{"id":762270,"date":"2026-06-26T20:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/762270\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:21:30","slug":"the-big-summer-preview-new-plastic-custodians-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/762270\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Summer Preview \u2013 New Plastic Custodians Incoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Custodes Support Battle Group<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/box-oxsf7mapg6.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The new Custodes Support Battle Group box adds three elite units from different divisions of the Ten Thousand to your army, consisting of four Gyrfalcon Jetbikes, a Pallas Grav-attack, and a Telemon Heavy Dreadnought.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 And yes, you did see right. This is the first box branded with both the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy logos. Elite warriors like these transcend eras, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Telemon Heavy Dreadnought<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image1-wcqohqc2wu.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Telemon Heavy Dreadnoughts are some of the largest Dreadnoughts deployed by the Imperium \u2013 rivalling the massive Saturnine-pattern in size. They are also amongst the rarest, and each is said to include an armour plate fashioned by the Emperor\u2019s own hand. The weapons they carry are usually only seen on much larger tanks and war engines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image2-vtr1ucsyac.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This new multi-part plastic Telemon Dreadnought comes with its full complement of main weapons, each boasting an elaborate and tricky-to-spell name befitting the Emperor\u2019s guardians. You can choose from a Telemon caestus with twin neutronium cascade projector (for crushing foes in combat), an Arachnus storm cannon (for taking on all comers), an adrathic desolator (for slaying Terminators), and an Iliastus accelerator culverin (for obliterating Space Marines).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its finely wrought chassis has been upgraded with additional decorations befitting the greatest Custodian heroes, and it also mounts a powerful Spiculus missile launcher on its shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Gyrfalcon Jetbikes<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image3-c120s9gwji.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Agamatus Sodalities prize the Gyrfalcon-pattern jetbike for the immense power of its plasma-boosted engine, which allows the nimble craft to carry both a heavily armoured Custodian and a potent ranged weapon in the hull. So armed, these fast attack units screen the main Custodian force and strike at the enemy\u2019s flanks, simultaneously preventing encirclement and reaping a bloody toll on their battle lines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image4-q51qpm0wyo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Each of the four jetbikes included in the Support Battle Group box can be equipped with one of four (also elaborately-named) weapons \u2013 an adrathic devastator, a lastrum bolt cannon, a twin Corvae las-pulser, or a new Arachnus volley cannon \u2013 and can have the rider holding their power lance or leaving it stowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pallas Grav-attack<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image5-x83bbcwiq1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Based on the same grav-lift technology used by Coronus carriers and Caladius tanks, the Pallas Grav-attack is a blisteringly fast hunter-killer armed with weapons heavier than can be carried by jetbike Sodalities. This rapid strike vehicle can shred enemy armour with a twin Arachnus blaze cannon or blast elite warriors to bits with a twin Iliastus accelerator fusil \u2013 your pick of which nestles neatly under the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p>Rules for using all three of these units in games of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy can be found in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer.com\/shop\/horus-heresy-liber-custodes-2026-hb-eng?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=warhammer-community.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liber Custodes: The Forces of the Emperor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Journal Tactica: Prospero Burns \u2013 The Judgement of Valdor<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image6-wuygqt2dte.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest deployments of the Legio Custodes outside of the Siege of Terra, the attack on Prospero saw hundreds of Custodians descend upon the Thousand Sons\u2019 home world, led by Constantin Valdor himself. Their brutal assault on the city of Tizca and the Captain-General\u2019s battle against the influence of the warp are chronicled in this new Journal Tactica.<\/p>\n<p>This book contains extensive lore about the Legio Custodes and their deployments, alongside a new Cohort Doctrine, a new Legendary Mission, and rules for Adjutorum Sodalities \u2013 retinues of specialists to support your Shield Host.<\/p>\n<p>The book also contains a Daemons of Tzeentch army list that brings Screamers, Horrors, and more to the battlefields of the Age of Darkness.<\/p>\n<p>The new box and book will be coming up for pre-order later this year, so stay tuned for more info. In the meantime, head back to our reveals hub to see everything else we\u2019ve shown off in the Big Summer Preview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Custodes Support Battle Group The new Custodes Support Battle Group box adds three elite units from different divisions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-762270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}