The first of the new Legio Custodes arrived in their glorious Battle Group boxed set a few weeks ago. Now, those units are getting standalone releases alongside extra reinforcements, including the airborne Venatari and more grav-vehicles.*
Shield Captain
Shield Captains are gifted leaders and powerful warriors, unmatched by all but the very greatest of enemy champions. Armed with an eternity blade and praesidium shield, this miniature can be used to represent either a Shield Captain or Tribune on the tabletop, and comes with a choice of two heads – bare or helmeted.
Custodian Guard Sodality
The most common formations in the Legio Custodes are the ranks of Custodian Guard, who brush aside lesser beings with great sweeps of their legendary guardian spears. This kit builds six Custodian Guard, of which one can be honoured with the responsibility of carrying a magisterium vexilla, and includes 12 helmeted and 11 unhelmeted heads for you to customise your chosen warriors of the Emperor.
Sentinel Guard Sodality
Sentinel Guard trade their guardian spears for nimble sentinel warblades and heavy praesidium shields, making them some of the finest defensive troops in the Imperium. This squad of six Sentinels includes seven unhelmeted heads, six helmeted heads with interchangeable plumes, and six unique shields that are interchangeable across your elite infantry.
Venatari Sodality
Dive into combat with an awe-inspiring squad of winged Venatari – elite jump pack troops. This kit makes six miniatures that can be run as one large unit or two squads of three, and each Venatari can be armed for ranged combat with a powerful kinetic destroyer, paired with a tarsus buckler, or for melee with a vicious verutum lance.
You can easily customise your airborne hunters with different wing designs, shoulder pads, and head options. They can also be equipped with the new neutronium cascade mine – a terrifyingly powerful weapon that can vapourise the internal systems of vehicles when it detonates.
Custodian Dreadnought
It’s rare for a Custodian to receive injuries that neither heal in full nor kill them outright, but when one does, they’re interred in the mighty metallic form of a specialised Dreadnought. This kit builds two variants: the Contemptor-Achillus – armed with a spear and lastrum storm bolter, infernus incinerator, or an Adrathic combi-destructor mounted on each arm – or the sword-wielding Contemptor-Galatus. Both variants are highly poseable and come with multiple cosmetic options.
Coronus Grav-carrier
It takes a transport of prodigious size to carry the massive armoured forms of the Legio Custodes across the battlefield, which is where the Coronus Grav-carrier comes in. Its swift, sleek, and well-armoured body can transport a full six-person Sodality and an attached officer, while providing fire support with a twin Arachnus blaze cannon and either a twin lastrum bolt cannon or a twin neutronium cascade projector.
Caladius Grav-tank
As powerful as they are, Custodians can’t be expected to tackle every Traitor and monstrous daemon themselves – which is why they maintain a sizable motor pool of advanced and powerful tanks. The Caladius is one such armoured vehicle, skimming over the ground on high-tech hover plates while leaving enemy transports as smoking hulls and infantry little more than red smears thanks to its turret-mounted twin Iliastus accelerator cannon. It can augment this firepower with either a twin lastrum bolt cannon or a twin neutronium cascade projector.
Caladius Annihilator Grav-tank
The Annihilator variant of the Caladius grav-tank swaps out the twin Iliastus accelerator cannon with a twin Arachnus blaze carronade. In concentrated fire mode, you can blast holes in heavily armoured enemy tanks, while the AP3 burst fire mode melts through power armour. As with its sister Caladius kit, you have a choice of mounting a twin lastrum bolt cannon or a twin neutronium cascade projector on the front of the hull.
Rules for all of these miniatures can be found in the Liber Custodes: The Forces of the Emperor Army Book, and now might also be a good time to stock up on Retributor Armour.**
Zardu Layak: The Crimson Apostle
Zardu Layak was always destined for greatness, but before the Word Bearer could face his destiny on Terra, he had to contend with echoes from his past. Guided by visions from his father, Lorgar, he headed to Helwain to seek the legendary Anakatis blades. Follow him on his quest as he comes face-to-face with the question, what if the truth is just another lie?
Zardu Layak: The Crimson Apostle by Rich McCormick will be up for pre-order in regular hardback, eBook, and mp3 audiobook formats, as well as a glorious Special Edition – which is signed by the author and features gold foil details on the front, spine, and page edges, plus a dark red ribbon page marker.
This week on Warhammer+, How We Roll sits down with the Warhammer Studio for a fascinating look at how factions are expanded when designers want to add cool new miniatures and accompanying lore to an existing collection. Using the arrival of Aethon Shaan as Chapter Master of the Raven Guard – when Kayvaan Shrike already held that position – as an example, they chat about breathing new life into beloved factions while still keeping them true to their identity.
Meanwhile, Deep Strike talks to our friends at Wētā Workshop about the incredible Warhammer statues they sculpt, while Warhammer Colour Masterclass covers a cold take on white armour, as you might find on some especially clean and pristine miniatures. And we can’t forget, two new issues of White Dwarf come to the Warhammer Vault – 509 and 510, looking at an Imperial Knights conflict and the noble warriors of Rohan, respectively.
Here at Warhammer Community, we’re continuing our dip into the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, starting with a miniature reveal tomorrow! Make sure you check back throughout the week to see what we’re sharing.
* All of the Legio Custodes pre-orders will unfortunately be delayed in Japan.
** Get inspiration for painting your new Legio Custodes miniatures gold, black, white, and a whole host of other colours.
