Warhammer Day brings us some great releases this year, with something for almost everyone! The exclusive miniatures this year are the Primaris Lieutenant with Storm Shield and Vampire Lord Anasta Malkorion. Both lovely models, with the vamp coming with an alternate arm and the Primaris coming with a helmeted head option. He would make an amazing standard bearer let me add!
The main release this week, however, is the next installment of Kill Team - Kill Team: Chalnath, bringing fledgling Adepta Sororitas up against advanced scouts of the Tau Empire. Seeing Tau getting love so early was initially very exciting, but on closer inspection it's really just an extra sprue added to the existing Tau Pathfinders kits (see below). One would assume that will make it's way into the set at some point anyway. Chalnath also includes some older scenery that was discontinued, so grab it while you can! Of course this release also sees two dice sets, one for the Tau Empire and one for the Adepta Sororitas.   
Also getting some love this week is Adeptus Titanicus in the form of the Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios book and the massive Warmaster Iconoclast Heavy Battle Titan. This is a great kit to build and paint. I thoroughly enjoyed making mine and it looks amazing alongside the rest of the models. As Titan Legions go, the Traitors have some of the most complicated heraldry, so thankfully there's some decal sheets coming out too - one each for Legio Fureans, Legio Krytos, and Legio Tempestus.
I you enjoy this scale, then Aeronautica Imperialis could be for you with the very first appearance of a plastic Thunderhawk Gunship and their smaller cousins the Fire Raptors. Have a feeling a lot of these will end up as scenery in Titanicus games... 
We all love hobby supplies - and we have some this week that will surprise. First up is the Citadel Painting Handle XL, very handy for the large models which are a pain to try to hold and not break while painting. There's also the Citadel Colour Assembly Stand (which is just weird), the Citadel Colour Spray Stick and a brand new one, the Citadel Colour Sub-assembly Holder allowing you to glue small bits to and then paint. A few people have said this just replicates using old sprue, but we'd be keen to try this. 
In books we have Inferno! Presents: The Inquisition and the paperback of Stormvault.
Horus Heresy is getting some love lately from Forge World after a storm of criticism from the Community. This week it's the Trump-faced Remus Ventanus. This is a striking miniature, and if you use the helmeted option a pretty perfect miniature!

Did someone say "Middle Earth"? No?? Well you're getting some anyway with the rerelease of some of the early Lord of the Rings minis. Lórien Elf Commanders, Galadhrim Elf Commanders, Castellans of Dol Guldur, Spiders of Middle-earth, Ringwraiths of Angmar, Thráin the Broken and Gandalf the Grey, Wood Elf Sentinels, Vanquishers of the Necromancer, The Spider Queen of Mirkwood all make a reappearance!

Alrighty - well here we are with the Tau Pathfinders from Kill Team: Chalnath. This was an exciting glimpse of something new for Tau players, but on closer inspection, this is really housed all on one sprue. So the question is, will it be packaged in with the existing Tau Pathfinders kit from 2017 at some pint - like the upgrade sprue for the Imperial Guard - or will it only live in this box - and are you willing to take the risk? The other thing about this set is that it effectively makes the rules for Tau in the Kill Team Compendium null and void (wasn't that a good purchase? NO!!) with this sprue and the rules giving you the same classes that the Orks and Krieg dudes have in the recent Kill Team release. Seeing this coming, our Tau Kill Team already had planned for the classes to be brought across to all factions, so a lot of kitbashing has made this sprue not really worth the money, despite the cool bits...

Well here we go again, new Stormcast Eternals, blah blah blah, yawn! Bust wait, what's this? Are these miniatures actually holding our attention? Are these... good? Well, it seems the evolution of the Stormcast Eternals has truly happened. First premiering in Age of $igmar: Dominion, now we get to buy the minis in a more economical and poseable way, plus we get some new heroes! First shiny-boi off the block is the afore-mentioned Lord-Commander Bastian Carthalos - Sigmar's right-hand man, now a battlefield presence. Great looking model with awesome looking helmet and weapon options. He shadowed by a dodgy looking character, the Knight-Relictor, another great looking character model. Both of these guys would be flanked in battle by the Praetors, shiny dudes and dudettes who will slap you back to Christmas 1988. Sadly these are push-fit, but maybe one day there will be proper ones. We also have new troops - the Vanquishers, Vigilors (with some awesome head options), the Vindictors and last but not least, the Annihilators/ Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers combi-kit!
Into Fantasy but prefer the swampy feel? Well the Man-Skewer Boltboyz and Hobgrot Slittaz may be more your cup of tea. Both from the Age of $igmar: Dominion box (still available) these are also push-fit kits. 
Middle-earth gets a few newies too - with the lovely Witch-king of Angmar (who comes both mounted and on foot - an awesome idea for character models), some great scenery with the Ruins of Dol Guldur, and some of the nicest dice we have seen for a while - the Dol Guldur and Angmar Dice Sets. These releases come off the back of the new Fall of the Necromancer expansion.
In books this week we have The Accursed now in paperback.
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​It may look like we're missing some stuff this week, but Australian and New Zealand customers are having some products delayed, so scroll down for more if you're lucky enough to be out of this region.

Three cool releases from Forge World this week - Blood Bowl Star Players - Kreek ‘the Verminator’ Rustgouger and Wilhelm Chaney. Adeptus Titanicus also gets a new Titan, the ​Mechanicum Acastus Knight Asterius. Strange choice to do this in resin, when they could just gassed it around the plastic version.

Two products on the international releases this week, but not on the Australia/New Zealand schedule are the Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Chibi Advent Calendar and ​Koyo Faction Pin Badges Series 2. We were originally pretty jazzed about the advent calendar... and then we saw the price!

Everyone's favourite Age of $igmar off-shoot, Warhammer Underworlds has a new expansion - Harrowdeep with two new units, Xandire's Truthseekers and Da Kunnin' Krew which builds on the recent swampy Orcs aesthetic. If you buy this through the GW webstore, you'll also get the Warhammer Underworlds: Harrowdeep Acrylic Token Set. Games Workshop have also relisted some of the warbands Nurgle's The Wurmspat  (with the fan-favourite Plumed Pointy Stick Guy), Slaanesh's The Dread Pageant, those pesky Skaeth’s Wild Hunt Wood Elves, ghoulish Grymwatch, Rippa's Snarlfangs, the heavily armoured Morgok’s Krushas, Myari’s Purifiers, the frankly spectacular Morgwaeth's Blade-coven, Hrothgorn’s Mantrappers, and the surprisingly characterful Beastmen of Grashrak’s Despoilers.
In the world of 40K, War Zone Octarius expands with Book 1: Rising Tide, which comes in Collector's Edition or Standard Edition and includes rules for Tyranids, Deathwatch, and Astra Militarum. There's also the Crusade Mission Pack: Containment with 21 brand new Planetstrike missions for Crusade campaign games, new Stratagems, Battle Traits and Agendas. There's also the pretty purple War Zone Octarius: Rising Tide Dice Set.
Some Citadel Colour scenics hit the shelves next week with the Mordian Corpsegrass and Verdia Veldt Tufts. Interesting to se how these weigh up against the Gamer Grass tufts, which are excellent!
Marvel have the next Warhammer 40,000 Sisters of Battle Issue 2 out and we forgot this last week, but the paperback of Mortis - The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 5 is out! Sorry about that.

In the world of Forge World, Horus Heresy seems to be slowly back on the boil - despite the delay in the books as promised last week - with the Sons of Horus Legion Praetor and a rerelease of the ​Legion MKIV Destroyer Squad. No word if the Destroyers have been retooled, but this is a nice scheme on them.

The Black Templars have been a favourite of many for a long time. The black-clad, robe-wearing exemplars of justice and piety striding forth to serve the Emperor's justice. Really they're the Space Marine version of the Sisters of Battle - looking forward to getting flamed for that! Well the launch box for the Black Templars in this version of Warhammer 40K is here with the Black Templars Army Set sporting 12 new models, all Primaris-ed up, including some Scouts/ Initiates. The set also comes with the cards, a Codex and more. Similar pricing to the Sisters of Battle box, these minis and are also multi-pose which is awesome! 
Away from 40K, there's two legacy Blood Bowl releases - the Amazon Team and the Tomb Kings Team, both of which deserve an update in the current game. It's really odd that GW haven't done more with Amazons, especially considering her popularity of Escher in Necromunda. 
Next week is also a White Dwarf week, so if need to fill your recycling bin, here's an opportunity! 

With a slow week in the world of Games Workshop, Forge World have brought out two new sets for Aeronautica Imperialis - the Adeptus Astartes Ground Assets and the Aeldari Ground Assets.

The recent release of the JOY TOY Space Marines Ultramarines Incursors and Vanguard Space Marines Ultramarines Infiltrators Action Figures has caused a bit of a storm - actual well produced Games Workshop action figures, well that's a nice change! 
Well you'll be happy to know there's more on the way. Courtesy of the MiniWars blog we have these pictures of the upcoming Blood Angels units, and they look pretty amazing.

Aeronautica Imperialis has been a fun little distraction for hobbyists, and with talk that both Adeptus Titanicus and this little game of little planes may be wrapping up in 2022, the release of the new expansion, Wrath of Angels has come as a rather nice event. Sporting Space Marine and Aeldari/ Asuryani planes, this is sure to be popular, especially with the level of lovely detail.
Also available separately from the set are the planes themselves, with the Asuryani Nightwing Squadron (which sports optional variable wing positions) and the Asuryani Phoenix Bomber Squadron really standing out in terms of detail and aesthetic. Of course they also get the Aircraft and Aces – Asuryani Cards and a wraithbone-inspired Asuryani Dice Set. Everyone's favourite xenophobic armoured thugs also get a go with the Adeptus Astartes Xiphon Interceptor Squadron and Storm Eagle Squadron out too, supported by the Adeptus Astartes Cards and Dice Set. There's also the Outer Reaches Area of Engagement Board to use your existing aircraft on, and the older Imperial Navy & Ork Air Waaagh! Ground Assets have been rereleased after a bit of a hiatus.
It was only a few weeks ago that we have the Orlock Weapons Upgrades for Necromunda, well this well we have Van Saar Weapons & Upgrades. Not as big a fan of these, but I'm sure they will have their fans.
After seeing the JOYTOY action figures last week, the crappy McFarlane Toys action figures are looking pretty naff (don't say we didn't tell you), but this week we get the Adepta Sororitas The Order of the Bloody Rose Battle Sister, Necrons Flayed One, and Necrons Flayed One Artists' Proof Action Figures. 
Books books, many books with the very nicely presented new The Twice-dead King: Ruin in green-bound pages Special Edition or the standard Hardback. There's also the ​Silent Hunters in Paperback and some Hardback Horus Heresy books; The Path of Heaven, The Silent War, Angels of Caliban, Praetorian of Dorn and Corax. 
Merchandising - what a blast, and now we move into the realm of plushies... Do you like Nurgle? DO you want to hug Nurgle? Well you can enjoy this little cutie, the KOYO Warhammer 40,000 Nurgling Plush.
With the UK opening up after COVID, tickets are back for Warhammer World, so you can get the Warhammer World Exhibition Dioramas Book Bundle or just go for one of the different tickets available. Fun and games for the whole family!