Cities of Sigmar Cogfort leads Warhammer’s next pre-orders for 2026

The Cities of Sigmar wave on deck next week is led by the Cogfort, and the pre-order list also includes Battletome: Cities of Sigmar, a gamer’s edition with 66 reference cards, Erasmus Zonn the Enlightened One, Mallus Forgepriest, Aqshian Pyrocaster, Amethyst Knellmage, Freeguild Gallants, Gate Gargants, and Dawner’s Triumph. The headline kit can be built as a Cannonade with a godbreaker cannon or as a Conqueror with a realmscorcher flame cannon, giving painters a huge surface for brass, steel, masonry, emberstone glow, and chipped-siege weathering.

That makes the Cogfort the most immediately rewarding build in the pile. It is the kind of centerpiece that turns a paint schedule into a full project, because the model’s mix of armor, stone, and industrial detail invites separate treatment for metal plates, heat-stained exhausts, battered fortifications, and the glowing core that sells the machine as a living engine of war. The extra cosmetic options matter too, because they let one build feel like a bombardment platform and the other like a mobile assault fort. Every Warhammer Age of Sigmar faction can also take a Cogfort as a Regiment of Renown, which broadens the appeal far beyond Cities collectors.

The lore behind the machine gives painters even more room to theme the finish. Games Workshop previously described Cogforts as enormous walking battle fortresses powered by a refined emberstone-burning arco-combustor, while the godbreaker cannon was built to bring down Mega-Gargants and other behemoths. A later article called a Cogfort “a castle brought to life,” identified it as property of the Ironweld Arsenal, and pointed to rogue examples such as Castellan-Captain Drephus, the War Maiden, and The Deathbond. That points straight toward basing choices built around siege rubble, soot-blackened masonry, and battlefield salvage.

The character kits in the same wave push the visual language in different directions. Erasmus Zonn rides Glyphwing and carries the Lantern of All-Knowledge and Rod of Radiance, a recipe for luminous metals, clean robes, and hard-edged magical glow. Mallus Forgepriest brings the Brethren of the Forge into focus as blacksmiths, chaplains, and battlefield exorcists, which suits grim iron, ash, and sacramental heat. Aqshian Pyrocasters lean into emberstone wands and bright magic, while Amethyst Knellmages go the other way with Shyishan magic and amethyst scythes. Together, they give the faction a tighter split between blazing conviction and mournful necromancy.

The wider release list still stays true to the army’s city-defense identity, from Freeguild Gallants and Gate Gargants to the new battletome itself. The 2023 Cities of Sigmar relaunch set the army around 11 different cities, and this new wave pushes that idea into bigger machines, sharper hero silhouettes, and more dramatic fortress-and-ruin storytelling across the range.