Fortify your position (then blow it up): new Defenses are ready for war

Time to load the powder kegs and light the fire pits. The Cryx and Warmachine Defenses Sets are here rigged to deploy and ready to mess up your opponent’s plans.

Whether you're commanding the Cryx Necrofactorium or just want to control the board with something a little less grim (but just as deadly), your battlefield is about to get a tactical upgrade.

These defensive elements are designed to turn any battlefield into a fortified bulwark or a Cryxian hellscape. Suited to both the Iron Kingdoms and Cryx, they’re cruel, cunning, and utterly spiky.

Tools of destruction (and denial)

The Warmachine Defenses Set comes with six sculpts of brutal brilliance. Barricades, traps, and tactical nastiness sculpted in glorious detail to elevate your tabletop — or at least terrify your opponent. You’ve got spiked traps, steel-braced fire pits, and a powder keg that’s just begging to go boom.

Here’s what you get:

• 1x Powder Keg
  

• 1x Fire Pit
  

• 3x Defense Walls
  

• 1x Spike Trap

Each piece is functional terrain that punishes movement, shapes engagements, and forces decisions before dice even hit the table.

Fabrications of the Necrofactorium

The Cryx Defenses Set brings a heavy dose of chrome pain from the Scharde Islands. It’s perfect if you’re running Cryx or leaning into that industrial necromantic style. For the full effect, pair it with the Necrofactorium Core Expansion and complete the nightmare.

Tactical terrain that bites back

The Fire Pit strips away stealth and applies the fire continuous effect to anything foolish enough to wander nearby. It’s perfect for exposing hidden units, or just watching them burn.

Defense Walls slow anything without flight or pathfinder and provide cover for your own forces. Simple, brutal, and annoyingly effective.

The Powder Keg is your new favourite “accident.” A critical hit or a wayward throw can detonate it in a juicy POW 15 blast. Chain reactions welcome.

And don’t forget the Spike Trap, which delivers POW 10 damage rolls to enemies who get too close. It’s harmless to your units but a painful surprise for theirs.

Take control before turn one

These defense sets aren’t just for show. In-game, they are placed after terrain and objectives, giving you the power to create choke points, deny flanks, or build a bunker around your key models.

It’s early-game control with late-game consequences. And if you’re bringing a defensive unit like the Old Umbrey Liegeman Wardens or Ursine Shifted from the new Old Umbrey Auxiliary Expansion these sets complement your defense beautifully.

Ready to reshape the battlefield?

Cryx and Warmachine Defenses Sets are shipping now and available to order direct from the Steamforged store.

Dig in and hunker down with your Defenses Sets today and let the terrain do the talking.