Blood Angels Angelus Assault Force: Smallest Savings of GW's Christmas Battleforces, and a Possible Price Cut
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Games Workshop revealed seven Warhammer 40,000 Christmas battleforces on Warhammer Community on October 19. Of the seven, the Blood Angels Angelus Assault Force looks like the weakest deal on paper. It is still a reasonable buy for one kind of player.
What's in the box (per Warhammer Community)
- Commander Dante
- Blood Angels Chaplain with Jump Pack
- Death Company Brutalis Dreadnought
- 3 Sanguinary Guard
- 5 Death Company Marines with Jump Packs
- Blood Angels Upgrade Frame
That's 11 miniatures plus an upgrade frame.
Price and dates: reported, not confirmed
Games Workshop has not published prices or dates. Spikey Bits reports that GW's November 2 email to retailers lists the box at $255 / £160 / €206 / CA$310 / AU$435, with pre-orders on November 14 and release on November 27. Treat those as unconfirmed until GW announces them. Our earlier report has the full picture: Christmas Battleforces: Retailer Email Points to $255 / £160, Pre-Orders Nov 14.
Report: a quiet cut to $210? (unconfirmed)
Auspex Tactics reports, in a video titled "Looks Like GW Have Dropped the Price for This Battleforce...", that GW's retailer price list appears to have been updated in the last day or so. According to Auspex, it now shows the Blood Angels box at $210 in the US and CA$255 in Canada. Auspex says the change appears to affect North America only. Commenters on the video say stores are still quoting $255. Auspex expects things to become clear around Sunday, when GW usually updates retailers. GW has not commented, and we have not seen the price list ourselves.
If the box sells for $210, the saving against Wargamer's $340 separate-kit estimate rises from about $85 (25%) to about $130 (38%). Auspex's own figures at $210 are about 39% including the upgrade frame and about 31% without it. Until GW confirms a price, this article uses $255 as the baseline.
How the seven boxes compare
The table uses the reported $255 price and Wargamer's itemized separate-kit totals and points from its October 19 breakdown. Wargamer calls these worked-out estimates, not GW figures. The savings column is our arithmetic against the reported $255 price, which Spikey Bits says applies to every box. We counted the models ourselves from Warhammer Community's contents lists.
| Battleforce | Models | Separate kits (Wargamer est.) | Est. saving at $255 | Points (Wargamer est.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaos Space Marines: Cult of Destruction | 13 | $419.50 | ~$165 (39%) | 945–975 |
| Chaos Knights: Helhunt Lance | 5 | $408 | ~$153 (37.5%) | 865–930 |
| Orks: Armoured Blitzmob | 16 | $388.50 | ~$134 (34%) | 605 |
| Space Marines: Indomitus Task Force | 23 | $380 | ~$125 (33%) | 775 |
| Necrons: Disciples of the Nekrosor | 19 | $377.50 | ~$123 (32%) | 890 |
| Space Wolves: Champions of Fenris | 17 | $340.50 | ~$86 (25%) | 850 |
| Blood Angels: Angelus Assault Force | 11 + frame | $340 | ~$85 (25%) | 645 |
Spikey Bits reaches the same Blood Angels numbers: $340 in separate kits, about $85 (25%) saved, and around 645 points. Wargamer values the Blood Angels Upgrade Frame at $37, so the frame accounts for almost half of that saving. ThriftHammer leaves the frame out of its math and puts the discount against GW pricing at only 13%, with 640 points, the lowest discount of the seven in its ranking.
Why it lands at the bottom
There are three reasons. The saving is the smallest of the seven, and much of it is the upgrade frame, which can't go on the table as a unit. The box is also light on bodies. Its 11 models are all elite jump-pack infantry, a character or a Dreadnought, with nothing to hold objectives. And because Commander Dante is a named character, buying a second box gets you a duplicate Dante you can't field twice. That cuts into the usual move of doubling up on a good box.
ThriftHammer calls it "a straight-up stinker." Spikey Bits is milder. Its verdict is "a decent buy for anyone who needs everything in the box," with the warning that "if there's a single kit you don't need inside, this is a box you pass on."
Who it suits
If you're starting Blood Angels, or you already want Dante, a jump-pack Chaplain, Sanguinary Guard, Death Company and a Brutalis, you would still pay about 25% less than buying them separately at $255. If the reported $210 price is real, the box's percentage saving would rank near the top of the seven, though it would still have the fewest points apart from the Orks box and only 11 models. All the kits are fast and hit hard in melee. For a newer player, the box is a strong centerpiece for a Blood Angels force, though you'll need line troops to go with it. Players who already own several of these kits get much less from it, and anyone who wants a second box will hit the Dante limit.
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Sources
- Warhammer Community — New Battleforce boxes revealed for Warhammer 40,000 (Oct 19)
- Spikey Bits — Blood Angels Angelus Assault Force review breakdown
- Wargamer — Warhammer 40k Christmas 2026 Battleforce value breakdown
- ThriftHammer — Warhammer 40K Christmas 2026 Battleforce Boxes Contents & Ranking
- Auspex Tactics — Looks Like GW Have Dropped the Price for This Battleforce...
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