Warhammer Academy launches with 150 videos for new hobbyists
Warhammer Academy opened with more than 150 Warhammer 40,000 videos, aiming to take newcomers from Space Marines questions to a first painted army.
Warhammer Community used its Big Summer Preview to launch Warhammer Academy, a new learning hub built to pull new hobbyists into the Warhammer 40,000 side of the hobby without making them hunt through scattered posts and videos. The launch library opened with more than 150 videos, and Games Workshop said Age of Sigmar content would follow soon.
The pitch is straightforward: Warhammer Academy is meant to cover lore, collecting, painting and gameplay in one place. That matters because the first hurdle in this hobby is rarely the rules alone. It is deciding what to buy, what to build first and how to get from bare plastic to a finished model without getting lost halfway through. Warhammer Community even framed it as the place to send a friend who will not stop asking about Space Marines.
For painters, the useful part is the structure. Instead of treating painting as a separate rabbit hole, the Academy folds it into the same path as collecting and playing, which is exactly how a lot of first armies get stalled. A beginner who wants to finish a Space Marines force can start with the basics, move through assembly and painting, and then end up with something usable on the table. For an experienced painter, that makes it a clean refresher and an easy teaching tool for anyone in your life who wants to start the hobby but does not know where to begin.
The launch also landed in the middle of a broader onboarding push. Warhammer Community said the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 was officially underway, and the Big Summer Preview ran at 7pm UK time on Friday 26 June 2026. That preview slate reached across Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Warhammer: The Old World, Kill Team, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl, while a separate reveal introduced a new Warhammer 40,000 Starter Set built around Space Marines and Orks, plus a Core Rules book, 15 pieces of unpainted terrain, a double-sided game board, range rulers, dice and a Starter Guide book.
Warhammer already has a painting-video section that promises tips and tricks to take miniatures from bare plastic to fully realised warriors, and Warhammer Academy now gives that material a more formal home. For anyone trying to get a first army over the finish line, that is the real draw: less guessing, fewer dead ends and a clearer path from unopened box to painted squad.
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