Since it's founding by the warrior-god Sigmar, The Empire has endured terrible invasions, devastating plagues and civil war. For two and a half thousand years it has survived amidst bloodshed and turmoil thanks to the bravery and discipline of its armies.

This book contains all the rules for your Empire army as well as a full history and background for the Empire.

This Warhammer 25th Special Army set contains: Luthor Huss mounted, 30 Flagellants, 20 Free Company/Militia, 5 Outriders, 1 Helblaster Volley Gun and 1 Cannon.

For over two thousand years the mighty Empire of Men has kept marauding Orcs and the dark forces of Chaos from overrunning the Old World. This new set contains everything to start an awesome Empire army and gives maximum flexibility as nearly every plastic sprue allows you to customise your army. This boxed set is a great starting point for an Empire army, it includes 10 Empire Hand Gunners (can be built as Crossbowmen), 10 Empire State Troops, 5 Pistoliers (can be built as Outriders), 8 Knights and a Great Cannon (can be built as a Mortar).

The Imperial Gunnery School at Nuln is the biggest cannon foundry in the world. It is here where the Great Cannons of the Empire are made. Mortars are shorter, heavier weapons than cannons, designed to lob an explosive shell high into the airso that it drops down onto the target. Each box contains a single Empire warmachine with three crew. You have the option of modeling either a Cannon or a Mortar.

When war threatens, bands of crazed Flagellants instinctively gravitate towards battlefields, appearing unannounced and charging headlong towards the enemy without fear or hesitation. Flagellants fight in a crazed frenzy, driven insane by the horrors the world has inficted upon them and desperate for their pain to end. This box set contains 10 Flagellants.

To command an army requires the courage to send soldiers to what may be their deaths without doubt or hesitation. The armies of the Empire are led by warriors who have been trained to direct their forces as effortlessly as a swordsman wields a blade.

This amazing boxed set enables you to make one mounted Empire Hero and one Empire Hero on foot, including a variety of weapons and even an Army Standard banner to form a rallying point for your troops.

The Empire army employs several black-powder weapons in its arsenal, including the Helblaster Volley Gun and the Helstorm Rocket Battery. The Helblaster Volley Gun is one of the most infamous black-powder weapons ever invented, its devastating firepower able to tear apart an entire regiment in one thunderous volley. When the rockets of a Helstorm Rocket Battery do manage to land on target the results are devestating, with entire regiments blown apart by an earth-shaking cascade of shrieking, explosive rockets. This box set contains one Empire Volley Gun (which can be constructed as a Rocket Battery) and three crew members.

The sons of the Empire’s nobility often choose to join one of the select brotherhoods of Knightly Orders. There are many such brotherhoods throughout the Empire. Some select their members from the local nobility others only allow members who are worshippers of a particular god. The Knightly Orders are very powerful and only the strongest warriors stand a chance of surviving their charge. Each box set contains 8 multi-part plastic Knights and their warhorses.

Broadly referred to as 'irregular troops', militia units are called up as required, and none can foretell how many men will turn up. These troops receive no formal training or discipline and have to equip themselves at their own expense. For many it is a way to earn some much needed extra gold crowns. The box set includes 20 multi-part plastic figures.

In battle, Pistoliers act as light cavalry who gallop around the enemy flanks, disrupting formations and launching devastating hit-and-run attacks with their pistols blazing. Most of the young men who survive their time in the Pistoliers go on to join a Knightly Order, but a select few go on to become Outriders and wield the deadly repeater handguns. This boxed set contains 5 Pistoliers which can alternatively be built as Outriders.

Empire armies often include large numbers of missile troops, armed with either Handguns or Crossbows. These troops support the larger infantry units as either detatchments or in larger units that form part of the battle line. This boxed set contains 10 Empire State soldiers armed with either crossbows or handguns, included are options for a standard bearer, musician and a champion.

State troops form the mainstay of the Empire's armies. As well as forming a standing army, state troops serve as city guards and enforcers of all local laws. They may be armed in a variety of ways although the most common is either halberd, sword or spear. This boxed set contains 10 Empire State Troops and can be armed with spears, halberds or swords, in addition they come with a standard bearer, musician and champion.

The Empire army employs several black-powder weapons in its arsenal, including the Helblaster Volley Gun and the Helstorm Rocket Battery. The Helblaster Volley Gun is one of the most infamous black-powder weapons ever invented, its devastating firepower able to tear apart an entire regiment in one thunderous volley. When the rockets of a Helstorm Rocket Battery do manage to land on target the results are devestating, with entire regiments blown apart by an earth-shaking cascade of shrieking, explosive rockets. This box set contains one Empire Volley Gun (which can be constructed as a Rocket Battery) and three crew members.

Wizards are strange figures who wield awesome magical powers and are privy to secrets, usually beyond the ken of ordinary folk. Trained at the Colleges of Magic for many years, arcane power courses through their viens and lurks behind their eyes like the thunder before a storm. This plastic box set enables you to make two wizards from the following Colleges: Celestial, Gold, Light, Amethyst and Bright (not pictured).

The Emperor Karl Franz is said to be the greatest statesman in the Old World. He is acclaimed as a patron of the arts and science, as a military innovator, and a valiant warrior. Thanks to his efforts, the Empire has flourished during his reign . The Imperial Engineers' School has grown, the colleges of magic have thrived, and the army has marched from victory to victory. This Box contains one complete figure.