This Sunday Preview is short, though it has a very clear job to do. It takes the recent Legio Custodes Battle Group launch and turns that momentum into a full second wave of standalone releases.
Moreover, it does not just split the boxed set apart. Instead, it adds the units that make the force feel complete, especially if you want your Custodes to look like a true elite Talons of the Emperor spearhead rather than a handful of gold-armoured bruisers. So, if you liked the first reveal, this follow-up feels like the point where the army really starts to breathe.
The Golden Host Expands
The article opens by confirming that the first new Legio Custodes kits from the Battle Group box are now coming separately, and that they are joined by major reinforcements such as Venatari and more grav-vehicles. From there, the preview walks through the range in a very tidy way. The Shield Captain kit can represent either a Shield Captain or Tribune, which is a smart choice because Custodes characters always feel more impressive when they can pull double duty.
Meanwhile, the Custodian Guard Sodality and Sentinel Guard Sodality give the army its expected core of spear-armed line breakers and shielded defensive elites, with plenty of head and shield options for customization.
However, the real eye-catchers are the winged Venatari, who can be built for ranged combat with kinetic destroyers and tarsus bucklers or for melee with verutum lances, and they also get the new neutronium cascade mine for anti-vehicle devastation. The heavier support is just as strong.
The Custodian Dreadnought builds either the Contemptor-Achillus or Contemptor-Galatus, while the Coronus Grav-carrier transports a full six-person Sodality plus an attached officer and still brings serious guns.
Then the Caladius Grav-tank and Caladius Annihilator round the release out with anti-infantry and anti-armour firepower respectively, giving the army the sleek hover-tank punch Custodes really need.
The article also folds in the Black Library novel Zardu Layak: The Crimson Apostle and a week of Warhammer+ content, so the pre-order slate feels broader than just one faction drop.
Final Thoughts
Overall, this preview works because it gives the Custodes range its proper shape. You get leaders, line troops, jump infantry, dreadnoughts, transports, and battle tanks, which is exactly what an elite Horus Heresy force needs to feel real on the table. Moreover, the kits sound flexible enough to keep hobbyists busy, while the grav-vehicles especially give the army that unmistakable high-tech Imperial grandeur.
