I've pre-ordered my first core box and a few extra goodies. And just in time too as GW just posted a road map for the new range.
https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... es-bright/
Model-wise there is more on the way that has been previewed.
-Heavy weapon packs
-Leviathan dreadnoughts
-Sicaran tanks
-Land Raider Proteus tanks (unofficial, but a new model has been spotted in the rule book art)
-Individual packs for the Spartan, Contemptor and Beakies from the launch box.
There are also rumours (or wishlisting) for:
-Predator, Vindicator and Whirlwind tanks
-Assault marines
-Breacher marines (marines with giant boarding shields)
They haven't specified about which models will be released or when, but they did clear up when some rules would be dropping. Unlike the initial release, I suspect everything else is likely to have the usual shipping delay issues, so don't take the dates as definites.
This month we have the core rules and the two army books for all loyalist and all traitor legions.
In August we get the army book for the Mechanicum, which also includes Knights and Titan Legios (and not those chibi versions some people currently use.
). I'm not expecting to see folks fielding reavers or warlords any time soon, but standard knights are useable in 30K. No word on whether or not the book will include a Dark Mechanicum army list or not. FW were supposedly working on one for years but it never got published. FW's mechanicum range is head and shoulders above the 40K ad-mech models, so I'm hoping we see some of it in plastic. Then again, I'm already remortgaging my house for my new Astartes minis...
Ahem, moving on, October sees the Liber Imperium, which is probably going to include Custodes, Sisters of Silence and Solar Auxilia (elite Imperial Army troops). Again, no info on any new minis for these ranges. 40K Custodes and Sisters are the same models as the 30K versions, but the 30K lists have a lot more toys to play with like hover-tanks and gigantic dreadnoughts.
Also on the way are free PDF's for unit entries that didn't make the cut for the army lists. These are units from 1st ed. that don't currently have, or never received a model. Fingers crossed it includes standard box-shaped dreadnoughts and baneblade chassis superheavies. We'll also get PDF's for Imperial Cults and Militia - a miniature agnostic list to build up chaotic cults or Imperial Army formations with a pick-and-mix set of special rules, and for Daemons of the Ruinstorm - another miniature agnostic list that allows you to field an army of warp spawn, tailored to your own diabolic needs. GW released some free rules and missions in the run up to 2nd ed. and these will be getting updated and expanded over time too.
To top it all off, there are free rules coming in White Dwarf (though WD is not free) for Zone Mortalis, a more skirmishy set of rules focused on boarding actions and special operations. ZM is larger than Kill Team, but smaller than a normal 30K game.