If you were scrolling Warhammer Community today, these two posts made a pretty funny pair.
One is practical, because it explains how to slot the new Custodes into an existing Horus Heresy army. Meanwhile, the other is pure hobby detective work, with a blurry tease and a lot of room for wild guesses. Also, both pieces do a good job of feeding two very different hobby urges. So, one helps you build lists, while the other helps you argue in group chat.
How the New Custodians Work as Allies
The Custodes article is basically GW saying, “yes, you can bring these golden monsters without starting a whole new army,” but there are a few important catches. First, they are Loyalist only, which makes perfect sense, because the Legio Custodes were never going to go traitor for anybody. From there, the article explains that you add them through an Allied Detachment, which gives you room for a Shield Captain plus Custodian Guard and Sentinel Guard, while heavier toys like the Dreadnought and grav-tank normally compete for tighter slots.
However, the new Prefect Prime Advantage smooths that out nicely by giving a Shield Captain Officer of the Line (2) and an extra Wound, which opens more room for expansion. It also reminds you that Allied Detachments can only make up half your army’s points, and that matters here because Custodes are eye-wateringly expensive.
The “why bother” section is exactly what you would expect: these models hit like freight trains, tank return damage well thanks to Eternal Warrior (1), and become especially nasty in Challenges. Then the article shows off Gambits like Stone’s Aegis for extra toughness and World Serpent’s Bane for a single, brutal high-damage strike, which really sells them as elite melee bullies with some real narrative weight behind them.
The Rumour Engine Shows Off a Wrecked Statue, or Somebody Having a Very Bad Day
This week’s Rumour Engine is much more straightforward as a tease, even if the actual object is not. The article says broken statues are common across Warhammer settings, because invaders always seem to smash the decorative stuff first, and then it points to this image as something that looks like part of a shattered statue. However, it also floats the funnier option that it could be an unlucky boot-wearer getting hit by a laser blast at exactly the wrong moment. That is the whole charm of these posts, really. The image is just clear enough to start theories, but still vague enough that everyone can convince themselves they are right.
Summary
Overall, this is a nice split between useful rules guidance and classic speculation bait. Also, the Custodes article does a solid job of showing that allied golden demigods are practical, not just cool. Meanwhile, the Rumour Engine does what it always does best, which is make one odd detail feel like a week’s worth of arguments.
