Come check out the new Adeptus Custodes Vertus Praetors on Dawneagle Jetbikes and how to magnetize them for your games of Warhammer 40k!
The Golden Legion has received more reinforcements in the form of the Vertus Praetors! These fast attack options for the Adeptus Custodes swoop into battle riding golden Dawneagle jetbikes to deliver punishing amounts of attacks. Capable of rapidly outflanking, no enemy unit is safe from the combined assaults of flakk missiles and hurricane bolters. Our very own Rob Baer has the Wardens kit on the paint bench to review and assemble. Let’s dive in and see what you will find in this kit.
For our complete review, be sure to scroll down!
The Vertus Praetors kit retails for $60 and comes on 3 sprues. The sprues are almost identical in their arrangement. The only difference lies in the customization options to give them different poses. The detail of this kit is amazing, even when compared to the Agamatus Jetbike from Forgeworld. More on that later. This multi-part kit is not difficult to assemble. The bike assembles in large slices first then moves on to the smaller detail bits.
You do have the option to magnetize these jetbikes, which Rob demonstrates on his model below:
Here is the promised comparison between the Praetor Dawneagle Jetbike from Games Workshop and the Agamatus Jetibike from Forge World’s Horus Heresy. Both models are ornate and the Dawneagle will really pop on the table when Rob has a chance to paint it.
The Agamatus is a bit larger in scale and has that sleek racing feel while the Dawneagle has the look of a snub-nosed hot rod. At the end of the day, it will boil down to aesthetics and/or pricing. A 3 bike squad of Agamatus Jetbikes will cost you £90 ($127). When compared to the $60 Dawneagle Jetbike squad, the Agamatus Jetbikes price themselves out of the running. But you may like the aesthetics of the Agamatus Jetbikes and that is ok. How you spend your hobby dollars is up to you.
Rob goes further into detail on how to assemble and magnetize these jetbikes then covers their rules in his full review video below!
Vertus Praetors: $60
Squads of Vertus Praetors swoop into battle astride powerful Dawneagle jetbikes. Veteran warriors who have seen conflict on a hundred worlds, these Custodians know the true value of speed: not simply to bring the enemy to bear, but to direct their might precisely where and when it is needed most. Wherever they see their comrades hardest pressed, there the Vertus Praetors strike like golden lightning to bolster them. They scream across the battlefield, rapidly outflanking and encircling the heaviest enemy vehicles – even enemy aircraft are not safe, for by combining their fire Vertus Praetors are able to weave airborne webs of flakk into which hurtling enemy craft slam with terminal results.
This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble a squad of 3 Vertus Praetors. Astride their Dawneagle jetbikes, they wear somewhat less bulky armour than the other Adeptus Custodes warriors, in order to maintain lightness – while they are still protected by auramite chest plates, shoulder pads and helmets, they wear woven trousers, boots and robes. The armour that they do wear is covered in finely sculpted sigils of the Emperor, with Imperial eagles, lightning bolts, gemstones and filigree adorning every surface, with the jetbikes they pilot featuring similar details on the aggressively-shaped cowling. The Praetors carry interceptor lances and misericordia, while the Dawneagle jetbikes are armed with a choice of hurricane bolters or salvo launcher – whichever you choose, they’re visible at the front of the vehicle, with the engine and weapon feeds visible in gaps in the cowling. The controls feature a large screen, with plenty of dials and buttons. The kit can also make a Shield-Captain, who is distinguished by his bare head.
This kit comes as 111 components, and is supplied with 3 Citadel 75mm Oval stands, with flying stems.
The Vertus Praetors are available now online and in local Games Workshop stores. Be sure to press play on our quick and dirty review video below for the full product breakdown.
For more on the Vertus Praetors and all things Warhammer 40k, visit Games Workshop!
