Games Workshop just unveiled one of the biggest Adeptus Custodes releases in years. According to this weekend's Sunday Preview, the Ten Thousand receive new units, a new Codex, and a Combat Patrol on October 17th, 2026 — with every new kit legal in both Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.

Aquilon Terminators. Gyrfalcon Jetbikes. The towering Telemon Heavy Dreadnought. The lightning-fast Pallas Grav-Attack. Plus eight re-released Horus Heresy kits now dual-tagged for the 41st Millennium. Whether you field the golden host in the Age of Darkness or the modern Imperium, your force is about to get significantly more lethal.

Pre-orders open October 10th. Here's what's launching — and why the Custodes have never looked this good.

Gyrfalcon Jetbike Sodality

Skirmishing Custodians maintain jetbikes to surge across rough terrain, and the Gyrfalcon is one of the most powerful patterns in service. This set builds two jetbike-mounted Custodians, each wielding a solarite power lance.

The bikes themselves carry your choice of anti-infantry, anti-armour, or anti-monster firepower: a Lastrum bolt cannon for Space Marines, an adrathic devastator for monsters, an arachnus volley cannon for hordes, or twin Corvae las-pulsers for vehicles. Build the unit your list needs.

Telemon Heavy Dreadnought

Telemon Heavy Dreadnoughts are the pinnacle of Dreadnought engineering. Each one carries a terrifying assortment of weapons designed to destroy the Emperor's most implacable foes.

The kit includes cosmetic options and weapon choices: one Telemon caestus fist can be swapped for an adrathic desolator, arachnus storm cannon, or Iliastus accelerator culverin. When you need something dead beyond all doubt, you send a Telemon.

Pallas Grav-Attack

The Pallas Grav-Attack is a hover vehicle built for rapid-response firepower and devastating hit-and-run strikes. Highly agile and lethally armed, it excels at hunting down fleeing targets or providing fire support where jetbikes can't reach.

The kit offers a choice between a twin arachnus blaze cannon or a twin Iliastus accelerator fusil, letting you configure the Pallas for anti-infantry or anti-armour roles.

Dual-Game Releases: Warhammer 40K and The Horus Heresy

Every new kit in this wave is legal in both Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. If you play both systems, these units slot directly into your force without modification.

Games Workshop is also re-releasing eight recent Horus Heresy kits in new dual-game packaging: Shield-Captain, Custodian Guard Sodality, Sentinel Guard Sodality, Venatari Sodality, Custodian Dreadnought, Caladius Grav-Tank, Caladius Annihilator Grav-Tank, and Coronus Grav-Carrier. All of them will carry datasheets for both the 41st Millennium and the Age of Darkness.

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Also Launching October 17th

White Dwarf Issue 529 — the Halloween Special — drops the same day with Skaven vs Gloomspite Gitz battle reports, a Halloween hobby gallery, new Ork rules, and King Brodd rules for the Brawlers of Behemat game.

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy — Journal Tactica: The Battle for the Signus Cluster covers the forgotten war on the cursed world of Kol, with new daemonic Slaanesh rules, a Legendary Mission, two new Custodian Proconsul units, and updated Gyrfalcon Jetbike rules.

Black Library releases Cold Covenant by Peter Fehervari in hardback and a signed Special Edition, plus paperback editions of Auxilia by Russell Zimmerman, Dropsite Massacre by John French, and Apostle by David Annandale.