The new models mark the first time tabletop players will be given the option to build their Custodes units with unhelmeted female heads.
Games Workshop unveiled new models for Warhammer 40K, and in doing so, made history for the tabletop game.
During the “New Year Preview” livestream, the company showed off a range of models for the Legio and Adeptus Custodes, some of which featured female-presenting heads. It’s a marked departure from previous Custodes models, which have always given male-presenting heads to the Emperor of Man’s personal guard.
Warhammer 40K’s female equivalent to the Custodes has always been the Sisters of Silence, first introduced in 40K’s Seventh Edition back in 2017.
