Games Workshop Unveils 40k Custodes Codex and New Aquilon Terminators With T8, 6-Wound Stats
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Updated · Wargamer · Sep 18
Games Workshop Unveils 40k Custodes Codex and New Aquilon Terminators With T8, 6-Wound Stats
3 articles · Updated · Wargamer · Sep 18
Summary
Games Workshop used its Big Warhammer Autumn Preview to detail the next Warhammer 40k codex after Space Marines: Adeptus Custodes, alongside new plastic Aquilon Terminators replacing older resin kits.
Toughness and wound values are the headline change: basic Custodian Guard rise to T7 and 5W with a 2+/4++ save, while Aquilon Terminators reach T8 and 6W, reinforcing the faction's smaller, more elite army style.
Most existing 40k Custodes units will remain available, and all new Horus Heresy plastic kits will cross into 40k; Aquilons split into two 40k units by loadout, with gauntlets or talons plus firepikes or storm bolters.
A new Combat Patrol launches with the codex, packing 11 models including three Venatarii, six Custodian Guard, a Shield-Captain and a Dreadnought, though only about half the box is fielded at once in Combat Patrol games.
The reveal also ties into Horus Heresy support: Journal Tactica 'The Battle for the Signus Cluster: Assault on Kol' will add Aquilon rules there, plus Slaaneshi daemon and corrupted Solar Auxilia armies.