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Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon Unboxing – 1 May 2026







Do we think they'll have all the technical issues sorted out for this livestream?

Blurry pictures of the gravis heavy bolters confirmed!

 LunarSol wrote:
Blurry pictures of the gravis heavy bolters confirmed!

Complete with Blood Angels appropriate blue helmets!

I for one am stroked

Preview potato photos!

Can make out something around 20ish spacemarine minis there?

Really hope this preview answers the question about whether or not Crusade survives into 11th. I don't really care about any of the models in this box, so it's literally the only thing I want to know.

beast_gts wrote:
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon Unboxing – 1 May 2026


Do we think they'll have all the technical issues sorted out for this livestream?

They were taking the piss out of themselves with the video, done as an old-timey silent movie and ending with the strapline "With Sound!*"
"*Probably"

Librarian, Ancient and Gravis bolt unit is confirmed from the pics of the space marine half though.

 PenitentJake wrote:
Really hope this preview answers the question about whether or not Crusade survives into 11th. I don't really care about any of the models in this box, so it's literally the only thing I want to know.

I'm not sure why it wouldn't. They are the primary filler books in the release schedule and generally sell well from what I can tell.

 LunarSol wrote:

 PenitentJake wrote:
Really hope this preview answers the question about whether or not Crusade survives into 11th. I don't really care about any of the models in this box, so it's literally the only thing I want to know.

I'm not sure why it wouldn't. They are the primary filler books in the release schedule and generally sell well from what I can tell.

I don't think this preview will, but perhaps an FAQ released later might. I can't see a generic crusade element in the rulebook given the current codices have it, so in a pure review of the box it seems unlikely.

 Tastyfish wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:

 PenitentJake wrote:
Really hope this preview answers the question about whether or not Crusade survives into 11th. I don't really care about any of the models in this box, so it's literally the only thing I want to know.

I'm not sure why it wouldn't. They are the primary filler books in the release schedule and generally sell well from what I can tell.

I don't think this preview will, but perhaps an FAQ released later might. I can't see a generic crusade element in the rulebook given the current codices have it, so in a pure review of the box it seems unlikely.

I’ve not looked at crusade much in 10th, but IIRC a chunk of the leviathan core book included a whole crusade section (that was later sold separately)

In an unboxing video they could absolutely pull out a massive tome and let us know it’s got all the core rules, background fluff, and a full copy of crusade:armageadon.

 LunarSol wrote:

 PenitentJake wrote:
Really hope this preview answers the question about whether or not Crusade survives into 11th. I don't really care about any of the models in this box, so it's literally the only thing I want to know.

I'm not sure why it wouldn't. They are the primary filler books in the release schedule and generally sell well from what I can tell.

Because GW have carefully mentioned crusade a total of 0 times in the discourse of 11th and instead mentioned "narrative" in the context of rolling it into matched play missions and terrain layouts. They've got as close as possible to saying it's gone without saying it.

Purely based on how they're talking through the narrative aspects, it seems like Crusade isn't separate any more? Who knows!

By not making it central they can sell you a Crusade book in six months and then individual Crusade supplements for each faction etc or Warzone type supplements that have the same "narrative" leaning. Core rulebook is minimum viable product, everything else is DLC.

 NAVARRO wrote:
Preview potato photos!

Can make out something around 20ish spacemarine minis there?

Auspex Tactics has a decent breakdown of the pics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJqCtJ-mL8

Looks like 10 Intercessors, 5 VanVets, 3 Gravis Devastators, Jump Chaplain, Captain, Ancient, Librarian, plus potentially also the not at all pictured Land Speeder.

Any objection to making this the XIth edition news and rumor thread and closing the other one?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Any objection to making this the XIth edition news and rumor thread and closing the other one?

At 348 pages I think the other thread can be successfully put to rest.

 Olthannon wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Any objection to making this the XIth edition news and rumor thread and closing the other one?

At 348 pages I think the other thread can be successfully put to rest.

Agreed. The (presumably) final release of 10th Edition is up for pre-order, so we may as well mark the occasion.

And done, welcome one and all to the 11th edition news and rumors thread!

I liked the goonhammer take on the yarrick story.

"It took me a minute to realize what this story was telling because of the way it was being told. But once you strip away the overly grimdark technogothic exterior of 40K from the tale, you can see it: Yarrick is trying to place a pre-order for the 11th Edition Starter Box and the Orks are trying to stop him. And once he places the preorder, it takes weeks for him to arrive to add the new Space Marines to his army."

Long live the new thread!!

Even though I'm not in for the new box this time around its going to be interesting to see how it turns out!

 Overread wrote:
Long live the new thread!!

Even though I'm not in for the new box this time around its going to be interesting to see how it turns out!

I'm currently on the fence. Gonna wait for the full unboxing before I truly decide.

I've still got about 3 starter-boxes-worth of space marines that I haven't got round to painting. I really don't need any more!

Crispy78 wrote:
I've still got about 3 starter-boxes-worth of space marines that I haven't got round to painting. I really don't need any more!

Rookie numbers, you gotta pump those number up.

Crispy78 wrote:
I've still got about 3 starter-boxes-worth of space marines that I haven't got round to painting. I really don't need any more!

But if you get these new ones you'll get all the motivation you need to build them and your backlog!!

lord_blackfang wrote:

Crispy78 wrote:
I've still got about 3 starter-boxes-worth of space marines that I haven't got round to painting. I really don't need any more!

Rookie numbers, you gotta pump those number up.

Overread wrote:

Crispy78 wrote:
I've still got about 3 starter-boxes-worth of space marines that I haven't got round to painting. I really don't need any more!

But if you get these new ones you'll get all the motivation you need to build them and your backlog!!

Nothing sucks the energy out of old projects like new shiny projects. NOW is the time to wrap up the old stuff. Before the new shiny takes all the spotlight.

 Nevelon wrote:

Nothing sucks the energy out of old projects like new shiny projects. NOW is the time to wrap up the old stuff. Before the new shiny takes all the spotlight.

Tell that to my LI Army which was the new shiny and currently looks more like a collection of soulblight models

 Nevelon wrote:

Nothing sucks the energy out of old projects like new shiny projects. NOW is the time to wrap up the old stuff. Before the new shiny takes all the spotlight.

Yep. I'm currently painting the Leviathan terminators as I promised myself that I finish them before getting the new box.

I'm waiting to see what Orks get in the box.

I play Marines and Orks so its something of a no brainer. I'd probably be a lot less likely to pick it up for just the marines personally but mostly because I really don't need a whole box of marines after all the boxes of marines I've got.

 Insularum wrote:

 NAVARRO wrote:
Preview potato photos!

Can make out something around 20ish spacemarine minis there?

Auspex Tactics has a decent breakdown of the pics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJqCtJ-mL8

Looks like 10 Intercessors, 5 VanVets, 3 Gravis Devastators, Jump Chaplain, Captain, Ancient, Librarian, plus potentially also the not at all pictured Land Speeder.

Sounds about right. Seems like a safe bet model wise but curious about the land speeder.
Its weird discontinuing the Intercessors kit to redo intercessors, I hope they dont fall into the trap of snap fit only models and we never get multipart.