults next week also sees the release of Kill Team dice for both the Kasrkin and the Necrons, plus the Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team: Playing Cards that provide cards for combat in a Space Hulk.
Fan of combat on a smaller but grander scale? Well the brand new Matched Play Guide is out for Adeptus Titanicus, which continues to be very hot property for Games Workshop, both with competitive gamers and hobbyists who really want to get deeply into fluff.
It's been a while since GW updated their range of hobby tools, and it looks like they've gone back to making things weird... have a look at the new Citadel Tools: Knife - that does not look comfortable. On the flip side though, the more traditional Super Fine Detail Cutters and what looks like quite an innovative Drill with a little turntable on the top to rest in the palm of your hand - could be worth a try! Meanwhile the tool that does the things a knife does, except cut, the Mouldline Remover gets a more ergonomic handle.
It's been at least a week since we had a dump of old Lord of the Rings models, so here we go... Boromir on horsey-neigh-neigh, Elendil & Isildur (Rings of Power tie-in anyone?) and the Blackroot Vale Commanders. Also this week we have some of what we believe are the best LoTR models released, the thematic Haradrim King, an all-time favourite the Mahûd King (two amazing models), the Mahûd Warrior Warband and the Mahúd Raiders.
Books, there are many this week, including the beautifully presented War of the Fang Special Edition, Kasrkin in hardback, a really interesting sounding one - Void King in hardback, Warhammer Horror's Briardark in paperback and The Twice-dead King: Reign in paperback.
Oh, and it's a White Dwarf week...

Warhammer Day 2022 is here and so far this year it's all 40K, with the Bayard's Revenge mini-diorama up for order this week. It's the 35th Anniversary of Warhammer 40K, so that makes sense, but it's interesting the mini isn't a generic Space Marine and instead a Black Templar... one wonders why.
Speaking of 40K, this week sees the launch of the new Horus Heresy/ 40K Land Raider Proteus, which throws back to the original Warhammer 40K V1 (Rogue Trader) in design. It's a great looking vehicle and can be built with either an assault ramp or the traditional old school dozer blade in Explorator configuration. 
Some "big" (pun intended) releases for Warhammer Age of $igmar this week, with the Sons of Behemat launching their new Battletome - which comes in Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum Limited Edition or Toe Jam Standard Edition. Launching with the Battletome is the huge new King Brodd kit, which not only sees the Sons of Behemat King take to the field, but it's a combi-kit, so you can also choose to make the Beast-smasher Mega-Gargant, Kraken-eater Mega-Gargant, Warstomper Mega-Gargant or Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant from the same box. It's not cheap though, but would all those spare bitz be worth it? The original Mancrusher Gargant is also back, and there's a pretty good deal on the Mancrusher Mob which sees you getting one-ish free if you buy three. Sons of Behemat also get a themed Dice Set.
On the totally other side of the coin, the Battletome for the Lumineth Realm-lords is also on pre-order. These are really beautiful miniatures - trust me, I have been bitten by the bug recently and delved into this force. The Battletome comes in Bling-Bling Limited Edition or Pointy Battleline Standard Edition. There's also a  new Vanguard box for the Lumineth Realm-lords which gives you all you will need for one form of combat, it's only missing the cavalry for the other form. Of course there's also Warscroll Cards and the Lumineth Realm-lords-themed Dice Set.
In books this week, it's more Black Templar goodness with Helbrecht: Knight of The Throne in Hardback.
As with last week, there's some stocking-stuffers for Xmas with the adult sized Roy Lowe: Warhammer 40,000 – Red Imperial Aquila Socks and Blue Imperial Aquila Socks. 

If you can believe it or not, it's been 3 months since the release of the second edition of Warcry, and finally the Warcry: Core Book is available separately outside the Heart of Ghur boxed set. Go forth and adjust your points costs!
An old fan favourite in Blood Bowl are the Amazons, and this week you can pre-order the new Blood Bowl Team, the Kara Temple Harpies. There's also Amazon Team Dice, an Amazon Team Card Pack, and the Amazon Pitch – Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set. Spike! Journal Issue 15 is also out this week so you can get all the background and rules on how they play. Hopefully we'll see these Amazon minis in the wider world of Warhammer, maybe as part of the Seraphon refresh expected soon...
Warhammer 4ok hobbyists rejoice, the reboxed Space Marine Heroes are here with the Blood Angels Collection One on their way. Interesting choice to go with Blood Angels since these heads don't really look that angelic or even vampiric for the Successors...
Away from minis (booooo), Starforged have a few stocking stuffers for Xmas with a number of keychains which come in Master-crafted Bolt Rifle, Astra Militarum Lasgun, Chaos Chainaxe, and Ork Choppa - the latter two will be prefect lint collectors in your pockets too! Starforge also have some cool Purity Seal Pin Badges to add to your display cabinet - they come in Blood Angels, Dark Angels and Ultramarines. Interesting there's no Imperial Fists, and we can think of a certain someone who'd be happy for a Black Templars one... 
More stocking stuffer, this time with the Roy Lowe: Warhammer 40,000 – Red Gobbo Socks. We're not sure who Roy Lowe is, but having socks in size 4-6 does relegate this to a kid's item.
Well known pop culture producers Merchoid have some cool Warhammer 40,000 Bauble Tree Decorations, which come in Red Squig (probably the best one), Red Gobbo, and I Ate Too Much Xmas Dinner Ultramarine. There's more, with the Warhammer 40,000 Official 2023 Calendar.
Few books this week with ​Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader in hardback, a reprinting of Cursed City in Paperback, and a new omnibus, Empire at War in paperback which could be very cool indeed!
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Horus Heresy time with some upgrades from Forge World this week - the almost universally hated Space Wolves MKVI Heads, Space Wolves MKVI Shoulder Pads, the new World Eaters MKVI Heads and their World Eaters MKVI Shoulder Pads. It's such a shame we don't get the globe in the teeth anymore, that was cool.

Well they're here, and what a box it is! The new Leagues of Votann Army Set launches the new faction with everything you need to start, at what seems like a 50% saving on what would be the retail price. If you're even half-way interested, this box will sell out quickly - even if it's just to scalpers.
Meanwhile, there's a new expansion for Necromunda, this time tying in the events there with the events in the wider 540K universe,  following the opening of the Great Rift effectively dividing the Imperium into two realms. Necromunda: The Aranthian Succession – Cinderak Burning brings you new rules for Goliaths and Escher, plus widens the pool of characters available to your gang. Speaking of Goliath, the new Goliath Maulers (which we guarantee will turn up as World Eater bikes before we see Goliath versions) are truly awesome, and terribly tempting! Goliaths also get their First Edition Gang Tactics Cards back, as well as a Goliath Ash Wastes Gang Dice Set. Fear not other gangs, there are also Ironhead Squat Prospectors Gang Dice, Ash Waste Nomads Gang Dice, Orlock Ash Wastes Gang Dice, and Necromunda Vehicle Dice. A little something for almost everyone.
We had some Lord of the Rings last week, and this week we have a wee Made To Order model of Old Bilbo Baggins. It's a nice model, but gosh it must be small.
In books this week the 20th Anniversary Edition of Nightbringer is coming (with a suitably boring cover unfortunately) and the Warhammer Crime anthology The Vorbis Conspiracy in paperback.

​Well here we are, the star of the Games Workshop Nova Open Previews, the brand new Middle Earth edition, The Lord of The Rings Battle of Osgiliath. It's a pretty hefty box, with a new campaign, new rules and some new minis (alongside some old ones). As with much of the Lord of the Rings product, this is pretty pricey, and a different scale to the other GW minis, but form all reports it's a fantastic game to play, so go forth! 
Speaking of new minis, there's a lovely new plastic Elrond, Master of Rivendell, who (as with previous characters) comes in both mounted and on-foot versions, plus a handy standard bearer. But what to play in this new edition? Well by chance there is a multitude of mew army boxes - and frankly they're all pretty great with the  Isengard Battlehost, Minas Tirith Battlehost, Mordor Battlehost, and the Rohan Battlehost all on pre-order this weekend, plus the Ruins of Middle-earth terrain set and the Final Fate of the Witch-king diorama thing. You've got the new minis - what could be better?? What about Rivendell and Garrison of Dale Dice Sets? How fabulous!
Heresy is the gift that keeps on giving - if there's supply - and the new Deimos Pattern Predator Battle Tank is now where! It's a really nice looking kit with some cool details, especially the hatches under the turret gun. There's also two Heavy Weapons Upgrade Sets for Heavy Flamers, Multi-meltas, and Plasma Cannons
and one for Volkite Culverins, Lascannons, and Autocannons. A interesting addition this week are the Age of Darkness Reference Cards, which you think would have come out with the game!
Warhammer Underworlds: Nethermaze have an awesome new gang, the Gorechosen of Dromm. and the Deadly Depths Rivals Deck. 
Add to your Chaos Daemons army from the other week with the Datacards.
In books this week the beautiful Special Edition of Awakenings is here, plus the standard hardback, there's also some Heresy offerings with The Horus Heresy Print on Demand Collection 11 (which includes 
The Buried Dagger, Garro, Titandeath, Heralds Of The Siege – a Horus Heresy Anthology and Slaves To Darkness) and Mortarion: The Pale King in hardback.
It's also a White Dwarf week with issue 480 on offer.
If you're in the mood for some miniature collections with a limited edition art print, then it's the week for you: Tyranid Tendrils of the Hive Fleets Collection, Fighting for Ur-Gold Collection, Deepkin From the Ocean Depths Collection, and the Skaven Fight-fight, Kill-kill Collection.

Alrighty, we're back into the dark - not Zone Mortalis this time, but a Space Hulk - with Kill Team: Into the Dark. This is the first time we have seen Imperial Navy enmasse, and the first Kroot update in twenty years with the Kroot Farstalkers. As much as the Kill Teams themselves are interesting, the same can't be said for the terrain - it looks someone at a steampunk flying ship and vomitted it up on the game mat. Too ornate, and seemingly less compatible with the Zone Mortalis kits than they could be. It's a real shame and potentially a missed opportunity.
Now if Kill Team is your bag, then you'll want to get your hands on the Kill Team: Annual 2022, which includes new missions and rules including those for a number of Kill Teams including the Elucidian Starstriders & the entourage of Rogue Trader Elucia Vhane, the insane Gellerpox Infected, Skitarii Kill Team the Hunter Clade, Tzeentch's own Warpcoven, the Genestealers Cults Wyrmblade, and those bouncing happy killer Elves, the Void-dancer Troupes of the Harlequins. Probably a must for any Kill Team fan, and it saves having to be bored senseless by White Dwarf. Happily, this week also sees some of these miniatures available for the first time separately - the Phobos Strike Team, the Traitor Guard Blooded, the Elucidian Starstriders, and the Gellerpox Infected.
However if this is your first time in Kill Team-Land, then there is also the Kill Team 2022 Rules Collection, which gives you the Kill Team Core Book, the Kill Team Compendium and the afore-mentioned Kill Team: Annual 2022. But wait, there's more... the rules for the previous expansion Kill Team: Moroch and the Killzone Moroch terrain are also previewed this week too.
​Books more your speed? The Astra Militarum get a run in the paperback version of Volpone Glory, and everyone's favourite loyal traitors star in the Soul Drinkers Omnibus, also in paperback. 
Now if you did like the look of the new Kill Team, then ordering through the Games Workshop webstore will secure you a Kill Team: Into the Dark Token Tin.
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As Horus Heresy is all the rage, Forge World this week have a number of Made to Order upgrades available - the Death Guard shoulders for MkII and MK IV, plus Cataphractii shoulders and the excellent Death Guard torsos, plus the runic Space Wolves torsos, that really don't get enough attention!

Chaos players rejoice - your demon-fix is upon you with the new Codex: Chaos Daemons - available in Tantalizing Tentacles Collectors' Edition and Persistent Suspicious Lump Standard Edition. Tired of those Imperial or Xenos foes? Well drown them in the demons of your choice using this handy book. Happily there are new minis too, with the new Possessed and Accursed Cultists sets out too. There are apparently lots of "cosmetic options" in this set, but having a look at the sprues it's not that exciting. It's interesting these aren't just sets or mutations to add to existing kits really...
More Chaos goodies with the Combat Patrol: Chaos Daemons (which is oddly only Khorne), the Chaos Daemons Dice Set, and some Made to Order - the Classic Flamers of Tzeentch, Classic Horrors of Tzeentch, the mini consistently voted one of the worst of all time the Classic Beast of Nurgle, the Classic Masque of Slaanesh and the Classic Karanak, who is a very good boy! A very good boy indeed!
There's also some more Blood Bowl with the Snotling Pitch – Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set, and the Blood Bowl Snotling Team Card Pack and Dice Set on their way for your happy little green players.
Bit of hobby supply this week with the Essential Citadel Colour STC Brush Selection on offer, These are great synthetic brushes, so if you don't feel like supporting the fur industry, then these are options. 
It was with much excitement that Siege of Terra: Echoes of Eternity was being released for pre-order today, but alas the scalpers and newbies got to in and sold out in Australia in 2 minutes. For the rest of the world though, ​Siege of Terra: Echoes of Eternity is available in the wizz-bang Limited Edition and normal Hardback. I, for one, am pretty sad to be having this hole in my collection, but it's just a book...

​A mighty box steps forth this week, pitting the magic of the Lumineth Realmlords against the sorcery of Tzeentch in Arcane Cataclysm.  This new Tzeentch character is awesome, and being a recent convert to the Lumineth, this box is a great get! 
Also on Age of $igmar we have reinforcements for Chaos, with the new Chaos Legionnaires
(who are a bit hit and miss TBH) and the awesome Centaurion Marshal, who is a really striking model, but lacks weapon or head options. Guess we have to wait for the hinted Centaurs coming in the new Beastmen range. While we're with beasts, the Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur, Realmscape: Megadroth Remains, and the beautiful Realmscape: Cleansing Aqualith
are now available separately, certainly a great time to add that to your Lumineth forces from Arcane Cataclysm. The Skaven are a favourite, and the Deathmaster model is so thematic an full of character. It would be amazing to see an update for this horde army one day. From the great to the just-plain-weird, the Sylvaneth Lady of Vines... I mean, what the actual??
Now if you love yourself some Warcry, but White Dwarf is a total waste of time and trees, then the Warcry: Compendium brings you recent White Dwarf articles all together in one nice book. 
Two new minis on the scene this week are Drekki Flynt, and the awesomely moody Cado Ezechiar - The Hollow King... which may or may not be making his way to our hobby area!
Now, there's been a lot of Horus Heresy lately, and this week we take a bit of a turn towards the rumours that Heresy may be linking Adeptus Titanicus up with Aeronautica Imperialis to relaunch the Epic scale range. SO today we see Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - Aeronautica Imperialis Rulebook, Aeronautica Imperialis: Vanaheim Area of Engagement, the Aeronautica Imperialis: Legiones Astartes Aircraft Cards, and the Aeronautica Imperialis: Divisio Aeronautica Aircraft Cards appear and we think "hmmmmm". Epic is one of the best supported games in the 3D printed world, with some absolutely incredible miniatures that FAR outstrip the Games Workshop version of years past. In a way it would be cool to see Epic back, but it would equally just be nice for GW to release a ruleset update, some vehicles and maybe some Primarchs and just let the fan community keep producing the amazing products they do. 
Books!! Well if Dorn is your man, then you had better start pressing F5 on the webstore because Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader (Limited Edition) is on it's way. Earlier this episode we introduced you to Drekki Flynt and Cado Ezechiar - well praise be you can both hobby and read with the Drekki Flynt Book and Miniature Collection and the Cado Ezechiar Book and Miniature Collection. You can of course just get the The Arkanaut's Oath and the The Hollow King in hardback without the mini... but why?

This week also sees the deletion of some venerable, long serving heroes of the Aledari, with some of the oldest models still in the range going the way of the dodo - Phoenix Lord Fuegan, Phoenix Lord Karandras and Phoenix Lord Baharroth having been released during the first wave of the Jes Goodwin Eldar releases. A little younger is a personal favourite, Phoenix Lord Asurmen, plus three in the newer look for Eldar, Illic Nightspear, Prince Yriel and the ​Autarch Skyrunner. The older minis in this collection are white metal and with the others in the GW resin.

If you're a fan of the Horus Heresy, then this week is a BIG one - but in true GW style, they've made it confusing with options and... oh you'll see!
So the second of the Leviathans is up for pre-order this weekend, the Leviathan Siege Dreadnought with Ranged Weapons. And he's a beast! Now there's also a second version of the second version, this one is the Leviathan Dreadnought – Locked and Loaded
which is the same kit but with two of the ranged weapons sprues. Now if weapons sprues are your thing - then you can also get the Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Ranged Weapons Frame on it's own, which I guess makes sense if you got the close combat guy last week, and now want some pew-pew for added dakka. Now, for the little brother, the Contemptor Dreadnought which comes in standard, but also in Contemptor Dreadnought – Ultimate Loadout 
which is the standard guy with an extra Contemptor Dreadnought Weapons Frame 1
and Contemptor Dreadnought Weapons Frame 2. Clear as mud!
One of the most loved Horus Heresy vehicles is the potent and fast Sicaran Battle Tank which has been available from Forge World for a fair few years now. Well here's the new plastic version and it's pretty much a direct transition, in fact there's some swapability of parts according to the internet. If you like tanks and you've been patient not buying the big box, then your reward is here - the Spartan Assault Tank. This is a really lovely kit, easy to build and a pleasure to paint. Highly recommended., though personally we think it's a bit small in terms of scale.​
More good stuff from the boxed set, the Legion Praetor with Power Axe and the Legion Praetor with Power Sword are here, plus the ten-man Legion Cataphractii Terminator Squad and Legion Tartaros Terminator Squad.
Probably a really good opportunity to say this here, and the Community has been pretty quiet on this front, but the box art for the Horus Heresy range is excellent! Probably some of the best we've ever seen.
The Horus Heresy wasn't all just Space Marines you know - no - the Mechanicum were well in up to their augmented elbows, which is why the release of the Liber Mechanicum – Forces of the Omnissiah Army Book is so exciting. Who knows what plastic goodness we will see comes from this - our bet is on plastic Thallax and Castellax. In honour of the Mechanicum entering the fray, there's a reboxed and updated collection of Knights with Horus Heresy era transfers - the Knight Questoris and the Age of Darkness Armiger Helverins/ Age of Darkness Armiger Warglaives combi kit. See below for the Heresy transfers.
Away from space battles, there's a new set for Warhammer Underworlds: Nethermaze, Hexbane's Hunters. As per the current trend, there are animals, this time a nice set of war dogs!
Blood Bowl is back, not with new minis, but this time the Elven Union Pitch – Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set, Dice and Blood Bowl Elven Union Team Card Pack.
Fair few books this week, with the very cool Warboss (Mega Limited Edition)
, the Aeornautica-themed Outgunned in Hardback, the final part of Dark Imperium, Godblight in Paperback, the Paperback version of Urdesh: The Magister and The Martyr, The Wraithbone Phoenix in Paperback, and finally, Fabius Bile: The Omnibus.
It's also a White Dwarf week, with the new-look White Dwarf 479 out on Friday.

Well for those of us in Australia, New Zealand or Japan today is the day the first of the two Big Boy dreads makes it to our shores. That's right, the Leviathan Siege Dreadnought with Claw & Drill Weapons has arrived. We are of course all waiting for the ranged version with the pew pew, but this is a good start. Now if you have a Forge World version then you can also get the plastic 
Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Close Combat Weapons Frame to add to your existing mini, so really everyone wins - apart from Ferrus Manus (who died before the Heresy even got going).
Now the rest of this week's pre-orders are all from Forge World. Happily the Dark Angels get some love with ​Marduk Sedras – Lord of the Twenty-third Order. Pretty stock standard stuff for the 1st Legion, no surprises. This week also sees the new Dark Angels MKVI Shoulder Pads and Dark Angels MKVI Heads, which have met with much more happiness than the Space Wolf ones.
The 1st Legion may be the progenitors of the Space Marine Legions, but the 3rd Legion are the Emperor's favourites (at least temporarily) and this week we get some classic Made to Order goodness with the Emperor's Children MKII Shoulder Pads, Emperor’s Children MKIII Shoulder Pads and Emperor's Children MKIV Torsos. We've got these and they're very nice! 
Meanwhile, in more Made To Order news, the White Scars MKII Torsos and White Scars MKIV Shoulder Pads are also back.
It will be interesting to see if we get these releases week-by-week in Legion order, so next week maybe we will see the new MKVI Emperor's Children, and so on. Be great to have a new character for each Legion too.

​We've said it far too many times, but Warcry has produced some of the best miniatures to come out of the Warhammer universe in some time, and it's interesting to see - with the low sales for Dominion - if Warhammer see the future of the Warhammer universe in the look and feel of Warcry or the shininess of the Age of $igmar range. Certainly it's a new feel, and this week we get to pre-order the new Warcry: Heart of Ghur, which brings new minis and launches a new edition of this skirmish game. The seemingly Nurgle-aligned Rotmire Creed vs the Khorne/ Realm of Beasts-aligned Horns of Hashut give us an interesting look at the human level idolatry of the Chaos Powers, though GW seem to spending a lot of effort on the leaders, but less time on the followers, which gives these newer forces a less than interesting appeal. Compare these forces to the original Warcry Warbands like The Splintered Fang or the Corvus Cabal, absolutely awesome sets with not a misstep in them! Be interesting where we go from here, but hopefully the quality keeps up and we don't lose the dynamic poses and interesting spin on this universe.
Now if you do order this from the GW webstore, then you'll get the Heart of Ghur Combat Gauge for free!