They’re armed with a mix of weapons – from classic bolters to brutal heavy weapons – and each can be built with your choice of a bare head or helmet.

At the very height of the Emperor's Great Crusade, the traitorous Warmaster Horus led his Traitor Legions of Chaos Space Marines against those who stood loyal at the Emperor's side. Each bag contains one random figure, and you can pick up a whole pack of 20 if you want to be sure you get the whole set.

This plastic Space Marine Commander comes with a wide variety of ranged and melee weapon options, and a plethora of accessories including an optional snazzy back banner.

After 30 years,they’re still the go-to army for most newcomers to Warhammer 40k, and with good reason – we can confidently recommend them as a way into the game and hobby alike. The Armour Through the Ages set contains five resin Space Marines in different marks of armour, letting you add some spice to your Tactical and Veteran Squads in the 31st and 41st Millenium. Whilst this model is not available as part of Space Marine Heroes outside of Japan, it is available in the Space Marine Adventures – Rise of The Orks Boxed Game. Once a man becomes a Space Marine, he is no longer mortal; his genetic heritage is now that of the Emperor Himself, and a spark of the same divine majesty flows in his veins. One lucky Veteran can be loaded with a heavy bolter or pyrecannon, and the Sergeant can augment his armoury with a chainsword, power fist, or power sword.

Thecommonly heardin-universe answer(usually made up on the spot by sexually insecure male Warhammer fans, for whom the existence of powerful, dominant, and especially combatant female characters in any fiction is inexplicably enraging) normally involves a lot of waffle about howthe Emperor’s gene-crafting processes ‘just weren’t designed’ for female bodies. After a thunderous appearance in the10th editionannouncement trailer back in April 2023, GW revealed 25 new Space Marine sculpts in the Warhammer 40k 10th edition Leviathan launch set. All of the wargear of the Space Marines is painstakingly maintained, and many items are covered in lines of intricately rendered devotional script in High Gothic, each line detailing a battle honour won in a glorious campaign.

Whatever the method, all Space Marine Chapters will only accept those who successfully pass the grueling initiation trials and prove themselves worthy of becoming a Space Marine. The animated series Blacktalon continues with its fourth episode – this time focusing on a poor fruit farmer with a dark destiny ahead – and soundtracks from both Blacktalon and Iron Within arrive for your aural pleasure. Into their creation went all the secret history and genetic lore of the Age of Strife, hard wisdom gained through the success and failure of the Thunder Warriors and the Emperor's own unparalleled genius.

The Astartes still have a vast roster of units to choose from, they get a very powerful faction rule in Oath of Moment, and a strong detachment rule in Combat Doctrines (more on those below). Primarch of the XIII’ boosts the Objective Control stat and resilience to Battle-shock of Marines within 6″; Master of Battle allows you to pick a second enemy unit to target with an Oath of Moment (though you must destroy the first target before moving onto this one); and Supreme Strategist allows you to target a marine unit within 12″ with a Stratagem for 0CP, even if you use that Stratagem on another friendly unit in the same turn. The unit the Primaris lieutenant joins will scoreautomatic wounds on to-hit rolls of six, by granting them the Lethal hits weapon ability. Between them, they represent a nasty block of stats – the Veterans are toting master-crafted bolt weapons, including a heavy bolter, while the Champion totes a master-crafted power weapon that can cut down rivals with [Precision]. You can also make a Combat Patrol from the Space Marine half of the Warhammer 40k Starter Set ultimate edition.