Warhammer 40000 40th Anniversary 1987-2027 Advent Calendar

When Games Workshop published Rick Priestley’s original Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader rulebook in October 1987, tabletop hobbyists met a grimdark sci-fi setting defined by ceramite power armor, orbital cathedral warships, and eternal conflict across the 41st Millennium. Spanning the forty-year milestone from 1987 to 2027, the Warhammer 40000 40th Anniversary 1987-2027 Advent Calendar brings that four-decade legacy into the December holiday season. Rather than offering disposable paper trinkets, this 24-day countdown calendar pairs a rigid paperboard collector box with 24 three-dimensional molded miniature hanging ornaments covering the iconic chapters, warmachines, and rival factions of the tabletop universe.

The outer presentation is built around a rigid paperboard exterior finished with a custom full-wrap print worthy of permanent hobby-shelf display. Across the front cover, a cobalt-blue Ultramarine grips a bolter in the foreground while orbital strike cruisers trade fire above besieged gothic hive-city spires, flanked by crimson Imperial banners bearing the double-headed Aquila and a gold diamond plaque inscribed 40th ANNIVERSARY 1987 – 2027. Opening the individually numbered daily boxes turns each December morning into a tactile lore reveal for tabletop commanders, miniature painters, and Black Library readers.

Imperium, Chaos, and Xenos Across 24 Sculpted Compartments

Across the 24 compartments, the sculptural lineup balances the military might of the Imperium of Man against the Ruinous Powers of Chaos and ancient Xenos threats. The Adeptus Astartes are anchored by four full-body Space Marine miniatures in distinct chapter heraldry—an Ultramarine in cobalt blue, a Blood Angel in deep crimson, a Black Templar wearing a bone-white tabard marked with the Maltese cross, and a hooded Dark Angel holding a power sword—paired with four matching Mark VII Aquila helmets for each chapter. Commanding the Imperial ranks is a golden-armored God-Emperor figure crowned by an iron halo with a blazing sword, supported by a blue Ultramarines Castraferrum Dreadnought walker, a red-and-bone Imperial walker, a gothic Imperial Navy battlecruiser on a display stand, and a dark gothic cathedral fortress.

Opposing the Imperium are five sculpted Chaos representatives—a horned Black Legion warlord in black-and-gold trim, a crimson Khorne warrior with a chainaxe, a corroded olive-green Nurgle Plague Marine carrying a rusted cleaver and brass bell, an indigo Tzeentch bird-masked sorcerer wielding blue warp flame, and a horned lavender Slaanesh Daemonette—alongside the eight-pointed Star of Chaos. Rounding out the 24 keepsakes are two Xenos adversaries—a green-skinned Ork Boy gripping a heavy choppa and a skeletal silver Necron Warrior with glowing green optic eyes and a gauss staff—plus three ceremonial relics: a double-headed gold Imperial Aquila, a parchment Purity Seal stamped with a red skull wax seal, and a bronze-toned laurel anniversary medallion. Fitted with top brass-toned eyelet loops and flat-bottomed stances, the 24 pre-painted figures move cleanly from pine needles during Christmas countdown week to a year-round display beside your painting wet palette.