Hachette Partworks - Combat Patrol Summary Thread

[firestorm40k]

14 hours ago, Funzie said:

Why did they pick 2 Chaos kill teams, they could have picked a faction not used, like tau.  Or Drukari.  Or even something interesting like Imperial Agents

Of the 9 factions they've chosen, 5 - over half - are Xenos. There are two Imperial and two Chaos. 

 

I guess they didn't do Ad Mech or Sororitas because they were in the last part works, Imperium. Similarly, no Necrons, as that last Magazine built a whole army of those. 

 

With 9 factions out of the many they had to choose from, I think they've picked a decent variety without leaning too much on either Imperials, Chaos or Xenos. 

 

I do wonder if they'll do another volume of this magazine for 11th edition, they could well include Tau and/or Drukhari in that. 

 

 

[Funzie]

thanks for the replies guys.  I guess it makes sense to balance out the chaos/imperials/xenos.  Still though maybe there are other options for Chaos, such as cultist/demons etc.

 

I was thinking today, another nice idea would be for Hatchette or someone else to re-release out of print things, like board games.  Blackstone Fortress, Space Hulk etc.

[Halandaar]

13 hours ago, firestorm40k said:

I do wonder if they'll do another volume of this magazine for 11th edition, they could well include Tau and/or Drukhari in that. 

 

Seems to have become a license to print money for Hachette so almost certainly there will be another magazine about 12-18 months after 11th Edition launches. I guess the question will be whether they continue with the Combat Patrol format or move back to bigger, more focused collections.

 

With the upcoming AoS Spearhead collection they've ditched the extra models for each faction and just added more factions, for 12 Spearheads total. Assuming they did the same for 40K they could use the below factions and the only repeats with the current collection would be the ones we're expecting to be the 11E starter factions (Marines & Orks)

 

IMPERIUM

>Marines<

Adepta Sororitas

Adeptus Mechanicus

Adeptus Custodes

Imperial Agents

 

CHAOS

Emperor's Children

Death Guard

Thousand Sons

 

XENOS

>Orks<

Drukhari

Necrons

T'au Empire

 

Not to say they definitely wouldn't repeat any (Spearhead is repeating Sylvaneth and Gloomspite Gitz from the previous AoS collection), the point is more that there are so many factions that they *could* still expand to 12 and have no repeats apart from the starter set armies.

[Blissful Brushes]

Im surprised they’re single runs of each magazine, or rather that they don’t have a 40k/AoS simultaneously as it’s close to a 2 year cycle and that could knock out half of your market. When the 40k one ends I won’t buy a fantasy one most likely and I imagine a lot of fantasy players would be in a similar boat.

 

I think they’re really good value for money for allowing you a structured way to add variety to your collection for factions you may know about lore wise but not much about playing them so it’s a big W in my books. I’ve picked up Ork and Votann and will keep it going until the end of the cycle most likely - skipping the paint issues though

[firestorm40k]

Heads up to UK Fraters - Hachette have got a Black Friday offer on, you can pick up the terrain set for 15%off their £80 selling price, which is £68.

 

An absolute steal considering that terrain would cost over £200 direct from GW..! 

 

Also, all Combat Patrol issues are sold out, so no discount on those unfortunately 

[Sky Potato]

Thanks for the heads up. I just grabbed a set!

[skylerboodie]

same! thanks v much @firestorm40k 

[Rusted Boltgun]

After several aborted attempts, I managed to order a copy, thanks @firestorm40k!

[Funzie]

Kinda off topic, but this came in the post today.  Unfortunately I'll never find the expansion sets at any kind of affordable/reasonable price

[Craig]

26 minutes ago, Funzie said:

Kinda off topic, but this came in the post today.  Unfortunately I'll never find the expansion sets at any kind of affordable/reasonable price

You got that with your subscription? Nice.

[ChloeLikesCrying]

Thank-you so much for making this thread! I made an account pretty much just to say this. 
It's really useful to reference when planning which magazines I might want extra copies of like some of the astra militarum! I want to kitbash some of the female stormcast eternal heads onto the shocktroops! It also seems like a great way to affordably start astra army tbh so ty for making this thread!

 

 

[Halandaar]

Realised I didn't update the pricing information since the GW increases earlier in the Autumn, so the savings offered by individual issues are a little higher than they were before. I've updated from batch 17 onwards to show the correct amounts saved.

[lhg033]

On 11/21/2025 at 5:22 PM, Funzie said:

Why did they pick 2 Chaos kill teams, they could have picked a faction not used, like tau.  Or Drukari.  Or even something interesting like Imperial Agents

That's actually a very good point and I hadnt wondered about that before now.

Caved and picked up two sets of the neophyte hybrids. I wanted the acolytes too but have missed out on those so my GSC mini force may end up being more of just a painting project/NPCs in kill team.

[Blissful Brushes]

3 hours ago, lhg033 said:

That's actually a very good point and I hadnt wondered about that before now.

Caved and picked up two sets of the neophyte hybrids. I wanted the acolytes too but have missed out on those so my GSC mini force may end up being more of just a painting project/NPCs in kill team.

Check online there’s a couple of sites that sell the mag

[Blissful Brushes]

On 11/23/2025 at 7:27 PM, firestorm40k said:

Heads up to UK Fraters - Hachette have got a Black Friday offer on, you can pick up the terrain set for 15%off their £80 selling price, which is £68.

 

An absolute steal considering that terrain would cost over £200 direct from GW..! 

 

Also, all Combat Patrol issues are sold out, so no discount on those unfortunately 

This is still in stock as of 14:45 today - just snagged myself. BLACKFRIDAY15 be the code

[Frogian]

New issues up on FP and looks like the cadian troops have all gone already. ah well. 

[Rusted Boltgun]

My order of the terrain set from Hachette isn't showing in my account, despite customer services advising it can take a couple of days.

 

I was advised to wait until Friday and email again if it didn't show. I checked my card and saw that it had been debited twice so emailed them as requested. No response.

 

This morning I've had Royal Mail notification that two parcels from Hachette are due for delivery tomorrow!

[firestorm40k]

11 minutes ago, Rusted Boltgun said:

This morning I've had Royal Mail notification that two parcels from Hachette are due for delivery tomorrow!

One might be the latest batch of subscriber issues (got mine last week)? 

[Rusted Boltgun]

I guess we'll find out tomorrow @firestorm40k. Early present opening!

[Craig]

2 hours ago, Rusted Boltgun said:

My order of the terrain set from Hachette isn't showing in my account, despite customer services advising it can take a couple of days.

 

I was advised to wait until Friday and email again if it didn't show. I checked my card and saw that it had been debited twice so emailed them as requested. No response.

 

This morning I've had Royal Mail notification that two parcels from Hachette are due for delivery tomorrow!

Hachette customer service is terrible.

[Blissful Brushes]

3 hours ago, Rusted Boltgun said:

My order of the terrain set from Hachette isn't showing in my account, despite customer services advising it can take a couple of days.

 

I was advised to wait until Friday and email again if it didn't show. I checked my card and saw that it had been debited twice so emailed them as requested. No response.

 

This morning I've had Royal Mail notification that two parcels from Hachette are due for delivery tomorrow!

I had this issue, I got a Royal Mail notify this morning and I was communicating on their web chat customer service - they respond there.

it still doesn’t show up in my orders though. 
 

Allegedly arriving tomorrow

Edited December 2 by Blissful Brushes

[Blissful Brushes]

Mine arrived this morning from Royal Mail in a big box, looks like everything is there on first glance too. 
 

still nothing on my order history though which is a bit concerning if there’s a problem but the CS has been pretty prompt and delivery beat their window by about 9 days

[Sky Potato]

My terrain box came through with no issues. Not quite what I was expecting - as I'm not a current subscriber I was expecting some Hachette chaos but it came through with no dramas at all.

[Zoatibix]

How many ‘sets’ of the AM would one need for the core of a guard army?

 

I have been mulling over the idea of getting some of the AM issues to make Brood Brothers for my GSC but while looking at the Cadians and watching some various bits of animation they have grown on me.

 

 

I was thinking about waiting for Catachan to get a full release in plastic but I am not sure how long that will take. 

[Focslain]

22 hours ago, Zoatibix said:

How many ‘sets’ of the AM would one need for the core of a guard army?

 

I have been mulling over the idea of getting some of the AM issues to make Brood Brothers for my GSC but while looking at the Cadians and watching some various bits of animation they have grown on me.

 

 

I was thinking about waiting for Catachan to get a full release in plastic but I am not sure how long that will take. 

 

So if your just talking about the AM issues, then that contains 425 pts of AM

Doubling that would get you well onto a 1K army. If you premiumed then the Dorn would make a fine addition as well. 

It's not a bad core force, but a little light on the saves.