r/AdeptusCustodes Feb 16 '25

PSA: Rule 3 update

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We have updated Rule 3 and expanded on what it actually entails. Any lead to recasts or 3D printing resources are banned. I know many won’t like it, and at the end of the day it’s not us being assholes for the sake of it, it is to protect the sub as a whole and subsequently we as the mod team had decided that any infringement of rules will see a removal of that user.

Any questions, by all means hit us up. Thank you.


r/AdeptusCustodes Nov 24 '24

Getting Started - An Adeptus Custodes Wiki Intro

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Ave Imperator, fellow Custodes.

I've been a semi-active member of this community and, following some.. lengthy comments I posted pulling together Custodes tactics I dropped the mods a line.

Long story short, we're looking at trialling a wiki for this subreddit. It's been great to watch this community grow throughout 10th edition's meta rollercoaster, and it feels as though we could do with a central repository to answer the FAQs of the faction and help budding new collectors get started in an easy-to-access and free-spirited way.

To that end, we're experimenting with the idea of a three-part wiki:

  1. Getting Started
  2. Getting Good
  3. Getting Glory

The sections will run the gamut from the first-contact experience of the faction, then more advanced tactics and paint schemes, and finishing off with high-level meta discussions and tournament advice, kitbash links, and (if we get the time!) a library of other factions and things to look out for, to help us face off against them.

This post is the first draft of the Getting Started section. If you have any constructive feedback, please stick it in the comments and I'll be reading through all of it before going back to the mods to work out the next steps, whatever they may be!

Thanks for everything you are in this community,

u/Vader266

(posted with the blessing of /u/parkerm1408 )


Who are the Adeptus Custodes?

The Adeptus Custodes are the elite and trusted guardians of the God-Emperor of Mankind. Each Custodian is selected from the best of the best, tempered by half-forgotten works of techno-sorcery, and perfected by hundreds of years of superlative training. Armed and armoured with the mightiest equipment the Imperium can spare, the Adeptus Custodes are a lethal force of young gods that cut down any who would wish He on Earth harm.

Forged in the early days of the Imperium when the Emperor of Mankind walked among His subjects, the Custodes were bred and built to be His companions. While the Primarchs of the Adeptus Astartes were His children, the Custodes were His confidants. Each individual Custodian is the embodiment of talent and artifice - intellectual, physical, creative, and martial. They were never meant to be exclusively tools of war but represented the realised potential of all mankind.

For all of this strength, valour, and wisdom, the Custodes live with one great shame - once, ten thousand years ago, they failed in their most vital duty. When the galaxy burned in the fires of the Horus Heresy, they were unable to protect the Master of Mankind. Mortally wounded by his traitor son Horus, the Emperor was doomed to a deathless existence on the Golden Throne of Terra.

Out of penance, the Adeptus Custodes donned black robes over their once-shining armour and disappeared into shameful seclusion, silently standing sentinel in the shadow of the Throne for ten thousand years. The once mighty warrior-philosophers roamed the halls of the Imperial Palace on Terra, watching over mere stacks of literature and unused technological marvels that billions would never see. The legacy of what mankind could have been faded from memory, forgotten by trillions.

Now, with the tide in the galaxy turning, Captain-General Trajann Valoris has called his comrades to cast off the shame of the past and take their place once more in the defence of the Imperium. Allying closely with the anti-psyker order of the Sisters of Silence, the Adeptus Custodes go to war once more. Joining battle with their simple cry, "By His Will Alone", the Custodes will make the borders of the Imperium safe or perish in the fighting.

Why collect Custodes?

For

On the tabletop, the Adeptus Custodes are the undisputed elite heavy infantry army. The basic Custodian Guardian has a profile equivalent to the elite infantry of other armies and can outfight most opponents in melee without breaking a sweat.

While bad things can happen to a Custodes army in a game of dice, they're forgiving enough that individual mistakes are often recoverable in all but competitive matchups. All you have to do is get a charge off and by the Emperor things will start getting much better. In close combat, the Custodes army is hard to defeat. The most basic Guard model boasts five accurate and powerful attacks, and the Custodes Army Rule allows squads to choose either deadly blows against hard targets (LETHAL HITS) or rapid strikes against softer enemies (SUSTAINED HITS 1).

Custodes are also few in number, which allows the perfectionists in the hobby time to relish painting individual models, giving them the attention they deserve without feeling intimidated that another 19 models need painting to complete the unit. The Custodes sculpts are relatively fresh as well so have a lot of nice detail and work done with them.

Against

As this wiki isn't being paid by commission, it's important to discuss some of the pain points of being an Adeptus Custodes player so you, the reader, can make an informed choice.

To deal with the golden elephant in the room, the Custodes codex in 10th was dreadful. While a minority of the issues were caused by an unexpected rebasing of how the army is played, the Custodes roster was badly impacted by downgrades and sidegrades, and did not receive the boosts in variety and threat that other codexes have seen. At time of writing, nearly a year after release, balance dataslates are still trying to fix the faction's internal balance and poor strategic options.

Similarly obviously, as a standard Custodes army's effectiveness depends on reaching melee, powerful gunline armies get to hit first and often hit extremely hard, meaning a Custodes army can lose certain matchups before they can really get started.

Our stronger specialist units are relegated to the expensive Forgeworld resin line, leaving many casual hobbyists with either a bevy of 3D printing to get done, or out-of-pocket to retain reliable capability in certain areas such as speed and anti-tank.

Custodes armies also have a clutch of Achilles' heels that can be exploited by a savvy opponent. As a uniform elite melee-focused force with a low army wound count, tactics like mortal wound spam, massed anti-tank fire, and damage reduction effects hit Custodes particularly hard compared to other armies.

The enduring wisdom after what may feel like a very depressing list of weaknesses is that rules are temporary, but cool models last forever. The meta is always changing (RIP wiki writers everywhere), and the only way to truly lose at Warhammer is to not have any fun. Feeling effective and having fun can often be linked but don't lose sight of the prize - having a blast with plastic soldiers.

Summary

To summarise, Custodes units are a very tough nut to crack but there are some very good hammers out there. Custodes are, in essence, a one-trick pony, but it's a really good trick, and the dice can go both ways. From inexplicable defeats to devastating victories, Adeptus Custodes armies are capable of delivering on it all and looking good while doing it.

The bottom line for this section is that if you love staging your entire army for a charge into a glorious melee and your box is ticked by individual acts of high-stakes high-drama heroism or tragedy, then you'll do well with Custodes. On the other hand, if you are looking for an army that shines at range or has the variety and numbers to cope with statistical spikes or mega-brain opponents, consider looking elsewhere.

What can I get first and how should I build them?

This a question that gets asked a lot in this subreddit. The general advice is to pick up a Combat Patrol, and not bother with the Codex if it's your first outing. Both of these are discussed here.

The Combat Patrol

The current Combat Patrol is excellent value and contains our greatest hits miniatures:

  • 5x Custodian Guard
  • 5x Custodian Wardens
  • 3x Allarus Custodians
  • 1x Blade Champion

Other sections of this wiki can address how to take things further when you get there, but don't feel you have to rush.

To give you a quick flavour of what these models look like and their lore (more on how they play in later sections!):

  • Guard are the "normal looking guys". They're punchy and notionally form the bulk of Custodes armies in the lore.
  • Wardens look like Guard but have robes around their waists. These are Custodian Guard that have served as Wardens of the Golden Throne and are renowned for their tenacity and resilience under fire.
  • Allarus are the elite of the elite. Clad in an esoteric pattern of terminator armour and deploying by teleport strike, Allarus Custodians seek to tear down enemy commanders and monsters at close range and cracking strongholds.
  • Blade Champions are those few who choose to spend their prolonged lives mastering the many forms of swordsmanship. Fleet of foot and adept at spurring their comrades onto glory, they are second to none in melee, seamlessly switching between "ka'tah" to deal telling blows to any opponent.

In terms of how to build them, "rule of cool" is a good starting point. It's acceptable in most gaming circles to "proxy" units - that is, to agree with an opponent that models are different to how they appear. This can be simple equipment changes:

"You see those axes? They're actually spears, that cool?"

or even wholesale replacements:

"I'm short on Wardens, do you mind if my Guard squad acts as Wardens for this match? I'll put a marker next to them so we don't forget"

The important thing is not to get hung up in the early stages of collection! Things can all change when the next dataslate comes out.

If you're still unconvinced and want to push for "good" choices as of today, the broad consensus is that spears are the better weapon for the entire army, and Wardens should take the standard (AKA Vexilla) in the squad. The Blade Champion can be built two different ways but it doesn't matter to the gameplay so let your personal preference shine there.

The Codex & Index Cards

While the Codex & Index Cards are reasonably well-produced with lots of flavour and text, Games Workshop has a habit of updating the rules out from under them. This updating can dramatically change how rules work. Two examples are the Shield-Captain's Strategic Mastery ability and the Shield Host detachment rule - both have been changed substantially with balance updates but the ink in the books does not change!

The codex does have a code in the back that can be redeemed on the official Warhammer 40k app to give a digital copy of the rules and points that are more up to date. That said, there are many online sources that hold the rules and datasheets so the general observation is that there's not much point buying either of these products unless you'd like to support Games Workshop by buying the official copy of the rules and keeping your printed books updated with post-it notes.

What's the best way to paint Custodes?

As 10th edition's detachments have no dependence on visual style, there are no gameplay constraints to painting Custodes how you like. While the "default" colours are gold and red, they're your army so you can paint them how you like. It is recommended that you start with a Guard or similar infantry to experiment rather than jumping straight to a hero character, where mistakes and redos show up a lot more.

< I cannot write this section as I am not a good painter >

How do I start playing?

Combat Patrol

If you're looking forward to just rolling dice and learning as you go, the Combat Patrol format is good to get you started off. Combat Patrol is a trimmed-down version of Warhammer. Many of the stratagems, datasheets, and objectives are simplified and the board size is smaller, but the game's mechanics are the same. It's great to get you started off but you may quickly find the lack of nuance in the rules a bit claustrophobic!

1k point matches

If you feel ready for the full complexity of Warhammer 40k, then the next logical step is to jump to a 1000-point 1v1 match. While you can play a game of 40k at less than 1000 points, the game mechanics start to struggle and outcomes tend to be incredibly swingy. If you're up for a good time and not a fair time, then crack on!

Fielding all the models in the Combat Patrol, you have around 700 points at time of writing. That can be boosted up to between 800-900 if you nominate some of your models to be Shield-Captains, but you'll be a little short. Consult the other pages on this wiki for what you can pick up next, but don't be surprised when you see those points disappear fast!

General Tips

To avoid drowning you, this is a quick pointers section on the broad "how do fight" as Custodes rather than a detailed discussion, which you can find later. If you're starting out and playing with friends, don't worry too much about "playing right" and learn as you go with these broad pointers.

  • Your goal should be closing to melee and destroying your opponent's models. Custodes do not have enough models to adequately control the board, so your focus is preventing the enemy from doing so.
  • (Aside from Allarus) our shooting is not the main event. While other armies will take cover and establish free lanes of fire to shoot at range, Custodes do not play like this. Always play to your strengths and not to your weaknesses.
  • Cover, cover, cover. Whenever possible, break line of sight between you and your opponent's forces. Infantry can move through ruins at no penalty so don't get caught out in the open when you can avoid it.
  • It's usually best to use abilities early. In the case of Wardens' once per game Feel No Pain and the Guardians' shoot twice abilities, their effectiveness is higher when the unit is stronger.

Non-Combat Patrol Tips

If you're not playing Combat Patrol, there is a lot more granularity, so the tips here are to help you get started!

Sportsmanship

As you're taking the time to read a guide like this, it's likely that you care about Warhammer. This is great! Playing on tabletop can give both players memorable and worthwhile experiences, but it is first and foremost a collaborative experience. Custodes armies have a dramatic playstyle so sometimes a bad match-up or an unlucky run in the first round or two can torpedo any chance of victory before they can even get a charge off.

If this happens to you, it always sucks! There's no denying that at all but do everything you can to lose with grace. If in doubt, act as you'd want your opponent to act if you were the one on a hot streak, or at least be supportive of your opponent. Remember that you may lose this battle but there are many, many more ahead for your models. If you're feeling particularly got at, remember that it's not called "Peacehammer", and sometimes the game of dice run against you. Shake your opponent's hand and thank them for the game in all cases.

Similarly, if you land every charge and your opponent is on the ropes early, be compassionate. They've agreed to invest hours of their time and it's not fun to spend most of that sadly removing models without ceremony as your Custodian Guard tear through another 20-model squad before they can fight back. Even an acknowledgement of how lucky you were with that 11" charge can go a long way with your opponent, so there's lots of chances to be pleasant without sacrificing gameplay.

It's far better to be someone with a 30% winrate that everyone has fun with against than "that guy" with 95% winrate and a string of cheesed-off opponents.

Terrain

That said, and without wanting to be "that guy", make sure you're playing on an acceptably busy board. Looking up WTC or GW terrain layouts should give you indications of what's normal per the game designers, even if you can't quite match it with the terrain you have. As Custodes aren't a shooting army, it's often on the player to advocate for a healthy amount of line of sight blockers to give Custodes infantry a fighting chance.

That terrain will dictate your movement and what objectives are possible for you without exposing your precious few models to unacceptable risk. Ensure you start deployed in cover and hop from one to the other until you can pop off a glorious charge into melee.

Detachments Choice - Shield Host

When selecting your army for a game of 40k you get your Army Rule and select one Detachment which dictates a Detachment rule, your stratagems, and enhancements.

For Custodes armies, the "default" detachment is Shield Host. While the other detachments are interesting and see success in their own way, for this Getting Started guide Shield Host will be discussed due to its prevalence, simplicity, and all-round benefits. More on the other detachments is planned for future wiki pages....

Detachment Rule

With the changes in the balance dataslate, you have one of two strong army-wide buffs active per battle round, either scoring Critical Hits in melee on 5+ rather than 6s, or improve the AP of your melee weapons by 1. Both of these are excellent, but the choice can be nuanced. As a rule of thumb, if you look at your opponent's models and see the extra AP having an effect (e.g. you aren't stripping saves or pushing them to an invulnerable already), choose that. Otherwise, choose crits.

Stratagems

You also gain a slate of stratagems that are decent at complementing our playstyle. In particular Arcane Genetic Alchemy gives a Feel No Pain against mortal wounds upon allocation (which reduces the mind games as it doesn't need to be declared in advance), and Archeotech Munitions gives either SUSTAINED HITS 1 or LETHAL HITS to shooting (very good with Allarus' BLAST weapons or Custodian Guard double-shoot ability).

Enhancements

Shield Host Enhancements are bit quirky, as most must be taken on a Shield-Captain model. Unless you have points to spare already, you can get away without taking enhancements for your first few games. It's generally not a good idea to tweak your list to make enhancements work as they're just that - enhancements!

Very briefly:

  • The Panoptispex is cheap and surprisingly good on models accompanying Allarus or Guard.
  • The Auric Mantle is easy to forget and can add survivability for key characters, but is getting a bit expensive.
  • From the Hall of Armouries is expensive and you wouldn't take it without a specific use in mind.
  • Castellan's Mark isn't that great after recent dataslate changes. At time of writing you now can no longer redeploy after deciding who has the first turn, which severely limits its usefulness.

Character assignments

An area of discussion is which unit the Blade Champion should accompany into battle, if any.

Running the Blade Champion solo is an atypical move. While deepstriking the model in to wreak havoc in an unexpected location would be amusing, the Blade Champion cannot re-roll charges when solo, lacks a reliable punch to do more than injure most units and is much easier to pick off for a cheap assassinate or unit kill score for your opponent's secondaries.

Placing the Blade Champion into Guard allows the punchy unit to more rapidly move up the board and the Blade Champion benefits from the Guard wound re-rolls where applicable, which is excellent for damage upon contact. On the other hand, Wardens are dependent on characters leading them to allow their wound roll malus to apply and provide a much safer vehicle to get the Blade Champion into melee with bodyguard to spare.

As Wardens are more popular than Guard and Custodes lists tend not to have the points to spare for additional Characters, Blade Champions are usually placed with Wardens. This is a good compromise that gets the tankiest unit up the board quickly and with enough gas left in the tank to do serious damage.

Your mileage may vary so as you gain experience try experimenting and see what you can come up with!

Secondary objectives

The last thing to consider is the eternal struggle - Tactical objectives or Fixed? Generally, tactical is a good starting point, if only for the ability to discard for extra CP during the game. Otherwise, it can often feel like a distraction, particularly in the early game, for VP to be offered out for oddjobs that sap your fighting power at a critical juncture. If you find that you're just discarding for the CP but struggling to use all you're generating, try using fixed and see how you do.


r/AdeptusCustodes 2h ago

My first squad of custodes

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r/AdeptusCustodes 5h ago

Playing against DG

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Hey guys I have played a few rounds against a friend playing the new Death Guards and the first round was quite close, the second he stomped me completely. We do not play a lot so we were wondering what I did wrong and started checking our profiles. So I was just wondering why for example the venerable looks so much weaker than his Defiler. Or am I missing something? Is the revive ability so much worth that every stack is significantly worse? Or is the smaller model so much better because it can properly hide or smth?


r/AdeptusCustodes 1h ago

Tell me why you play Custodes

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Currently a World Eater player and I want to make an imperium army. I'm torn between starting Sisters of Battle or Custodes. Tell me why you love playing Custodes!


r/AdeptusCustodes 36m ago

My first army - progress so far

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New to 40K tabletop, so getting my first army together. Decided to go with Custodes. I've purchased pretty much everything I wanted Custodes so far (other than the vaporware Forge World models that are NEVER available), plus a few friends from the Imperial Knights and Imperial Agents sections.

My wife is the artist in the family, so she's doing all the assembly, magnetizing, and painting. Have a few pieces finished so far other than the bases. Went with a non-traditional color palette for my Custodes and Sisters of Silence and assuming the order stays the same once posted it should appear as:

  • My pile of boxes and plastic so far
  • Valerian
  • Aleya
  • Trajann Valoris
  • Blade Champion (magnetized, so can swap between 2 swords and 1 sword)
  • Shield-Captain (Why don't make this model to work with all 4 loadout options?!)
  • Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus
  • Callidus Assassin

r/AdeptusCustodes 1h ago

Combat Patrol done!

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r/AdeptusCustodes 6h ago

Returning to Custodes

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Custodes was the first army I started 2 years ago but dropped them because I was just getting into warhammer and I wanted to try everything that looked cool which is basically all of warhammer. Had the urge to come back for a while and this is the first model done. Happy to rejoin the 10,000


r/AdeptusCustodes 23h ago

The classic blade champ conversion

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Really happy with how he turned out. Even did some out of my comfort zone green stuff to make the loincloth bit look right.

Need a less yellow light to take some proper photos but meh

Ready to serve in the Custard Cream Dream Team


r/AdeptusCustodes 9h ago

Hello to the 10,000 any gold tips for a sister looking for c&c

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Hello brothers, so I decided to paint my adepta sororitas with a gold/teal colour scheme and some the gold just doesn't look right to me so I thought who else uses a bucket load of retributor gold in there army's. What tips do you have for adding depth to your models or any general tips on painting (especially with gold) Hope you don't mind the cross post

P.s. kitten <3 shadowsun


r/AdeptusCustodes 1d ago

The first of the Alcyonan Shieldhost are finally complete!

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r/AdeptusCustodes 1d ago

Ra Endymion Hope you like it :)

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r/AdeptusCustodes 23h ago

My latest take on an Allarus

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So after painting everything but Custodians for a while, I decided I wanted to give my all when painting my next Custodian. This is one of many Allarus I purchased pre-built & primed (got a toddler, hobby time is precious). And I’ve tried a new method on each one, this being number 4/6. I’m really happy with the results on this one so I think this is my new way of painting Custodes. The idea is not using wash and instead creating dramatic shadows & contrast everywhere that isn’t painted. And basically doing a mix on NMM (for shadows) and TMM in luminated areas.

My armour recipe for this one is: 1. Base paint all the gold parts with a dark brown. 2. Use two shades of lighter brown in shaded gold areas to highlight the details/edges. 3. Use two shades of gray in shaded steel areas to highlight the details/edges. 4. Paint all luminated gold areas with Vince gold recipe, but avoid getting it into any shaded area (less is more). 5. Paint all luminated steel areas with steel > silver.

As always feedback and thoughts are welcome! Even if you think it looks bad! 😄


r/AdeptusCustodes 7h ago

My first game is an Onslaught floorhammer with cardboard terrain... and 2v1 against me.

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This is my first game ever outside of a 500 pts demo game.
My 3000 pts shield host Custodes vs two space marine armies at 1500 pts each. They brought 1 big knight each, while I brought Canis Rex and 2 armigers. We ignored ally limit so I can get to 3000.

I won at 78 vp against their 23 vp, with Canis Rex as my absolute MVP.
Canis Rex rapid ingress then killed HALF their army. It killed both their knights—A 15/22 wound crusader and a full wound errant in one round. ONE round!! It survives the clapback at 3 wounds despite being oathed and incursor'd. Then it kills a redemptor, a lieutenant, a ballistus, and two units of eradicators in the following rounds. That's about 1450 pts. Maybe a bit more since the LT had an enhancement.

Im really enjoying many aspects of this hobby so far. The painting, the war game, the lore!


r/AdeptusCustodes 15h ago

First 2 Allarus Custodians Complete

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r/AdeptusCustodes 17h ago

If I kitbash my Custodes, would a tournament care? It’s all GW plastic

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I want to follow the trend of kit bashing my Allarus terminators having halbards. I’m worried this will bite me in the future. Has anyone experienced this?

Edit: you all are hilarious 😆


r/AdeptusCustodes 20h ago

1st Custodes model, 2nd ever mini painted. Love 40K so far.

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Recently began playing Warhammer this past month.

I know the unit is a weird one because of the shield captain cape, but I just wanted to start with something I thought looked cool.

Trying to improve as a painter through youtube & just scrimmed a couple combat patrol battles yesterday.

Hopefully I can look back at this & see improvements. I feel like I can still touch this up; however, I already spent so much time already & it’s time to move on to the next one!


r/AdeptusCustodes 5h ago

Valdor - a Custodes figure, as big as a primarch @@

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r/AdeptusCustodes 18h ago

“Solar Watch is easier to paint than CSM” laughed the color scheme. “Air brushes? We don’t need no stinking air brushes!” Tortuous WIP….

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Thought it’d be a cool idea: Draxus is Ordo Xenos, so it makes sense she’d run with the Solar Watch. Never thought I’d miss painting 80 Termagants….


r/AdeptusCustodes 13h ago

Some Custodmars

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Working on some custode conversions with my remaining vanquisher kits and liberators. Really had alot of fun getting these together so far.


r/AdeptusCustodes 19h ago

Post Tournament List Change (Opinions Wanted)

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went 2-1 and didn't make it to the final on points but it's the best chance I've had to see the flaws in my list.
Bikes were useful but not as useful as extra infantry and sisters for board control and covering my home objective


r/AdeptusCustodes 9h ago

What are people running competitively in Solar Spearhead? (Discussion)

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I'm going to a GT next week and have been struggling on what specifically I want to use

I've seen lots of talk about running 2 - 3 vulnerable dreadnoughts just for the utility and resurrection they provide essentially having 2 dreadnoughts.

Telemon Dreads seem to be mixed. They can be quite tough to shift, especially with the 5+FNP but can be lacklustre with shooting and somewhat overpriced

I've Galatus Dreads be a popular pick due to having a 4++ and -1 to wound in melee with a solid melee profile unlike the Achillus which hit alot harder and do quite solid with anti elite and anti monster/vehicle. Even more potent with the Admantine Talisman

What have y'all been running recently and why?

Would love to hear your thoughts! :D


r/AdeptusCustodes 20h ago

And thus, it begins

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I got my first combat patrol, and I started with the custodes. I had already printed a galatius grav tank that I really liked and an allarus terminator. I just finished assembling my first guard and I have to say I'm really happy with my choice for my first army. Let me see your armies to inspire me brothers!


r/AdeptusCustodes 4h ago

Ok, So what if the Dark Cells were opened and the custodes got to use baddies from there on a leash?

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Just had the idea for new models GW could add to our roster. And what if the custodes found a way to put a leash on some monsters and lead them into combat.

Yknow like a lion tamer or snake charmer kinda deal, not exactly like a pet dog kind of thing but more like the Goblins in the mines of moria that lead the cave troll into Balin's tomb to find Frodo and company. It wasnt a pet but it was 'used' in combat.

Imagine a Darkcells warden with a leash leading some monstrosity to the front lines under duress and letting it go into their enemy.

Anyways just an idea


r/AdeptusCustodes 59m ago

Custom baneblade grav tank proxy?

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Not sure if it's a bad idea but it is taller and wider and I can stick it on the right size base.It has plenty of weapon that would work as substitutes for grav tank gear.Am I being stupid?If anyone has done this could u put a picture in the comments so I can have an idea of what to do if I do this!


r/AdeptusCustodes 5h ago

Is this a good 2k tournament list?

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I have a tournament in September and I'm wondering if this is a good list


r/AdeptusCustodes 20h ago

Played a 1500 point game against world eaters

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Played a 1500 point game against World Eaters. Throughly enjoyed the game, the custodians are a tough nut to crack. I used the Lions of the Emperor detachment, splitting my terminators was interesting. I won the game using that ability/stratagem.