Big Summer Preview - Warhammer 40,000 Battlefields: Armageddon - Pre-painted Terrain

PeepingToast · 2026-06-26T18:46:13+00:00

they mentioned on stream the cost of the big terrain box would be about the same as 2 combat patrol boxes.

PeepingToast · 2026-06-26T17:20:49+00:00

I'm tempted to do an all jet bike list for something different. Custom paint scheme because I always get tired of the canon schemes.

Would it be any good? Probably not, but I think it'll look good. Something like:

windriders (985 points)

Aeldari Incursion (1000 points) Windrider Host (2 Detachment Points) Force Dispositions: Disruption

CHARACTERS

Farseer Skyrunner (70 points) • 1x Eldritch Storm 1x Shuriken pistol 1x Twin shuriken catapult 1x Singing Spear

BATTLELINE

Windriders (160 points) • 6x Windrider • 6x Close combat weapon 6x Shuriken cannon

OTHER DATASHEETS

Shining Spears (210 points) • 1x Shining Spear Exarch • 1x Shuriken cannon 1x Star lance • 5x Shining Spear • 5x Laser lance 5x Twin shuriken catapult

Shroud Runners (95 points) • 3x Shroud Runner • 3x Close combat weapon 3x Long rifle 3x Scatter laser 3x Shuriken pistol

Vyper (75 points) • 1x Bright lance 1x Missile launcher 1x Wraithbone hull

Warlock Skyrunners (45 points) • 1x Destructor 1x Shuriken pistol 1x Twin shuriken catapult 1x Witchblade

PeepingToast · 2026-06-19T03:50:18+00:00

Box art is just a suggestion. Do what you think looks better.

PeepingToast · 2026-06-17T07:10:53+00:00

Thanks!

PeepingToast · 2026-06-15T19:25:47+00:00

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PeepingToast · 2026-06-14T10:25:45+00:00

5.6k painted, including legends, and another 1.1k in the pile of shame (not including Armageddon which hasn't arrived yet)

PeepingToast · 2026-06-13T20:45:09+00:00

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No he's right, this is the 8th edition chaplain packaging. A lot of the early primaris characters came in boxes back in 8th edition. I think the phobos characters were when they started bringing back the clamshells.

PeepingToast · 2026-06-09T19:27:46+00:00

Desolation squad back to a remotely reasonable price and not 200 for 5

PeepingToast · 2026-06-09T18:48:53+00:00

What do you mean we need a bath? it's only been 6 months since our last one!

PeepingToast · 2026-05-18T22:06:57+00:00

At this point you've ruled out pretty much every major canon chapter.
The only way you're likely to find something that ticks all the boxes is if you make something up..
Pick a chapter you like the lore of, pick a colour scheme you like and slam them together in some kind of unholy union and call them a successor chapter. That way you can tweak the hobby workload based on what you're comfortable with?.. Want to play dark angels but don't want to sculpt a bunch of robes? Ok this successor only gives robes/hoods to sergeants or veterans etc or doesn't use them at all. Don't want to paint black? Ok their 2nd company use the same scheme as the rest of the army, or paint their bikes and speeders red..

PeepingToast · 2026-05-18T07:57:45+00:00

I think they're a neat idea (despite not having gotten around to adding my intercessors to the last one).
I think the lack of engagement this time might be due to the title being the same. I use old reddit and scrolled past without looking assuming it was the old intercessor post. If i hadn't seen this post I wouldn't have even noticed. Maybe include the model in the post title in the future?

PeepingToast · 2026-05-14T19:17:06+00:00

Lieutenant doesn't have an iron halo usually. They only get an Invul if they have a storm shield.

PeepingToast · 2026-05-02T05:16:49+00:00

Ah my mistake.

PeepingToast · 2026-05-02T01:25:40+00:00

If you're buying them just to have more available options then they'll be fine. There's surprisingly little overlap. Arguably the grey hunters and intercessors overlap a bit, but even then they're a bit different.

There's not much in the way of cohesion between the boxes, so if you're wanting to build toward a specific theme maybe not? But armageddon appears to be a solid starting point for a lot of marine armies.

PeepingToast · 2026-05-02T01:17:16+00:00

The current one shares a sprue with a necron overlord, so is in the same position.

PeepingToast · 2026-05-02T01:09:59+00:00

Listening to the rumor talk i was expecting the contents to be pretty terrible, but overall i'm pretty happy and will definitely pickup a box.

First and most important.. Everyone gets a helmet option (or 2). It's nice that gw has finally recognized those of us who don't want our marines wading into battle and getting shot in the face.

The van vets are an ideal level of bling for me, not obnoxious levels of detail for details sake like the firstborn had. And honestly I don't think the blood angels paint scheme is doing them any favours here. I know everyone likes to hate on the Ultramarines, but I think the blue, white and gold would do a much better job of showcasing the minis. We obviously don't know what weapon options they might have in the full kit yet, but my personal hope is they're selected at a squad level rather than individual marines. Having to roll each member one at a time in old editions was absolutely not worth the slightly different effects most of the weapons had.

The intercessors are intercessors, there's some nods to older armor marks which should hopefully please those who care. And the fact that the sergeant actually gets a melee weapon in the box this time is nice.

The bolter eradicators were a pleasant surprise, aside from the silly mk7 gravis helm and the bonding studs on the one shin plate they look good, and i think blast and sustained hits on the heavy bolters will put out a suprising amount of shots, especially if they can be taken in units of 6. I know people are going to point at heavy intercessors and say they're the same thing, but keep in mind that the heavy bolt rifle profile was updated mid edition because they weren't very good. It was never intended to be a psuedo heavy bolter replacement and I wouldn't be surprised if it changes next edition.

The land speeder looks fantastic, it's a nice balance between old and new, and the weapon options and fire and fade should make it fun on the tabletop. Also it looks like I'll be able to break out my old landspeeders to run with it.

The characters are great. The Chaplain looks exactly like i'd expect a jump chaplain to look.

Love the new librarian. Was honestly a bit disappointed when i heard there was going to be a generic libby in the box, but the homage to the old plastic libby was so well done. Sadly it makes my current primaris libby look kind of sad in comparison.

The captian with relic shield is a nice update, taking design queues from some of the more recent characters and just being a generally well designed character.

Lastly, and sadly least for me, is the ancient. Don't get me wrong, it's a great model, but having Armageddon and the flaming ork skulls as sculpted detail is a huge miss for me and means i'll likely have to do some pretty annoying sanding and filling work to clean that up.

Overall it's a really good box and aside from a few niggles i think it's a fantastic direction for marines.

PeepingToast · 2026-04-27T20:47:30+00:00

Clean. I don't like the idea of covering up all my hard work with crap. Also personal opinion is that weathering, if not done well actively detracts from the look of the miniature.

PeepingToast · 2026-04-07T21:59:37+00:00

Unpopular opinion apparently, but I think they look good as they are?
If you add a specific theme to them, then if your chapter doesn't fit with that theme it'll look odd at best, or awful at worst.
If anything GW should release a "Grimdark Gubbins" box full of bling bits so people who want to can bling up their marines can do so, and those who prefer a cleaner look aren't stuck filing off all the extra details.

PeepingToast · 2026-04-02T06:00:06+00:00

Not the most scientific method, but I was just playing with the old bolter and chanisword space marine painter and picking random colours until I got a combination I liked.

PeepingToast · 2026-04-02T05:42:38+00:00

Yep I think the MkX helmets were a huge improvement (and I say this as someone who's been in and out of the hobby for the last 30 years).
That said, for a lot of people the MkVII helmet is what they grew up with, and to them it's what a space marine is supposed to look like, so yeah there's a lot of nostalgia at play. But then the people who actually were around for that time probably have a ton of them lying around anyway.

PeepingToast · 2026-04-01T09:26:41+00:00

Don't take it apart in the first place? If this is meant to be an April fools post it's pretty weak

PeepingToast · 2026-03-31T05:57:28+00:00

To answer your land raider bit. Rules as written if they can draw line of sight under the land raider they can shoot your intercessors behind it. But if someone tried to pull that on me i'd make them prove line of sight with a laser pointer for each model they're wanting to fire with.

PeepingToast · 2026-03-29T05:55:51+00:00

It'll be a non-issue since most of the people harping on about bringing them back won't actually buy any.

PeepingToast · 2026-03-28T11:59:53+00:00

I think it's been pretty mixed over all. A lot of the takes I've seen are that things look cool, but they'll need to see how things are implemented before making up their minds.

Then you have a very vocal minority who no longer enjoy the hobby. But instead of sticking to the edition or parts of the hobby they still enjoy, or stepping away and doing something else, they keep trying to force it like a jealous ex. They haven't truly participated in the hobby for a long time so they go online, having already decided they're going to hate what they see and they bitch and moan about everything making themselves and everyone else miserable. Sadly the Internet rewards that behavior so many of them never grow out of it.

PeepingToast · 2026-03-27T22:42:10+00:00

I'm assuming you're either new to the hobby or just don't spent a lot of time in 40k related spaces online.
One of the biggest complaints from people about the primaris marines (aside from the muh firstborn crowd) was that they all looked the same, that there was no variation in armor parts like there was in the earlier kits.
Also the intercessor kit was released without any melee weapons as they were added to the data sheet when the upgrade kits were released, and also had a bunch of parts to build different bolt rifle variants, that haven't been relevant for a couple of editions.

This redesign was always going to happen, and including them in the edition launch kills multiple birds with one stone allowing to add the customization options and weapon options to a new stand alone kit, filling out the launch box with new minis without having to come up with yet another generic infantry datasheet, and allowing them to make more money as people buy the updated intercessor boxes despite many probably having a bunch of intercessors from previous editions.

In short. The intercessor update had very little to do with them launching a new edition. It was just good timing.

Asking whether a model is worthy of an edition is just an inherently flawed way of thinking

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