Wrath of the Ten Thousand — This Week in Warhammer

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Games Workshop  ·  Sunday Preview  ·  August 2026 Wrath of the Ten Thousand The new plastic Custodes Support Battle Group hits pre-order for both 40K and the Horus Heresy — plus five Battle March army boxes for The Old World and a new Blood Angels novel

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The Combat Patrol: Adeptus Custodes on our shelf right now — and the new Support Battle Group below is about to give it some very fast friends.

The Emperor's own bodyguard is getting the reinforcement wave Custodes players have waited years for. This week's Sunday Preview headlines the all-new plastic Custodes Support Battle Group — jetbikes, a grav-tank, and a towering Telemon Dreadnought, all usable in both Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy. The Old World gets five ready-made Battle March army boxes, and Black Library brings Guy Haley back to the Blood Angels. Here's everything on the way, and how to be first in line when our pre-orders open.

Three much-loved Forge World classics, reborn in modern plastic in a single box: four Gyrfalcon jetbikes, a Pallas Grav-attack, and a mighty Telemon Dreadnought — which might not look fast, but handily outpaces many of its smaller peers and carries some truly destructive weaponry. This is devastating high-speed firepower, golden-armored edition.

The best part: every miniature in the box is usable in Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy — one purchase, two game systems. The box is only available while stocks last.

Journal Tactica — Prospero Burns: Judgement of Valdor How the Legio Custodes were dragged into the Burning of Prospero — a softback packed with background on the assault on Tizca, new scenarios, rules, extra units, and a brand-new army list for Daemons of Tzeentch. Just as planned.

Legio Custodes Dice Set Pearlised red acrylic with gold pips: 19 D6 with the Legio Custodes logo in place of the '6', plus a scatter dice. Only available while stocks last — faction dice for the Ten Thousand rarely come around twice.

Battle March is The Old World's quick-play format — 400 to 750 point games you can finish on a lunch break, no less exciting than a full-size clash. Five factions are getting dedicated army boxes that deploy a ready-made Battle March force straight out of the shrink wrap. Each one doubles as an ideal starting point for a full army, and you'll save money compared to buying the contents individually. Browse everything Old World in our Old World collection.

Empire of Man A Commander leading 20 State Troops, 10 State Missile Troops, 10 Archers, 10 Flagellants, and 5 Pistoliers — the massed ranks of Sigmar's heartland.	Beastmen Brayherds A Chieftain and Shaman herding 20 Gors, 10 Ungors, 10 Bestigors, and 10 Chaos Warhounds — a stampede from the dark forests.
Wood Elf Realms Araloth, Lord of Talsyn, with 10 Eternal Guard, 4 Glade Riders, and dual-build kits for Sisters of the Thorn/Wild Riders and Glade Guard/Deepwood Scouts.	High Elf Realms A High Elf Lord with 10 Lothern Sea Guard, 5 Ellyrian Reavers, a Lothern Skycutter, a Tiranoc Chariot, and a Shadow Warriors/Sisters of Avelorn dual kit.

Da Big One Orc & Goblin Tribes The greenskins get the beefiest roster of the five: an Orc Boss on War Boar, a Battle Standard Bearer, a Goblin Shaman, 15 Orc Mob, 5 Wolf Riders, 5 Orc Boar Boyz, and an Orc Boar Chariot. With the new Orks codex tearing up 40K this month, it's officially a green summer on both sides of the aisle.

Guy Haley returns to the Age of Darkness. With Sanguinius fighting to stall Horus' advance on Terra, First Captain Raldoron of the Blood Angels must lean on untrained Inductii recruits — and hold the line against the Red Thirst threatening to drag his Legion back to its blood-soaked past. Browse everything bookish in our Black Library collection.

Hardback Edition Your first chance at the hardback — available while stocks last, though it may return to print down the road.

Special Edition Signed by Guy Haley, with red foil on the cover and spine, a ribbon page marker, and extra detailing throughout. Strictly while stocks last.

Our Take

The Support Battle Group is the story here. Forge World resin versions of these units were expensive, fiddly, and often out of stock — a plastic box that serves two game systems at once is exactly the kind of release that vanishes on pre-order weekend. The Battle March boxes are the smart-money pick for anyone who's been Old World-curious: a legal quick-play force, a real discount versus buying separately, and a painting project that won't swallow your autumn. And with a Daemons of Tzeentch army list hiding in the Prospero Burns journal, even non-Custodes Heresy players have a reason to grab it.

GW hasn't announced pricing or the exact pre-order date yet — just "next week." The moment our pre-orders go live, we'll update this post with direct links, and the email list hears first.

Your local Warhammer HQ Shop current Warhammer now — we'll have the Custodes wave and Battle March boxes the moment pre-orders open. Shop Warhammer 40K GW Pre-Orders Get pre-order alerts for the Custodes wave While-stocks-last boxes go fast—list members hear from us the moment ours go live.

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