Games Workshop reveals their first ever pre-painted terrain for Warhammer 40,000.
Games Workshop wasted no time in responding to a handful of leaked photos making their way around the Warhammer internet community. These images seemed to suggest that a pre-painted terrain kit might be coming to the game, and speculation was rampant. Within hours, the company released a video in response.
Full Color Terrain
This is pretty wild stuff! The terrain pieces themselves are in the style of classic Mechanicus kits. They feature tons of gribbly dials, imperial insignia, screens, skulls, and other details. At first glance, they appear to be painted to a surprisingly high standard.
This is pretty cool stuff. The terrain is clearly designed to fit the footprints of the recently revealed Terrain Area Set. Combine the two, and you’ll have a pretty nice-looking table set up in a matter of minutes. I can see this being a real boon for event organizers who need an attractive centerpiece table for finals matches and the like.
Just how these kits are manufactured and what they will cost is anyone’s guess for now. Hopefully, we’ll hear more soon.
This video had clearly been made in advance and was rushed out in response to the leak, and it seems there’s a secondary reveal to be found lurking within…
Ork Warbikes
Canny viewers instantly noticed these brand new Ork Warbikes zooming around the pre-painted battlefield. Of the three bikes shown, two seem to be equipped in a pretty standard manner but one of them stands out.
Is that an Ork Warboss on a bike? An all new character, perhaps? We can only speculate now but it seems that the Speedwaaagh will be getting some much needed reinforcements in the not-too-distant future!
Do you think we’ll see more pre-painted terrain like Necron installations or Aeldari wraithbone structures?
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Simon Berman has been a wargamer since 1993 and has worked in the tabletop games industry since 2008 as a staff writer for the first three editions of WARMACHINE and HORDES. These days he’s the General President of the Brush Wielders Union, a worldwide organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels, a freelance games writer who has contributed to a number of roleplaying games like Eclipse Phase, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, and The Hammer and the Stake. He runs his own small-press publishing company, Strix Publishing, and paints more miniatures than he can keep track of. Simon lives with his wife in Tacoma, Washington along with a number of cats and a pack of savage wiener dogs.
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