The new Legio Custodes for Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40K look fantastic. Actually, no. That's not a strong enough description. If anything, they're head and shoulders above what we had before… both literally and metaphorically. But bloody hellfire, they're a pain to make.
Designed as part of Games Workshop's prequel system, The Horus Heresy (which, if you aren't familiar, takes place 10,000 years before Warhammer 40K and charts a devastating human civil war), the Legio Custodes Battle Group is a force to be reckoned with. Even though there are "only" 13 warriors alongside a tank and Dreadnought mech-suit in here, these troops are the Emperor of Mankind's personal bodyguards. That makes them the best of the best, towering over standard Space Marines and wielding wonderfully ridiculous gun spears/gun swords. They're also wearing enough filigree that they'd fit right in at the Sistine Chapel, which gives a hint at their elite status. However, I didn't expect that pedigree to translate into such a fiddly build. You'll start off with gusto thanks to a straightforward body in two parts, but then their weapons and gear swan in to complicate your day.
