Hachette Partworks Age of Sigmar - 40k related question

[Valkyrion]

I've recently finished my first ever Hachette collection, the Indomitus+ stuff, and I've had an e-mail pertaining to AoS stuff.

Does this mean there's won't be a 40k one this year? Or is that not how it works?

[No Foes Remain]

Once Stormbringer (the AoS one) gets close to its end they may end up doing another 40k one. Their pattern so far is 40k Conquest - AoS Mortal Realms (I think it was) - 40k Imperium - AoS Stormbringer.

[firestorm40k]

If they're following the pattern of previous partworks, they alternate:

 

Conquest (40k) UK Launch - August 2018

Mortal Realms (AoS) UK launch - February 2020

Imperium (40k) UK launch - August 2021

Stormbringer (AoS) UK launch - February 2023

 

Based on this, there seems to be a gap of 3 years between each 40k partwork, so I'm making an educated guesstimate  that we'll see another 40k partwork launching August 2024. But I'd look out for a 'trial run' in Jan/Feb next year (which they did for both Imperium and Stormbringer) 

[Valkyrion]

This is tremendously helpful, as always!

 

[Xenith]

Yea, they run for 80-90 issues or so, so really the best part of 2 years, and then with the AoS version there's about 6-12 months overlap where the two are out simultaneously. I'd say Firestorms timeline is about right. 

[lansalt]

The next magazine will feature SM and Nid sprues from the Leviathan box set, and it will released in 2024 if it follows the current pattern.

[firestorm40k]

2 minutes ago, lansalt said:

The next magazine will feature SM and Nid sprues from the Leviathan box set

...which is exactly why I'm not even bothering to pick up the Leviathan box 

[Doobles57]

4 minutes ago, firestorm40k said:

...which is exactly why I'm not even bothering to pick up the Leviathan box 

Not a bad shout to be fair. Don't get me wrong, I'm still getting Leviathan, but the prospect of cheap extras in a year or so's time is appealing.

[Casual Heresy]

44 minutes ago, Doobles88 said:

Not a bad shout to be fair. Don't get me wrong, I'm still getting Leviathan, but the prospect of cheap extras in a year or so's time is appealing.

 

This is why I enjoy these magazine runs. It's a good way to get a hold of some terrain cheaply, and to stock the pile of potential with models and parts you're likely to need across any marine project for less as well. 

[ZeroWolf]

Just be aware that there's still some sprues you might not get in the part works. While I effectively doubled on the Necrons from Indomitus, the space marine special sprue did not appear (that being the three blade guard, the chaplain, the judicar, the Eradicators and the blade guard ancient).

 

Not a deal-breaker I'd say, but something to be aware of.

[Halandaar]

On 5/10/2023 at 4:01 PM, ZeroWolf said:

Just be aware that there's still some sprues you might not get in the part works. While I effectively doubled on the Necrons from Indomitus, the space marine special sprue did not appear (that being the three blade guard, the chaplain, the judicar, the Eradicators and the blade guard ancient).

 

Not a deal-breaker I'd say, but something to be aware of.

 

And this is exactly why I am still going to be getting Leviathan, in case a chunk of the actual good models are locked on a massive single sprue that GW might eventually put up for £95(!!) on their store and never release through the partworks scheme.

 

But I have definitely learned my lesson and won't be getting multiple boxes and/or trading for duplicates of units that I want more of, because they'll inevitably be on the front of a new magazine within a couple of years at a vastly reduced price.

[ZeroWolf]

Same, though to be honest, there's not many units I want in duplicate from Leviathan. Most are on the Nid side of things (pretty much all the gaunts, the Psychophage depends on how good it actually is.) 

On the marine side, I might just get the multipart kit terminators to mix in with these guys. I'm also sure I'm not going to need more than 10 flamer guys.

[Cleon]

I definitely want more than five of the new Sternguard, but would much rather have multi parts than duplicates.

[Karhedron]

On 5/10/2023 at 2:45 PM, firestorm40k said:

...which is exactly why I'm not even bothering to pick up the Leviathan box 

 

A fair point but the box sets usually represent pretty impressive value. It may actually be better value to get Leviathan and sell/swap whatever units you do not need. The problem with the partwork magazine is that people have gotten wise to how they work. If you subscribe to the entire run, the value of the saving is diluted by issues with paints etc. If you go for just the issues with the units you want and the best savings, you risk getting beaten by scalpers. The high value issues of Imperium usually disappeared from websites within hours of being announced.

[ZeroWolf]

You can see this in effect on hatchetts own website of which issues you can still get hold of. 

[firestorm40k]

2 hours ago, Karhedron said:

If you subscribe to the entire run, the value of the saving is diluted by issues with paints etc.

On an individual issue level, yes the issues with a couple of paints aren't good value. However, as the likes of Fauxhammer have pointed out, as a whole the collection represents a saving of around 40% or more off retail. And as a subscriber you can still sell/swap models you don't want. 

 

For me personally, holding off Leviathan is also down to things like having a sufficiently large backlog of models to build and paint that I don't mind waiting a a couple of years before getting it's contents  Given how often these boxsets are bought by people to split, I expect I'd also have no problems buying the rulebook and Crusade supplement for a reasonable price from an auction site (as I did with the Ltd Ed rulebook that was in Indomitus, picking that up for less than 30% GW were charging for the 40k rulebook on it's own).

 

But, if you want what's in Leviathan now, certainly it's best to get the box when it's released next month 

[lhg033]

On 5/10/2023 at 2:51 PM, Doobles88 said:

Not a bad shout to be fair. Don't get me wrong, I'm still getting Leviathan, but the prospect of cheap extras in a year or so's time is appealing.

 

Yep,.... I'll ideally get Leviathan as I want most of the contents so it makes sense.
 

However, if they do do a new partworks, and I have the funds, then in the back of my mind I am chanting 'Deathwing army 2.0, Deathwing army 2.0.....'

 

1-2 more squads of these ideally. Enough to have a small force with minor conversions/bits bashing to stop it being too monopose.

 

Also, probably will want more Gaunts for a suitably massive horde - less fussed about monopose here :)