Warhammer reveals plastic Custodes battle group for 40,000 and Horus Heresy

Warhammer Community used its Big Summer Preview on June 26 to unveil the Custodes Support Battle Group, a first for Games Workshop and the clearest sign yet that the Ten Thousand are moving out of resin and into a more painter-friendly plastic range. The box is the first ever to carry both the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy logos, and it bundles four Gyrfalcon Jetbikes, one Pallas Grav-attack and one Telemon Heavy Dreadnought into a single elite force.

For painters, the Telemon is the immediate draw. Warhammer Community describes Telemon Heavy Dreadnoughts as among the largest Dreadnoughts in the Imperium, rivaling the Saturnine-pattern in size, and says each one is said to include an armour plate fashioned by the Emperor’s own hand. That kind of heritage-heavy detail is exactly what turns a centerpiece model into a display project: broad armour panels, deep recesses for shading, plenty of gold trim, and enough mechanical mass to reward careful edge highlights and controlled weathering. The kit’s weapon spread, including a Telemon caestus with twin neutronium cascade projector, an Arachnus storm cannon, an adrathic desolator, an Iliastus accelerator culverin and a Spiculus missile launcher, gives the build real variation before a brush even touches it.

The smaller kits matter just as much. The Gyrfalcon Jetbikes can be built with the rider holding a power lance or leaving it stowed, and each can take one of four named weapons. The Pallas Grav-attack adds a lower, sleeker silhouette that contrasts sharply with the Dreadnought and bikes, which makes the box unusually useful for anyone who wants a full Custodes spearhead with different shapes, heights and surface textures on the same shelf. That variety should also make the army easier to paint as a coherent force, with repeated gold and ivory schemes broken up by speedlines, canopy areas and exposed machinery.

The release also fits a longer shift in the faction’s range. Warhammer previously flagged the Talons of the Emperor as a notable absence from the Horus Heresy launch lineup, then showed new Legio Custodes plastic kits in a New Year Preview video on January 16, 2026. A March pre-order wave followed with a Legio Custodes Battle Group that included infantry, a Dreadnought and a Caladius Annihilator grav-tank. The new dual-logo box now extends that push to support units that were previously identified as resin kits, including the Gyrfalcon Pattern Jetbike and Pallas Grav-attack.

For hobbyists, the practical gain is simple: the Custodes finally get a cross-era plastic package built for painting, conversion and display without the friction of older resin legacy kits. That makes the new box feel less like a stopgap and more like a proper workbench anchor for both 40,000 and Horus Heresy armies.