Warhammer preview teases battleforces, MkIV Space Marines, and Black Library releases
Four 40k battleforces, MkIV Space Marines, and a Ciaphas Cain miniature turned Warhammer’s Sunday Preview into a painter’s buying list.
Warhammer Community’s Sunday Preview on June 21 featured Tyranid Swarm, Chaos Space Marines Warband, Necron Host, and Astra Militarum Platoon, alongside the first MkIV Space Marines and a Ciaphas Cain character release for the following week.
Each one will only be available while stocks last. Tyranid Swarm packs a Hive Tyrant, a Lictor, three Tyranid Warriors, three Von Ryan’s Leapers, 10 Hormagaunts, 10 Termagants, and two Ripper Swarms. Chaos Space Marines Warband brings 10 Legionaries, 20 Chaos Cultists, a Venomcrawler, two Obliterators, and a Lord Discordant on Helstalker. Necron Host includes a Catacomb Command Barge, 20 Necron Warriors, five Flayed Ones, three Ophydian Destroyers with Plasmacyte, a Canoptek Doomstalker, and six Scarab Swarms. Astra Militarum Platoon rounds out the set with a Commissar, a Cadian Command Squad, 10 Cadian Shock Troops, a Basilisk, a Field Ordnance Battery, and a Rogal Dorn tank.
The Heresy side of the preview features the Maximus Battle Group, the first way to get the new MkIV Space Marines. The box contains 20 Tactical Legionaries, 10 Assault Legionaries, a Contemptor Dreadnought, and a Sicaran Battle Tank. MkIV Maximus armor is the most technologically advanced armor available to the Legiones Astartes at the height of the Great Crusade, and it is compatible with Horus Heresy upgrade sets for heavy weapons, special weapons, and command options.
Ciaphas Cain arrives with Ferik Jurgen and can be built on separate bases or as a mini diorama. Cain is a daring leader, expert duelist, beloved by his men, and a great hero of the Imperium. Jurgen’s rules identify him as a meltagun-toting aide and a Psychic Blank.
The Armageddon box, revealed on May 1, contains 23 brand new push-fit Space Marines and 38 brand new push-fit Orks, plus a Core Rules booklet, Armageddon: Operation Imperator lore book, the Chapter Approved 2026-27 Mission Deck, the Dominatus Narrative Campaign Deck, datasheet cards, and a transfer sheet. The Siege of Death Mire campaign also offers 40 winners a 1,000-point army of brand new Space Marines or Orks.
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