It sounds like a Death Metal album, and maybe it is, but this week it's all about the Echoes of Doom, the new Age of $igmar boxed set featuring Sylvaneth vs Skaven. In fact along with the boxed set there is also two collections, the Echoes of Doom-Doom – Skaven Collection (not sure if the second 'doom' is meant to be there, but it's listed so why not!) and the Echoes of Doom – Sylvaneth Collection. These come with extra minis and a print.
​The last Warcry boxed set has been broken up, and you can get your hands on one of the most unusual and dynamic forces GW have released for a while - the Tarantulos Brood, and the Robert E Howrad-esque 
Darkoath Savagers. There's also two terrain sets (almost identical) the  Ravaged Lands: Pit Dredger Camp and Varanite Syphon Camp.
In the world of Warhammer 40K in the meanwhile, another boxed set has been broken up, giving you the option to get the Adeptus Custodes Blade Champion (who comes with alternate heads and weapons) and the Reductus Saboteur (who has a scarred or non-scarred head option). Speaking of those golden boys, the new Combat Patrol: Adeptus Custodes is also on it's way.
Books this week is The Horus Heresy Print on Demand Collection 10, which you can also buy individually if you like - all hardbacks too: Ruinstorm - Book 46, Old Earth - Book 47, The Burden of Loyalty - Book 48, Wolfsbane - Book 49, and Born of Flame - Book 50. Also in books this week, it's Godsbane in hardback.
It's merchandise time, and here we have some little cuties from ​Semic, the Ultramarines Primaris Space Marine Helmet Keyring, the Blood Angels MKVII Space Marines Helmet Keyring and the Primaris Space Marine Metal Helmet Keyring. Interesting to see the MKVII in there, so maybe not all hope is lost after all.

The Nighthaunt range just keeps getting better and better, and this week we see the pre-order for the new Battletome: Nighthaunt - in both Rattle & Bones Limited Edition and Bone-daddy Standard Edition. There's also a new character model, Awlrach The Drowner in a very small boat for a ferryman and some ranged troops that are absolutely awesome - the Craventhrone Guard, who unfortunately only come in a box of five. GW have also collected a few of the characters from previous releases to create the Ethereal Court, plus the Warscroll Cards and Nighthaunt Dice.
The vicious death-dealers, the Daughters of Khaine also get their new Battletome - which comes in Crown the Queen Limited Edition and Razor-sharp Standard Edition. No new models, but there are Warscroll Cards, but no new dice.
The Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game™ gets a new expansion with Defence of the North, which also includes narrative elements as well. No new minis, but yet again we get a deluge of old ones - Lake-town Captains, Easterling Mounted Commanders, some cool Easterlings Dice, Durbûrz & Grôblog, Goblin Kings of Moria, Ashrâk & Drûzhag, Goblin Shamans of Moria, Khazâd Guard, Moria Blackshield Warband, Captains of Erebor, Warg Marauder, Dragon, and the Moria Goblin Prowlers.
In books this week we get the new Vincula Insurgency in hardback, and next week sees White Dwarf 476.

Amongst the flurry of (the frankly disappointing) Warhammer Fest, the once-darlings of GW have returned - Knights! And not just any Knights, the Chaos Knights in a brand new Army Set which includes the Abominant (with the new Volkite combustor and an electroscourge flail) two War Dogs, the new edition of Codex: Chaos Knights with exclusive cover art, datacards and two transfer sheets. This is a big step up from the older Knight with a Chaos spiky sprue in the box!
Now if your taste is more in the Imperial part of the galaxy, well you're in luck; Codex: Imperial Knights is here! Available in Stompy Stompy Collectors' Edition and Tally Ho Standard Edition, these add new rules and more to the battlefield monsters that are the Imperial Knights. There's also the Imperial Knights Datacards, but no dice for you.
Also in Warhammer 40K-land, War Zone Nachmund: Rift War, as new "narrative supplement" (not sure they have used that term before) is here - in both Reign of Terror Collectors' Edition and Event Horizon Standard Edition.
In books, your friend and mine, Old Kath gets a new tome, The Triumph of Saint Katherine in hardback, the paperback version of the Space Wolves The Helwinter Gate is here (just in time for it to get chilly in the southern hemisphere) and volume two of ​The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade in paperback arrives. We do wonder if Maleus Darkblade might get a shiny Collectors Set at some point...

Necromunda has left the Hive and moved to the lawless lands beyond! Necromunda: Ash Wastes is the first Necromunda expansion to not take place in the alleys, tunnels and manufactoriums of the Hive itself, and it will be interesting how the community will take it! In essence they seemed to be after a Mad Max style aesthetic, but is that what they got? Time will tell, but the massive new box is certainly a standout. If you're just keen on the Nomads themselves, then you'll be happy to know that the Ash Waste Nomads War Party, the Ash Waste Nomads Dustback Helamites and the Ash Waste Nomads Gang Tactics Cards are also up for pre-order this week - a smart move by GW. Maybe not such a smart move is the inclusion of the Orlocks in the set. It absolutely goes with the background, but without fresh paintjobs, or alternative colour schemes, these minis look very out of place. Would be potentially be more interesting to have a new Gang or even a different type of Enforcer. Suffice to say, the Orlock Outrider Quads and Orlock Vehicle Gang Tactics Cards also come out this week if you want to add to your existing Orlock gang.
Australasia doesn't get all the books this week - but we do get Penitent – Bequin, Book 2 in paperback, and the Carta Galactica map, featuring the Western Hemisphere of Necromunda.

So what does the rest of the world get? The reissue of the Imperial Infantryman’s Handbook, the amazing looking Limited Edition Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom, and very oddly, the Forge World Orlock Upgrades. There's something very odd here. Forge World aren't in stores here - everything comes by mail - so why are these not released for Australasia? It's not like they have to be in the country...

This week is supposed to be Warhammer Underworlds: Nethermaze, and despite it being pictured on the webstore... the picture goes nowhere.
This week sees the Australasian release of the Norse Blood Bowl Team. The team themselves, the Norsca Rampagers (who we are sure will appear in every Space Wolf army for the next year or so) are here, plus their handsome Team Dice Set and Team Card Pack. Want to play in the land of the ice and snow, well embrace the Norse Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set and get some more rules and background in the latest Spike! Journal Issue 14.
In books this week, the saga of the Primaris continues with Dawn of Fire: Throne of Light which comes in Guilliman4Lyfe  Special Edition or Spit and Polish Standard Edition. It's not always easy for the Angels of Death, so if you want to read a classic story of best intentions going astray, then the 20th Anniversary Edition of Soul Drinker will be for you. Plus this week sees the latest Gotrek Gurnisson novel, Soulslayer in Hardback.
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This week also sees a massive culling of the Underworlds range, so if any of these speak to you, get them while they're hot!

It's amazing how even after all these years the Sunday Preview still holds so much power on Warhammer Community - so much expectation and restrained excitement, only to be royally shat on when you scroll down to the very bottom to read this:
"Unfortunately, these pre-orders will be slightly delayed in Australia and New Zealand – you’ll be able to pre-order your Norse teams from the 23rd of April"
So while the rest of the world gets Norse Blood Bowl (which frankly does not entice personally), those of us down here who pay a premium on releases, get three books... three books. Surely the premium we pay is to make sure we get these things airfreighted and on time, otherwise what actually are we paying for? Here's an idea: dispatch them a week early - Hell, dispatch them a month early! It's frankly just poor service and especially while fans in this part of the world are STILL waiting for the Tyranid release. Surely Games Workshop don't receive and dispatch goods on the same week. Surely it's sitting in a warehouse waiting for it's release window. Got delayed at sea? Well fly some out, OR still put it on pre-order but tell us it's going to be a while longer. That's okay, we will wait, just give us the opportunity to feel included!

With that out of the way late shave a look at what some of us get this week, then we'll move onto what others will get...
Anyone who saw the original covers for the Bequin series will have to admit they are some of the best covers GW have produced in a very long time. Well on pre-order his week is the Special Edition version of Pariah – Bequin, Book 1, and it's another triumph! Also on pre-order this week is the hardback version of the Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader novel, which I have been told has an appearance by some of the War Hounds Legion! Very cool. And we also have the paperback of Traitor Rock.

Now, for those in other parts of the world it's a pretty cool week for you - because the Norse have invaded Blood Bowl. with the Norsca Rampagers, Norse Team Card Pack, Norse Team Dice and double-sided Norse Pitch and Dugouts heading your way. There's also Spike! Issue 14 with all the tips, tricks and tactics to field the beer-fueled Norse.
Forge World have also come the party with the Yhetee and their champion Skrorg Snowpelt, plus some Norse star players, Thorsson Stoutmead and  Ivar Eriksson.  

It's been a while since a War Hounds update, mainly because I wasn't very happy with the quality of the photos. So I jumped on Amazon and found some small cheap lights  and thought I'd give them a go. This catch up shoot is as much a catch up as it is an experiment with light temperature.
On the left is the War Hounds Destroyer, which I think has the temperature pretty right, unfortunately the rest don't quite achieve the same result - will keep experimenting - but it doesn't help I'm also using a phone camera, one suspects! It's also a very small set up and trying a black background instead of white or something else has taken it's time to try to work out. 
I'll leave the longer write up to the Project: War Hounds page, but here we have the ones I remember having not shown you.

This week sees the release of the next Seasons of War for Age of $igmar, Thondia set in realm of Ghur. Available in Sandy Booty Ass Limited Edition and Slippery Sandals Standard Edition, this expansion progresses the story of Age of $igmar further through the Age of Beasts. The first miniature set for this release is the Realmscape: Thondian Strongpoint​, featuring a powerful entity, and terrain. Personally doesn't hit the spot for us, but the Cleansing Aqualith is a beautiful model. Now if you absolutely MUST have the cardboard playing board, then you can get those too with the Realmscape: Thondian Expanse.
With the relaunch of Horus Heresy coming, GW are clearing out many of the classic Alpha-scale Space Marines. This week we have the excellent non-banana fur Space Wolves Captain, Big Plume himself the Dark Angels Captain, one of the best mini to turn into a statue the Ultramarines Captain, another great statue the Space Marine Captain with Terminator Honours, statue #3 the Blood Angels Captain, and the always mysterious armpit sniffer, the Veteran Captain (all of which are so important to the lore of 40K that they have been painted by the local primary school kids - bless them!).
Do you love Lord of the Rings? Who doesn't? Did you miss the opportunity to buy classic Lord of the Rings miniatures despite them being available for 10-15 years? Well here's your chance - Attack at Weathertop, the frankly very cool The Fellowship of The Ring, Ambush at Amon Hen, The Battle at Khazad-dûm and Escape from Orthanc are available in Made To Order form this week.

... of some interest this week is the Last Chance to Buy on 40K terrain. Some classic and even newer pieces are either going away or being repackaged, so best check this out...
And while we're at it, most of the Horus Heresy range has disappeared form the GW webstore. Probably just for repackaging, but be interesting to see if they scale up the Cataphractii and Tartaros Terminators. The MKIII is still there, so fear not!!

If there were ever any doubt that Nagash rules the roost, then the new Arena of Shades box proves it in spades (or should I say 'shades'). Sure you get some old Witch Elves, but you get the new Scriptor Mortis and Craventhrone Guard minis to add to the already bursting Nighthaunt range. The range is now huge, and pretty much every unit is a winner in terms of miniature design. They're all so very tempting...
Over in the land of 40K, meanwhile, we get some new solid STC-style terrain in the form of Battlezone: Fronteris – Nachmund. Pretty pricey set, but if you like it all, this box will save you money overall. The components are available separately, so you can get the Fronteris – Landing Pad, Fronteris – STC Hab-Bunker and Stockades, Fronteris – Vox-Antenna and Auspex Shrine or the Fronteris – Battlefield on their own. Not sure why the cardboard base is $100+, but there you go.
We've seen some awesome new Eldar stuff over the past few weeks, well Made To Order is happy to take you down memory lane with some classic sculpts - Death Jester, Shadowseer, the Farseer with Singing Spear, Farseer with Staff and Shuriken Pistol, the tiny old heroic-scale Farseer with Singing Spear and Shuriken Pistol, the Autarch with Banshee Blade and the Autarch with Dragon Fusion Gun, plus the Harlequins Troupe. All yours for a limited time only.
In books this week, it's the paperback version of Warhawk – The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 6.
Few merchandising things too, the Abysse Corp Warhammer 40,000 Indomitus Mug and Warhammer 40,000 Blood Angels Mug. Something to truly drive away your work crush by flagging your geekdom!

The Aeldari wave continues, and this time they get to bring a God to the tabletop. The mighty Avatar of Khaine (coming in at 13cm high) will dwarf many of the humanoid constructs on the battlefield, and even the Knights and Titans face a fearsome adversary in his presence. f you're an Aeldari fan, then you must love Aspect Warriors, and here are the noblest of them all, the new Shining Spears. Running up a huge laundry bill, you can see the sleek forms of their bikes are in contrast to the shorter Shroud Runners, and less spiky than the Dark Eldar Reavers. This week sees the individual release of the very flexible and kitbash-friendly Autarch, the new Rangers who hold so much of the Eldar in their poses, and the afore mentioned Shroud Runners. These are all glorious minis and great to be able to get them separately. The new Combat Patrol: Aeldari is also out, with a selection of older and new models to start a force with.
There's also a new Warhammer 40K Mission Pack on it's way, Tempest of War offering new missions for Matched Play.
In books, we have the new Assassinorum: Kingmaker in hardback, offering a very literal illustration of Assassins vs Knights, and the paperback of the latest Iron Snakes novel, Urdesh: The Serpent and the Saint.

Well here we are, the very much anticipated and pained-for announcement on the Horus Heresy...

An absolutely spectacular trailer by Games Workshop, truly some of the best work they have done in recent years in terms of supporting a games system. The trailer is full of little hints at vehicles to come - the Sicaran with single cannon is but one - epic warfare that we have all wanted to se, and in mind-blowing scale. Not only that, but having The Warmaster himself be the conduit for us to enter this world is so clever and doesn't define the good or evil at this point - everyone is a hero!

And then of course there is this glorious update to the venerable MkVI Space Marine armour. For those of us who started back in the late 80s, this is everything we saw when we constructed that early plastic boxed set. Don't get me wrong, we are very happy to criticize GW when they do something wrong, but with this miniature everything is RIGHT! Will there be some scale-creep? Probably. Will it matter? Maybe, but this miniature is actually perfect. Let me explain:
- Thematic pose
- Correct gun discipline with the finger placement
- Rebirth of the classic bayonet
- The segmented toe area harking back to the old metal miniatures
- Return of bonding studs that are actually round
- A small update to the classic backpack.
We're all for respectful feedback to GW about things they may have missed, done in a silly way or even completely balls-ed up. this trailer, this miniature is not the place. But unfortunately, social media is a place where everyone's opinion is equal, even those ill-informed with no real understanding that this universe existed before they started playing the game. Their is a history, their is ample evidence that MKVI armour was in fact used in the Horus Heresy. Was it as wide spread as MKII, or MK IV? Maybe, maybe not. But the fact is, for over 30 years, MKVI armour has been depicted in GW art as being in the Horus Heresy. It is unequivocally there! I used the term "unfortunately" earlier in terms of equal weighting in social media, and I'm sure that may have caused some to stir, but this fantastic preview has brought out a part of this community that others point to all the time; the toxicity. 
Within minutes, hours, there were posts about how this is retconning, how this wasn't factual - vitriolic posts proclaiming special knowledge and opinion as fact. Arguments even. 
We live in a post-Trump world of true facts and false facts - well facts are facts and the evidence is there, so how about we all calm down, enjoy this awesome video, get excited to see what's coming very soon and just be pleased we have PLASTIC Horus Heresy. 
I am so excited to make the new kits, put paint to plastic and create, let my imagination run wild and get completely absorbed in these new minis. A plastic Spartan? A plastic Phobos Land Raider? A plastic Deimos pattern Rhion? Yes, this is what we have been asking for for over a decade, so how about giving GW credit and stop spewing venom around and proving the rest of the hobby right about the toxicity of our small pocket of this much much larger hobby.

The Imperium's main weapon of xenophobia get's a pump this weekend, with the new Combat Patrol: Grey Knights
plus a brand new plastic mini of their main-man, ​Castellan Crowe
with his in-no-way-demonic sword, and alternate helmeted head.
Bringing back memories of one of the largest faction releases to date (potentially beaten by the constant flow of new Nurgle minis) Tzeentch has reinforcements with the new Combat Patrol: Thousand Sons and Wizard Supreme, the Infernal Master
who comes with no alternative parts except for a weirdly short right arm. Castellan Crowe's proportions seem off too actually. Be nice to have had the Codex for each faction out this week, but alas. The cover of the older Thousand Son's one is a beauty!
Now books this week, we have Catachan Devil in paperback. Catachan's have been getting a bit of a run recently, I think we might be getting some updated minis, especially with the recent previews coming from GW showing what is clearly a Rough Rider lance, and earlier a Kasrkin wrist.
Also in books we have Dark Imperium (yawn!) in  paperback and the paperback of ​A Dynasty of Monsters which features Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares on the cover. These minis seemed to come and go from the spotlight pretty quickly which is sad.
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There's also a huge cull of older models, especially Alpha Space Marines, so go check out Last Chance To Buy and grab what you need while you can.
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Now, on with some Forge World shenanigans... 

Oh Forge World - leave the old Alpha Space Marines alone! Now we see Red Scorpions Casan Sabius and Sirae Karagon - Regents of the Ordon Rift and Magister Sevrin Loth Chief Librarian of the Red Scorpions with Honour Guard getting culled and heading towards Last Chance to Buy. Not only that, but Lugft Huron Chapter Master of the Astral Claws is also on his way out. Interesting correlation between these minis is that they all were part of the Badab War. I wonder with the Horus Heresy winding down if we will see the Badab War come back. That would be very cool!
Other things on the block include the Damocles Command Vehicle (which would be an easy alternative build in the Rhino kit, lets be honest) and the armoured ​Land Speeder Tempest.
If that floats your boat, have at it!! The Regents set is really nice and has lots of kitbash pieces that will be missed from the universe for sure.

Kill Team has given Games Workshop the ability to expand the look and feel of factions inside Warhammer 40K. Somewhat like Warcry, this has been a great opportunity for hobbyists to think wider about the universe, and today that explodes a bit with the release of Kill Team: Nachmund, which not only adds new weapons loadouts to the Chaos Space Marines, but most of all gives us a faction that has been in Warhammer 40K from the very beginning - Eldar Corsairs, or as they were originally called, Space Elf Pirates. There are so many influences from across the Eldar factions in these miniatures, from Dark Eldar to Craftworld, and even Exodite influences (left). Along with the Mechanicus scenery, this is a great set. Available separately there are also the Corsair Voidscarred and Legionaries Dice Sets.
The most recent Kill Team has also been broken up into it's elements this week, so you can get the Kill Team: Killzone Chalnath scenery, Kill Team: Chalnath the book, Kill Team: Pathfinders and Kill Team: Novitiates if you missed out on the boxed set. The Pathfinders is just an update sprue to the existing kit, but the Novitiates is an all new set.
In books this week, the massive Tzeentch release of a few years ago saw a new version of Ahriman released, and if you're a fan, this weekend you can pre-order the "Mega Limited Edition" Ahriman: Eternal. Probably a must-have for Tzeentch fans. Also on pre-order this week is the Hallowed Ground in Hardback.

The Holy Grail of boxed sets is back! That's right, Warhammer Quest: Cursed City is back in Made to Order form. The box is packed with minis, including the excellent new skeletons and beautifully thematic heroes and villains. Personally we're going back and forth on getting this, but luckily we all have 21st of March to make a decision.
Meanwhile, two forces that should probably never meet... on the Fire Team we have the new Fyreslayers Battletome, in both Piping Hot Limited Edition and Crispy UK Tourist on the Beach Standard Edition. There's also the Fyreslayers Warscroll Cards and Dice Set. On the other side of the coin we have the Water Team with the new Idoneth Deepkin Battletome which comes in Wrapped in Newspaper Limited Edition and Slippery Sucker Standard Edition. There are of course Idoneth Deepkin Warscroll Cards and Dice Set.
Blood Bowl fans will be happy to see the Wood Elf Pitch – Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set, the Wood Elf Team Card Pack and Team Dice Set.
In books, the rather glorious special edition of Ravenor Rogue and the Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! in hardback.

The mighty Eldar, now the Aeldari, are back with a really amazing update to Jes Goodwin's original sculpts. If you did have a read of the links above you would have seen him mention that this is the level of detail he always imagined, so to finally see this in miniature form is just amazing.
Lets start with the large Codex: Aeldari, which comes in F*ck Slaanesh Collectors' Edition and Boney Boney Armour Standard Edition. Bringing all the Aeldari factions together - except the Dark Eldar/ Drukhari, this is a one-stop-shop for fans of the space elves. As with the last reboot to the Aeldari range, there is a collection of this week's releases in the form of the Wanderers of the Stars, which comes with a print of the Codex cover. Previous releases has a Jes Goodwin print, and if that had been the case this time... well this set may have been a must-buy! The venerable Warlocks get a much needed update with this set of two minis, which includes all sorts of options so a good set to add to your kitbashing collection. Probably one of the oldest plastic GW kits still in production has now been replaced with the Guardian Defenders/ Storm Guardians combi-kit, which also has a tonne of extra bits in it. The heavy hitters of the Aeldari and their lord are next with the amazing Maugan Ra miniature and his Dark Reapers, who - for the first time - include some weapons options for the squad leader and some bare heads. The Aeldari Codex doesn't just cover the Aeldari, but also the Ynnari, so we finally get to buy the main characters from that faction separately - The Yncarne, Yvraine and the fearsome Visarch. Want to field these sleek dealers of death? Well you'd better get your hands on the Aeldari Dice Set and the Datacards so you have all the tricks up your sleeve.
This week also sees the pre-order for the latest McFarlane Toys Action Figures, with the Raven Guard Assault Intercessor Veteran Sergeant, the Artist Proof versions of the Space Marine Reiver with Grapnel Launcher, Ymgarl Genestealer, Ork Big Mek and the Ork Meganob with Shoota all on offer.
Books - you like books? Well it's Horus Heresy time, with the latest Horus Heresy Print on Demand Collection here for your attention. This series includes The Master of Mankind, Garro, Shattered Legions, The Crimson King, and Tallarn all in Hardback.
Away from TTRPG and onto two more traditional games in the Warhammer style - we have Warhammer 40,000 Risk, which seems cool, and a new card game, by Cubicle Seven, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Elector Counts – An Old World Card Game. Could be interesting...

As mentioned above, the ranks of the Horus Heresy expand with two characters from the pages of the Horus Heresy Siege of Terra series; Fafnir Rann and Dominion Zephon. Being in plastic, both have amazing kitbashing possibilities written all over them.
Interesting that the new novella Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader Limited Edition is set at the end of the Great Crusade while he was still an Imperial Fist and hadn't moved to form the Black Templars. Set at the Imperium's height rather than the lows of the Horus Heresy,  it will be curious the tine this novels sets.
Speaking of Horus Heresy, the latest map in the series is out Siege of Terra: The Defence of the Lion's Gate. All faux leather, this is the same map that appeared in one of the previous novel releases.
A very cool looking novel coming during this event is the Eisenhorn: Xenos – Illustrated and Annotated Edition in hardback. Beautifully presented, this is surely a must on most people's shelves. It has been released a few times over the years, but never this pretty. Now if you do like old Eisenhorn then check out this rather gaudy Bookmark, that will surely destroy your pages...
The new The Successors: A Space Marine Anthology in hardback, features some interesting Chapters we don't always hear much about. From old faves like the Flesh Tearers to the new poster boys, the Emperor's Spears, who get two stories!
Looking like he's posing for his next album cover, Astorath has returned in his new novel Angel of Mercy in hardback, and the hoofed wonder, Kragnos has his own novel, Avatar of Destruction, also in hardback.
In surely good news that gets us closer to the next Limited Edition Horus Heresy novel, the paperback of Saturnine The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 4 is also here.
The fan's pick for this year are Witch Hunter and Cadian Blood, both in paperback, which have been republished just for this event with their original covers. 
Also, head into GW stores this weekend and grab the free Black Library Celebration 2022 paperback for some short story goodness. Sometimes these and the Advent Calendar books are the best stories released all year!

"Filler". What is filler? Filler is crap that Games Workshop use to fill out a week. When there's a small release week, they fill the week with crap. And by 'crap' we mean old minis that have no relevance to any current campaign - usually Lord of the Rings or Made To Order. It's not that Lord of the Rings minis are bad, they're just not really relevant. I mean if they rereleased the plastic boxed sets, then that would be something! Now, if this was done on purpose for an anniversary, or was a dedicated offering for a reason, then sure that's fair, but it's also just disrespectful to throw them in to fill up the week. Now, on with the show...

They really should have called this The Big Box of Zone Mortalis of the Mortalis Big Box - it would have been cool! Anyway, there's a large set combining many of the terrain kits from Necromunda on pre-order this week - the Zone Mortalis: Underhive Sector. It's really just two of one sprue, one of another, the Stronghold etc., but having it together is cool. The saving isn't apparently huge, but being in one box sure saves storage and mess.
The winner for best new models of 2021/22 goes to Warcry, and this week we get the pre-order for the new book Tome of Champions 2021, which brings in a whole lot of factions outside the various Chaos gangs. Luckily - and what a happy coincidence this is - there are some sets to support this book; the Slaanesh Sybarites, Kruleboyz, Daughters of Khaine, Thunderstrike Stormcast Eternals, and the Lumineth Realm-lords (including the cow horn hammer guys!). I wonder if the whole cow motif was a turn off to traditional Elf payers...
The Made To Order parade begins. Hot on the heels of their Codex release, we get the chance to get some of the old Tau Ethereal models, including the T'au Ethereal with Equalisers (who knew the Tau were so into hifi!), T'au Ethereal with Staff, T'au Ethereal, and the T'au Ethereal with Honour Blade.
These should really be remade to today's standards for the Tau players out there.
And here we are with this week's filler; Lórien Elf Archers, Armoured Moria Goblins, Easterling Warriors Warband, the Galadhrim Warriors with Swords (Haldir's Elves) and Galadhrim Warriors with Bows (Haldir's Elves) - both last offered in November 2020, Moria Goblin Shaman, Captain of Dale (honestly the visualization of the Dale military is just cringeworthy!) and Galadriel, Protectoress of Lothlórien.
There's also some stocking stuffers on the way from Half Moon Bay: Warhammer 40,000 Imperial Aquila Keyring, Warhammer 40,000 Purity Seal Keyring, Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Keyring, Warhammer Age of Sigmar Stormcast Eternals Shield Pin Badge. Guaranteed these were meant to be released for Christmas last year!
Now the other big thing this week is the retirement of some older Space Marine character models. SO go check that out. One of the so Gabriel Seth, so maybe grab him while he's still around!

Little bit of a Jes Goodwin tribute in the title there today, and it seems appropriate that the Master of the Eldar be remembered for effectively bringing their look to life and nurturing it all these years. 
So this week, we have the new Eldritch Omens boxed set to launch the new Eldar range. The Eldar come with an Autarch who has a tonne of options, including multiple heads, two torsos, and a selection of weapons for most of the Aspect Warrior shrines. The box also launches the Shroud Runner jetbikes and five new Rangers, with different heads options. The Chaos side includes one awesome looking Warpsmith with with head and weapon options, five multi-part Chosen with head, weapon, and gear options. There's also the classic Forgefiend/ Maulerfiend combi-kit.
This week we also get the Marvel: Warhammer 40,000 Sisters of Battle Comic Issue 5 with exclusive variant cover.

... and if you're in a part of the world that gets all the pre-orders, then you will have the paperback version of Dan Abnett's Pariah novel. The books in this series have amazing covers. As you have said before, surely some of Games Workshop's best!

By far the best faction in Warhammer 40,000, the Tau Empire, have their new Codex on pre-order this week. It comes in two flavours - For The Weak We Defend Thee Collectors' Edition and the Liberation For All Standard Edition. Who knows how much of this book is just copy paste from the last one, thus the reluctance to buy! There are also T'au Empire Dice Set (in white and red, for some unknown reason, considering the Kill Team dice have black and orange. All they had to do was make the red orange and the two sets would have been awesome together! Urgh) and of course the Datacards. As mentioned above, we do have a new Combat Patrol for the Tau Empire which adds stealth rather than the power of the Battlesuits. The Start Collecting was an excellent set, for different reasons, but on the battlefield this set will pay dividends. There is also the ​Ethereal, now available separately at a ridiculous price. This is an ordinary mini, and honestly, as above, is very overpriced.
In other 40K news, the conflict in Nachmund has kicked off with the new ​War Zone Nachmund: Vigilus Alone supplement - both Collectors' Edition and standard edition on pre-order, as is the new Crusade Mission Pack: Wars of Faith. Taking to the field in this mighty conflict that no one seems to be following, is the new Captain in Gravis Armour (shownhere in his alternate pose with no helmet and a two handed chainsword) and the Primaris Ancient (which has a two-handed banner holding option). Now the Sisters of the Adepta Sororitas are also on Nachmund, so they get dice for the Order of The Bloody Rose. 
Now here's a question - with Kill Team: Nachmund being previewed at LVO, will this be the first thing we see out of the recent (boring) Warhammer Reveal? Bring on the Eldar Pirates!!!
Everyone's favourite sport/ deathmatch, Blood Bowl, has the 2021 Almanac on pre-order this week. The breakdown isn't that exciting, as it really only covers Spike! Journal issues 11 through 13.
Alrighty, well here we are at the big non-game related product of the week and it's the very cool JOYTOY Vanguard Space Marines Ultramarines Invictor Tactical Warsuit. Yes it's awesome, comes with a dude, but have a look at that price! All I can say is look at other retailers as the price differs massively.

Also on pre-order this week but not appearing for Australia and New Zealand is the new Darkstrider miniature, which is a vast improvement on the original. Unfortunately  can't see if there's any options for this mini as yet. There's also the paperback release of Gitslayer, and the ​Warhammer Horror novel, Gothgul Hollow, which could be quite interesting actually!

Maybe some of the best Ork and Imperial models were released last year, and all in the one box - Kill Team Octarius (now discontinued)- but rejoice fellow hobbyist, these are now available separately away from that large boxed set, or if you like both there is also an option. 
Originally released as the Death Guard of Krieg, these have been reboxed as Kill Team: Veteran Guardsmen. Multi-part and multi-pose, these minis are full of flavour and look amazing with some head swaps, even with normal Cadians. Interesting thing to note, the term "Imperial Guard" has returned in place of "Astra Militarum". The other great set are the Kill Team: Kommandos, a set of dynamic and fun elite Orks with at least one obviously styled on WWII Commonwealth commandos. Now if you like both, save yourself some money and go buy the new Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team: Starter Set, which includes some stuff you may never use, but you save a heap on the miniatures. Also available separately next week is the Kill Team: Octarius book that includes the rules for these two forces plus nine Kill Team missions. SO it's time to paint these lovely Veteran Guardsmen - well luckily there's two colour ranges just for you - the Krieg 19th Siege Regiment Parade Ready Paint Bundle and the Krieg 143rd Siege Regiment Parade Ready Paint Bundle.
Now it was previewed as a big week for Necromunda today, but in the pre-orders we only have one product, the Necromunda Underdog Card Pack, which goes with the Underdogs set... but more on that later.   
Now, books! We have a few on pre-order this week - Krieg in hardcover, the beautiful The Triumph of Saint Katherine Limited Edition (these really do keep getting better and better), Genestealer Cult-focused Day of Ascension in hardcover and the White Scars omnibus Masters of the Hunt.

As we said above, we have missing items from the pre-orders this week, which sadly dull the impact of what could have been quite a big weekend.
To go with the Underdogs Cards, there is the Hive Scum set of minis. This was originally released back in November 2021 as the Necromunda Outcasts Hive gang, sold out straight away and is no longer available. Either way, this set was three times the size and I'm pretty sure not three times the price. Pays to get in early! Necromunda also had the Delaque Weapons and Upgrades set this week. These sets are pretty cool, and although Delaque is okay, a Palantine Enforcers set would be AMAZING!! 
If you're following Warhammer 40k then the loss of the Chapter Approved: War Zone Nachmund Grand Tournament Pack and Munitorum Field Manual 2022 this week is probably a bit of a bummer!
 Maybe it'll turn up in store next week, but it's not looking good for online ordering right now.
Ork and Kill Team fans will be a bit disappointed as ​Kill Team: Kill Zone Octarius, the Ork-themed terrain from the game, is missing so far this week.
And finally, in books there's The Book of Martyrs, a collection of Sisters of Battle stories - including one with Tau which could be very interesting...

Forge World this week has a cool set of minis to go with their recently released Zone Mortalis Underhive Market, Slopper and Scabber. Both obviously upstanding citizens of the community...
And finally, everyone's favourite ratty friends Blood Bowl team get some hitting power with the new Rat Ogre. He seems like a charming lad! Probably a popular conversion piece for Dark Eldar players too!