🚨 “FEMSTODES” NOW OFFICIAL 40K CANON… GW REVEAL VIDEO BURIED UNDER 10K+ DISLIKES & RAGE COMMENTS! 😡🛡️💥
Games Workshop’s New Year Preview drops plastic female Custodes minis for Horus Heresy… FANS GO NUCLEAR! 80% dislike ratio in DAYS, X exploding with “WOKEHAMMER DEAD” memes!
Lore “always existed”? Custodes vets SCREAM retcon – “Sons of the Emperor” LIES? Sisters of Silence shafted AGAIN? Boycotts brewing… Is GW’s golden era OVER?? 🔥🤬
You WON’T believe the savage takedowns… 👇
Games Workshop, the British titan behind the Warhammer universe, ignited a firestorm this week by unveiling new plastic miniatures featuring female Adeptus Custodes – the Emperor’s elite, genetically engineered guardians – during its January 16 “New Year Preview” livestream. Marketed for the Horus Heresy 2.0 game set in the 31st millennium (with compatibility for Warhammer 40,000), the models include unhelmeted female heads and a Shield Captain explicitly referred to as “her” in the presentation.
The 38-second highlight clip on Warhammer Community’s YouTube channel – “New Legio Custodes – Revealed at the New Year Preview 2026” – has become a battleground. While exact dislike counts are hidden by YouTube policy, third-party browser extensions and X users report ratios exceeding 80%, with over 10,000 thumbs-down in under five days, outpacing even the infamous 2024 Custodes codex trailer that took months to hit similar marks. Comments sections overflow with fury: “Sister of Battle: Are we a joke to you?!” and “GW just Bud Lighted itself,” alongside calls for boycotts and 3D printing alternatives.
This isn’t GW’s first dance with the controversy. Female Custodes – dubbed “Femstodes” by detractors – surfaced in lore hints during the 2024 10th Edition Adeptus Custodes codex, shifting recruitment language from “sons” of Terran nobles to “children.” Warhammer TV’s Tithes series Episode 2 featured a towering female Custodian, Tyrith Shiva Kyrus, prompting review-bombs and petitions. GW briefly walked it back in community guides, only to reaffirm in Horus Heresy novels like Ashes of the Imperium. Now, with physical models, they’ve doubled down.
In a follow-up FAQ article, “New Custodes: Your Questions Answered,” GW addresses the elephant: “The new range has a mix of both male and female Custodes. Have you changed the lore? I thought all Space Marines and Custodes were male?” Their response: Custodes aren’t Space Marines. Astartes rely on male-only gene-seed; Custodes undergo a “bespoke, arcane” infant transformation overseen by the Emperor himself, allowing recruits from any noble infant – sons or daughters. Females have “always” existed but were rarer, often deployed alongside the all-female Sisters of Silence in Talons of the Emperor formations. “Custodes are not Space Marines,” the FAQ stresses, emphasizing post-human perfection transcends gender.
The models themselves dazzle: A full Legio Custodes Battle Group in plastic (upgrading from resin), including Allarus Terminators, Hetaeron Guard, and the customizable Shield-Captain-in-Orion kit with mixed heads. Priced accessibly for an indie-scale refresh, they’re slated for pre-order soon, with Horus Heresy 2.0 rules integrating seamlessly into 40K. Supporters hail the inclusivity: Female hobbyists like @NornQueenKya celebrated, “If you voted yes, you were right,” while outlets like Polygon praised “history-making” representation.
But the backlash is seismic. X lit up with 3,000+ like posts decrying a “retcon” contradicting 38 years of lore – from Rogue Trader (1987) depictions of bare-chested males to Black Library novels calling them “brothers” and “sons.” @Grummz, a former Blizzard exec and Warhammer influencer, blasted: “A complete slap in the face… Their feminist fanfic.” Memes flood timelines: “Troon Custodes,” “BLM: The Miniature,” Walmart heist parallels to Relooted. Female fans like @epppuni pushed back: “It butchers established lore… Sisters of Battle and Silence are badass enough.”
Critics tie it to broader “woke” grievances: GW’s 2024 codex nerfs, Sisters of Silence omission (no new models announced), “desexed” designs echoing Amazon’s Rings of Power. Reddit’s r/KotakuInAction threads like “[Warhammer 40k] Female Custodes model youtube video gets downvoted” amassed upvotes, with users gaslit as “misogynists” by The Gamer. YouTubers Doctor Disaster (62K views) and Vara Dark roasted: “GW DESTROYED,” “Racist Stealing Sim” echoes from Relooted.
GW’s philosophy – “Everything is canon; not everything is true” – fuels defenses, invoking unreliable narrators. Yet purists argue noble pool exhaustion (10K Custodes over millennia) never justified daughters before. No Sisters refresh? “Why flesh them out? Custodians can be girls now!” sniped @Torykbirdthrowa.
Financially, GW thrives: £500M+ revenue FY2025, Amazon’s $1B Henry Cavill series looms. But flops like Concord haunt: Will Femstodes tank sales? Pre-orders unannounced, but X boycotts (#NoFemaleCustodes) trend. Streamers like @HMBohemond vow: “Never giving GW another dime.”
Supporters counter: Lore evolves; 40K’s grimdark thrives on contradiction. Black Library’s Gav Thorpe clarified codex ambiguities. Women like @JhMiniatures cheered: “Official Femstodes are finally here. So good!”
As pre-orders near, the Imperium fractures. GW’s FAQ insists unity: “Custodes are the Emperor’s companions… gender irrelevant to perfection.” Fans? Divided legions. The golden guardians now symbolize Warhammer’s culture war – a retcon too far, or overdue evolution? Battle lines drawn.
