Forgeworld 2019 News & Rumours-BA Dawnbreakers Pg 163

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**zedmeister**

changemod wrote:
zamerion wrote:
tomorrow preorders

I’m baffled as to why they weren’t event previewed then, but okay.

Suspect they've brought these forward due to the slip up earlier!

**Crimson**

It is crazy how much better the Custodes look without their silly pointy hats.

**Cephalobeard**

Super curious what their rules are.

**changemod**

Cephalobeard wrote:
Super curious what their rules are.

Especially their oddly small for a 40k weapon punching dagger/buckler thing.

**warboss**

Spoiler:

Well... I suppose that is the first custodian unit that I actually don't like (Valdor taking the honor of the first custodian model though!). Pass. It's a little too birdmen from that 80's Flash Gordon movie for me personally and I suspect that was the original inspiration for this. YMMV.

**Yodhrin**

Yeah, same. I don't get why they apparently forgot to put half their armour on - if the Imperium can make jump packs capable of lifting the ridiculous lunks from the Primaris range, you think they'd be able to manage something for their super-duper-leet bodyguard guys.

**Tannhauser42**

Yodhrin wrote:
Yeah, same. I don't get why they apparently forgot to put half their armour on - if the Imperium can make jump packs capable of lifting the ridiculous lunks from the Primaris range, you think they'd be able to manage something for their super-duper-leet bodyguard guys.

Next week, we'll get the bare-chested Custodes from the old artwork.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Do you think they'll be jump packs or maybe more flight capable than that?

**Theophony**

Wonder what they look like top down as I can make out a eagle head on the backpack and looks like lightning bolt design on the wing feathers.

**Haighus**

Those monstrous pistols are awesome! Look nearly as big as Goliath stubcannons

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Do you think they'll be jump packs or maybe more flight capable than that?

Look much more like jet packs to me- they appear to be hovering rather than leaping!

**Rayvon**

First custodes I am not a fan of really, I wonder how long until someone does one with a big black beard !

**Nurglitch**

Maybe they'd look better if they weren't smeared with verdigris.

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beast_gts wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Durandal wrote:
However, I always assumed the mole would be better sculpted as bursting out of the ground, rather then on the launcher. Why would you drive your Drill 100 yards from where you want it to emerge as a surprise?
That's a really good point. Why would that thing ever be on the front lines?

Not every game has to be a pitched battle on the front lines. It might have been ambushed before it could deploy, or caught up in a raid at it's HQ...

There's a great bit in Starship Troopers about how they're taught close combat because they're used to kill the enemy before the enemy can push the big red button of doom.

**Crimson**

warboss wrote:
It's a little too birdmen from that 80's Flash Gordon movie

You say that like it's a bad thing!

**gorgon**

changemod wrote:
zamerion wrote:
tomorrow preorders

I’m baffled as to why they weren’t event previewed then, but okay.

As I've said before, it's best to think of them as 2 guys operating out of a garage, throwing darts at a board.

I'm definitely interested in flying custodes.

Talons of the Emperor soon, I hope? I've been losing faith that it's happening at all.

**Brutus_Apex**

These models are just absolutely amazing in every way. Good lord I love these things.

I just hope there’s an option to have all close combat. I don’t need no janky pistols in my army.

**Bobthehero**

Has there been a word about when FW will bring back Dkok Grenadiers?

**aka_mythos**

gorgon wrote:
changemod wrote:
zamerion wrote:
tomorrow preorders

I’m baffled as to why they weren’t event previewed then, but okay.

As I've said before, it's best to think of them as 2 guys operating out of a garage, throwing darts at a board.

I'm definitely interested in flying custodes. Talons of the Emperor soon, I hope? I've been losing faith that it's happening at all.

They've said before they don't like previewing everything because they want to surprise people from time to time.

**Galas**

Crimson wrote:
It is crazy how much better the Custodes look without their silly pointy hats.

You couldn't be more wrong!
But I agree, this ones would look very cool with a smaller winged helmet similar to the Saggitarius ones.

**Dudeface**

Now it's odd for a random custodes unit out of the blue, bringing me hope that maybe the talons book isn't as dead as assumed?

**Not-not-kenny**

They're really cool models, I especially like the guns, but was (relatively) lightly armoured jump troops really something Custodes needed or makes sense for to have even?

**H.B.M.C.**

Nothing about these screams "Custodes" to me.

And I invented the Venatorii first.

**Haighus**

Not-not-kenny wrote:
They're really cool models, I especially like the guns, but was (relatively) lightly armoured jump troops really something Custodes needed or makes sense for to have even?

"Relatively"- probably still at least a 3+

I reckon they will be incredibly agile- those jetpacks look very manouevrable.

Custodes spend a not-inconsiderable amount of time sneaking around in stealth bodysuits, so I think they are totally at home fighting in lighter, more agile armour.

**Crimson**

They're still way more heavily armoured than the traditional Custodes.

**Haighus**

Crimson wrote:
They're still way more heavily armoured than the traditional Custodes.

Do you mean the old artwork?

If you look closely at these new models, they have no plating over their thighs and upper arms, so they do seem to be remarkably lightweight compared to other Custodes models. Almost like the Custodes version of Scout armour.

**Crimson**

Haighus wrote:

Do you mean the old artwork?

Yes. Though there were models too.

**Haighus**

Crimson wrote:
Haighus wrote:

Do you mean the old artwork?

Yes. Though there were models too.

My immediate reaction was "Why is a human standing next to some Eldar?"

Excellent. I have to say, I am rather glad they have moved away from what can only be described as a gladiator aesthetic.

**highlord tamburlaine**

The Vertus Praetors had lighter armor too in case anyone hadn't noticed.

That's not that surprising that there's Custodes with lighter armor, outside of the Jojo Pillar Men.

**Ferrum_Sanguinis**

Not a fan of the bald heads or the color scheme, hope the rules are good. Or ever better, hope GW releases a better plastic model like they did for the FW Jetbikes.

**Kanluwen**

These are the first Custodes I actually have liked. I'll be interested to see their fluff.

**greyknight12**

Haighus wrote:
Crimson wrote:
They're still way more heavily armoured than the traditional Custodes.

Do you mean the old artwork?

If you look closely at these new models, they have no plating over their thighs and upper arms, so they do seem to be remarkably lightweight compared to other Custodes models. Almost like the Custodes version of Scout armour.

It's exactly the same armor as the 40K Vertus Praetors are wearing. Which I am slightly disappointed in, I'd prefer these guys in full golden plate.