Combat Patrol Magazine - Full Contents Revealed! Is it a Good Deal?

[@mikestrickler4299]

Seems like a easy way for kids to swallow this price each month. Something customers to look forward to. And as they come across interested models, the paint and supplies to ease them into the workshop world!

[@Mephiston]

month? these were weekly issues, not monthly, last i checked. so you get 4 issues a month, and it costs the cost of 4 issues per month. At least, conquest was, not sure about imperium.

[@nofuxgivens2797]

Me and my cousins/buddies woulda loved this as a kid back in the day.

[@dekai7992]

​@@Mephiston Imperium was, as well.

[@Mephiston]

@@dekai7992 Yep there you go then. at least 80 AUD a month, no thanks.

[@XmortoxX1990]

Or people low on cash like me! 🥲

[@liammurphy7702]

The LotR magazine subscription got me into miniature painting wayyy back....scary to think it was 20ish years ago 😅

[@quintu5]

Me too :D That game was/is still awesome!

[@heartsickruben]

Same!

[@poppinpatty]

It was sooooo good

[@HidingZebraTube]

We're showing our age here 😂 that magazine was the shit

[@Pers0n97]

Ngl, I'm still laughing my ass off at how they have thrown in there the "adepticon exclusive" champion miniature in there.... Their word means nothing anymore.

[@graefx]

Personally i kinda liked the terrain. The spread here is a little overwhelming for me and too many different factions though if i see them local i might grab select issues. Though is still wish i had gotten the silver templar stuff when that went on clearance.

[@Mephiston]

honestly this seems like the sort of thing that people will pool funds together to buy, rather than one person. Feels schizophrenic in its design.

[@mikecourt13]

You might see them locally but if it's anything like Imperium everyone ran for any individual issues immediately and you could never get your hands on so part of the grift is that you have to subscribe to the whole thing to really guarantee that you're getting any of it

[@dittmar104]

@@Mephistonyeah I could see a play group sharing a subscription

[@Smilomaniac]

I absolutely approve of this sales method: 1. It's more affordable even if the price isn't great, especially for a kid. A tenner is something you can easily part with, either as a fixed expense or sometime during the month. 2. It gives new players a chance to try a faction, whether it's gameplay or testing how they like painting the models. 3. Trading things with friends or simply selling them off is something we want more of. However the overall issue is still that 40k is just too expensive in general. I think the price point deters people (including parents buying for their kids) much more than anything else. I understand that they undoubtedly research this, but there's also a difference between how much you can charge and should charge.

[@Akimbo411]

GW is fully aware of their price gouging. If sales slump, they’ll lower prices. They simply don’t have to right now.

[@wyatttyson7737]

I don’t think GW is really that much more expensive considering what the kits offer. Most competitors are significantly behind in terms of sculpt quality and modularity and options in kits. Not to mention that when you factor in inflation 40K has only slightly increased in price over the last few decades while greatly improving over time. Could it be cheaper? Probably, but not by much.

[@Smilomaniac]

@@wyatttyson7737 You're awfully confident for someone who's wrong on all points. GW has *kept up* the price according to inflation while salaries have only gone down in comparison, which means it's significantly more expensive now more than ever. GW's modularity has only diminished, especially since options have decreased between older and newer kits (primaris replacements being the primary example). The models are more monopose than ever. Their newly revealed Deathwing Terminator kit is missing seemingly two entire squad loadouts that the old version had (standard termies and characters) and undoubtedly a ton of the extra parts that were available. Instead there's an upgrade sprue to put on the regular new termies. This is incredibly lazy and disappointing. The only comparable competitor is Bandai, which blows GW out of the water on every point, but even regular tank kits have improved drastically. GW isn't somehow magically ahead of anyone, they've just switched over from hand sculpted hero scale to true scale models. 3D printers have reached the same detail quality and the custom miniature bases I've had printed for me have *sharper* detail than what GW sells. Regarding price, the problem isn't the plastic - The miniatures you get inside are worth less than the cardboard they come in (color printed boxes are surprisingly expensive). Tools/molds and plastic injection machines have only improved over the decades and last for a very long time now, these one-time costs seem high but are negligible compared to just having warehouse workers, which leads us to... GW's primary big issue being their bloated club-house staff and prime location shops that they insist on having, not to mention massive legal and marketing departments. Please don't spread the unfounded myth that GW is barely squeaking by on their products, it's entirely bullshit. They can change their entire price and product structure within a year to start selling 3D printing files and licenses, enabling alternative poses and for 3rd party artists and sculptors to sell their own designs via their shop or system. Don't spread this unfounded myth that it can't be done cheaper or exaggerate GW's quality if you don't even know what else is out there.

[@PandaCool1]

@@Smilomaniacexactly. It’s very sad when people normalize and are almost naturally convinced that GW prices are somewhat adequate. However, I don’t blame most of them, because they probably earn some decent amount of money to be able to support the hobby and don’t understand how GW’s finances are structured. Especially how much of it ridiculous pricing contributes to well-being of stock shareholders.

[@Burdenist]

Sadly it doesn't work out as £10 a month. More like £40 as you pay for 4 at a time.

[@MrSilverAurora]

I hope its available in Australia, what a good way to try all the different factions. Both playing and painting!

[@B1-997]

same!

[@mokzilla9330]

It'll probably be $75 AUD for us 😂

[@max16]

@@mokzilla9330 i have a sub to the normal one and its just 19.95 an issure. its pretty killer value.

[@Bearyboo87]

​@mokzilla9330 Man I was comming to agree with to first comment but you ain't wrong😅! Still me and my eldest have been getting stuck in and now the younger blokes are getting keen too so it might be a good way to have a few sample armies.

[@tezcharold]

I've emailed the NZ branch might help if people are already showing interest in it

[@XYZdude00]

I liked the Imperium magazine but, I really dont want every single combat patrol. I would be stuck either trying to sell the extra or giving them away at a loss. I still need to unload a lot of necrons

[@cvangemon1307]

I have such a huge stack of necron sprues its insane. Glad I'm not the only one who can't keep up :D

[@keltonzac]

I might be interested in those necron ;)

[@phoenixofmetal]

If you’re in the States I might be interested in buying some.

[@doctordoubledakka3939]

The last set was marked up quite a bit in the US, and alot of the better months were swapped out for cheaper stuff. Be careful b4 jumping on these, adding middle men to GW products isn't likely to net the customer a good price

[@404annonymouscontent3]

Just wanted to come in and say as someone who got last editions magazine subscription, these guys were pretty good. The only complaint I have if consistency on shipping times. But for the most part, they are pretty good

[@CS-zn6pp]

I noticed some of the better months were never put on the shelves. They just went straight to eBay.

[@hannahgeraghty4201]

I subbed to the first imperium run mostly out of fomo and I ended up cancelling it about midway through. Not making the same mistakes a second time, I'll pass on this

[@UmbraPsi]

what was your reason for canceling, if you dont mind me asking, I'm pretty new to the hobby and was thinking about the sub

[@themanbehindtheslaughter7633]

Wonder if this one can be cancelled a few issues through. Kinda want the gifts and the brutalis along with only the tyranid and SM patrols

[@estranged520]

I'm also new to the hobby and would like to know what you didn't like about Imperium?

[@hannahgeraghty4201]

@@UmbraPsi If you're new to the hobby and haven't settled on a favourite army then it's probably fine. Personally I found that I was paying almost as much for plastic I had relatively little interest in using as I was paying for plastic I wanted, so I cancelled. That, and the magazines themselves have very little of actual substance in them, it's mostly instructions to build the included models, ads for the game, and *maybe* a mission to play, so there wasn't anything of much interest to read even and they felt like a waste of paper.

[@isaacli8376]

@@hannahgeraghty4201 Was thinking about the same thing while watching. Make more sense to just use the sub money to buy kits that I actually want, instead of paying for loads unusable minis for your factions.

[@adambusenbark63]

I definitely grabbed the necron scorpion guy magazine. My local flgs got the first four from the last set but that was it. Certainly an interesting offering this time around!

[@gravity000111]

Yeah weirdly these ones are all at newsagents

[@shakyrob6512]

At least they are starting it relatively near the start of the current edition this time. Was kinda funny that Imperium was still going during 10th ed while the rules for its mini games were based off 9th edition still.

[@fallenfossl]

Japan's Imperium mag is still rolling out now 😅

[@tychoMX]

@@fallenfossl in Canada I got the last edition literally yesterday.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

This is something I'd likely only buy in bits and pieces. I do want that Infernus Sergeant mini, that sculpt is absolutely rad.

[@Cordeneaux87]

I really wish GW would do expansion sets. " You bought the combat patrol", then get this solid group to expand your army. I think this would have been a great place for this.

[@MrNuclearturtle]

The Christmas sets released last month were just that, the voltan one espicially offered units that werent in the starting set and was a great money saver. The one I got was the cadian defence set with came with the two tanks, something that shoudlve been in the original set, problem being with GW, these core army sets only last as a limited time offer which is crazy, or the entire set is a niche, IE the spacemarine christmas set primarly being a speed focused one.

[@optimaximal]

The Boarding Patrol boxes filled this role perfectly, especially the Chaos varieties... It's a shame they were one-and-done.

[@MrNuclearturtle]

@@optimaximal Christ I forgot about them, that necron and space marine one filled the battleline and elite roles excellently, and they were the fastest to sell out, all thats left on store shelves are the drukhari ones, which aint great because it feels like the sculpts maybe changed any day now

[@dittmar104]

These combat patrols do actually form two 1k lists. Being chaos space marines with world eater bezerker allies and gene stealer cult with brood brothers.

[@dittmar104]

Just double checked you can also build 3 1k list with the premium models. You can take the hell brute and daemon prince from the CSM Army and run them in world eaters. You have to run a juglord and then choose between cutting 5 zerkers and getting an enhancement or cutting the jakhals. And you can get there with Tyrands too getting within 85 points with the swarm Lord, brood Lord and an enhancement for all generic characters.

[@sigpi222]

If it's 80 issues, at 12USD.. that's $960 .. 9 Combat Patrols, at discount are 136USD ea.. so 960 v 1224.. not counting anything extra beyond just combat patrol price.. so its 20% off combat patrol 3rd party lower price.. which seems worth it if you want to widely expand your collection.

[@135forte]

Except not one of those armies is likely to have more than 700pts and once they get past Indices you 'have' to buy 9 Codices to use them. $900 should be able to get you two armies over 1k each and they will be your guys rather than the (largely unimpressive) patrol boxes.

[@Alkhatibr]

Dont forget two of these combat patrols are available in starter sets for a huge discount already

[@ilo3456]

@@135forte You don't really have to buy the Codices, if you are a smart player you are only really buying Codices for 1 or 2 of your main armies, and whenever you want to play anything else you use something like Wahapedia in a Tablet to be able to have the rules on hand, also it doesn't really matter if you don't have that many points, it is still really cool to be able to collect and paint minis from other factions other than whatever you normally buy and build. It is generally fun to have variety.

[@135forte]

@@ilo3456 You will note the quotes around have. The main point is that you have a very small part of almost half the factions in the game, that's a lot of rules to try to learn and get good with. Worst case some of them won't even be a full 500pts. Or, you can take that money to build up 1 or 2 factions, be able to play actual games while knowing your rules and have some variety in what you play for those factions, either for fun or because balance changes.

[@TadashiAbashi]

It's clear that nobody in this thread subscribed to the Imperium magazine. Because these "prices" are a lie. A $12 actually costs $19 after shipping, even though they bundle 4 together in the CHEAPEST possible packaging with absolutely NO protection. But the shipping fee is applied to every issue, not per package shipped. It's SUPER predatorial and they should honestly get sued for false advertising. With premium add-ons, my imperium magazine subscription was about $75/month... NOT 4x$12 a month, and packages regularly arrived damaged. Auspex should revise this video with a predatory business practice warning about "shipping fees" which are another 75% added to the cost. Hell no to this even worse deal which is going to cost around $1600 at the end of the day.

[@andrewk.1310]

Wonder if this will be available in Canada

[@chakradarrat8832]

imperium just started in canada

[@crowythebutcher6127]

Iv really enjoyed the imperium subscription besides the building necrons part

[@christopherfreitas6510]

I don't understand how to subscribe though.. and can I do it from USA ? Their website is confusing

[@DeathInTheSnow]

I'm going to keep an eye on that Maulerfiend. The kit is on two spues, so it will likely be across two issues. That said, £20 versus the £50 GW charges is bloody tempting.

[@saltytattie833]

You and me both, fingers crossed we can actually get our hands on it.

[@Spruegit]

I've gotten a lot of nice value out of these magazines even without being subscribed, I think I'll just get some of them when I see em

[@mrmickmida7035]

This is perfect for people that want something to paint, it will have a wide range of factions, will give some stuff like paints, brushes etc and will be good also for people that they want to try something although they have few armies already

[@llmarts1002]

I love the idea to put together combat patrols and new stuff but I got just one question I’m from Italy is there a site where I can buy the magazine or I need to go to the physical shop or else? Anyone who knows please answer thank you very much

[@Hahaha-yt2id]

This is actually really good an incredibly small amount of monopose models like they usually do for the mags which is just models from a launch box these are all full kits that you’ll be getting dirt cheap & premium is fantastic aswell

[@trailxrage]

Please keep us posted when this magazine will be released. Fingers crossed it makes it to Australia. On another note Gap Games is a great shop. Thanks for the reccomnedation.

[@basstedson]

July 28th for the UK at least.

[@trailxrage]

​@basstedson thanks for letting me know. That means it will be a few months before we see anything in Straya.

[@timothymartin5538]

It having a reduced saving in comparison to previous runs is fine, that's 20% roughly on top of the saving from a combat patrol (fauxhammer always use the cheapest method to obtain a kit, not the full RRP, this is due to the fact that these runs always involve starter set models). I have little to no interest in a few of these factions but those premium rewards are decent so I don't mind having a couple of combat patrols lying about for small games, and the few added models are actually decent and interesting choices from my point of view, so for me this is a win. Tbh I may even get three premium subs just for the brutalis, looks like the early kits are going to be things I want multiples of anyway.

[@RedRaptor84]

I subscribed to Imperium and, though overwhelmed with minis in the end, still glad I did because I got a huge collection out of it. This is much like the AoS subscription that came after that has a bunch of factions included. Think it's too broad a range of minis. Though I'm a fan of GW minis, it's just too many factions that don't catch my interest to subscribe to.

[@davidneo3940]

To me these magazines are like BOX-Splitting turned to 11. You just gotta find 7 people that want to share the cost with you and voila, insane value XD

[@LegoYodaX]

The issue for me here is that it's to many different factions spread out too thin. the previous 2 mags were brilliant for focusoing in on an army and building it cheap. really good to subscribe to... this one doesnt feel like it's a subscription... more a get it when you need it (*IF* you can get the right issues)

[@AnonymousAnonymous-eu8yk]

Can someone explain to me where you would exactly subscribe. Which store, etc. Very unclear to me. Thanks!

[@The_Green_Ghost]

How does one subscribe to this? i'd REALLY like that premium subscription thing.

[@Backstabmacro]

If my LGS will pick these up, then I’d make a point of grabbing certain issues of things I want/get good value from/need bits out of.

[@likeyacutg4720]

Where would I go to subscribe so I can get myself the entire collection? I'm gonna be buying all the way from Australia

[@skilledwarman]

Will certainly get at least the basic version. Need more details before deciding if I want to go with the premium version. I'm totally fine with a couple extra space marines in exchange for having a ton of combat patrols to pick from for casual games edit: just got to the premium sub part of the video. yeah def worth it for me for the brutalis and rogal dorn alone

[@Ultibacon]

That's exactly what I was thinking until the premium bit 😂

[@skilledwarman]

@@Ultibacon it's got 2 models I already planned on getting. So even with the combat patrol discount not being the biggest thing ever it's still a good deal. Plus there's also things in there I can gift to friends. I don't really need that bike chaplain, but it would fit really well with a buddies army as an example

[@Ultibacon]

@@skilledwarman my plan's gonna be to gift or resell the bits I don't need, that will make the premium stuff essentially free.

[@skilledwarman]

@@Ultibacon I'm thinking I'm gonna resell the Nids, give my friend the bike chaplain, give my friend whos always wanted to try table top but never really had the money to try the CSM patrol and daemon prince (night lords are her faction of choice) and maybe resell one or two patrols for cheap

[@adamsmith8765]

So its nine combat patrols over two years. That's not terrible as it means you can paint up a bunch and try a few things out. If you don't like a faction you can sell it off and likely make a profit. Personally i like it but then i also liked the last two.

[@toeb1n]

Would have much prefered is there weren't as many factions included. Maybe 4 or so is okay, but in its current state theres just too much in here that I'm not interested in at all.

[@traxzes21]

I wonder if this is a good indication as to what combat patrol are going to be rereleased? (Meaning combat patrols not covered by this subscription)

[@Neolazaro91]

The others were already included in Imperium, I think. SoB was only missing the Rhino, but you had everything else in 3 numbers.

[@keithchristmas7315]

I would think T'au at least are probably getting a new one. Custodes and and the divergent Marine chapters are probably fairly likely as well Surprised the new Necron or AdMech one isn't in here, though

[@phoenixofmetal]

@@keithchristmas7315Necrons and AdMech were in the Imperium magazine for 9th edition, so I’m not surprised that they didn’t turn up in this one.

[@NeonFlaming0]

Quick note. In the USA the Imperium magazine was distributed by Agora miniatures. As far as i know we did not have the ability to buy the magazines individually. And as far as game stores having individual issues for sale, none of the game stores in my area carried them. That could vary by location in the US though.

[@BanjominWalker]

in my area the first few issues showed up at barnes and noble but that was it

[@dantauche7917]

They also were NOT $12, the cheapest was $13.50 and they were individually priced.

[@NeonFlaming0]

@dantauche7917 true that. Can't hold it against the guy though. The adverts for America were dismal at best. The only reason I even knew about it was because of his video about the imperium magazine in the uk. Then I spent days googling it to see if it was available in the US. By the time it was the website they made reminded me of the old scam sites. "Insert email and card info and we'll capntact you when ready" lol

[@NeonFlaming0]

@BanjominWalker right? I was so pissed we couldn't buy them individually.

[@DMDuncan37]

Working with Hachette presse is complicated unfortunately!

[@movits2]

It will be nice to see them on my country, Chile. The only way to get something like this is to have a relative or friend on a country that sell the magazine and import it :c

[@ShahbazBokhari]

I’m thankful for Auspex for braving the eye cancer and ad space hell realm that is Fauxhammer.

[@tristanbettencourt9847]

I'm still a bit confused about how I sign up for this frankly amazing deal

[@uniquewargamingterrain9125]

Imperium magazine issues 81-90 included 3 paragon war suits 1 redemption dread gillman and a few other epic heros thanks for the info

[@davealenawhiteside5634]

love it i have 3 kids all looking to play warhammer is good to play combat patrol games. but i would love some terrain in it as u would need to play and to set the theme

[@puppaz8210]

Looks like this will be nice for people that want to pick up some cheap bits here and there. I dread the piles of shame that subbing will create though with this mix of factions. I'm really not a fan of the fauxhammer site to be honest, though I guess it's nice to have a preview of these things.

[@JanBaucke]

There's a reason why I'm a Patreon of your channel! There where some earlier videos from other channels about this but only you and Valrak in his stream last night are able to credit Fauxhammer (as well as the 5 hours younger video of Palette of the Dead). It's just over all nicer and healthier for the hobby community if ppl. give credit where credit is due. I hope GW and Hachette don't change this between the test run and the actual release and also that this comes to Germany, too. To me the composition is perfect as it is model wise.

[@Archydoge]

they missed a opportunity here to release a unique combat patrol just for the magazine.

[@mikee6301]

As a Necron collector I’m gutted they won’t feature, as I could have done with 3 cheap doomstalkers 😆

[@phoenixofmetal]

Necrons were one of the big focuses of last edition’s subscription magazine so I’m not surprised they didn’t turn up in this one.

[@GeorgePtacek]

I’ve been contemplating getting some of the new Guard stuff to bolster my existing force. This looks like a new opportunity for that. Though I’m still confused on how to get the Dorn Premium kit. Do I have to subscribe to the entire series or can I just subscribe to the guard section and get it from there?

[@bombkangaroo]

The premium kits are sent out to subscribers at the end of each quarter of the run. I assume you'll need to have been subscribed for at least that quarter, but I don't know if you need to have been subscribed since the start. You'll be getting the last 20 issues minimum in order to get the Rogal Dorn and the Brood Coven.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

My crippling plastic crack addiction is only getting worse now that this is announced.

[@Bysentenial]

oh, boi, just 3 year until it MAYBE comes to australia Still waiting for stormsurge... or w/e the AoS one is called to start here Imperium is up to issue 74 here ATM

[@danielleblanc572]

I would love to sign up for this just hope it makes it to the USA.

[@elcaryanbliss7721]

I want 2 of the full sets of the Genestealer Cults lot. Getting those will complete my collection until the Codex.

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

The magazines are always tempting but hard to commit to. Sure, it's a great value. But you are trapped into a subscription where you have to pay £10 every week. Which doesn't sound like much but that's £40 a month. That's almost enough to cover my phone bill, netflix, Spotify and Playstation Plus. And it's only good value of you want all of this stuff. If you can get 5 terminators for £10 that's a great deal. I collect Space Marines and so that's amazing. But I don't collect say genestealers. So even if you can get an entire combat patrol for like £50, that's £50 I'm spending on something I don't want or need. And all the issues that are just paint which I might already have or not need. And this brings me to my main problems with this... The last one was great because I collected Necrons and Space Marines. I was so tempted to do that one because I don't think any of the issues would be a waste of time. But it was still like a £900 commitment. I may collect Necrons, but do I want to buy all of that for the sake of it? How much would I just be repeating what I already own? How much do I need to own a Necrons army so big I'd need to move houses just for storage space. It's a lot of stuff that even when it's an army I collect, I don't need it all. And this one is worse. Because I don't collect all of these armies. I will have the same problem with spending a lot of money and needing to find a lot more time to commit to painting and needing more storage boxes etc. and yet, there isn't the draw of making a huge army. You are making lots of small armies, some of which I don't want. I'm still tempted like I always am. But I'm going to need to really get out the spreadsheets and workout exactly what I want and how much it will cost to work out if it's really worth it to me. And I know I could buy just the individual issues I want or need. But I've tried that in the past and it's hard to do. Because not many places stock it and the ones which do sell out almost immediately.

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

Yep. Didn't take long at all to weigh up the cost analysis. Ignoring the premium for a second. Only 4 of the combat patrols would be of any use to me. And if I just buy the combat patrol boxes, it would be £380. So I'd spend £509.10 extra on crap I don't need if I subscribed. No brainer. This is a great deal if you want it all. But if you don't, they are going to get a ton of money from you by making you buy shit you don't need.

[@thomasbloxham247]

As ever, a great deal and a wonderful way to enjoy the hobby in small snippets over time, other than the fact that Hachette Partworks are pointlessly complicated and tricky in terms of getting the damn magazines. Hard to cancel, weird things that look like free gifts that you end up paying for, extra paid magazines tacked onto the end of your subscription that you have to send back. Everyone I know who has got it has loved the magazine, but hated dealing with managing or woe betide cancelling their subscription. Happy people have been those who have intened to buy everything, including all specials, start to finish.

[@MrGBH]

I used to work for WHS and I can tell you they didn't make it any easier for us. We would order two copies of a mag because two customers requested it, but they would randomly send only 1 copy every now and then. And you can guess how easy it was to get back issues

[@lelandmartin3970]

of course admech werent included in something that saves money

[@gehteuchnixan3052]

Okay, this is amazing if you have a group of new players or for smaller gaming clubs to expand their available minis. Or maybe if you and your siblings/friends are curious about the game and don't know which faction to choose, so you can sell off the unused. Unfortunately, that means thus time aroubd it offers less potential to expand an existing collection than before (if you played Space Marines or one of the others featured) but I guess attracting as many new players as possible is the actual goal here. Not giving discounts to already acquired customers.

[@tychoMX]

Got the "whole feast" Imperium subscription. A lot of neat models at a reasonable cost - but definitely more than I wanted to model (looking to offload several things, despite collecting both Marines and Necrons). This one would be cool if you could subscribe to some specific subfactions but maybe that's not compatible with the business model.

[@erickavery1]

If I can figure out how to sign up for this I'm 100% going to.

[@Piecespatpaints]

Sounds like a lot of fun to have the subscription. Might have to go for this

[@Burdenist]

Might get some eldar/GSC units. The only problem is scalpers got really good at taking all the good deals during imperium.

[@lintangtaraqi]

i live in japan and the imperium line is still going on, issue 54 i believe. cant wait to snipe more good deals on the magazine

[@alexhussinger3550]

This feels like a good thing to get if you want to improve your painting skills. Diverse blend of models at a steady-ish pace along with presumably the paints needed for them.

[@DMDuncan37]

The paints are probably the worst deal. And others paint brands are much cheaper, so why ?

[@Bluecho4]

@@DMDuncan37 Moreover, you're limited to the exact paints on offer, delivered whenever they're delivered. You'll likely go months before being able to fully paint any of the models you get. It's better to just buy the paints you want, from the manufacturer you want, so you can use the scheme you desire.

[@JennyDecimal]

Previous subscriptions were really well thought out about what you got when, too, so for beginners, it gives them something playable quickly and then refines their technique at a really manageable monthly pace, with tips for all the models already sent. It's a good, bite size route to getting a solid handle on the painting basics.

[@SwabianClancy]

I like the idea better than the two previous models: - As someone who prefers to paint rather than play, it offers better opportunities to pursue this and to obtain different models more cheaply. Depending on how high the variable with colours and tools is - A tick more interesting for beginners, even for more than two people. You can go deeper together and try things out. - For people who have been in 40k for a long time, they have the opportunity to get other Combat Patrols at a lower price and possibly sell them again at a lower price.

[@kapope3537]

Wait so its good that consumers can buy stuff they don't want at a loss then sell it again at a loss? Are we just sucking the GW teet that hard here? The magazines value kinda sucks unless you're in the UK or you can nab one off the shelf that has a decent kit but a lot of store owners just ebay the good ones straight out of the gate. Redemptor Dread, I'm looking at you. This is just a way to make people feel compelled to buy more models. "I already have a combat patrol if I only spend another 200$ dollars I can have a 1000pt list" nine times over. All these games workshop news sites keep talking about how good it is because GW asked them to. The only person worth trusting is Auspex and he says its not a good saving so how are people still in the comments talking about how good the savings are?

[@MrANORIT]

I hate live on chile .... I hope i can do something to have the magazine

[@Akimbo411]

As someone who primarily purchased box sets to start armies, this seems like a good way to fill in the gaps

[@richardsutton1790]

I'm looking forward to this as it'll lead to a lot of lower priced sprues on ebay.

[@Spiderhog6]

Living in Canada I do hope it comes here, I'd love to pick up the premium sub for at least the premium kit 2, I play Aeldari and just got into WE so I'd love a cheap way to get a CP for them with bonus stuff.

[@anthonyd.1428]

Canada has yet to be added to this service. I don't see them changing it any time soon.

[@paulbuckley3084]

Imperium was offered in Canada, It just finished delivering here. Was good but there are added costs with extras, and exchange from usd, shipping etc.

[@cybermartyr8839]

The unique model usually comes in issue 5 as far as I recall

[@azzy4662]

do we know a rough date for when this comes out?

[@sanguinius6815]

if this comes to Aus I'll be getting em.

[@rtl97]

At $25 an issue now instead of $20

[@farbol2348]

Man i wish this comes to south america too. Seems like a very good offer to start here.

[@darklordofcaliban3551]

I hope it will be available in Skandinavia. None of the magazines so far have. 😢

[@Squid-King]

I honestly will try to secure at least a few of these magazines. For a newish wargamer, these seem like a godsend, especially for filling out my collection. Only problem is figuring out where to secure these.

[@TheKingby1]

Forbidden planet stocks the magazines individually for the UK. Thats where I get my Stormbringer issues from.

[@ThatoneFNaFfan001]

Where are they coming to? Do they come to stores in the uk or are they online only?

[@Billa2720]

Imperium was $13.95 per issue. Having just completed that subscription I plan on just looking for single issues. I think this would be more attractive for new subscribers if they had terrain in the premium kits.

[@Chodor101]

It's still not available in the eu, isn't it?

[@KeithCrowe]

The Imperium Subscription was a great way for my family to build up a few forces. We ordered the premium sub. I'd suggest this for anyone interested in getting into the game or people that enjoy the idea of lots of smaller forces.

[@GirlPainting]

this will probably drop in 2025 into other countrys. Warhammer Stormbringer just started in Germany for example. Warhammer Mortal realms never made it outside the UK though

[@acid2go]

Hachette Germany just launches Stormbringer on the 10th of January, so probably it will take around half a year until we see this here.

[@samvimes117]

I would just say it's always a risk. Buying a unit that comes across multiple magazines. As there is no guarantee, you'll be able to get all the magazines. I had a problem with imperium in that. the weapon sprue magazine never came in for the dreadnought and i ended up having to buy them separately secondhand

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Which not to mention if that price is true your not only getting the models at a GW discount which 800GBP for 8 starter armies is fine not great but fine... But you do get the mags and t6he extra stuff in that price which is ok... Not great but good as most games have starter armies at around $100 and they may only come with the models nothing else.

[@greeny1033]

Im definately getting into this, while I have my main favourite faction of the grey knights, I really dont "hate" any of the other armies listed as part of this, would be nice to get a large variety of models tbh. Was there a start date for these or did I miss it?

[@AkanoLotus]

Where do I subscribe to this?

[@martynsouthgate1551]

I was looking forward to release of the next part work 40k magazine. As I am currently working on Space Marines and Tyranids I was hoping that the release would be focused on the two factions like Imperium magazine. Getting back issues and bits off EBay really help expand my Necrons in 9th edition and was hoping for a similar result this time. I can see the appeal of doing combat patrols but seeing as I already have two of the factions combat patrols, they were in the Leviathan box set, it’s going to be a no to a subscription for me. Will look forward to grabbing the back issues and the increased supply on eBay.

[@AngelofDeath333]

I want in on this one!! Can’t wait

[@imagecollections6665]

I'd buy it, I like how it spreads across factions. I have Orks, Necrons and a Genestealer cult currently but always see these magazines selling for high prices on Ebay & would like the pics & painting guides.

[@dracosummoner]

This is a super cool idea if I can pick and choose which issues I want from a stockist (the Votann one would come in handy, and I'm thinking of branching off into Chaos Space Marines) since most of the Combat Patrols don't interest me and I would have liked to have seen Sisters represented.

[@phoenixofmetal]

Sisters showed up in the magazine for 9th edition so I’m not surprised that they weren’t in this one.

[@dracosummoner]

@@phoenixofmetal Gotcha, I was not aware of that, thank you.

[@louisbuss6068]

Havent played in 15 years and sold my armies ages ago. This is probably what i need to get back into it! In Denmark though.. so lets see if i can get my grubby hands on it.

[@cmeade82]

It would be nice to see a faction specific magazine

[@fallenfossl]

Aeldari list looks like: 1x warithlord, 1x farseer, 1x Autarch?!, 1x guardian squad w heavy wpn platform, 1x bashee squad (premium box), 6x jetbikes Can anyone see anything else?

[@sambojinbojin-sam6550]

So, a Terminator Sorcerer + Winged Daemon Prince, 3x Chaos Spawn, and 5x Rubrics w/Warp Flamers. As their starter for the mag? I don't know, I got more than that in the starter set. I'll probably be into it when I can kitbash dreadnoughts or wardogs out of Ork stuff. The Killer Kans look almost like they "could be" Forgefiends, with a bit of work. Or a Wardog. That could work out ok.

[@tysonnoseworthy5360]

Im hoping that this will come to Canada

[@sharonavanderfelden6026]

Wanted to subscribe to Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Stormbringer but it was only available in the UK and Ireland. And now I believe it's also finally available in the US. It's like Europe don't exist anymore... I think this release is going to be the same. To bad because I wanted to subscribe Stormbringer immediately and have the same with this 40K one but I think Hachette don't like European customers. Shame.

[@ThommBara]

I Don't get how this is supposed to be worth it? For 800 bucks I could rather just get 2 full armies, but now I'm getting a bunch of different factions, while still spendingi 800 pounds on it? Having 500 Points of evey faction is dumb and doesn't allow for tactical flexibility. I giuess they just want to flood the 2nd hand market?

[@Warlock572]

Gonna skip this one. Subscribed to Imperium in the US, did the Premium subscription, and was kind of disappointed. Total cost after taxes and shipping was $76 and some change. Plus another $10 on the months I got each individual binder. Some months seemed fairly good value, others not so much. Figure in the hassle from shipping issues and the length of time it took to actually get my monthly sub (2 weeks from the day each was billed, still waiting on my last shipment because it wasn't posted till the middle of December) and I just can't be bothered. Your mileage may vary, and hopefully they have their act together for this one.

[@fireinacan]

This actually seems kind of terrible? I started re-entering the hobby last year and immediately got caught up in waves of FOMO. One of those waves was Imperium Magazine. Subscriptions were no longer open by the time I was aware of it, but since I was interested in both Necrons and SM, I did tons of research into it, and all in all it seemed like something I would enjoy. I was looking forward to the next iteration. That is going on right now for Age of Sigmar in the form of Stormbringer Magazine. I really like what I'm seeing, but right now I'm focusing on Kill Team and 40k, so it's gonna be a nope for me unless something changes. While I was looking into Imperium and Stormbringer, I learned and thought about these a lot. It eventually dawned on me that these are best for people who just paint, beginners, and people who actually want everything one of the models on offer. If you're getting 50% off the label price, but only want 50% of the products... you're not getting 50%. You're paying for full price for what you want, the other half either becomes a pile of shame or takes time from what you want to be doing. Plus you get it slow rolled to you on their schedule rather than buying it on yours. So making a subscription magazine based on already discounted boxed sets? To save $100 or so assuming you want all 9 of those combat patrols? I just don't see the sense it that! Not to mention everyone who bought leviathan or a 10th edition starter likely has 2 of these patrols already! I can really only see this being of value to painters who like GW models and beginners who want a sampler but don't intend to play much other than combat patrol and compendium kill teams... Oh and then there is the matter of getting hobby supplies and paints that you may or may not want at random intervals, but I digress.

[@Vinterloft]

Omitting the 3rd/ 4th (depending who you ask) most popular faction Tau seems like a very dumb move. And then including World Eaters and Votann which are second and third to last only out-unpopular'd by Daemons?

[@samchassar-hesketh3511]

very tempted to subsribe with my hobby group as ~£800 - £960 with premium is A LOT of money considering i dont want things like genestealer cults or orks or any chaos things. but if i where to share that cost over 7-8 people, doesnt seem so bad, I'd definatley be interested in some space marines and the Guard, maybe som LoV as well

[@MrMuelltube]

Here a little correction about Imperium and the Price in €: - Imperium Magazine is/was extended from 80 to 90 issues due to popular demand - The Price has been increaed from 10 to 11 € (atleast i know from the german subcription; could be even more someday)

[@spacechannelfiver]

Thats a lot of not much versions of armies for your money. These are better when they lean into 1-2 factions

[@DefaultProphet]

Gonna be a no from me, just wrapped up Imperium and this is just too broad and I’m not interested in the majority of the factions(Nids, GSC, Orks, Aeldari, Imp Guard, CSM). Oh well need to finish imperium first anyway