Space Wolves refresh

[TheMawr]

Yes, I could see it happen that they release all 3 together, thats why with previous release timing theories I always say "IF the roadmap is in order." because Im not that certain it is supposed to be, but we need the following release to clear that up. If they release the 3 chaos codexes together, it would prove it isnt... if they first release TS it probably is.

 

There is 1 thing that I could see possibly being against them being dropped together though

the 200 euro LE codexes

Their intention is to appeal to people to buy all 4, its less likely people will do that if its one 600 euro drop.

[Sardreth]

41 minutes ago, TheMawr said:

 

There is 1 thing that I could see possibly being against them being dropped together though

the 200 euro LE codexes

Their intention is to appeal to people to buy all 4, its less likely people will do that if its one 600 euro drop.

Fair point, but wouldn't that mean that those four pictures stand for five 40k release slots with some time between them? (3 for Chaos and 2 for Wolves)

 

If you want to accomodate for peoples Hobby budget, you'd need to drop one Chaos Faction every four weeks. And so far I did not encounter anyone who really wants all four super special editions. So might as well drop them all at once.

Edited April 15 by Sardreth

[Commissar Greif]

10 hours ago, Sardreth said:

What if they release all the Chaos Factions at once, since they don't get that many new models.

 

Space Wolves, as I understand it, would need two release waves: one for the army box and one for regular release, just like Krieg and EC before.

 

So maybe it's Chaos Triple Release and then SW Army Box and then SW regular release.

 

Just a thought.

I'm kind of halfway expecting them to do that. It's a small slate of models, and they were all previewed at the same time at the last reveal show.

[Moonstalker]

The bad news is no Space Wolves pre-order this week.  The good news is that it looks like all the Chaos pre-orders are now done (pending them going up next Saturday).  Maybe we've got a Monday or two of previews and then pre-orders in early May?

[Sardreth]

2 minutes ago, Moonstalker said:

The bad news is no Space Wolves pre-order this week.  The good news is that it looks like all the Chaos pre-orders are now done (pending them going up next Saturday).  Maybe we've got a Monday or two of previews and then pre-orders in early May?

Thousand Sons are still missing. They could go up together with the SW Army Box, but I think that'd be strange.

[Moonstalker]

23 minutes ago, Sardreth said:

Thousand Sons are still missing. They could go up together with the SW Army Box, but I think that'd be strange.

 

You're right, I forgot about them and their weird bird-bot.  It's still good to get two of the armies out of the way in one week, and coming right on the heels of the EC pre-orders gives one hope that the rest of what they've announced won't be drawn out over an extended period.

 

Given their historical enmity, TS and SW getting their pre-orders at the same time wouldn't be that strange - but the stage for the SW refresh is Armageddon, which is a battlefield with the angry red boys on it, not Thousand Sons.  So I agree it's unlikely we'll see them both at the same time.

[Wispy]

I'm  burning through my pile of shame to clear the way for new Space Wolves model, I desperately need some news.

[Wolf Guard Dan]

6 hours ago, Wispy said:

I'm  burning through my pile of shame to clear the way for new Space Wolves model, I desperately need some news.

I’m doing the same. Mostly focusing Dark Eldar because I’m waiting to see what happens with our SW codex.

 

It helps that I’m not in love with the World Eaters battle force and combat patrol that would usually be competing for my money. 

[Wispy]

On 3/26/2025 at 9:38 PM, TheMawr said:

 

With this head this guy is so great ( edit isnt perfect.) In general.. the heads here are really really good, Im happy for the fans they arent busy, but the heads and some of the more busy models are quite tempting.

Maybe I should make a kill team out of it.

 

Q&A was short for Questions & Avoiding answers wasnt it ?

You know it's absolutely ridiculous we finally have a Wolf-skull helm bit for Wolf Priests and I'm seriously contemplating going with this bare-beardy head instead because it's so epic.

Edited Monday at 09:19 AM by Wispy

[Sardreth]

1 hour ago, Wispy said:

You know it's absolutely ridiculous we finally have a Wolf-skull helm bit for Wolf Priests and I'm seriously contemplating going with this bare-beardy head instead because it's so epic.

 

But then you could use the wolf helmet to wolf-up the generic Chaplain to get a second Wolf Priest.

[Lord Marshal]

19 hours ago, Moonstalker said:

The bad news is no Space Wolves pre-order this week.  The good news is that it looks like all the Chaos pre-orders are now done (pending them going up next Saturday).  Maybe we've got a Monday or two of previews and then pre-orders in early May?

 

I'd be surprised if the Space Wolves pre-order is any less than two/three weeks out, since influencers would immediately spill (or anon-leak) the supposed new models.

 

Unless WarCom dumps a bunch of them at once of course.

 

Edited Monday at 12:29 PM by Lord Marshal

[Wraithwing]

8 hours ago, Wispy said:

You know it's absolutely ridiculous we finally have a Wolf-skull helm bit for Wolf Priests and I'm seriously contemplating going with this bare-beardy head instead because it's so epic.

I feel exactly the same on that particular head! 

[Commissar Greif]

On 4/21/2025 at 5:53 AM, Lord Marshal said:

 

I'd be surprised if the Space Wolves pre-order is any less than two/three weeks out, since influencers would immediately spill (or anon-leak) the supposed new models.

 

Unless WarCom dumps a bunch of them at once of course.

 

 

I could definitely see WarCom previewing all the rumored terminators together at once. I also have a feeling we'll see the pre-orders for the SW box go up on the 17th of May. Would place the release cleanly on the 31st.

Of course, I could be wrong and they'll preview them at the Dallas Open between the 22nd and 25th. Think that's a bit less likely though, tbh. They seem slated for an early June release.

[Mogger351]

1 hour ago, Commissar Greif said:

 

I could definitely see WarCom previewing all the rumored terminators together at once. I also have a feeling we'll see the pre-orders for the SW box go up on the 17th of May. Would place the release cleanly on the 31st.

Of course, I could be wrong and they'll preview them at the Dallas Open between the 22nd and 25th. Think that's a bit less likely though, tbh. They seem slated for an early June release.

They'll be in the codex which is in the box, so they'll have to preview them before the box release logically.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

I think there is potential in these SW minis for conversion to Imperial Fists.

 

Besides, Inwit does winter and cold better than that Fenris place. Practically paradise compared to the real tough conditions of Inwit. 

 

That new Battle Leader in particular looks like it could make a good IF Captain. 

[Wispy]

"how 

4 hours ago, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

I think there is potential in these SW minis for conversion to Imperial Fists.

 

Besides, Inwit does winter and cold better than that Fenris place. Practically paradise compared to the real tough conditions of Inwit. 

 

That new Battle Leader in particular looks like it could make a good IF Captain. 

Your ability to take any random topic and make it "what about the Imperial fists," is impressive.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Thank you Wispy, I try. 

[Commissar Greif]

17 hours ago, Mogger351 said:

They'll be in the codex which is in the box, so they'll have to preview them before the box release logically.

Oh, definitely. I suspect worst case scenario would be for the rest of the SW releases to be previewed at Dallas followed by a preorder period at the end of May or beginning of June, placing release somewhere between the 14th and the 28th of June.

 

All speculation at this point, though. We won't know till we know.

 

7 hours ago, Wispy said:

Your ability to take any random topic and make it "what about the Imperial fists," is impressive.

 

7 hours ago, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

Thank you Wispy, I try. 

Beast mode, tbqh. Dorn would be proud.

Edited 2 hours ago by Commissar Greif