The Mortal Realms quake as the Helsmiths of Hashut leave their ziggurats to subjugate all around them. Brandishing weapons empowered by the daemons bound within them, they desolate the lands to extract more energy and supercharge their forces. The whole range is ready to join in the battle, including the infamous Urak Taar. There is also a huge pile of Black Library books incoming, which, coupled with the festive gear now on pre-order, will make perfect gifts for the Warhammer bookworm in your life.
Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut
After years of toiling in secret were interrupted by the idiotic plans of the Skaven, the Helsmiths of Hashut have accelerated their plans for total domination, and now march into battle under choking clouds of ash. Their ambition knows no bounds, and they see all the realms and their peoples as resources to exploit in an arrogant quest for power.
Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut is your 90-page guide to the latest army in Warhammer Age of Sigmar, duardin who worship the tyrannical god Hashut, who claims to be a forgotten ancestor god. From him they learned how to entrap daemons in their weapons, which they use to devastating effect. You can learn all about their history through pages of exciting lore supported by gorgeous art and miniatures photography, and practise their destructive craft on the tabletop with a full suite of battle traits, enhancements, and warscrolls, as well as two Regiments and Armies of Renown, a Spearhead, and Path to Glory rules.
This book will also be available in a smaller gamer’s edition, which includes a full set of 32 reference cards. This version will be available only while stocks last.
Urak Taar the First Daemonsmith
As one of the most ancient mortals still living in the Age of Sigmar – depending on where you draw the line on the slann and a few other characters – it is said Urak Taar learned how to shackle daemons from Hashut himself. He has created countless weapons and daemon engines, and continues to practise cruel magic in an attempt to reach godhood himself, even though he should have succumbed to the stone-flesh curse many centuries ago. As the leader of the Forge Anathema, he rides into battle atop the bronze-bodied Ghorrakos, an Infernal Taurus that displays a frightening degree of sentience.
This kit can also build a Daemonsmith on Infernal Taurus, who uses their position atop a living statue to cast powerful sorceries and turn the tide of battle, before charging in to skewer and crush their pitiful foes with their living statue mounts. The Daemonsmith has two head options and two options for each arm, while the Infernal Taurus has two pairs of horns to choose from, plus a forehead gem with and without smoke emitting from it.
Daemonsmith
By learning the teachings of Hashut, Daemonsmiths become masters of infernal mechanisms and magics that evoke the fire of the forges. Their towering arrogance and unquenchable desire for power make them natural leaders, and in battle they use their skills to empower nearby daemon engines.
The kit can also build an Ashen Elder. These priests sit high in the hierarchy of the temples dedicated to the Father of Darkness. They wield sacred Black Hammers in battle as they bellow hateful orations, while keeping a close eye on their soldiers to make sure they are acting with an appropriate degree of fanaticism…
War Despot
Each ziggurat’s royal clans are ruled by a War Despot, a brutish tyrant swollen with dark power and clad in the finest armour crafted by the forges. They demand that their underlings triumph in all things, or perish in ignominy, and set at their rivals with large daemonflame glaives, which crackle thanks to the daemonic essence bound within.
Bull Centaurs
The image of the taurus is holy to the Helsmiths, and so the mutants called Bull Centaurs are worshipped by the Zharrdron as if they were living demigods. With their every whim and desire catered for, their egos swell to colossal size, to the point that they view their enemies as inferior beings to be crushed under hoof or by swinging maul.
This box can build three Bull Centaurs, or three Anointed Sentinels – a more zealous breed who are raised as temple guards. They stand watch over the battlefield and recount scripture as the Helsmiths desolate all before them, launching brutal counter-charges if their foe tries to interfere. Bull Centaurs have a set of four interchangeable horns, while Anointed Sentinels have a set of three interchangeable masks, and the kit also comes with a Helsmiths of Hashut transfer sheet with 450 transfers.
Infernal Cohort
The Infernal Cohort are the backbone of every Zharrdron army, drawn primarily from the royal clans, who have chosen to repay their wages of toil by seeking glory on the battlefield rather than choking in forges. Those with Hashutite blades are experts in running their foes down, hacking away with brutal efficiency, while regiments that wield Hashutite spears form armoured walls that are able to stand their ground against the most brutal of charges.
This box contains 11 miniatures – 10 Infernal Cohort and a gong-carrying hobgrot. One of the duardin can be built as a champion with a hammer and shield, or with a two-handed axe, one can be built as a standard bearer with three head options and three banner toppers to choose from, and one can be built as a musician, whose hobgrot attendant has two head options. Standard Infernal Cohort miniatures all feature separate left arms that are interchangeable between minis, and shields, which are also interchangeable. This box also contains a Helsmiths of Hashut transfer sheet with 450 transfers.*
Dominator Engine
Few know the true provenance of the Dominator Engines, walking mechanised constructs that are created in the image of the Bullfather. Within their furnace-bellies burns a conflagration of tormented daemon-essence, which lends their dread weapons a malign power. Those with bane maces wade into enemy battlelines, crushing and pulverising their foes with their ensorcelled weapons, while those armed with immolation cannons unleash torrents of daemonfire that spreads with supernatural swiftness.
Each Dominator Engine has two stomach plates with distinct designs, plus a choice of two face plates and two pairs of horns that can be mixed and matched, as well as poseable arms.
Deathshrieker Rocket Battery
The Helsmiths of Hashut create all manner of destructive weapons and war machines, each powered by the essence of daemons bound through exacting arcane rituals. Within the screaming payload of a Deathshrieker Rocket Battery resides a writhing daemonic flame. This dire stuff ignites on contact with air, racing towards foes as if possessed by some vile sentience, consuming all it touches. This kit can also build a Tormentor Bombard, an artillery piece that uses the raw essence of Chaos as ammunition, its destructive ordnance tearing targets to pieces in explosions of dark power. Each war machine comes with accompanying crew, and the box contains a Helsmiths of Hashut transfer sheet with 450 transfers.
Infernal Razers
Zharrdron artisans who are capable of making intricate weapons are often recruited into the regiments of the Infernal Razers. Operating in small groups, they wield complex and devastating firearms that unleash destruction from range as their operators cackle spitefully. This box builds five Infernal Razers, each equipped with either Grizmalok Blunderbusses that shred foes with booming shots, or Karagthrun Flamehurlers that roar with torrents of superheated flame. The champion can be built with a choice of two heads.*
Hobgrot Vandalz
Hobgrots are furtive and deceitful creatures who recognise the might of the Zharrdron empire, or the relative safety offered by ingratiating themselves with those who would otherwise wipe them out, at least. Their lot in life is still a miserable one, as the Helsmiths deploy them ahead of their main battleline to secure an advantage… and to range their brutal artillery. This box contains twenty Hobgrot Vandalz, whose champion can be armed with a cruel chain weapon or a vicious dagger. It also contains a Helsmiths of Hashut transfer sheet with 450 transfers.*
Helsmiths of Hashut Dice
You can complete your infernal collection with a set of 16 Helsmiths of Hashut dice, which are cast in a rich, marbled purple that evokes the livery of the Forge Anathema. Each dice has green pips and features the faction icon on the six face.
Krakenblood
Ivar Krakenblood was born on the ice world of Fenris, destined to one day serve as a Wolf Priest and perform great feats for the Allfather. Ulrik the Slayer gives him a quest, to recover a lost relic of the Space Wolves and change fate itself. With a band of warriors comprising new friends and old allies, he must nevertheless face a terrible foe to succeed.
Krakenblood by Marc Collins is available to pre-order next week in a gorgeous special edition, which features an introduction by the author and the existing short story The Price of Morkai. It is presented in a black cloth cover, with screen-printed art and gold foil details, plus black page edges and a ribbon bookmark. It is available only while stocks last.
You can also pre-order this epic tale in hardback, eBook, and MP3 audiobook formats.
Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen
Phoenicium, City of Rebirth, has been razed to the ground and in its place rises Blackpyre, ruled by Abraxia, one of Archaon’s greatest champions. Despite her victory over the forces of order, Abraxia is now mired in a web of conspiracies that threaten to destroy her new stronghold. Only the same strength of will that took her from pitfighter to favoured champion of the Varanspire will see her through. Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen by Chris Thursten will be available to pre-order in hardback, eBook, and MP3 audiobook formats.
The Dark Coil: Ascension
Countless stories occur all across the galaxy, with seemingly nothing linking one outburst of violence and heroism to another, but Peter Fehervari has found the threads linking together a series of disparate events in The Dark Coil: Ascension. This anthology brings together novels The Reverie and Requiem Infernal and eight short stories, all trapped in the sprawling web of the Dark Coil. You can pre-order it in paperback and eBook formats next week.
Anvils of the Heldenhammer: The Ancients
Twenty years after Anvilgard fell to the Daughters of Khaine and became Har Kuron, Knight-Incantor Tivrain Greymantle is on a dangerous mission to liberate those still incarcerated by Morathi-Khaine. Her actions are in defiance of Sigmar, in her way is a horde of Khorne Bloodbound, and what awaits her is a secret more dangerous than she can imagine. Anvils of the Heldenhammer: The Ancients by Dale Lucas is available to pre-order in paperback format next week.
On the Shoulders of Giants and Other Stories
The Cities of Sigmar are safe havens in the wild and chaotic Mortal Realms. To become part of the forces that protect them is to pledge one’s life and limbs to the cause. Few know this better than those who went on the Dawnbringer Crusades, but even those who decided to stay and protect their homes have suffered through many battles and tragedies. On the Shoulders of Giants and Other Stories contains the novella On the Shoulders of Giants by Adrian Tchaikovsky and 11 other short stories by authors Hal Wilson, Liane Merciel, Noah Van Nguyen, Anna Stephens, and more. It will be available to pre-order in paperback next week.
The Rose in Darkness (French language)
On the shrine world of Opal, Sister Superior Augusta of the Order of the Bloody Rose and her squadmates are on a mission to retrieve the skull of the revered Saint Veres, during a time of great reverence and celebration in the planet’s capital. Beneath this joyful facade, political strife bubbles and rebel attacks gnaw at the city. A secret festering beneath the metropolis begins to surface as a Genestealer Cult makes itself known, and lights a beacon that will draw a hive fleet near. The Rose in Darkness by Danie Ware is available to pre-order next week in paperback and eBook formats, for French language readers.
Minka Lesk: The Last Whiteshield (German language)
From young Whiteshield to renowned Cadian officer, Minka Lesk has seen many battles in her life, from the fall of Cadia to the grinding siege of Crannog Mons. German Language readers can follow her career in Minka Lesk: The Last Whiteshield, an anthology that collects three novels and two short stories by Justin D Hill. It will be available to pre-order in paperback and eBook formats next week.
This week on Warhammer TV there are two behind-the-scenes shows discussing how some of your favourite Warhammer games are made.
The first is a new episode of How We Roll, where Nick catches up with Kenny from the Warhammer Studio to talk about the process behind designing the new Chapter Approved 2025-26: Mission Deck.
On Deep Strike, we take a seat with Creative Assembly to discuss Total War: Warhammer III, the most recent instalment of the sprawling strategy game that lets you fight to save or destroy the World-that-Was. On Ultimate Paint-off, Emma, Amber, Jon, and Rick continue their contest in the second of three episodes filled with painting challenges. This time they’ve been challenged to do the best freehand they can on an Orc banner, and will be judged by an ’Eavy Metal painter.
Next week on Warhammer Community we’re locking in for a festive reveal and taking a closer look at some of the Helsmiths of Hashut heading for pre-order, alongside your regularly scheduled articles.
* This product is delayed in Australia and New Zealand.
