Warhammer stores’ October offer is “Try Something New,” a staff-led build-and-paint session from Oct 10
Games Workshop has published the October in-store offer for Warhammer stores. Hot Dust reported on September 16 that September’s Miniature of the Month was, in Games Workshop’s words, “the last of the traditional free miniatures you can get for stopping by your local Warhammer store,” and that an October replacement had not yet been detailed. A Warhammer Community post dated September 28 now describes it, under the name “Try Something New.”
From Saturday, October 10, according to the post, visitors “can go into your local store to take part in a staff led activity to build and/or paint one of EIGHT miniatures and find out more about those factions.” The new post doesn’t mention Miniature of the Month by name. The link between the two comes from Games Workshop’s August 31 post, which said a new offer would launch in October.
The eight miniatures
Warhammer 40,000:
- Necron Warrior
- Cadian Shock Trooper
- Adepta Sororitas Battle Sister
- Chaos Space Marine Legionary
Warhammer Age of Sigmar:
- Chaos Warrior
- Deathrattle Skeleton
- Orruk Gutripper
- Cities of Sigmar Steelhelm
The post pitches the session as a chance to try a new colour scheme, start an army, or get staff help with a technique. Its examples are fur on the Chaos Warrior and weathered metal or decaying cloth on the Deathrattle Skeleton. “These eight miniatures will be restocked in stores, so you don’t need to worry about missing out on day one,” it says. To take part, visitors are told to “drop in and speak to a friendly staff member.”
October dates
- Saturday, October 3: A collectable coin featuring the symbol of Ulgu, the Realm of Shadow.
- Saturday, October 10: Try Something New begins.
- Saturday, October 24: Warhammer Tone Pro, described as “150 new paints,” goes on shelves, with a Tone Pro-themed collectable coin from the same day.
“Both coins are only available while stocks last,” the post says, adding: “Ask your store manager how you can get hold of them.” Tone Pro can already be tried in store ahead of the shelf date.
Other store offers
- Pick ’n’ Mix paints: “Choose any 10 Warhammer Colour paints and you’ll get the most expensive one free.”
- Bring a friend: A friend who comes along “can also pick up a miniature, get a painting tutorial, and play an introductory game of Warhammer 40,000 or Warhammer Age of Sigmar,” and can join the Battle Honours programme.
Still unclear
The post doesn’t say:
- What Tone Pro costs.
- Whether the Try Something New miniature is free or whether participants keep it.
- Session times, booking, or limits, or whether every store offers all eight miniatures.
- Whether the offer or coin dates vary by country or store.
- How long Try Something New runs after October.
Hot Dust will update this story if Games Workshop publishes more detail.
Sidebar: Erik Swinson on Tone Pro
Also on September 28, Warhammer Community published a video interview with Erik Swinson, a painting tutor at the recent Warhammer Open in Newport, Wales, and a Golden Demon guest judge, after Games Workshop invited him to Nottingham to try Tone Pro. The article says the range can be tried “right now in thousands of Warhammer Stores and independent hobby stores around the world,” and notes that painting demos in Japan begin Saturday, October 3.
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