The Custodes Pre-Order are this week’s headline, release and GW knows it. However, the rest of the pre-order wave is not filler.
The Custodes Launch Is the Main Event
The big draw is the Legio Custodes Battle Group, which bundles the new range into one launch box. It packs a Shield Captain, six Custodian Guard, six Sentinel Guard, a Contemptor-Achillus that can also build as a Galatus, and a Caladius Annihilator grav-tank with weapon choices.
Also, it includes two transfer sheets, and GW says the launch box is limited, while the separate kits will come later.
Alongside that, Liber Custodes: The Forces of the Emperor lands as the faction book, with lore, army rules, and profiles for the Legio Custodes, Anathema Psykana, and Divisio Assassinorum. Better still, it supports full Custodes armies and smaller allied contingents, which is exactly the kind of flexibility Horus Heresy players love.
The Rest of the Preview Has Plenty of Bite
The Heresy side also gets the Glaive, a Fellblade-chassis super-heavy built around a brutal volkite carronade, plus sponson options for lascannons, laser destroyers, or heavy bolters.
Then Journal Tactica: Mailed Fist arrives with lore, new unit profiles, and Leviathan Missions for huge asymmetrical armored battles.
On the hobby side, GW is also pushing a beginner Warhammer Colour Tools Set, a 20-die Warhammer Dice Set, and a simpler new Painting Handle, while confirming the older spring-loaded handle stays in the range.
