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Hey Cool Kids, its another casual HARK! coming at you in the dying light of 2025. I'm your host DJ Ben and here's what's going down; I'm showing off ten of the coolest miniature wargaming kits that came out this year, and you're gonna listen to this classic Nightcore mix and imagine the pros and cons with raving with these minis (in no particular order.)
Got it? OKAY!! Here we go!!!
10. Boneblades
The Boneblades are a generic fantasy undead kit from Wargames Atlantic, and they're bringing the party with over a hundred 10mm skellibobs. Basically you dump this on the table, and presto, you have an instant army! They're tireless, so they wont flake on you at 11, saying "its a work night," and they wont accidentally swipe your drink since they don't have a digestive system.
9. Miao Ying, the Storm Dragon
She's the Boss B of Grand Cathay, and she's not afraid to tell everyone. Grand Cathay is the first 100% Certified Fresh army of WARHAMMER THE OLD WORLD, and while all of the kits are fly AF, this one goes the distance with the spring loaded pose and the grace only an ageless demigod can muster. She's gonna go full beast mode the second you get to the club, letting her hair down, and tearing a creeper in half, just to get started. Expect to get different rides home, because baby, she's going rogue.
This fresh to death Patrician warbound is all dressed up and ready to go. Not only does it have close and ranged combat on lock, but it also comes with accent dogs, which is perfect for helping out overstimulated sweeties who maybe weren't all that ready to go clubbing tonight. You're definitely going to have to get past their egos if you want to have any fun with the people parts of this kit, but as long as someone's willing to play the sycophant, they should be more than happy to keep the party pumpin'.
Sure, they all dance like industrial kids under bridges, but they're integral to the scene! This kit builds 20 not-borgs/not-servitors/not-cenobites and they have more than enough accessories to go around, so don't worry about showing up underdressed or with a fashion malfunction; they've got you. You might not do the robot as much as these nerds, but their hearts (erm, hydrolics) are in the right place. Trust them with your lives, kiddies.
Never leave home without a flamboyant distraction. Although this one won't fit in your purse, it will devour your enemies greedily and handily, and there's a lot to be said for that in the club, and also Age of Sigmar.
That's all I'm actually going to say though, because as a member of the undead, Vhordrai knows where all the bodies are buried. He'll bury them with you, but this brat keeps RECEIPTS.
4. Trench Crusade Prussian Strosstruppen
Trench Crusade finally has some cool plastic HIPS minis that can be bought in realspace in realtime. This is like if your techno-hacker friend actually showed up at your party for once in their lives, and then cooly gave the DJ their own mix. Its a different vibe, and definitely not what you showed up for, but you don't like, hate it? And everyone else kinda thinks its cool too? Yeah? Are we jiving with this? Hey, I think we're jiving with this?
They're EGGs and you cant tell me otherwise!!! If anything goes down, they are gonna be there to t-boy white knight for you, and shame your enemies to death. ALSO, they brought tanks, which like pads and tamps, you'd rather have them and not need them than need them and not have them. The ultimate ally.
She only knows only one dance move, and its pumping her fists. That's ok though, because she knows where all the exits are and has been watching your drink since it left the tap. Also, everyone respects her? You don't know why, but you know she's ready to throw hands 24/7. and that's kinda sick.
1. Saturnine Siege Dreadnought
If you roll through with him, nobody is messing with you. Not your ex, not your landlord, not even god. If you're gonna bounce though, he's got a sweet setup, so you can literally just move the party to his place and keep it going until the ball drops and the matrix reboots the year 1999.
And that's that chip snarfers! What cool kits did you see in 2025? We don't have comments, so tell me IRL. Have an awesome new year and be excellent to eachother, and most important of all... DON'T LET THE PARTY STOP!!!
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Ben Doane has been a member of the Pandemonium Team since 2019, and has been playing wargames, rpgs, and tcgs since 2004 and earlier. When not blogging, Ben runs the wargames and mailing departments, and also puts together the store's newsletters. Her current favorite game is VOID 1680 AM.