Take a Battle-shock test for each unit from your army on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength. Demon Primarchs, Knights, anything with high Toughness values don’t want to be getting hit by a plethora of attacks from these axes. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made against that unit, an unmodified wound roll of 1-3 for that attack fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the enemy model making the attack may have. I’d really only consider Wardens if I didn’t have cheap units to hold backfield or even some midfield objectives. This stands almost twice the height of the praetor himself (minus the helmet plume), and is an inspiring sight indeed, featuring a huge double-headed eagle with gemstones, spikes and scriptures attached.

To make an armour saving throw, roll one D6, then modify the result by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the attack. He is armed with a choice of guardian spear or castellan axe, but the standout feature of the kit is his enormous ornate vexilla.

That’s not an option though here, so we need to think about bigger units and making sure that they Deep Strike into the heart of the enemy if they’ll be worthwhile. TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) that is within range of an objective marker. RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem to enable a unit to arrive on the battlefield during a battle round it would not normally be able to do so in. Resolute Will: While a CHARACTER is leading this unit, each time an attack targets this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of this unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.

As well as this, 1 model can be assembled as a Vexilus Praetor – along with the standard weapon choices he carries a splendid ornate Vexilla. Select one EMPEROR’S CHOSEN unit from your army, then select one other shield host’s fighting style. This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble a squad of 5 Custodian Wardens. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit is destroyed, do not remove it from play. Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first). The kit can optionally build a Shield-Captain, who has a choice of 2 bare heads, a unique chest plate, unique shoulder pads and his own set of ceremonial robes – he is armed with the choice of castellan axe and guardian spear, and holds a misericordia. The Wardens are a unique group within the Golden Ten Thousand; on top of everything that goes into being of the amazing and super-human warriors that is a Custodes, Wardens are older and more experienced. She selects Rendax as her primary ka’tah, Dacatarai as her secondary ka’tah and Calistus as her tertiary ka’tah.