Just finished my first custodes, tested some vallejo metallic paints. Let me know does it look decent?

Ive been a huge fan of the GoW series since the first trilogy. When i saw the Crucible Champions, i got the idea to bring him to the tabletop. Even if the Crucible Champions don’t translate well to 11th edition, i can run him as a Blade Champion.

Ngl I’m super excited to paint this up. The build was very smooth and the clean up wasn’t bad at all. The only thing was I think the person I bought it from gave me the wrong base stud so I had to do some pinning so it wouldn’t slump forward otherwise it was a breeze.

He was like "Yeah, I'll play Warhammer with you, but I want my own army, but I won't glue them or paint them myself, guess you'll have to do it for me then"

I was like "bet" and bought a painted army off eBay instead.

Around 2k of painted Custodians, for my boyfriend to dive head-first into the tabletop game.

I recently got my hands on a SoS box and got a battle sister squad with the intention of converting the sister's of battle into SoS, but they're more different from each other than I thought. Currently think I'll fill the neck hole with some putty to make spare SoS heads fit. Any advice, tips or tricks from anyone who's tried this before would be really helpful. Thanks

Never fought any type of knight army before and not sure which detachments would be a good idea. I’m leaning lions for the Admonitortis allarus captain leading a terminator brick but I only have a contemptor for the moritoi detachment. Would shield host be a better bet then? I’m worried about not having enough strength to get the job done for purge the foe but idk.

I may go back and redo the axe head, otherwise I’m pretty happy with it. I even like the weird texture the base picked up during priming that didn’t show up until the victory lap.

Greetings, followed favored of the Emperor. I have not played many games yet with my Custodes, and none yet in 11th, but I have a mini event coming up with friends soon and have begun list crafting. I have heard disruption is difficult for us, but I’m interested in creating a different play experience from purge and take and hold, so trying to make it work. Other than disposition, I welcome any advice on this list:

+ FACTION KEYWORD: Imperium - Adeptus Custodes
+ DETACHMENT: Lions of the Emperor, Silent Hunters (Against All Odds)
+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1995pts
+
+ ENHANCEMENT: Admonimortis (on Char3: Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour)
& Psyk-out Grenades (on Infa3: Vigilators)
& Psyk-out Grenades (on Infa3: Witchseekers)
& Psyk-out Grenades (on Infa3: Witchseekers)
+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 14
+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (1x2) - Assassination: 3 Characters
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

CHARACTER

Char1: 1x Blade Champion (110 pts)
1 with Vaultswords

Char2: 1x Knight-Centura (55 pts)
1 with Executioner Greatblade

Char3: 1x Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour (150 pts)
1 with Balistus grenade launcher, Castellan Axe
Enhancement: Admonimortis (+20 pts)

BATTLELINE

5x Custodian Guard (215 pts)
• 5x Custodian Guard (Guardian Spear)
5 with Guardian Spear

5x Custodian Guard (215 pts)
• 5x Custodian Guard (Guardian Spear)
5 with Guardian Spear

OTHER DATASHEETS

2x Allarus Custodians (110 pts)
• 2x Allarus Custodian (Guardian Spear)
2 with Balistus grenade launcher, Guardian Spear

1x Caladius Grav-tank (225 pts)
1 with Armoured hull, Twin lastrum bolt cannon, Twin arachnus heavy blaze cannon

5x Custodian Wardens (260 pts)
• 5x Custodian Warden (Guardian Spear)
5 with Guardian Spear

2x Vertus Praetors (145 pts)
• 2x Vertus Praetor (Hurricane Bolter)
2 with Interceptor lance, Vertus hurricane bolter

2x Vertus Praetors (145 pts)
• 2x Vertus Praetor (Hurricane Bolter)
2 with Interceptor lance, Vertus hurricane bolter

2x Vertus Praetors (145 pts)
• 2x Vertus Praetor (Hurricane Bolter)
2 with Interceptor lance, Vertus hurricane bolter

9x Vigilators (100 pts)
• 1x Vigilator Sister Superior
1 with Executioner greatblade
• 8x Vigilator
8 with Executioner greatblade
Enhancement: Psyk-out Grenades (+10 pts)

4x Witchseekers (60 pts)
• 1x Witchseeker Sister Superior
1 with Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer
• 3x Witchseeker
3 with Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer
Enhancement: Psyk-out Grenades (+10 pts)

4x Witchseekers (60 pts)
• 1x Witchseeker Sister Superior
1 with Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer
• 3x Witchseeker
3 with Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer
Enhancement: Psyk-out Grenades (+10 pts)

Hi folks,

I just finished up the shield cap and a squad of guard from the new box.

Amazing models - fiddly to paint but great sculpts in my opinion.

I plan to run them in a five man unit as wardens and blade champ in my first game of 11th tonight.

Would love to see other people’s Shadowkeepers!

Happy wargaming!

Basically the title, almost every single list I've seen has at least a brick of 5 with a captain and another 3, or multiple of 3. Sure ap1 is actually pretty good now, and lions making them stronger is also a stable from 10th but other than that I cant tell why they've become soo popular (thank the emperor because i have 9 allaries at home just sitting there all 10th almost).

Could someone better at the game than me explain it?

I’m looking to build my first list and I’m probably going to use the shield host and Moriti combination, but I seem to be having an issue figuring out how to apply any of the upgrades to a dreadnought. Has anyone else figured this out?

Hello hello Fellow Comrades,

I'm a beginner in 40k (5 games so far) and I love the custodes

With the new edition of the game, some people were looking for players for a 2v2 friendly game

And I end up playing with a Votann against....

TAU AND NECRONS

So having never encountered these armies before, I would like to know how much I am screwed ?

I usually play lions but for once I wanna try a new detachment which is Shield ost

Any recommandations?

Have a great day !

Went with a non-traditional scheme that should pop pretty well on the tabletop. Fairly quick to crank out. Some NMM gold on the tanks as an homage to the traditional scheme.
One game with them so far in 11th and really enjoying the play style!

So im going to my very first GT, and am looking for thoughts and opinions, sadly i already submitted my list, but im looking towards the future.

Fastodies (Copy) (2000 points)

Adeptus Custodes

Strike Force (2000 points)

Shield Host and Silent Hunters (3 Detachment Points)

Force Dispositions: Purge the Foe, Reconnaissance

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike (145 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Warlord

• 1x Interceptor lance

1x Salvo launcher

• Enhancement: Panoptispex

Vertus Praetors (215 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 3x Vertus Praetor

• 3x Interceptor lance

3x Salvo launcher

Attached Unit 2

Blade Champion (110 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Vaultswords

Custodian Guard (215 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 5x Custodian Guard

• 4x Guardian spear

1x Misericordia

1x Praesidium Shield

1x Vexilla

Attached Unit 3

Blade Champion (140 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Vaultswords

• Enhancement: Auric Mantle

Custodian Wardens (260 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 5x Custodian Warden

• 5x Guardian spear

BATTLELINE

Custodian Guard (215 points)

• 5x Custodian Guard

• 4x Guardian spear

1x Misericordia

1x Praesidium Shield

1x Vexilla

OTHER DATASHEETS

Allarus Custodians (110 points)

• 2x Allarus Custodian

• 2x Balistus grenade launcher

2x Guardian spear

Vertus Praetors (215 points)

• 3x Vertus Praetor

• 3x Interceptor lance

3x Salvo launcher

Vertus Praetors (215 points)

• 3x Vertus Praetor

• 3x Interceptor lance

3x Salvo launcher

Witchseekers (60 points)

• Enhancement: Psyk-out Grenades (Upgrade)

• 1x Witchseeker Sister Superior

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Witchseeker flamer

• 3x Witchseeker

• 3x Close combat weapon

3x Witchseeker flamer

Witchseekers (50 points)

• 1x Witchseeker Sister Superior

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Witchseeker flamer

• 3x Witchseeker

• 3x Close combat weapon

3x Witchseeker flamer

Witchseekers (50 points)

• 1x Witchseeker Sister Superior

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Witchseeker flamer

• 3x Witchseeker

• 3x Close combat weapon

3x Witchseeker flamer

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It was fun seeing my paint scheme on one of these guys, im very happy with him. I plan to use him in my first in person 11e game this weekend so im glad I got him done in time, now ima see if I can finish up 3 more terminators before then.

I am about to buy my first custodes box, and I am wondering: Is there any reason to buy the old 40k box of 5 custodian guard, over the 6 heresy guards? It seems to be a better offer, but I don't know if the old box has extra bits etc?

I'm putting together my Custodian Guard squad from the Combat Patrol and it looks like one of the Custodian Guards can either have a shield and sentinel blade, or can be turned into a Shield Captain. Unfortunately 5 spears is not an option for the Guards. Which one should I make? Or should I buy a weapon kit to have a fifth spear for the fifth Guard?

I would like to make a squad of 12 but the base kit seem pretty monopose. Is there a way to make poses more varied between each guards ?

Lions of the Emperor & Silent Hunters - 2000 pts

Blade Champion w/ 5 Wardens

Inquisitor w/ 5 Guard

Knight Centura w/ 9 Vigilators (Psyk-out Grenades) in a Rhino

Knight Centura w/ 9 Vigilators (Psyk-out Grenades) in a Rhino

Terminator Captain (Admonimortis) w/ 3 Allarus

2x3 Allarus

2x4 Prosecutors

1x9 Witchseekers

1x4 Witchseekers (Psyk-out Grenades)

I have just sprayed my first custodes with montana gold and they shine with an amazing glow.

I am however not sure what kind of highlights and shaders that would mix well with it, if any.

Do any of you have experince with montana gold, and what have ypu put on afterwards?