Easy Build Models & New Entry Points To Warhammer 40K On Pre-Order Now
July 10, 2017 by brennon
Games Workshop has now added a couple of new entry points to Warhammer 40,000 onto their webstore for those looking to get a taste of the grim dark future.
Both First Strike (shown above) and Know No Fear (below) give you different options for diving into the world. First Strike features the easy-to-build miniatures that we'll look at later but a few easy play options for you to get involved in a little skirmish on the tabletop.
Know No Fear breaks down the Dark Imperium box much like Thunder & Blood did for Age Of Sigmar and gives you a potentially more manageable entry point into the world for one person or a duo; maybe even those younger gamers out there.
I think this is a great shout by Games Workshop. With the easy-to-build models being £10 for each individual box picking up the First Strike set seems like a no brainer, allowing you to get a few more models for the extra cost and then a chance to try out the mechanics.
Easy Build Soldiers
Presented in coloured plastics the four sets that we saw in previews last month are now going to be available this coming weekend. Leading the way we have the Reivers.
...who are backed up by their Intercessor Battle Brothers.
There seems to be a little bit of wiggle room in how the positioning of the models can be changed, at least their arms anyway, but they are able to be pushed together and you'll be able to play basically right away which is neat.
The same goes for the bad guys in this particular release. We have both the Death Guard Plague Marines...
...and the Poxwalkers that fight alongside their power armoured fellows.
If you're interested in just testing out what the new models look like then this seems like a good way to tinker away on some hobby and break open the bitz box to see what customisation you could work into the models.
Open War Cards
As well as all of the models they also have some new Open War Cards for you to pick up.
This card deck breaks down into an array of options for helping to mix up your games of Warhammer 40,000 changing how you deploy, what objectives are up for grabs and some twists in the tale too which will help weave a narrative together on the tabletop.
If you're interested in finding out more about how Open War cards work you can check out the video above or the article HERE.
What do you think of the newest releases?
"This card deck breaks down into an array of options for helping to mix up your games of Warhammer 40,000..."
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I really like the easy to build models. They are very very cheap, so I can buy some for myself even just for painting.
I will pick the reavers, they look soo cool 😀
As a conversion guy first and foremost I’m not thrilled by the prospect of the sprues. Those fixed legs and arms are no fun to cut and to rearrange. Also, little (rather no) optional pieces and almost identical iconography is sad for GW plastics.
Still, I really like the Reivers.
Funnily with their skull masks and blade and pistol and less of an archetypical 40K armour they do have a strong Warzone-vibe which feels a bit like history backwards. 😉
They are very limited because they are push fit beginner models. Obviously there are multipart plastics coming with all the conversion capability we’re used to.
I guess that these aren’t aimed at you…
The open play war cards are a good addition for club or social games. It is nice to see something for those of us that will never play tournaments….. ( I used to play in WFB tournies but the eighth of a degree rotations and 3 mm forward movement all the time cured me of that )
Yeah, our group is really looking forward to trying those cards. These will be a great alternative to “stand on 3, now stand on 5, now kill a psyker, now stand on 2, now dance a jig, now stand on 3 again” that is Maelstrom of War missions.
Will be picking up both of the Death Guard releases for a bit more variety in squads. No substitute for full kits but easy to assemble and look great nonetheless.
From those only easy build models that i don’t like are those Rievers with they cartoony skull masks. Those Open War cards seem like good idea and something that I could pick up.
Reivers thank you God. Never thought I’d see the day a space marine would not have bell bottom armor. This is a good day indeed.
I’m quite with you there. Although I like that this is a stripped down suit and not the one of the standard Marines. Cause those are actually super heavy armour for normal people. Also, I’d like the standard lower leg armour a bit slimmer but still realy heavy as the Astartes are supposed to resemble walking bastions. To me at least.
However, Reivers seem to be situated somewhat close to scouts. And since ages those didn’t have the thick ended leg armour either. 😉
The Reivers have more of a “Boot Cut” than a bell bottom 😀
First Strike is also a no-brainer for anyone who’s already got Dark Imperium.
Know No Fear makes a mockery of all those people who bought more than one set of Dark Imperium though.
Gotta be 2 copies of First Strike to add to the starter for me.
That makes a full squad of Intercessors, squad of 5(6) Reivers, enough spare bits to make another Primaris Lieutenant (with Bolt Rifle or Bolt Pistol depending on spare Reiver bits), 12 more Poxwalkers and 6 Plague Marines (duplicates to be kitbashed with spares from inevitable multi-part set) for about £40 at FLGS. Good value additions to my existing armies.
Anyone else think ‘Reivers’ was misspelled ? I understand that GW wants something that can be trademarked to heck & back, but it is kind of annoying when humas get these weird names for units. The pre-order pages don’t feature any stats for these new primaris scouts, which I’m hoping is a mistake as the link shows info on primaris librarians (and variants for Space wolves and Dark Angels). I wonder if these guys can use sniper rifles like the normal space marine scouts do. The models themselves aren’t that interesting, but at this price I can live with the… Read more »
In what way is reiver misspelled? it’s a anomaly of the English language to place the e before the i but it’s the correct spelling
Wait … it is an actual word ?
I thought it was supposed to be “reavers” …
Too much firefly or is it because the dark elves do feature a similarly named unit ?
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/reive
It’s an outdated (some might say original) spelling of the word “reaver” – it literally just means raider but it sounds WAY cooler, like raiding but better. For example I occasionally raid the cookie jar or the fridge for snacks. I don’t “reave” the fridge or the cookie jar.
I think it’s a nod to the Border Reivers – the Scots crims who stole all the cows fae everyone and did some bad murders. As opposed to Firefly Reavers or any other kind of Reaver that is a common trope in Fantasy/Sci-Fi.
Word means exactly the same, but Reiver is spelt the auld Scots way – so possibly more copyrightable – too many other “Reavers” out there.
To fair Scottish and English Reivers going at each other
Aye, it was just a whole lot of “Shouldn’t really hang about the Borders too long – not without a castle, moat and army to protect Daisy the cow.”
I think anyone who hails from north England or Southern Scotland has a fair whack of cattle rustler in them somewhere in their family tree.
What do you expect? Jocks and Geordies – both their own special brand of crazy! Imagine if you were planning Britain and who would live where, would you say I know, let’s put these two next door to each other
I guess I will probably be getting the Open Play cards…
…but what I really could use is an 8th Edition Solo Play /
AI / Automa Deck of Cards… or rulebook expansion…
Solo play edition ?
Does it have the “annoying snobby know-it-all” automata deck of cards ?
Or what about the “measures-everything-twice-and-thinks-for-ages” deck ?
@limburger – in the words of Jerry Seinfeld:
“I think you may be onto something there”:
Not just any old AI Deck of Cards – but an
entire series of Gamer-Personality-Themed-
Automata-Decks for that absolutely authentic
40k Game Experience!
I’ve seen flow charts for board games.
It would be kind of interesting to see if something like that could be done for wargames like 40k.
(*) note : table throwing tantrum not included … 😉
Nice to see the Reiver helmets are completely swappable with something else – Something hardy to lead my dozens of Scouts into battle sounds cool – it’ll be like my Clan Eshin Army all over again…
looking to get back in to 40k, would the know no fear box contain all the rules that would be in the Dark Imperium box?
The core rules yes. All you need to play.
DI has the full hardcover rulebook with all fluff and background, plus expansion rules for cityfight, planetfall, etc.
One thing that bugs me a lot about the Reivers is that in the 360 degree images, they have the gun holster and the knife holster are reversed. WHY GW, WHY?!
Those things being reversed is the least of the issues.
I’d rather worry about having access to them at all, unless those marines can spin 180 degrees like some kind of possessed demon …
They clearly decided that looks were more important than practical usage.