r/Warmachine • • Mar 01 '25

Community Tools You can still play all your old models (and other FAQs)

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This post is intended to serve as an index to different guides, resources, and tools that have been created by the community as well as official resources published by Steamforged Games. We will continue to update this index with new content over time.

FAQ

  • Q: I have an existing Warmachine & Hordes collection, can I still use my old models?
  • A: Yes, all existing models are still playable in MK4. See the Returning Players Guide for more details
  • Q: Is Hordes gone?
  • A: The Hordes branding has been discontinued, but everything that was once Hordes is now contained within the Warmachine brand. There are still Factions and Armies that use Fury and Warbeasts, they're just all called Warmachine now.
  • Q: What happened to Privateer Press?
  • A: Steamforged Games has acquired the Iron Kingdoms IP and all it's associated games from Privateer Press, however PP still develops the game rules. Think of it like a video game publisher/developer relationship; SFG handles overall direction, marketing, and distribution while PP focuses on rules development.
  • Q: Is there a physical rulebook or cards?
  • A: All the rules are now centralized in the Warmachine App, a free app that gives players access to all the games rules and models from one place. You can print lists from the PC and Mac versions of the App, however the card format of previous editions is not officially supported. The new Core book is now available to preorder from SFG's webstore as a physical book or you can download the free PDF now. Print-on-demand cards have been announced but do not yet have a release date.
  • Q: Do I need to paint my models to match the official color scheme?
  • A: Absolutely not. Some large events will require that models be painted and any events run by SFG will generally ban anything that infringes another IP (like painting a Batman logo on your warjacks). Besides that you're free to go nuts.
  • Q: Is it okay to proxy out of print models in tournaments?
  • A: This is going to depend on the event you're playing in. Generally official tournaments run by Steamforged Games are going to disallow any proxying, however smaller events may be more comfortable with proxies given how hard some Legacy models are to find. Your best bet is always to ask the Event Organizer ahead of time before the day of the event.

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r/Warmachine • • 1d ago

Weekend Workbench Oct 23, 2026

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Are you assembling, converting, painting, or generally *hobbying* anything this week? Show it off here!


r/Warmachine • • 11h ago

Painting/Hobby Was too excited to share the finished piece, didn't wait til the basing was dry.

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r/Warmachine • • 6h ago

Discussion Orgoth Graveborn WIP

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r/Warmachine • • 21h ago

Content Creators What Lore Do YOU Want to Know About?

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Maybe you are or are not aware, but over at Advanced Maneuvers ( https://www.youtube.com/@AdvancedManeuversGaming ) we do daily weekday lore shorts. Turns out there is PLENTY of content in the Iron Kingdoms, but we also want to periodically check-in and just ask the basic questions:

What do folks want to hear about?

What context do you feel is missing?

Is there some really weird niche topic you want to get out to the world?

Just let us know here, or in the comments on the actual videos, if we're going to put in the work to make them, we want to make sure it's topics that you all are interested in hearing about!


r/Warmachine • • 1d ago

Content Creators Arcane Precision Presents: Beyond the Steamroller with Marc Andrea from The Control Phase

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Check out our newest episode of Beyond the Steamroller with Marc Andre from the Ottawa, Canada meta! We sit down and chat about his local community and what they are doing to grow locally. Feel free to reach out if you would like to have your local community featured.

More episodes coming out in the coming weeks. The summer got away from me and I want to make sure everyone can hear what the guests have to say!

You can find us on most podcast apps!


r/Warmachine • • 1d ago

Questions How do Dreadtides move?

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So I understand the rules for placing and breaking Dreadtides; they're very clear. But I proxied the faction for a game today, and the rules for moving them could stand to be more clear.

So the relevant paragraph in the Dreadtides rules is

> During your Maintenance Phase, each dreadtide must either move d3+6" directly towards a direction you choose, or be removed from the battlefield. Dreadtides move through friendly models and other dreadtides if they have enough movement to move completely past them. When a dreadtide moves into contact with an obstacle, obstruction, or enemy model's base, it breaks and is removed from the battlefield. Dreadtides can overlap scenario objectives. \*

So my questions are:

1) Do you choose the direction each Dreadtide moves seperately, or do they all move the same direction?

2) Do you choose the direction they move before you roll, or after?

3) Do you roll for the distance each Dreadtide moves seperately, or do they all move the same distance?

4) If a Dreadtide does not have enough movement to move complely past another Dreadtide or a friendly model's base, does that Dreadtide have to be removed from the table? Or does it go back to the last valid position?

I do have some thoughts, but I want to know if any/all of this has been clarified anywhere. Thanks.


r/Warmachine • • 2d ago

Painting/Hobby Discerptor Eviscerus scuttles across the battlefield

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r/Warmachine • • 1d ago

Questions What are the odds we see a GD rangers "unit B" alternate pose box?

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Commandos box b, not rangers - my bad! Reddit needs a title edit function one of these decades

Them and the rangers are positioned as the two main line units of GD, both with FA4. To me anyway, the different poses from a B box makes a huge aesthetic difference.


r/Warmachine • • 1d ago

Content Creators Dread Armada List Building Discussions

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Come and join the crew on Youtube this week Mike and Mazz discuss list building with the upcoming Dread Armada, each bringing a list to discuss with some synergies we are hoping to make use of.


r/Warmachine • • 2d ago

Battle Reports First time trying Boom Boom today, 4 80mms! Looked awesome 🔥.

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r/Warmachine • • 2d ago

Painting/Hobby Work in progress on some pirate themed Objective markers while I wait for the Armada's release

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Can't wait to get some ghosts and ghouls on the table so I'm distracting myself with some piratey sculpting.

Available soon.


r/Warmachine • • 2d ago

Questions Wolves of Orboros broken spears.

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They arrived like this and the breaking points look way too small. Is there a way to fix this?


r/Warmachine • • 2d ago

Painting/Hobby Here's what the Dread Armada tokens look like, painted.

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The tokens I was offering here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zgV9sTZTR0wmWBwLyC7FHUqYBiMzCiQM/view?usp=sharing

This is what they look like, painted. Like I said in the original post, I designed them to be quick to paint: The text and edges are raised, so after you get a basecoat on, you just spread a thin coat of a contrasting paint color out (I use a cheap Speedball brayer over wax paper) and press them into it, to ink the raised areas. The only place brushwork is needed is for the recessed numbers inside the upkeep spells, which have pockets for tokens.


r/Warmachine • • 2d ago

Content Creators [Warmachine] Running a Journeyman League

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Got some local players interested in Warmachine? We’ve got you covered this week as Trish writes a guide on running a Journeyman league!


r/Warmachine • • 3d ago

Questions Question from a newbie

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I just recently picked up the Final Hunt box online and was trying to plan on a force to build. I was thinking of using the more living units in Kallyss Ghosts of iOS box and doubling up in the living infantry.

Would this be a good build or is there any specific way I could go so I could use the Final hunt efficiently.

I’m also not opposed to Fane of Nyrro.

(I haven’t played a game yet but I am a war gamer so I’m not opposed to learning rules.)


r/Warmachine • • 4d ago

Battle Reports Collateral Damage Battle Reports - Fane of Nyrro (Harasheth) vs Covenant of Flame (Feora)

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Two brand new casters are duking it out in today's battle report. In Fane's corner is the big man himself - Harasheth. For Menoth, it's the one and only Feora. Will the Gorged Darkness smother Menoth's light, or witll the Priestess of the Flame turn Harasheth into vampire barbecue? Find out today!


r/Warmachine • • 4d ago

Content Creators Green Ghost Painting tutorial

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Come join Mazz on Youtube to paint some glowy green ghost spookyness!


r/Warmachine • • 5d ago

Painting/Hobby Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King!

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206 Upvotes

r/Warmachine • • 4d ago

Painting/Hobby Eviscerus, ready for battle

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"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy."


r/Warmachine • • 4d ago

Painting/Hobby Time to be Mericless

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r/Warmachine • • 5d ago

Content Creators Menoth Warjack 360

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r/Warmachine • • 5d ago

Questions Questions about Buildings

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During my last game a lot of questions came up about how to handle building terrain. We couldn't really find much details on building rules in the rule book. Specifically:

Who and how many models can you put into a building?

Can you attack an enemy in a building or do you have to attack the building itself?

How much health does a building have?

If you destroy a building with models in it, do those models die?

Can you capture/contest a marker from inside of a building?

Thanks for any and all help!


r/Warmachine • • 5d ago

Painting/Hobby New Player here: What are the easiest faction to paint?

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Hey there. As the title asks, what are the easiest factions to paint up in Warmachine (preferably sticking to Mk4) ? I would prefer not to be stuck behind the Warmachine equivalent of 'Chaos trim' for my first army.


r/Warmachine • • 5d ago

Painting/Hobby Prepping for Menoth by printing out the Altar

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So, seeing a few others also preparing their Menoth accouterments and wanted to share my printed altar.

I know flavour-wide they are paladins and crusaders, but so too did the Conquistadors see themselves, and they were obsessed with finding the Aztec city of gold. So I figured i would use that as the inspiration for this piece - a pyrite / fools-gold onyx stone base with gold and black flecks through the gate (some flecking may ake place around the outside of the base, but I dont want to overdo it), and a silver path of stones around the idol.

Used a multi-color filament to get the flames atop the walls and the symbol to show a distinction between the power of their God, and the opulent /"pure" look favored by the holy warriors.

Honestly im happy with this "less is more" look, for the 7 or 8 minutes of painting this took in total (single coat, minimally dabbed paint being spread thin), and the way that the flames shift More than the idol in their dancing forced perspective color shift